NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR U.S. PATENT.
The United States of Amer
ica, Department of the Inter
ior, General Land Office.
In 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:
8 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 appHcat
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, 1025.
The names of the owners
and claimants are:
Margaret Duff Bunting, Hy
der, Alaska. J. A. Hall, Hyder
Alaska. Chas. E. Finzel, Ket
chikan, Alaska.
The names and description:
of the claims are:
The VIRGINIA LODF
CLAIM, located on the Sal
mon River near the conflu
ence of Boundary Creek and
on the Hyder-Premier wagoi
road about eleven and one
half miles northerly from Hy
der, Alaska, in Hyder mining
district and recorded at Hy
der, Alaska. The discovery j
post bears North 20 degree:
East about 400 feet from the
Boundary Creek bridge on the
Hyder-Premier road.
The VIRGINIA NO. 1 LODF
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 discovery
post bears South 70 degree:
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 of
Boundary Creek and on the
easterly side of the Hyder
Preraier 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 o»i the east
erly side of the Salmon River,
on the southerly side ot
Boundary Creek and on the
easterly side of the Ely
der-Premier wagon road about
eleven and one-half mile:
northerly from Hyder, Alaska
in Hyder mining district and
recorded at Hyder, Alaska
The discovery post , bear;
South-easterly about 850 fee.
from the Boundary Creek
bridge on the Hyder-Premiei
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
louth-easterly from where the
Premier tram crosses the Sal
mon River near Eleven Mile
in the Hyder-Premier road,
t'lyder Mining District, Alas
ka. Said monument is a granite
ock 30 inches by 24 inches
by 10 inches set 24 inches in
he ground on a point 20 feet
above the Salmon River and
narked U. S. M. M. No. 1418.
From Corner No. 1 of the
/irginia claim, the same be
ng the south-easterly corner
hereof, U. S. M. Monumenv
tears South 46 degrees, 17
minutes, 38 seconds West,
1782.7 feet, and from Corner
‘'Jo. 1 of the Virginia No. 1
■laim, being the south-easterly
■orncr thereof, the said monu
I nent bears South 68 dgrees,
51 minutes, 49 seconds West,
1385.48 feet.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska.
1 his 19th day of June, 1925.
Margaret Duff Bunting
J. A. Hall
Chas. E. Finzel, by
' Margaret Duff Bunting, at
j corney in fact.
!
i
Any and all persons claim
:ng adversely the mining
ground, vein, lode, premises,
or any portion thereof, de
scribed, surveyed, platted and
applied for, are hereby noti
fied that unless their adverse
claims are duly filed accord
ing to law, and the regulat
ions thereunder, within the
time prescribed by law, with
the Register of the U. S. Land
Off|jce, 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 60
days, 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 nearest
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 Green
Register
Ernest Blue, Esq.,
Hyder, Alaska.
Attorney for claimants.
Date of first publication Sep
:ember 30, 1925.
Date of last publication
December 2, 1925.
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
The action of the Ketchikan
boxing promoters to stop of
ficial interference with an ad
vertised bout at that place
failed when Judge Reed, of
the District Court sustained a
demurrer against the petition
for an order restraining the of
the bout. The court held that
it lacked jurisdiction in equity
to enjoin the enforcement of
a criminal law, whether or not
it was applicable to the Terri
tory or not.
According to Acting Direct
or A. G. Means, the activities
of the federal prohibition unit
in Alaska during the last fis
cal year have resulted in more
I arrests, a greater number of
I convictions and the seizure of
' more liquor and contraband
i goods and heavier sentences
| than for any similar period
! since the unit began operat
ions. During the 12 months
! ended June 30, 272 arrests
; have been made by prohibit
! ion officers. Out of that num
ber 245 convictions were se
I cured, 10 cases were dismiss
j ed, 10 defendants were ac
i quitted, four bound over to
I the grand jury and three
cases are still pending in
court. Six thousand nine hund
' red and sixty-three gallons
of alcoholic beverages and
mash were seized during
the same period. Included in
. the seizuroA were 815 gallon*,
of moonshine whiskey, about
793 gallons of alleged Scotch
land Bourbon whiskeys, 2,186
gallons of beer, 44 gallons of
wine, and 3,448 gallons of
; mash. It was a particularly
hard year on distillers, 42
j stills having been nabbed,
! just one less than the total
for the three years just pre
ceding. Fines assessed by the
courts on those convicted ag
I gregated $38,226, and jail
sentences totaled 27 years, 1
i month and 18 days.
| Van Zandt, Ketchikan police
man, was bound over to the
federal grand jury on a charge
of manslaughter for the recent
killing of Romie Atkinson,
Indian. Bond was fixed in the
sum of $3,000. The shooting
took place on the morning of
August 27, on a side street in
Ketchikan. Atkinson, who had
been arrested by Van Zandt,
and was being taken to the
city jail, made his escape
from the patrol wagon. The
policeman followed him. Re
ports of the affair said that
the policeman overtook him
near the end of the alleyway.
In the fight that followed
I other Indians are said to hav*»
come to the aid of Atkinson,
who was shot twice in the
stomach, death resulting from
the wounds. Van Zandt claim
ed he was on the ground be
ing kicked when he fired. He
was confined to the hospital
for several days by his injui%
ies. Two Indians, eye-witness
es,'testifed at the coroner’s in
quest that Atkinson was on the
ground crawling away from
Van Zandt when he was shot.
Alaskan products shipped to
the States during the month ot
August had an aggregate
value of $10,510,382, accord
ing to the monthly statement
of commerce issued by Collect
or of Customs J. C. McBride.
t The export commerce for the
month was $3,522,275 larger
j than for the same month last
year. Canned salmon was the
princial commodity shipped
during the month and the
fisheries as a whole furnish
ed more than 90 per cent of
I the total shipments. The value
of all the products of the vari
ous branches of fishei’ies was
$10,121,090. Canned salmon,
the main item, was worth $8,
285,396, representing 60,095
008 pounds of salmon. Last
year during the month of Aug
' ust, canned salmon shipments
KETCHIKAN, WRANGEL
AND WEST COAST
MOTOR BOATS "PRINCE of WALES” & "CARMEN”
Leave Hyder Every Thursday
PASSENGER AND FREI 1HT ACCOMODATIONS;
CONNECTING WITH ALL NORTH AND SOUTH BOATS
AT KETCHIKAN
Agents SALMON RIVER DOCK COMPANY Hyder
LETS GO. WHERE? TO THE
- Silver Grill -
Ktkaks, Chops, Poultry
EVERYTHING THE MARKET AFFORDS
§ QUALITY and QUANTITY §
FINE PASTRIES—ITS THE COFFEE!!!
Charlie J. Odermat, Manager.
SEND IN* YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE WEEKLY HERALD
TROPICAL VALLEY IN
NORTH A REALITY
Something over a year ago
Captain S. A. Scott, who for a
dozen years or more pioneer
j ed in the Cassiar and Laird
I countries of Northern British
j Columbia, told of the finding
i of a sub-tropical valley be
yond the trading posts on the
] Laird River, in a remote ana
i unfrequented part of the
' world. An Associated Press
report sent out from Prince
Rupert, B. C., under date of
i September 1, contains a verl
| fication of the Scott state
| ment as to the existence of
| this sub-tropical valley, in the
following:
I A visit to the mysterious val
j ley far beyond the path of the
white man in the North Coun
try, beyond the Laird trading
post, was described here yes
' terday by Col. J. Scott Will
iams, of Montreal, who arriv
ed after completing the first
prospecting trip ever conduct
ed in British Columbia by air
I plane. The description of the
valley as a sub-tropical one is
correct, according to Colonel
Williams. It contains numer
ous hot springs, grass and
verdure of amazing growth,
due, it is thought, to the
warmth generated by the
springs. The soil is very fer
l tile. The flowers, which in
| elude violets, are unequalled
I in size, while berries and cur
j rants are amazing in their
productiveness. More than a
year ago a settler occupied a
j stretch of land in the valley,
but recently, fearing the atti
tude of the Indians, he moved
away. The Indians, Colonel
Williams said, were greatl>
interested in the big flying
bird, as it was their first
view of an airplane. Two of
the redmen and their dog
were taken for a 45-minute
ride. They landed in a village
to which the journey on foot
would have meant two days
traveling.
were valued at $5,498,235.
Copper exports were valued at
but $18,093, approximately
the same as for August last
year.
AMALGAMATION -
1 Amalgamation is based on the
affinity of mercury for gold
and silver in the metallic staiu
It consists briefly in crushing
the ore to the necessary de
gree of fineness to release the
metallic particles and bring
them in contact with mercury
with which they become al
loyed or amalgamated. For
j gold and silver ores in which
the precious metals are in a
condition to amalgamate with
mercury, that is,“free milling"
ores, the amalgamation rro
cess offers advantages over a'l
others in simplicity and econ
omy.
i Amalgamation may be em
ployed as a primary treatment,
in combination with co^-'C’,
tration, cyanidation o** both
I for the treatment of
iwhere only a portion oc th?
! gold or silver is amenable to
I amalgamation. Amalgamate*-'
copper plates, amalgamated
tables, grinding pans and
other apparatus are emnWe^
according to the demands of
the ore.
I From railroad brakeman to
bis game hunter is the mete
oric rise of W. E. Strew, who,
according to his team mate .
| who returned to Seward re
cently from Wide bay. where
; they have been employed on
the Hubbel Dome road worrt.
is now slated among the big
game hunters of the Territo"y.
Instead of using a gun, like an
ordinary mortal, Mr. Strew
uses a pick handle. It is repo 1
ed that the camp was arouseu
one morning by a furious rac
ket outside. Rushing out the
crew ,was astounded to see Mr.
Strew and a good-sized brown
bear going around like a wind
mill, Mr. Strew wielding «
pick handle with such good
effect that the bear ceased
its struggles shortly,-falling to
the ground with a dull thud—
dead. Mr. Strew said the bear
awakened him when he hearu
it nosing around the camr>
cache. “Sure makes a dam'./
rug,” he exclaimed.
THE HE
LD
JOB PRINTING
DEPARTMENT
BUSINESS STATIONERY
CARDS, LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS,
STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES, INVOICES,
SHIPPING TAGS, SPECIAL BLANKS,
TICKETS, ETC.
3. '!■ & .
SOCIAL STATIONERY
INVITATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRO
GRAMS, CARDS, MENUS, ETC.
POSTERS, HAND BILES
CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, FOLDERS,
PLACARDS, ETC.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
t ;
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED