NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR U. S. PATENT.
The United States of America,
Bepar‘ment of the Interior,
General Land Office .
In the United States Land Of
fice at Anchorage, Alaska.
Serial No. 06622
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT FOR THE
IRON RIDGE LODE MIN
ERAL CLAIM.
NOTICE is hereby given that
the undersigned owners of the
Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim have made application
to the United States Land Of
fice for the Anchorage Land
District of Alaska at Anchor
age for a patent on the above
and herein named and desig
nated mineral claim.
The date of posting this notice
is February 24th, 1926.
The names of the owners
and claimants are:
William McGrew, Hyder Alas
ka
Mrs. Minnie Jones, Hyder,
Alaska
Edward H. Fernald, as Admin
istrator of the Estate of Ed
ward Bronson Deceased, Hy
der, Alaska.
The name and description of
the claim is:
The IRON RIDGE LODE
MINERAL CLAIM, located on
the Easterly side of the Sal
mon River where the Premier
Gold Mining Company’s aeri
al tram crosses said river, the
route of said aerial tram be
ing approximately the center
line of said claim, and on the
Hyder-Premier wagon road
about IOV2 miles Northerly
from Hyder Alaska, in Hyder
Mining District, Alaska, and
more particularly described
as follows: •
Beginning at true corner No. 1
located on the West bank of
Salmon River, thence North
40= 52' East 200 feet to wit
ness corner No. 1, thence
North 403 52' East 1025 >/a
feet to corner No. 2, thence
North 373 and 23' West
550 8-10 feet to corner No. 3,
thence South 42J 50' 17"
West 984 feet to witness cor
ner No. 4, thence South 42°
50' 17" West 174 2-10 feet to
Corner No. 4, thence South
37° 23' East 591 5-10 feet to
corner No. 1, the place of be
ginning.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is bounded as follows,
to -wit:—
On the Northwesterly side
by the Sourdough Fraction,
on the Northeasterly side by
the Virgina Lode claims, on
the Southeasterly side by the
11 Mile Discovery Claim, on
the Southwest by unappropri
ated public domain.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is included in United
States Mineral Survey No.
1499, a plat of which said
survey is posted herewith and
made a part of this notice.
United States Mineral Sur
vey No. 1499 upon which ap
plication for patent for the
Iron Ridge Lode Minei'al
Claim is based is not tied to
a corner of the public survey
but is tied to United States
Mineral Monument No. 1418,
the geographical location of
which is Longitude 130° 03'
West and Latitude 56° 02'
North. Said monument is lo
cated about 100 feet South
easterly from where the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company’s
tram crosses the Salmon River
and in the Southerly corner
of this claim on the Easterly
bank of said Salmon River,
in Hyder Mining District,
Alaska. Said monument is a
granite rock 30 inches by
24 inches by 10 inches, set 24
inches in the ground on a
point 20 feet above the Sal
mon River, and marked U. S.
1 M. M. No. 1418.
' Said monument bears South
38r’ 15' West 93.7 feet from
witness corner No. 1.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
23rd day of February’, 1926.
William McGrew
Mrs. Minnie Jones
Edward II, Fernald. as
Administrator of the es
tate of Edward Bronson
Deceased.
j Any and all persons claiming
! adversely the mining ground,
vein, lode, premises, or any
portion thereof, described, sur
veyed, platted and applied for,
are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly
filed according to law, and the
I regulations thereunder, with
j in the time prescribed by law,
with the Register of the U. S.
Land Office, at Anchorage,
Territory of Alaska, they will
1 be barred by virtue of the pro
! visions of said statutes,
j And it is ordered that the
. above and foregoing notice
be posted in a conspicuous
place in the office of the Regis
ter of the U. S. Land Office
for the Anchorage Land Dis
; trict of Alaska, at Anchorage,
Alaska, and that said notice
remain so posted during the
entire period while the said
foregoing notice is being pub
lished in the Hyder Weekly
Herald, a newspaper publish
ed at Hyder, Alaska.
Dated $t Anchorage, Alaska,
this 10th day of April 1926.
J. Lindley Green
Register
Ernest Blue, Esq.,
Hyder, Alaska.
Attorney for claimants.
Date of first publication April
28, 1926.
Date of last publication June
23, 1926.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro
i gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
; what they handle.
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■ Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
i Hyder Machine Shop
Automobile. Supplies—
Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Silver Grill:
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmithing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Cleaning, Pressing—
Robert Nakki
Chinaware Crockery—
| Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Midget Emporium.
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Qairy
Electrical Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Explosives—
/'Salmon River Dock. Co.
Fuel—
BRIEF ITEMS FROjTaLL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Captain Ivan L. Peterson, who
took a drilling outfit to the
Chickaloon fields last fall, will
return to Alaska in May pre
pared to begin drilling oper
ation . He will dull oik, coal
undo whch were explored
some years ago. In diamond ]
drill work, hunting for coal j
bed -, the operators found ga.n j
at one thousand feet. It is near j
this point that Peterson will
dull for oil, in the expectation
that oil in commercial quan
tities will be found a few hun
dred feet below where the gas
began to show.
i Captain E. Telford, officer
commanding “B” division of
the R. C. M. P., recently re
ceived word from Constable ■
Glover, of the Ross River de-j
tachment, that while out on
patrol in his district he found |
the dead body of James Cox,,
who had collapsed in front of I
his cabin. Cox, who had been
located on the Pelly Banks, I
about 320 miles up the Pelly
River, for the last 16 years,
was between 60 and 65 years
of age. According to Constable
Glover the prospector had j
been dead for some time. He j
I
I
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery,
i Hyder Mercantile Co.
| Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Gilbert Berg.
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Midget Emporium.
! Hyder Drug Co.
1 Restaurants—
j Ideal Cafe
j Silver Grill
j Quick Lunch
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
: Hyder Mercantile Co.
i Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Tinsmithing—
Gilbert Berg.
evidently died from natural
causes and succumbed within
a few feet of his cabin, while
on' his way homo.
The stampede from Nome to
the new beach diggings in the
vicinity of Bluff, 60 miles cast
of Nome, continues stead
ily, and the oldtimers express
confidence that the second
and third beach lines will be
be picked up, which will add
a tremendous amount of
ground to the new plaeer area.
Returning stampedcrs report
that the beach has been staked
for four or five miles, but
there is still plenty of beacli
available for location. Pans
ranging from $1 to $3.50 are
reported. Leonard Seppala,
famous dog musher, was the
first to reach the new diggings
after the report of the discov
ery was received in Nome.
R. F. McClellan, one of the
pioneers of Valdez and the
Copper River Country, and
one of the discoverers of the
famous Kennecott copper mine
has announced his candidacy
for governor of California on
the republican ticket.
A great reindeer drive which
will take two years and for
specularity rival the big trail
movements of the Texan fron
tier days, will be undertaken
in an effort to revivify an in
dustry now menaced by lack
of marketing facilities. Under
the direction of Geo. Ashen
felter many thousand head of
both government and privately
owned deer will be driven ov
erland from the Arctic to
Broad Pass, on the Alaska
Railroad. The drove may be
as large as 50,000.
Tom Matthews, eccentric old
timer of Cordova, who died re
cently from injuries received
in his cabin when lie fainted
and fell against a hot stove,
made sure that none of his sav
ings would go to enrich the
treasury of the Territory. He
made a will containing the
proviso leaving all of his mon
ey to James Dineen, a Cordova
grocer, “unless legal heirs ap
pear within six months after
the will is probated.” Until a
month ago Matthews kept his
money in the Bank of Seward
under the name of Charles
Johnson No. 2, asserting that
to be his legal ame.
Interest in whaling is center
ing in the Kodiak district this
year acording to W. J. Erskine,
prominent Kodiak merchant.
He says that in addition to the
new North Pacific Sea Pro
ducts Company station to be
built at Port Hobi*on, for which
workmen have already been
assembled, the California Sea
Products Company is planning
to move a large floating fac
ory to Kodiak and will employ
three whalers.
i Under an agreement between
j the Navy and War depart
| ments the radio station at Sew
ard has been taken over and
will be operated by the army.
James F. Cryder, a resident
of the Pioneer Home at Sitka
for 12 years, died there recent
ly. He had lived in Alaska and
Yukon Territory continuously
since 1892, most of the time in
the Yukon Valley.
Roy Jones, special federal
prohibition agent at Ketchikan
for two or three years, is no
longer connected with the dry
forces of the Territory, his
resignation having been receiv
ed at the Juneau headquarters
recently.
B. A. Eardley, pioneer resi
dent of the Ketchikan district
and owner of the Dolomi
mines, died recently at Brem
ertn, Washington. Mr. Eardley
.•offered a paralytic stroke
about a week before his death
He came to Alaska in 1900
and was actively engaged in
the mining industry in Ketclr
ican and vicinity sinct that
year.
Charles and A1 Harper, old
time Alaska mining men, are
taking supplies into the Wil
low Creek country, where they
will put in three miles of ditch
and install a hydraulic plant
this summer. They will work
on the John Rice property,
which was leased last year by
Baker & Cooper, two Seattle
capitalists.
Red fox are reported to be so
numerous on the Nushagak
river they are being shot
around the canneries, and phe
nomenal catches are being
made. The local traders are
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paying as high as 5$23, which
is considered a good price. An
drew Nelson is said to have
caught and disposed of $500
worth of furs in three weeks.
A sand storm at sea caused
the wreck of the cannery ten
der Uncle John, whose crew,
according to Captain Ludwig
Torgerson said that the boat
j was seeking shelter from a
! heavy gale, when it encounter
j ed dense clouds of sand driv
' on over the ocean by an ot'f
' shore wind. The tender went
' ashore on the Alsek river bar
i ad toppled over sideways the
| following morning. Three days
! later the wreck was practica ly
buried under the sand.
After having the matter of
serving a 12 months’ sentence
delayed through litigation for
two years, J. J. Mclsaacs, pro
pi ietor of the Seattle Hotel in
Anchorage, must go to jail.
Two years ago Mclsaacs was
convicted of operating a still
and given a jail sentence. He
carried the case to the Circuit
Court of Appeals in San Fran*
cisco, which recently dismissed
the appeal. Mclsaacs is a
prominent church worker in
Anchorage.
Captain Marius Mulver, of a
halibut boat operating in Alas
kan waters, was in the Cor
dova hospital recently recov
ering from a freak accident.
A few days before he was
; struck on the head with a 20
lb. sounding lead.
He showed no serious effects
from the blow, for three days
although his face was badly
bruised. Later he became un
conscious and for three days
his mind was a blank. At last
accounts he was recovering
rapidly.
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