NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR U.S. PATENT.
The United States of Amer
ica, Department of the Inter
ior, General Land Office.
i:i the United States Land
Office at Anchorage, Alaska.
Serial No. 06477
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT FOR VIR
GINIA LODE CLAIM, VIR
GINIA NO. 1 LODE CLAIM,
VIRGINIA NO. 2 LODE
CLAIM AND VIRGINIA NO.
3 LODE CLAIM.
NOTICE is hereby given that
the undersigned owners of the
Virginia Lode Claim, the Vir
ginia No. 1 Lode Claim, the
Virginia No. 2 Lode Claim
and the Virginia No. 3 Lode
Claim have made applicat
ion to the United States
Land Office for the Anchor
age Land District of Alaska
at Anchorage for a patent on
the above and herein named
and designated mineral claims.
The date of posting this
notice is June 20th, 1925.
The names of the owners
and claimants are:
Margaret Duff Bunting, Ry
der, Alaska. J. A. Hall, Ryder,
Alaska. Cha*. E. Finzel, Ket
chikan, Alaska.
The names and descriptions
of the claims are:
The VIRGINIA LODE
CLAIM, located on the Sal
mon River near the conflu
ence of Boundary Creek and
on the Hyder-Premier wagon
road about eleven and one
half miles northerly from Ry
der, Alaska, in Ryder mining
district and recorded at Ry
der, Alaska. The discovery
post bears North 20 degrees
East about 400 feet from the
Boundary Creek bridge on the
Hyder-Premier road.
The VIRGINIA NO. 1 LODE
CLAIM, located on the Sal
mon River near the conflu
ence of Boundary Creek and
on the Hyder-Premier wagon
road about eleven and one
half miles northerly from Hy
der, Alaska, in Hyder mining
district, and recorded at Hy
der, Alaska. The discover}
post bears South 70 degrees
West 450 feet from the Bound
ary Creek bridge on the Hy
der-Premier road.
The VIRGINIA NO. 2 LODE
CLAIM, located on the east
erly side of the Salmon River
on the northerly side ol
Boundary Creek and on the
easterly side of the Hyder
Premier wagon road about
eleven and one-half miles
northerly from Hyder, Alaska,
in Hyder mining district and
recorded at Hyder, Alaska
The discovery post bears
north-easterly about 600 feet
from the Boundary Creek
bridge on the Hyder-Premier
road.
The VIRGINIA NO. 3 LODE
CLAIM, located on the east
erly side of the Salmon River,
on the southerly side of
Boundary Creek and on the
easterly side of the Hy
der-Premier wagon road about
eleven and one-half mites
northerly from Hyder, Alaska,
in Hyder mining district and
recorded at Hyder, Alaska.
The discovery post bears
South-easterly about 850 feet
from the Boundary Creek
bridge on the Hyder-Premier
road.
The Virginia, Virginia No. 1,
Virginia No. 2 and Virginia
No. 3 lode claims are contigu
ous claims and are bounded
by the following claims,
to-wit:
On the North by Noble No. 2,
Cascade No. 2 and the Duff
claims; on the East by Dan,
Tamarack and Taurus claims;
on the South by Taurus, Daly
Alaska No. 5 and No. 6 and
the Iron Ridge claims; and on
the West by unlocated ground.
The Virginia, Virginia No. 1,
Virginia No. 2 and Virginia
No. 3 lode claims are included
in U. S. Survey No. 1478, a
plat of which said survey and
| field notes are posted here
with.
Survey No. 1478 upon which
application for patent for the
Virginia, Virginia No. 1, Vir
ginia No. 2 and Virginia No. 3
lode claims is based is not tied
to a corner of the public survey
but is tied to U. S. Mineral
Monument No. 1418, the geo
graphical location of which
is Longitude 130 degrees, 3
| minutes West, and Latitude
56 degrees 2 minutes North,
and lying about 100 feet
South-easterly from where the
Premier tram crosses the Sal
mon River .near Eleven Mile
3n the Hyder-Premier road,
iiyder Mining District, Alas
ka. 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 Salmon River and
narked U. S. M. M. No. 1418.
From Corner No. 1 of the
Virginia claim, the same be
ing the south-easterly corner
hereof, U. S. M. Monument
bears South 46 degrees, 17
minutes, 38 seconds West,
1782.7 feet, and from Corner
Mo. 1 of the Virginia No. 1
:laim, being the south-easterly
corner thereof, the said monu
ment bears South 68 degrees,
31 minutes, 49 seconds West,
1385.48 feet.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska,
thi3 19th day of June, 1925.
Margaret Duff Bunting
J. A. Hall
Clias. E. Finzel, by
Margaret Duff Bunting, at
torney in fact.
Any and all persons claim
ng adversely the mining
ground, vein, lode, premises,
or any portion thereof, de
•cribed, surveyed, platted and
ipplied for, are hereby noti
.’ied that unless their adverse
claims are duly filed accord
ing to law, and the regulat
ons thereunder, within the
time prescribed by law, with
the Register of the U. S. Land
Office, at Anchorage, Terri
tory of Alaska, they will be
barred by virtue of the pro
visions of said statutes.
And it is ordered that the
above and foregoing notice be
published for a period of GO
Jays, or once a week for ten
(10) successive weeks, in the
Hyder Weekly Herald, a news
paper of general circulation
published at Hyder, Alaska,
within the Anchorage Land
District, Territory of Alaska,
which said newspaper is a
newspaper published nearesi
the location of the mineral
land described in said Notice,
and which said newspaper is
officially designated for the
purpose of publishing said
Notice.
Dated at Anchorage, Alaska,
this 4th day of September,
1925.
J. Lindley Gr^en
Register
Ernest Blue, Esq.,
Hyder, Alaska.
Attorney for claimants.
Date of first publication Sep
tember 30, 1925.
Date of last publication
December 2, 1925.
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND
PROMISES LOCAL AID
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the Territory an adequate
mail service. “My opinion,”
the delegate said “is that they
are not going to reduce the
present mail service to any
great extent. They may at
tempt some economies but 1
don’t believe they are going
to carry the mail by freight.
During the Wilson adminis
tration, Mr. Burleson became
almost the hobgoblin cf the
administration by his impair
ment of the mail service thru
sending mail by freight. This
administration is not going to
bring about any lessening or
impairment of importance in
the Alaska mail service or to
any part of the United States.”
Such action, he said would be
a very unwise political move,
for the reason that it would
be objected to by virtually
all the citizens and the press
of the United States.*' The
Press,” he concluded, will ap
plaud economy until it reaches
the mail service—and then
look out.”
Mr.Quist was then introduc
: ed and voiced a few remarks
i anent the good supper and
his pleasure at being present.
[ Capt. Dessus said it was
| hard for a sailor to do any
! thing on land, including
I speechmaking. He likes Alas
ka and thought he should
boost the country. He advised
! that we should elect good
representatives and then not
just sit down but help them
along. He also thought that
Alaska might some day be
able to become one of the
greatest states in the Union.
J. D. Lyons told of landing
in the district when the mines
on the American side of the
iine were nothing but pros
pects. Contrasted the situation
of that time, with the present
high state of development in
the Fish Creek area, as exam
plified by the Amercan Min
ing and Milling Co. develop
ments, stating that they had
shipped considerable ore and
has a thousand tons of ore
broken and lying on the
ground ready for shipment.
“The mine would be work
ing today if there was a road
up Fish Creek,” he declared.
He had been over the surface
of the other local properties
and of the Premier, but there
are not the showings on the
Premier that there are on the
Mountainview. The Riverside,
only a prospect when he came
Ladies nugget necklaces,
Gents nugget chains, charms.
Rings with nugget work, hand
made—Nugget Shop
here three years ago, has a
$125,000 mill, surface show
ings much -better than Pre
mier, and an abundance of
ore in sight. The 96 property
farther up the valley, has a
3-foot vein of galena, good
shipping ore. With a road to
it, the property night produce
several hundred thousand dol
lars worth of ore a year. The
speaker also referred to the
McDonald-Cronholm proper
ties, near Salmon Glacier,
from which 20 tons of ore was
shipped this fall after a few
weeks of development. The
: geology of this and the 9G is
, comparatively the same as the
Premier, he stated. The
Hewitt & Carlson property
I had shipped 10 ton.s of ore
i during the summer. With a
road up Texas Creek that ore
j would have cost $10 per ton,
instead of $50 to bring it to
town, a saving of $40 per ton
—“high grade ore itself.” Mr.
Lyons asserted that 12 prop
erties in that area are devel
oped to the extent that they
are ready to ship ore. And
the work done on these prop
erties, as far as it goes, makes
them look as good as the Pre
mier. He also advocated stock
ing a lake of several hundred
acres extent at the head of
Texas Creek, said the matter
had already been taken up
with the Bureau of Fisheries,
and when this is done “we will
have a summer resort in the 1
midst of the mines.”
Mr. Sutherland inquired re
garding the location of the
mining properties mentioned
with respect to the lake and
was informed that the mines
were around the lake. The
delegate also asked as to the
distance of the Mountainview
by trail and tram from the
Salmon River road. He then
stated that he would try to get
immediate action on a road to
the Texas cable crossing,
i Mr. J. A. Hall complimented
| the delegate on his apparent
willingness to aid us in secur
ing the much needed improve
ments and proposed a vote of
thanks to the delegate for tak
ing advantage of the oppor
tunity to come here in person,
to learn our needs.
In response to a question by
Mr. Sutherland as to the
reason for his statement that
the Texas Creek road was the
most beneficial matter that
could be undertaken at this j
time for the district, Mr. Hov
land said that because of j
the distance of many of the ;
i properties of that section from j
! the Salmon valley road it was'
impossible to get capital to
consider their development, j
A road would permit practic
ally all the properties to ob
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I tain direct connections with
| it by means of short trams
i the elevation at the end of the
road being but 1400 feet. Mr.
Lyons said at least one prop
erty had been “turned down’
because of the excessive cos.
of building a road to develoj
it.
E. D. Haddon, secretary o
the Chamber of Commerce
offered a few well chosen re
marks and raised a laugh by
stating that he had spoken tc
about 45 persons regarding
attending the reception to thi
delgate and but one had re
fused to come because hi
was a democrat.
Malcolm Smith said that ir
past.three or four years the
number of claims staked ir
the district have increased
from about 200 to about 1300
mostly due to the discovery
of Texas Creek. A road uj
Texas might be 350 feet ai
the bridge and 2240 at the
end of 12 miles, the length
of the Texas valley. This wat
a relatively slight grade, com
pared to the Premier road or
which 11 switchbacks art
necessary to reach an elevat
ion of 2000 feet. He asserted
that 2 or 3 years was a long
time for the prospector tc
wait for a road, when the
little money he was able tc
earn had to go back into the
ground, and unless the loca)
prospectors were soon able
to transport material and ma
chinery to their properties at
smaller than present costs
thy would have to leave the
country and go where they
could earn a living. There are
no engineering difficulties and
plenty of timber and stretches
of gravel a mile or so in length
where the proposed Texas
road would be built.
Delegate Sutherland said re
garding the building of the
road that letters and petitions
always helped him to get what
was wanted. lie presumed
that in the present case they
should be addressed to the
Superintendent of Roads in
Alaska. He also advised send
ing such communications to
other officials in charge oi
road construction activities in
the Territory. Appropriations
■■mi—i win■ ii wwiiiMB inii mum ' r > i
or such work wore made
om time in the spring or late
n the winter.
In reply to a question by E. R.
Stivers, the delegate discussed
he Indian situation in Alas
<a and declared that inasmuch
xs they had been made citi
zens, they had full right to
;ote and an educational test
aw. was declared unconsti
utional, but it might be ap
plied to new voters. As to illit
wate votting in the Territory,
•ery fev/ persons qualified to
•ote were doing so, only about
-9 taking advantage of the
ranchise. All the noise about
ndian voting was largely
•amouflage and depended
nuch on what they voted for.
le believed Alaska Indians
/oted intelligently and it
/onId be surprising if they di l
xot, as we have had schools
or the Indians for 35 years.
The natives are protesting
igainst injustices done then..
They do not object to the lend
>re-emptions, fox islands, et; ,
aking away their hunting
'rounds, but do object to the
njustices heaped upon th n
by the fisheries regulations,
which practically starve them
>ut, while helping in every
way the big men in that gam :.
n this they liave taken con
certed action, which the roor
whites in the business have
lot. '
Tha meeting closed with
hree cheer3 for delegate
Sutherland, after Capt. Des
us had briefly related the
history and activities of tb
Coast Guard service, stating
it was the first military orga"
ization created after the war
if Independence and v/as de
signed to protect the Ameri
can coast from piracy. At
oresent they are ready to ope
rate as part of the navy in time
of war. According to the 1923
report, $ 13,000,000 was ap
propriated for its maintenance,
but the savings of property re
sulting from the services activ
ities amounted to 8300 009,
900, in addition to 1200 lives.
Just received—diamond rings,
white gold rollings. Prices
within reach of all—Nugget
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