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’.
S 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 Lpde
Claim have made applicat
ion to the United State?
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 owner?
and claimants are:
Margaret Duff Bunting, Hy
der, Alaska. J. A. Hall, Hyder
Alaska. Chas. 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 wagor
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 North 20 degreet
East about 400 feet from the
Boundary Creek bridge on the
Hy«iav-Dvomi«r rood.
The VIRGINIA NO. 1 LODE
CLAIM, located on the Sal
mon River near the conflu
ence of Boundary Creek and
on the Hyder-Premier wagor
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 South 70 degrees
West 450 feet from the Bound- J
ary Creek bridge on the Hy- j
der-Premier road.
The VIRGINIA NO. 2 LODE
CLAIM, ideated on the east
erly side of the Salmon River
on the northerly side of
Boundary Creek and on the
easterly side of the Hyder
Premier tfagon 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 tbe Boundary Creek
bridge on the Hyder-Premier
road.
The VIRGINIA NO. 3 LODE
CLAIM, located on the east
erly aide 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 miles
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 th« Noyth by Noble N«. 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
l but is tied to U. S. Mineral
Monument No. 1418, the geo
graphical location of which
:s 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
in the Hyder-Premier road,
} rlyder 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
xbove the Salmon River and
narked U. S. M. M. No. 1418.
From Gorner No. 1 of the
Virginia claim, the same be
ng the south-easterly corner
hereof, U. S. M. Monument
jears South 46 degrees, 17
minutes, 38 seconds West,
1782.7 feet, and from Corner
Mo. 1 of the Virginia No. 1
Maim, being the south-easterly
:orner thereof, the said monu
ment bears South 68 degrees,
31 minutes, 49 seconds West,
1385.48 feet.
■ Dated at Hyder, Alaska,
this 19th day of June, 1925.
Margaret Duff Bunting
J. A. Hall
Chas. E. Finzel, by
Margaret Duff Bunting, at
torney in fact.
Any and all persons claim
ing 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
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 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 j
newspaper published nearest i
the location of the mineral;
land described in said Notice, i
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
v Register
Ernest Blue, Esq.,
Hyder, Alaska.
Attorney for claimants.
Date of first publication Sep
;ember 30, 1925.
Date of last publication
Jecrmber 2, 1935.
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Plunging down an ice field
for 100 feet and thence into a'
crevasse in the glacier, was
the experience of Eric Burman,
on Yellak glacier, Nuka Bay
district, recently. Burman was
alone and on his way to lo
cate a claim which he had re
cently discovered. In' his fall
he sustained a sprained knee,
which seriously handicapped
him in his efforts to climb to
the top of the crevasse, which
he finally accomplished by
cutting footholds in the ice.
Arthur L. Powell, recently
suffered a compound fractui-e
of the skull when he was hit
on the head recently by a
boulder while working on his
mining claims on Rex Gulch,
in the Nizina district and died
at the Kennecott hospital a
few days after his arrival
there. An operation was per
formed to relieve the pressure
on his brain.
Recent reports are to the ef
fect that the second largest
whaling station in the world
will be established on Kodiak
Island next year by the At
lantic-Pacific Sea Products
Company, owners of the Aku
tan station. It is said that the
large whaling station which
has been operated at Aber
deen, Washington, for several
years past, is now being dis
mantled and will be moved to j
Kodiak in the spring. Fifty-:
five men and three whaling 1
vessels have been employed at
the Aberdeen station.
Captain Amundsen’s explor
ing ship Maude was attached
by the U. S. marshal upon the
arrival of the vessel in thei
Ndme roadstead from her at
tempted drift over the top of
the world. The vessel was li- i
beled by the Standard Oil
Company for approvimately |
$700. Carl J. Lomen, the Nor
wegian vice-consul at Nome,;
boarded the ship on her arrival'
and took her over after put
ting up a bond to cover the at
tachment.
J. A. Ramsey, district inspect
or of th£ general land office,
who has recently been inspect
mineral claims in the Copper
River country, reports that the
j placer miners of that section
| have enjoyed a prosperous
season. Forty men were work
ing on the Andrus property
in the Nizina district, and it
was stated that a good season
nad been experienced. The
placer mining on Dan Creek,
| in i) e same secw n, is said to
have been e>\opt cnally good.
The army transport Buford,
purchased in 1923 by the
Alaska-Siberia Transportation
Company, was sold in San
| Francisco, by the U. S. mar
shal, on Sept. 15, to satisfy
several libels against the ves
sel. Under the management of
the Alaska-Siberia company
the Buford made two trips to
Nome, Alaska, and one to the
South Seas.
Joe McCune, an old-timer of
Douglas Island, and original
discoverer of the Jersey group
of mines back of Douglas, has
gone to the Pioneer’s Home at
Sitka to spend his remaining
days.
William Lowell, Indian fish-j
| erman, aged about 50 years,
j was recently drowned at Sel
dovia when the gas boat Dela
ware capsized while discharg
ing herring at the dock. The
upper portion of the cargo had
been removed, causing the
I boat to list, and heavy sea3
! capsized her. Thre,e men were
i caught in the hull, but two es
caped.
—
; The General Petroleum Com
| pany will begin drilling in the
; Yakataga oil field, about ten
; miles from Icy Bay, the early
' part of October, according to
KETCHIKAN, WRANGEL
A>D 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 -
Steaks, 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
M. J. Sullivan, who recently
arrived in Juneau, The com
pany recently completed the
j installation of a radio station
| at Icy Bay and is now in com
j munication with the outside
; world via Yakutat. The large
, station at the point of operat
j ions will be ready in about a
month and then the relay at
Yakutat will not be required.
The gross earnings of the
Alaska Juneau mine at Jun
eau, for the month of August
! amounted to $202,000, as com
pared with $157,000 receipts
for the same month in 1924.
The net profits, after deduct
: ing interest and other charges,
in addition to operating costs
were met, amounted to $11,
; 250. During the month a total
of 316,000 tons of ore daily
were milled, making a daily
i average in excess of 10,000
i tons a day.
Governor George A. Parks re
! cently appointed two new as
; sistant health commissioners,
| one for the Fourth division
and one for the Third. Dr.| W.
W. Council, of Cordova, was
appointed for the Third div
ision, succeeding Dr. W. H.
Chase, who recently resigned.
Dr. J. H. Romig was appointed
j for the Fourth division, suc
! ceeding Dr. J. A. Sutherland,
resigned. The»reappointmnt of
Dr. F. B. Gillspie of Kenne
cott, as a member of the Board
of Medical Examiners, was al
so announced. Dr. Gillespie
has been a member of the
board for several years.
Eleven stills, a large quantity 1
of moonshine whiskey and
mountains of mash were re
cently seized by- two dry
agents, who made a raid on
isolated villages on the Yukon
river. The officers making the
seizures were W. H. Harding
and E. A. Seneff, who joined
forces recently and proceeded
up the river to Stephen’s Vil
lage. They covered from that
point to Holy Cfoss using a
poling boat for transportation.
Stills of all makes, types and
capacities were seized. In
most cases where a still was
CYANIDATION
The cyanide process »s made
possible through the power of
weak solutions of sodium and
potassium cyanide to dissolve
gold, silver and certain silver
minerals. It is usually employ
ed for the extraction of free
gold and silver from ores
which are not satisfactorily
malgamated, as in case or
coated or finely divided gol l
and for the extraction of silver
from silver minerals. Cyani
dation often follows amalga
mation in the treatment of
ores from which gold and sn
ver are only in part extracted
I by amalgamation; and for the
i extraction of gold and silver
j from certain sulphide ores
prior to or following concen
tration. Many ore3 containing
I gold and silver soluble in cya
nide solution cannot be treat
ed by the process owing to the
presence of minerals or salts
which consume cyanide or pre
vent the precipitation of the
dissolved values from the so
lution.
| found quantities of liquor w.re
also discovered.
Seven sacks of beaver skins,
! consigned to the Seattle Fur
Exchange were seized recent
ly at Seward by the Deputy
U. S. Marshal. The skins, ac
cording to the shippers’ mail
address on the racks, were
from Willis & DeViene, near
Ruby, and were picked up in
! Seward. It is against the law
to catch beaver in Alaska, and
I the skins were shipped back
to Nenana.
Walter Thomas, pioneer resi
i dent of Ketchikan, who died
| there recently, willed all of hi3
1 estate to the Ketchikan Igloo,
Pioneers of Alaska. Mr.
Thomas is said to have lived
in Ketchikan for more titan
thirty-five years. He was a
fisherman and at one time
owned two fish traps. He is
said to have owned considci
able property in Ketchikan at
the time of his death.