Copper River
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THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. C. F. PUGH. Airent
Kennecott Laundry
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ASA C. BALDWIN
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
SEATTLE, WASH
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P.O. BOX 424 McCarthy. ALASKA
McCarthy
WINTER SCHEDULE
Leaves McCa rthy For Keniv.•ret t
!>aily at 4 P.M.
Returns From Keunecott to
Met artliy at tj. 20 l'.Nh
Leaves McCarthy for Kejineeott
11 P.M.
Returns from Kennecott to Me
Carthy at 12 midnight.
Sunday & Wednesday even
ni{s stage leaves McCarthy i’or
Kennecott at 7 am: returns a
U:30 P: M.
••till Berry Props Hcnc (>isi*n
Oil Company May Soon
St.rt Drilling at Chickaloon
According to Floury McKinnon;
a froij: dor ih M lias been handle;
im.r t o incominjj; fr • iiie for the
California Oil Co., drilling 1 oK,
a diamond drill and apparatus
for sinuin^ an oil well, is likely
fo put hi its pp *arance at Chiei\
a ><m, an\ da \ .
Durinir th war the Cahfoania
roino my i »•.»»< over the 1 rad of
land they now hold and inpiajjfl
a diamond orill and a crow to;
prospt cl for coil scams. Tunnel
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Tell US
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aggregating about fifteen Inin
fired feet was driven in along a
seam that cropped out on the
hillside, cabins and neccessary
buildings were erected and the
place was expected to develop
into a producing mine, until one
day, the men were paid off and
the (Mil!re place closed down.
Previous to this time, however
the iamonfi drill encountered
natural gas, which accidently
beoime ignited and was onlv ex
t ngmsiied after several attempts
had been m ifie to lower dyna
mite into the hole. Later the
hole was plugged The drill was
then moved to ill > edge of Finn’s
Lakti and after sinking a deep
hole, was closed dowd. No one,
save toe manager ootained a glim
pse of the core and immediately
aft-ei hole had Oeen capped, oper
ations cease*1. It is thought that
oil shale was encountered.
Last summer, Smith, an oil ex
pert, went over the ground and
when he had left, Peterson, the
manager, earn** m for a short vis
it. Later he stated that the com
1 > 11.y wouid probably move onto
the ground this spring and drill
lor oil.
Timber, suitable for a derrick
lias already been obtained by Me
Kinnon, and is being held, pend
ing the arrival of the machinery
—Ex oh ange
Prospectors to Hunt
Lost Pay streak
E,. Johnston and K. Hedlund
\vi 11 known prospectors, recent
ly landed an outfit on Montana
Creek, where they intend to put
in the summer hunting the lost
pay streak supposed to be located
on that creek.
Years ago. 1910 i fact, a pros
pec tor named Schnieder went
to Seattle for an operation and
after being admitted to the hos
pital it was foiled that lie had
$8,00() in dust and nuggets in his
i clothes. The operation was per
formed, but the patient failed
to rally, so he was asked to draw
up his will. Instead, he began to
draw a map of his find oil Mon
tana Creetc, but died before it
was finished. ’’Fiddler”.Edwards
was at the bedside of the dieing
man and was given the map He
came north, got an outfit and
went in on the creek, hut had
the misfortune to fall into the
water and ruin the map. After
hunting for the pay all that sum
aier’ Edwards gave it up as a
bad job. Since that time, there
have been many parties in, but
nothing ever found.
The present prospecting party
put in all last summer on the
creek and brought out some nug
gets and dust. This year, they
are taking in a ton of grub and
will stay until they can deter
mine what they have.
— Exchange
Here and There
North of Fifty-four
Three natives near Council re
cently went to the “Happy Hunt
ing Grounds. They were gamble
ing and drinking when two ot
them got into an altercation that
culminated in a knife tight.which
proved fatal to both combatants.
After the tight the third man be
came frightened and ran out in
to the snow, a short distance
from the cabin and shot himself
thru the heart.
Roy Snyder joined the Legion
at Seward on the 18, of this mon
th.
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