DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska June 16,
1925
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that John Hovland, a citizen
of the United States, whose
postoffice address is Hyder,
Alaska, has filed his applicat
ion, Serial No 06444 for pat
ent for the FISH CREEK
CLAIM NO.l LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 2 LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 3 LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 4 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE and FISH
CREEK NO. 5 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE, included with
in U. S. Survey No. 1482, situ
ated in the Hyder Mining Dis
trict, Territory of Alaska,
about eight miles from the
mouth of Salmon River, on
Fish Creek, a tributary of Sal
mon River, in Lat. 56 degrees
00' N. Long. 130 degrees 03’
W., more particularly describ
ed as follows:
FISH CREEK CLAIM NO. 1
LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of
the Fish Creek Claim No. 1
Lode, whence U. S. L. M. No.
27 bears N. 00 degrees 24' 10“
W., 1663.20,ft. distant; thence
S. 25 degrees 01' W., 600 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 62 de
grees 49' E., 1335.80 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence N. 25 de
grees 01' E., 600 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence N. 62 degree?
49' W., 1335.80 ft. to Cor. No.
1, place of beginning. Con
taining an area of 18.386
acres.
FISH CREEK NO. 2 LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bears N. 3 degrees 51' E., 1521.
06 ft. distant; thence N. 85
degrees 49' W., 594.20 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence S. 7 degrees
81* E., 1417.80 ft. to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 85 degrees 49' E., j
594.20 ft. to Cor. No. 4; !
thence N. 7 degrees 31' W.,
1417.80 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning*. Contain- ]
ing an area of 18.938 acres,
less conflict with Fish Creek
No.l Lode, this survey, 1.358
acres. Net area claimed 17. j
580 acres. j
FISH CREEK NO.3 LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1, !
whence U. S. L. M. No. 271
bears N. 00 degrees 25’ W.,
2427.11 ft. distant; thence N.
89 degrees 38’ W., 587.40 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 4 de- 1
grees 09' W., 1493.80 ft. to j
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 89 de
grees 38' E., 449.11 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence N. 9 degrees
23’ 52” E., 1508.75 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing an area of 17.728
acres, less conflict with Fish
Creek No. 2 Lode, this survey,
5.594 acres. Net area claimed
12.134 acres.
FISH CREEK NO. 4 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1.
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bears N. 3 deg. 281 W., 2410.
62 ft. distant; thence S. 22
deg. 34' W., 1500 ft. to Coi.
No. 2; thence S. 80 deg. 46’
E., 614.80 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 22 deg. 34’ E„ 1500
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 80
deg. 46’ W., 614.80 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing an area of 20.600
acres, less area in conflict
with Fish Creek Claim No. 1
Lode, this survey, 1.305 acres;
Fish Creek No. 2 Lode, this
raT DALY'S
TIN WHISTLE
IN DISCARD
James CuIIins in
Vancouver Province
It is not so long ago, in the
Portland Canal country, that
Pat Daly’s tin whistle was the
only “musical” instrument in
the whole district for many
miles. Since those days music
has come to the towns of
Stewart and Hyder, at the
edge of the water, which was
not surprising with the devel
opment of those mining camps.
But music is general now in
| the hills as well as in the
towns, for the radio—especial
ly the portable type—is num
erous. Every prospector with
a well-ordered cabin, sooner
or later will have his radio as
an indispensable part of his
equipment, and when the
ancient Pat Daly, from his
work in Vancouver, where he
is interesting the odd specu
lative dollar to extend its
activities to the Portland Can
al, finds time to visit the
northern hills again, his worn
tin whistle will no longer
bring around him the score of
old-timers.
Oren F. Hill, one of the own
ers of the Crest group of
claims, on the Alaska side of
the Portland Canal area is a
Vancouver visitor. Yesterday
survey, 0.477 acres; and Fish
Creek No. 3 Lode, this survey
2.363 acres. Net area claim
ed 16.456 acres.
FISH CREEK NO. 5 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bears H. O deg 37" W., 3773.
10 ft. distant; thence S. 77
deg. 37' W., 654.90 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. 11 deg. 39'
W., 1458.30 ft to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 77 deg. 37' E., 654.
90 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N.
11 deg. 39’ E., 1458.30 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning. Containing an area
of 20.024 acres, less area in
conflict with Fish Creek No.
3 Lode, this survey, 0.485
acres, and conflict with Fish
Creek No. 4 Quartz Claim
Lode, this Survey, 0.232 acres.
Total area claimed 19.307
acres. Magnetic variation, all
lines 30 deg. 10' E. Total area
claimed 83.862 acres.
U. S. L. M. No. 27 to which
this survey is tied consists of
a granite stone 18 x 22 inches,
showing 8 inches above the
ground in Lat. 56 deg. 00' N.
and Long. 130 deg. 03’ W.
Conflicting claim is the Bon
ney Lode, unsuiveyed, lying
due north of and conflicting
with Fish Creek No. 1 Lode,
the area of conflict being
claimed by the applicant
herein. The owner of the said
Bonney Lode is Fish Creek
Mining Co., a corporation,
whaee postoffice address is
Hyder, Alaska.
Any and all persons claim
ing adversely any of the
above described vejins, lodes
or premises are required, to
file a notice of their adverse
claim with the Register of the
U. S. Land Office at Anchor
age, Alaska, within the period
of publication, or eight months
thereafter, or they will be
barred by the provisions of
the statute.
J. Lindley Green,
REGISTER.
1st Pub. July 22, 1925
L#0t Pub. Sept. 23, 1925
he luggfed into the Hotel Van
couver what seemed to be a
brand new suitcase. As most
of the northern business men
and miners, <after they come
south, seldom carry anything
uew back north, Mr. Hill’s
impedimenta attracted a cert
ain amount of attention
among his friends.
At any rate, what he had
was not a suitcase, but a com
pact radio that looked like
one. It was only another of
the many radios that now
keep the men of the northern
hills more or less in touch
with civilization. Mr. Hill de
clares that the radio has
changed the prospector’s out
look.
It was not so long ago that,
excepting for Daly’s whistle
and a mouth organ or two,
musical instruments were not
known in the hills. The radio
has given the hills whole brass
bands. Asked if he expected
to take his whistle next time
he goes North, Daly says he
might, but only for the corn
fort of his own musical soul,
for he could not expect to
compete with the big orches
tras of the continent.
While the radio is a great
comfort to prospectors away
from civilization, just what ef
fect it is going to have ulti
mately is a question. Some ot
the old-time partners will miss
their daily quarrels over the ;
bean pot. They now listen in i
on the radio programme dui
ing the time customarily given
over to the partnership argu
ment.
Mr. Hill says all of the
larger mining operations are
being equipped with strong
receiving sets for the enterain
ment and instruction of the
1 miners. He adds that The
j Province programme is very
popular.
C. Stuart Barnes, an old
timer of Dawson, was found
recently stretched on his bunk,
dead, with a small mirror in
his left hand, a revolver clutch
ed in his right hand and a
bullet hole in his temple. On
a sheet of paper were these
typewritten words. “Sudden
violent internal combustions.
No let-up for twelve hours.
Condition incurable. To savt
trouble Au revoir. C. Stuart
Barnes."
Bhrnes was fully clothed,
when found. The body was in
an emaciated condition, show
ing signs of poor health ana
lack of proper nourishment.
In a note found by the police
the deceased stated that he
had not a penny in the world.
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Dugal McDougal, an old
time carpenter of the Nenana
district was found dead re
cently at his cabin, nine miles
below Nenana. He had been
ailing for some time before
| his death. His body was taken
to Nenana for burial.
Fire, which started in the
office of the immigration in5
spector, second floor of the
C. P. R. ticket office building
in Skagway, fanned by a
strong south wind, quickly at
tacked the two-story building
of Camp Skagway No. 1,
mother camp of the Arctic
Brotherhood and practical
ly destroyed that historical
structure recently.
Vel M. Evanoff, of Anchor
age, was recently convicted in
the district court, on two
counts of violation of the
“dry” law, and was sentenced
by Judge Ritchie to pay a fine
of $1,000 and serve one year
in jail and pay a fine of $500
on the second count. The
court then suspended the
$1,000 fine on the first count
and the year imprisonment
and $500 fine on the second
count.
Shooting from a row boat,
100 yards distant, and at an
elevation, Miss Anna Keenan,
a round trip passenger on the
steamer Alameda, killed a
brown bear with one shot
from an army Springfield
rifle recently at Red Bluft
bay.. The shot entered an eye
and took off part of the head.
The bear dropped from the
cliff into the bay and was tow
ed ashore and skinned. It was
estimated to weigh about 350
pounds and the fur was in
fine condition. Miss Keenan is
from Trenton, N. J.
Mrs. Sergy Pete, an Indian
woman about 50 years old,
was killed recently, during
the progress of a native drink
ing party in a tent located be
tween the town of Kenai and
the Libby, McNiell & Libby
cannery. Two daughters and
a son of the victim were pres
ent at the party, and their
testimony seemed to indicate
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jthat the woman left the tent
and was attacked: She is said
to have cried for help where
| upon her assailant attempted
to choke her and failing in
this, used a knife, severely
gashing the back of her neck.
I A minature Panama canal
was dug in the Oil Bay dis
| trict last winter by Nat White,
a well known prospector of
the Seward district. Mr. White
unassisted dug a canal V4 of a
mile in length, 12 feet in
width and four feet in depth,
in order that he might get his
launch, back into deep water
from where it was flung, far
back on the beach by a storm
last fall. Later White was
preparing to turn a creek into
his canal to float the boat
down to the bay.
Both the Standard Oil Com
pany and the Associated Oil
Company recently secured
tank farms on Wide Bay, it i
reported from a fairly au
thentic source. It is predictec
that owing to the good anchoi
age and the protection afford
ed vessels at Wide Bay, whicl
has been surveyed by the gov
ernment, there will be a nev\
townsite there if oil is brough'.
in from the wells now bein^
drilled by these companies.
The Arthur Yates hospital, a:
Ketchikan, which was operat
d by the Episcopal church
and which was recently closec :
after being in operation foi
more than 21 years, will b( ■
moved to Wrangell.
At a meeting of the Wranger
Commercial club recently the
sum of $10,000 was subscrib
ed for the purpose of erectiip
a suitable hospital buildin;
and the packing and remov
ing of the hospital equipmen
from Ketchikan.
The Guggenheim interests re |
opened on June 1st, the north I
west headquarters of th I
American Smelting and Re j
fm'ng Company in Seattle !
wiih Louis A. Levehsaler, we! j
A own mining engineer i
charge. The Guggenheim;; hat
.a office in Seatth* before hu
luring the World War !he.\
discontinued it. Mr. Levensai
er said that the reopening 01
he office was due to the rap
idly reviving activity in gen
eral mining, particularly in
precious ores. Levensaler’s'
duties will be to visit the cust
mers of the Tacoma smelter ;
in Alaska, British Columbia.
• dahoj Oregon and Washing
on, and to gather data bear
ing on the Guggenheim ex
pansion* program.
By an order of Presiden1
Coolidge, signed June 10, tht
.rea of the Ketchikan town
. ite was reduced from 28
000 acres to 20,000 acres, th< ;
oortion eliminated being pla< j
ed in the Tongass Nationa
forest reserve.
Frank B. Weistling fold th
Seattle Mining Club recently j
at a luncheon, that a com
pany had been formed by him
and was ready to dredge tne
Kuskokwim. He said he hau
to go to New York to get the
i capital. He declared that im
: proved water transportation
would insure development of
mining in the Kuskokwim.
A recent report by the U. S.
Geological Survey shows that
1,634, 249,092 pounds of fine
copper was produced from
the domestic ores of Alaska
in the United States last
year through smelter output,
against 1,434,090,696 pounds
for 1923.
The total production of new
and refined copper in 1924
was 2,260,000,000 pounds,
valued at $214,087,000,000.
The world production for 1924
was 2,998,000,000 pounds ana
the average price for which it
was sold was 13.1 cents per
pound.
An application for funds to
develop a landing place for
seaplanes has been made by
the Chamber of Commerce of
Cordova. The application was
made to the Territorial board
f road commissioners, and by
hat body was referred to R.
Summers, Territorial High
ray engineer for report ana
ecommendation.
The former German raider,
Vince Eitcl Frederick is lying
it the mooring at Naknek,
’ristol Bay district, converted
into a cannery vessel by the
Libby, McNeill & Libby Com
pany. The vessel is said to be
one of the finest steamers of
its type in the world. Visitors
are astonished at the sight of
the huge steel ship lying
quietly at anchor, and the ex
ploits of the vessel during the
World War are generally re
alled and related to them.
Fhe crew now aboard the
nassive vessel has its choice
>f luxurious quarters, for,
vith the exception of the re
loval of some of the beauti
ul oil paintings, certain up
lolstered furniture, and the
aking away of the fimu
Trades of rare wood finishings,
he ship is practically the
ame as when 800 men were
omfortably accommodated on
he warship. The quadruple
xpansion reciprocating en
fines in the engine room are
he same as when she raided
essels off the west coast oi
south Americaa.
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