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It brings back recollections
of the stories about lost Bonan
zas and Lakes ’o Gold to read of
a man on Douglas Island who
recently washed out $375 in
gold from four pans of dirt.
A group of local citizens at
Douglas have recently obtained
control of thirteen claims that
were discovered some time ago,
and have formed a company to
exploit the ground. They have
hopes of finding enough ore to
start Douglas booming as it did
during Treadwell’s palmy days.
Recently a deer was chased
by dogs near Sitka until it took
refuge in a stream that flows
through town and thus held her
tormentors at bay until some
men drove them away. The doe
was unharmed.
An answer to a letter I received from
an old friend now residing at Daytona,
Florida.
As I sit in my cabin all covered will)
snow.
It's cold outside, thirty below
1 am all alone with no one to cheer:
My nearest neighbor is two miles
from here.
The sky is sparkling with crystal
light,
The Arctic wonder that fills our nights.
Hark! do 1 hear the wail of some dogtem
Is it a fancy, or yet dream?
1 opened the door and from down the
frail,
Again came the malamute wail.
The musher soon palled up at the door,
And handed me letters, some three
or four.
As I glances at the writing, I could
plainly see, one was from my pal, Fred
rick James Gushee.
Friend Fred: I
i will answer your let*
ter as best 1 can; and tell you about
myself and this wonder land.
It's a wonder-land as some well
know, and the last frontier of the
sourdough. They are the ones who
blazed the ways, that others have
mushed with loaded sleighs. So that’s
why I’m here in this lonely dell. The
cities outside, are simply Hell. J came
out West in early years, and have al- j
ways been on the frontiers: when civil
ization gets too strong I hitch my
dogs and mush along. O'er rivers and
valleys and mountain streams, until 1 j
come to a place that suits my dreams. J
There I search for treasured store,
for after Alaska, there is no more.
Yes! Alaska is a wonder land; I’ve
prospected her coast from the Acrtic
down to Ketchikan, and most of her
rivers from stem to stern, but what
gold I’ve got I’ve had to earn. I’ve slept
outside when ,twas seventy below, in
in my tarp and robe on top of the
snow; with no one around, with a word !
of cheer, but the malamutc dcgs my i
songs did hear.
They tell me Fred, that I’m getting |
old and that I will have to stop stam- j
peding for gold. That time will will;
come, and I well know, I’ll be elected
to go below. Now from everything I’ve 1
been told, heaven must be pa- J
ved with gold. If that be so. it’s well 1:
know it will be no place for a sour ;
dough. C.H.Range
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Professor Describes Coal Beds I
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Deposits of coal along the He
aly river in Northwestern Alaska
are so large that they will sup
ply fuel for the whole of Alaska
for decades to come, without
the necessity of mining below
water level, according to an arti,
cle in the ’’Farthest North Col
legian,” by Earnest N. Patty,
professor of geology and miner
alogy in the school of mines at
Fairbanks.
Mr Patty was graduated from
the University of Washington
school of mines in 1919, and was
associated with the Landes state
geological survey in 1919-’20.
We are m the habit of refer
I
ring to the coal as lignite, said
, Mr. Patty, but in my opinion it
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
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THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt.
C. M.BOROUGHS . A-ent
is more nearly a sub-bituminous
variety. It is unusally clean for
coal of this class the ash content
being lower than many high
grade Washington coals, and it
has the high heat qualities of a
first class bituminous coal.
Alaska Timber Tests to Cove*
Two Years
A series of tests to determihe
safe working stresses for south,
ern Alaska hemlock is to be made
The timber to be used in the
tests was cut near Ketchikan re.
centiy and shipped to the states
Upon its arrival the task of de
termining the advisability of us
ing Alaska timber in preference
to the Outside product, was be
gun.
All of the tests will cover
both green and seasoned timber
according to C.W. Zimmerman,
engineer in charge of the labor
atory at the University of Wash
ington.
The A.K.C. and bureau of pub
lie roads at Juneau has for some
time been looking for ail the in
farmation available on the sub
ject of bridge and trestle con
struction on roads within Alaska
national forets, and the use of
wood instead of steel in the fu
ture will be decided by these
tests. The eX|)eriinents in pro
per construction will extend
over a peiiod ot two years.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
CO OWNERS
PETE DIECH and J. B O’NEILL
their heirs and assigns.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
That during the calendar year
of 1921, the undersigned ex
pended more than One hundred
dollars on each claim in labor
and improvements upon the Ram
bier group of Copper Claims Nos.
-I, <j, 7 and 8 situated along the
Dan Creek, a tributary of the
of the Nizina River, in th® [ un
organized JMining District with
in the McCarthy Precinct, in the
Territory of Alaska, in the lode
min it g locations you show an
undivided interest as shown in
the Notices of location thereof,on
record in said recording precinct
That said labor was performed
and the expenditure and improve
ments made as and for the an
nual labor for the respective cal
endar year by the provi
sious of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and amend
ments thereto, concerning the
annual labor and improvements
upon mining claims, and the a
raount sp expended was the a
mount required by law to hold
said claims for the year of 1921,
which year the same was ex
pended.
Yo i are therefore indebted to
the undersigned in the sum of
$133.88% and an additional sum
of $2.00 recording fees, a total
of $135.38% and you are notified
that unless you contribute and
pay the undersigned your por*
tion to wit: The sum of $135.33%
within riinety days after the per
sonal service of this Notice upon
you, or within ninety days after
the publication ©f this notice,
which ninety days shall be com
puted from the date of the last
publication as below slated,your
claim shall be forfeited to the
undersigned who has made such
expenditure and will become his
property by law.
Payment of such amount may
be made to the undersigned at
McCarthy, Alaska,
Dated this 24th day of Peb. 1923.
George *Marhoffer
First publication Feb .24, 1923.
Last publication J une 2, 1923.