The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: 7.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday November io> 1023.
No. 1.
Carrol and Anderson
In From Chititu
Jack Carrol and Lou Anderson
of Chititu arrived in town Tnurs
day evening.
During the past season Carrol
has been assoiated with the And
rus interests in the capacity of
foreman at the lower camy while
Anderson was night shifter at
the upper workings.
During the early part of the
season Crrrol was an associate
partner of Powell and Carlson
m Rex Creek, but owing to un
forseen difficulties the partners
turned over the m anagement of j
;.he property to Art Powell, who ;
inished the season. Carrol is
now on his way outside, where
ie will spend the winter with j
iiis family in Seattle.
Anderson intends to remain on
Chititu and taue out a dump on
his ground this win ter.
Town Ta’k
\Vm. Holmes, the ftremmer
river prospector is outting tim
ber at the Trimm lease above
Blackbn rv.
Bill Berry left with theCMns
ano mail and a large shipment,
of clothing and blanket s. con
signed to Simons. .he Clhs tne
merchant. Bill took his mules as
far as the Homestead, but will
go over the summit with dogs.
Bill Ma"har. the Young creek
resident was in town for a few
days visitine' friends and. boost
ing his section of the country.
Colonel Stevenson, the dean of
Chititu arrived in t< \vn fora few
days relaxation, Tuesday.
Dr. Hawk, who has had charge
of the K-nnecott Corporation lios
pit d during the absence of Dr.
Gillespie, left this week' for La
Touche where lie will relieve the
doctor at that place.
Green Butte
B u nk ho u se Completed
Mr. James Gaskill, manager of
the Green Butte mine,states that
the the dormatory on the hill is
practically com pleted and that a
few more days work on the quar
ter s at the lower camp will com
plete them.
The bunkhouse will provide a
ccomodation for about fifty men
in addition to the office and dry
room. Botii tile upper and lower
camp dormatories are substan
tially built amt roofed with cor
ruga ted iron,laid over heavy build
mg paper. The entire interior of
both structures is sealed.
Speaking of the tram Mr. Gas
will stated that the construction
work will be completed some
time during the coming week.
Tile structure m three thous
and feet in length and has a
gradient of approximately loi ty
live percent. The line will be run
in tiie same manner as the Erie
tram, Hitnertoal'ore the supplies
have been taken from the switch
back lo tile mine by means of a
gravity system.
The mine is being rapidly tie
v'eloped to the point where it will
begin p.tying diveuends4 m spile
•of the fact the company has a
long wagon luiul on top of the
rail and water charges. Without
a doubt there will bo a spur put
upMcl arthv creek in a short time
if ptesent indications of the mine
’ develop properly
During tlit-* past year the coin
pany has shipped some ears
of ore, ali of wnicn vv is high
was high grade, i'he ore was
sacked as shot, no attempt of
picking being made. What mill
run ore was mined is stored in
chutes where it will remain until
it is put through a mill which
will be iii'talle l as soon as dc
velopulent s war rant.
Tiie Green Butte will undoubt
edi.\ bo one of the leading prop
erties, is the current opinion.
EX SERVICE MEN
GIVE DANCE
Tuesday evening a meeting of
ali members of the Jack Pierson
Pierson Post No.l, was held hr
the purpose of lining up some j
sort of a celebration, to common
ate the signing of the armistice
November 11th, 191b.
The result is a dance at Kenne
c ott this evening.
The Legion Post is giving the
celebration for the purpose of
raising funds to start the new
est organization off in a sound ti
nancial condition, and to prove to
the people in this vicinity that a
bunch of veterans can put up a
better time than is enjoyed at the
average dance.
So if you have any troubles, a
trip to the Recreation hall at
Kennecotttonight will drive’em
away.
A Birthday
The issue of the News to da-*
marks another milestone for the
local paper. The present managa
geinent wishes to thank the ad
vertisers and subscrbers for the
pimple support they have given
the local sheet.
The News management hopes
to be able to put out a better,
and perhaps b'.gger paper during
the forthcoming year.
Fourteen Inches of
The “Beautiful”.
Tuesday evening, the grip of
winter closed on McCarthy, and
Wednesday morning everybody j
in town was swinging a mean \
shovel in fourteen inches of snow j
A couple of inches more gently j
floated down by evening.
Mrs Radovan Leaves
For States
Thursday Mrs.Radovan of Dan
Creek was a passenger on the
southbound train, en-route to
Cordove, from which point she
will goon to Seattle. Mrs. Rado
van intends to make a stay of
several months visiting friends
whom she hasn’t seen during the
past four years.
Mr. Martain Radovan will be
on the claims and in town dur
ing the winter.
It is reported that the Rado
van intrests on Dan Creek yeild
ed a tine return on the amount of
ground mined. Extensive tun
nel was driven along the channel
and a good deal of the pay wash
ed. A large dump is expected
to be taken out this winter.
Blacksmith Shop
Is Opened
Friday the blacksmith shop
belonging to Mrs. Underwood,lo
cated on Front street was sold
to Art Powell. It is understood
that the sales price was fifteen
hundred dollars.
Art took immiedately took pos
session and fired up the forge
and is now swamped with work
He is prepared to do all kinds of
general blacksmithing, repair
work and horseshoeing. He will
install machinery of any descrip
tion anywhere.
Owing to the press of work, it
is said that Kennecott is unable
handle outside work, and this
was the deciding factor that led
to the change of real estate.
Mr. Powell knows his business
and will undoubtedly satisfy all
his customers, both as to work
manship and prices.
JacK Shultz arrived today and
will leave for Cordova soon.