VOL: VII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday August ho, 1^4
No, XX/vX
WHO’S WHO
Business picking up, Poker Sam
arrives in town.
A new Care was opened up by
Mr Bill Johnson, to the disgust ol
some of the older restauranteer s
Word was recently st nt to us
that the Dick Lander j -nior, for
merly of this town; had been
warded the baby prize at An
chorage, beating all comers to
the first prize, out of a thousand
other competitors. We extend
our congratulates to the little
ieller, and his proud Mother, anu
his old Dad.
The two Engineers, that came up
to McCarthy,with the former Go
vernor of New York, pulled in
from the White river country
this week, they were looking at
the various prospects in that sec
tion of the country with the idea
purchasing some of the larger
ones.
The were Very veil satisfied
asa vvhole with the country.
HAi ry Boyden, took them in
with his pack train and he was
iccoinpameu by lus wile and
3ili Loubey, who was their cook.
Harry Mudge of this towrn, and
vlr.Joes ol Dan CreeK, have gone
out on a few days Hunt on Cniln
stone for sneep.
nmmie Hussey of tiie Golden,
mo hoy buyder, nave enstaueu
a power plant of tde ivolner s,> s
ean and nas tne Deico system
jeata mne.
inelHanet Mars, in Octobei,
.vill be 45,uOO miles, nearer tne
earth than at any time of its e^v
•>f«tence known to me civilizeu
.vona.
PLACEK MINKS CLOSING
FoK SEASON
The forerunner of ihe of the
crews of the Nizna, and Dan
creek mines came into town Sun
day, from the upper camp at Chi
litu, after a hard summers work
at the diafirmgs; a .id report Unit
t.< re is 111% iy to be an unusually
n'»ju clean up camp as well as
..t one juvver camp.
Tiie upper camp iiave taken
out about a thuusanu leeL direct
iy where me olu ol Nizma former
iy stoou, anu. from ail appeal an
ces tiie oid town was bunt on a
goiden oed.
llie lower camp will be thru
mining auout tomorrow.
Tho loo over burtieii was a spe
cluily heavy wusii tins season, the
cleanup will more than exceed eX
pectatiom
The camps will be closed for
the winter around liie first of Oc
to her.
Dun Creek, is said to be nearly
thru with its seasons wora and
ms expected that the crew wilA
he m about the 1 nth teen lh of the
month.
GREEN BUTTE MINE
WORKS ON 25TH
I’lie Butte Mine, is expected to
start work full blast once more
on the l2ath. as they will by that
cime have recieved power from
tiie Kennecott Plant, where they
have made tremendous headway
>n their new power station.
/VHO Wants a Buffalo? Here Is
Your Chance
vVashington, Aug. 9. —An offer
ot a buff; 1 » free is made by the
'interior Department, to an v one
* willing to pay the freight.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BEFORE THE
GENERAL RAND OFFICE
ANCHORAGE serial NUMBER
0C»2B1
Hamlin F. Andrus, etalapplicants
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That in accordance with the laws
of the United States, and especial
ly in pursuance of the Acts of
Congress approved July 9 th, 1870
and May 10 th, 187?, and amend
ments thereof, the undersigned
applicants, who are citizens of the
United States, and whose post office
address is Care of Maurice D. Leehey,
i)20 Alaska Building, Seattle, Wash*
ington, who have acquird and improved
the placer mining claim and premises
hereinafter described in accordance
with said laws and all local laws, rules
and customs of miners, and who with
their predecessors in interest have per
formed labor and made improvements
of a value greater than Five Hundred
Dollars upon and for the benefit of
such placer claim, and who at this time
are in the sole, actual and peaceful
possession thereof, will apply tor a
oatent to the JOLLY ASSOCIA
TION PLACER, officially surveyed as
a part of Mineral Survey 1473, con
taining an area of 139,068 acres
(excluding conflict with prior locations)
of a valuable placer deposit of gold
and other minerals situated on the
bench lands along the right limit of
White Gulch, a tributary of Chittitu
Creek, in the Nizina (unorganized)
Mining District within the McCarthy
Recording Precinct, in the Third
Judicial Division of the Territory of
Alaska, more particularly and accurate
ly described upon tho official plat of
said mineral survey No 1473 now
posted on the ground, and in the Field
Notes thereof on file in the U.S. Land
Office at Anchorage, Alaska, as follows:
!
r.v " Mng at the initial point taken
for this description which is corner
No. 1, of the Jolly Association placer,
identical with ('orner No. 1, of the
lolly Gulch Bench No. 1 and with
corner No. 3 of White G 1 h Bench
No. 2, both of this survey, and with
( orner No. 4, of No.2, White Gulch
Blacer, Mineral Survey No. 1092, and
Corner No. 1, of No. 3, White Gulch
i’lacer, Mineral Survey 1404, from
which point U. S. L. M.No. 27 bears
N 35 ° 19 ’ 23” W 3593.17 feet dis
tant; thence from such initial
point along the southeast line
of the .Jolly Association Placer S 54
32 E 330 feet to Corner No. 2, of
the said Jolly Gulch .Bench No. 1,
whitch is the southeast corner thereof,
a point on the north line of No. 3,
White Gulch Placer, and on the same
course a total distance of 1171 . 33
feet from said initial point to Corner
No. 2, of the Jolly Association Placer,
identical with Corner No. 2, of No. 3,
White Gulch Placer and with Corner
and with Corner No. 1, of No. 4, White
Gulch Placer; thence along thi South
erly line of the Joily Association Placer,
identical with the northerly line of No.4
White Gulch Placer,S 49 ° 13’ E 1377.
72 feet to Corner No. 3, o the Jolly
Association Placer identical with Corner
No.2 of No. 4 White Gulch Placer and
with Corner No. 2, of No. o, White
Gulch Placer; thence S 14°50’ E 1323.
50, feet to Corner No. 4. of the Jolly
Association Placer, identical with
Corney No. 3, of No. 5, White Gulch
Placer and with Corner No. 2, of No. 6
White Gulch Placer; thence S 34 ° 42’
E 1308. 82 feet to Corner No. 5 of the
• lolly Aasociation Placer, which is the
Southeast cornet thereof, and identical
with Corner No. 3 of No.6 White
Gulch Placer a id with Corner No. 2
of No. 7 White Gulch Placer, both in
M. S. 1404; thence along the south
easterly endline of the Jolly Associa
tion Placer N 54° 03’ E 1300.23
feet to the Northeast Corner No. 6
of the Jolly Association placer; thence
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