The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL; 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
JUNE 16, 1923
N*32.
FOSTER TO RE-OPEN
WESTOVER
Captain Howard Foster, who
before our recent fight with the
^Germans was in charge of the
the Westover mine, on Boulder
creek left for the property last
Monday morning.
The intentions of the company
aie to open the mine and to op
erate as long as the price of the
.yellow justifies production.
The Westover is an exclusively
high grade proposition, and hat
been passed on by several ex
perts. With the advent of better
.transportation lacimes tne prop
•rty should be one of the leading
mines in the district.
« Chitina Gossip
A telegraph construction crew
came in over the trail this
week from the summit. They
were the first party over this
year and report a hard trip.
They were ten days making
Copper Center. There is a large
quantity of snow in Thompson’s
Pass.
XL. Elmer manager of the Slate
Greek Mining Co. passed thru
Chitina this week, en route to
his property. Accompanying the
manager was C A. Bade, of the
city of Baltimore, who is inter
efcted in Alaska, from the stand
point of an investor.
Frank Miliard, the chief clerk
and disbursing officer for this
district of the A.R.C., was here
for a few days this week.
A Dodge and a Cadillac car,
consigned to Galen's Auto Stage
Co. arrived at Chitina Thursday.
Four thousand gallons of gas
were received Thursday by the
A.R.C.
Harrais & Marhar put in
Long Ditch
Joe Murrey, who returned
from a ten day visit to his prop
erty on Young creek, report*
that Martin Harrais and Bill
Marhar are putting in a thous
and foot ditch on the left limit of
their claims. They are said to be
striking some rough going, as a
great deal of the ground is f roa
en under -the moss.
The amount of water carried
by the ditch, upon its completion
will allow the owners to ground
sluice their respective claims in
a manner calculated to run ser*
jous opposition to a large hydrau
lie plant.
Mr. Murrey appeared very
much impressed with the possi*
bilities of this method of work'
ing Young creek.
Mr. Murrey left town yester*
day to start operations on his
own holdings.
Bill Berry took the summer’s
outfit in, most of Mr Murrey’s
old equipment having been des
troyed by his cache falling and
at the same time crushing hit
|6nt»
Trapper Believed to Have
Been Killed by Bear
Word was received yesterday
that a trapper named Heimert
partner of Louis Rudolph, track
walker at mile 39 has been mis*
sing since May twenty-fifth.
About June first, his absence
caused apperhension as to his
safety, so a search party was
sent out to scour his trapping
grounds, which lie between 89
andKatella,but no evidedee of the
missing man was found.lt was
known that he went out to get a
couple of cubs, so it is feared be
was killed by" an old bear or was
drowned. 1
New Rifle Range at
Kenneeott
The Kenneeott Rifle Club has
just finished clearing a new plot
of ground that is to be used this
summer for the new six hundred
yard range. The members hare
a]so constructed new firing
points, and erected new butts
vpth a safety pit twenty by
four feet, and nine feet deep.
Practice on the new range is
to begin in a short time, and a
bunch of good scores are in the
offing.
The Rifle Club is also contem
plating taking over Ihe equjp
ment of the defunct shotgun
club. This equipment consists
of shells, guns, pigeon traps and
clay pigeons. All members of
Rifle Club who wish to practise
with the scatter guns will pay
an extra assessment to defray
the cost of ammunition.
Later on, members of the dual
club expect to do some active
work with pistols.
Dr. and Mrs. Mohr Hike
Saturday morning Dr. Mohr,
Who substituted Doctors Gilles
pie, of Kennecott; and Council,
of t ordova: during their vaca
tions, accompnied by his wife
hiked out of Chitina toward Pair
banjks. They expect to walk to
the last mentioned city, and at
that point return to their home
in Seattle. If the weather holds
good they are assured of a very
pleasant trip.
Washout; on Govm’t RR.
A washout on th4 Alaskan RR
near. Nenana has parlyzed that
line to such an extent that all in
terior passenger tarffic is being
routed over the Richardson high
way for the next two weeks.
Copper Shipment Made
Friday the Green Butte Mine
shipped a carload of high grade
copper ore to the smelter.
The entire car load was hand
sorted and according to the old
timers, about as rich as anything
that has gone down the valley.
With all the new machinery;
such as hoists, trams, etc. that ‘
are being installed, the mine
should be a steady producer.
The transportation problem bids
fair co be eliminated within a
short time, after the Road Com
mission begins operations.
LOCALS
Pete Brfenewick left with the
Chi.sane mail yesterday. He took
in lour horses, It is understood
that this is Pete’s last trip,Harry
Boy dan now haying the contract
Emil Issacson who has been
contracting at the Jumbo during
the past winter, is a few days
visitor at McCarthy.
Bill Lang, the trapper and in
ventor of the already famous
Lang trap, arrived in td#h a
couple of days ago. After a trip
in the hills that has lasted three
months', Rill is so thin he has t6
stand twice to make a shadow.
Humor has it that there will
be another newly wed couple at
Kernecott When Mines Supt.
Morris returns. It is understood
the bride to be is Miss Michael.
Mrs.Duffey and Mrs. Howard
of Kennecott Were McCarthy vis
itors Thursday evening.
There will be a dance this eveii
ing, at the Kennecott hail, after a
ball game on the Kennecott park
All ladies are to wear gingham
dresses and the men are to be
minus coats
C.W. Lloyd and family were
McCarthy visitors yesterday. --