THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter. Septetn
ber 17th, 1918. at the L ost Office, at.
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
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R. E. Lander Editor
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Saturday September 22,1928.
While nearly every editor in the
Territory is shaking a wicked pen at the
villianOus? way the correspondents o^
the late president’s party pursued the
Mule when in Juneau, they are over
looking the faet that quite recently his
excellency, the governor stated that this
Territory was dry. Someone has blun
dered.
Will it or won’t it pass is what cer
tain representatives and senators are
now thinking about the Literacy Bill.
It’s a certainty that the majority of the
whites are tired of having their vOtes
nullified by a lot of natives who, don’t
understand the meaning of serious thot
but who can elect men to offices of
public trust.
There is a bright outlook for the
Legal Advertising
DEPARTMENT OP THE INTE
RIOR, UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE, ANCHORAGE,
ALASKA
August 9, 1923.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT MIN
ERAL SURVEY NO. 1 465 SERIAL
05995.
Notice is hereby given, in pursuance
of an Act of Congress approved May 10,
1m72, and Acts amendatory and supple
mentary thereto, that application is
made by the Dan Creek Mining Com
town of McCarthy. A new mine that
will soon be a first class producer, a
fine summer On the creeks that should
mean more activity in that region,
the chance of another property resum
ing operations and the probrbility of a
large bridge crew being employed next
season. Yes, we live here.
pany, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of
NEVADA, by Kdward F. Medley, its at
torney in fact, whose Post office ad
dress is Cordova, Alaska, for a patent
to the following placer mining claims
all situated on the unsurveyed public
domain near the head of Dan Creek, a
tributary of the Nizinu River, Nizina
Mining District, Juneau Land District,
Third Judicial Division, Territory of Al
aska. The claims are approximately in
Latitude (11 22’ north and in Long
itude 142 ))4’ west:
Number Five Above Placer on Dan
Creek,
Number Six Above Placer on Dan
Creek,
on
Number Seven Above Placer
Dan Creek.
The total amount of acreage in said
three placer mining claims is 50.707
acres, and the magnetic variation is 31
30’ East.
Said claims are described by the offi
cial plat by the Held notes on Hie in
the office of the Register of the Juneau
Land District at Juneau, Alaska, as fol
lows, to-wit:
NUMBER FIVE ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Corner No. 1, whence
U. S. M. M. No. 29 bears S. 8S 35
W. 0,235.CO feet; thence N. 17 51 *
E. 544.50 feet to Cor. No. 2: thence
S. 0)5 24’ E. 1500 feet to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 17 20’ W. 509.58 feet
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 00 44’ W.
1500 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 18.03^ acres.
NUMBER SIX ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U.
S. M. M. No. 29 bears N. 85° 53’ W
7632.28 feet; thence N. 17 26’ E.
509.58 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N.
84° 01’ E. 1,419.93 feet to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 10° 38' W. 520.12 feet
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 85 15’ W.
1,472.97 feet to Cor. No. 1, the place
of beginning, containing 10.101 acres
NUMBER SEVEN ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U.
S. M. M. No. 29 bears N. 87° 19’ W.
9,090.49 feet; thence N. 10° 38’ E.
520.12 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence S
70° 46’E. 1,355.74 feet to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 02° 40’ W. 544.20 feet
lo Cor. No. 4; thence N. 70° 26’ W.
1,432.22 feet to Cor. No. 1, the place
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of beginning, containing ]6.n6s acres.
ADJOINING CLAIMS
Number Four Above Discovery Pla
cer, Survey No. 9-3, adjoins Number
Five Above Placer on its westerly end.
Placer claim supposed name. Num
ber Eight Above, unsurveyed, Martin
Pad ova n alleged owner, adjoins the east
erly end of Number Seven Above Pla
cer. A ny other claims adjoining this
survey are unknown.
Any and all persons claiming advers
ely any of the above named placer mi
ning claims, or any portion thereof, are
required to file their adverse claims
with the Register of the United States
Land Office at Anchorage,Alaska, dur
ing the period of publication, or within
eight months thereafter, Or they will be
barred by the provisions of the statute.
FRANK A. BOYLE, Register.
First Publication August 18, 1923.
Last Publication October 20, 1923.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
ToPeteDoich, J.B. O’Neill,
heir heirs, assigns and personal
representatives:
You, and each of you,
are hereby notified that 1 have expen
ded five hundred dollars (SnOO.OO) in
labor and improvements upon the
’RAMBLER No. 4”, ’’RAMBLER
No. 6”, ’’RAMBLER No. 7”, ”RA
MBLER No. 8”, and ’’CAMP SI
TE" mining claims, on the right limit
ol Dan Creek in the Nizina (unorga
; nized) Mining District, Third Division
of the Territory of Alaska, as will
appear by Proof of Labor, duly sworn
to, and filed for record in the office of
the United States Commissioner and
ex officio Recorder for the McCarthy
Ivecording Precinct, mining district a
foresaid, on the 24th day of July, 11)22,
i in order to hold said premises under
: and by virtue of the provisions of Sec
tion 2424, Devised Statutes of the TTni
i
I ted States of America, and the amend
| ments thereto, being the amount re
quired to hold the same for the calen
der year 1921, and the fiscal year 11)22,
prior to the 1st day of July thereof.
And if within ninety
days from the service of this notice (or
within ninety days after this notice by
publication is comoleted), you, or eith
er of you, fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure ac
cording to your respective interests,
your interest in said claim, as co-owners
will become the property of the sub scr
ber under said section 2424.
Dated McCarthy, Alaska, this 20th
day of June, 1923
George Marhoffer
First publication June 23, 1924;
Last publication Sept. 22, 1923.