NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR U. S. PATENT.
The United States of America,
Department of the Interior,
General Land Office .
In the United States Land Of
fice at Anchorage, Alaska.
Serial No. 06622
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT FOR THE
IRON RIDGE LODE MIN
ERAL fij^AIM.
NOTICT2 is hereby given that
the undersigned owners of the
Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim have made application
to the United States Land Of
fice for the Anchorage Land
District of Alaska at Anchor
age for a patent on the above
and herein named and desig
nated mineral claim.
The date of posting this notice
is February 24th, 1926.
The names of the owners
and claimants are:
William McGrew, Hyder Alas
ka
Mrs. Minnie Jones, Hyder,
Alaska
Edward II. Fernald, as Admin
istrator of the Estate of Ed
ward Bronson Deceased, Hy
der, Alaska.
The name and desci'iption of
the claim is:
The IRON RIDGE LODE
MINERAL CLAIM, located on
the .Easterly side of the Sal
mon River where the Premier
Gold Mining Company’s aeri
al tram crosses said river, the
route of said aerial tram be
ing approximately the centei
line of said claim, and on the
Hyder-Premier wagon road
about 101/2 miles Northerly
from Hyder Alaska, in Hyder
Mining District, Alaska, and
more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at true corner ino. i
located on the West bank of
Salmon River, thence North
40° 52' East 200 feet to wit
ness corner No. 1, thence
North 40° 52' East 1025V2
feet to corner No. 2, thence
North 37° and 23' West
550 8-10 feet to corner No. 3,
thence South 42° 50' 17"
West 984 feet to witness cor
ner No. 4, thence South 42u
50' 17" West 174 2-10 feet to
Corner No. 4, thence South
37° 23' East 591 5-10 feet to
corner No. 1, the place of be
ginning.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is bounded as follows,
to -wit:—
On the Northwesterly side
by the Sourdough Fraction,
on the Northeasterly side by
the Virgina Lode claims, on
the Southeasterly side by the
11 Mile Discovery Claim, on
the Southwest by unappropri
ated public domain.
The Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is included in United
States Mineral Survey No.
1499, a plat of which said
survey is posted herewith and
made a part of this notice.
United States Mineral Sur
vey No. 1499 upon which ap
plication for patent for the
Iron Ridge Lode Mineral
Claim is based is not tied tt
a corner of the public survej
but is tied to United State!
Mineral Monument No. 1418
the geographical location oi
which is Longitude 130° 03
West and Latitude 56° 02
North. Said monument is Io
cated about 100 feet South
easterly from where the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company’i
tram crosses the Salmon Rivei
and in the Southerly cornel
of this claim on the Easterly
bank of said Salmon River
in Hyder Mining District
Alaska. Said raOoumettt is i
granite rock 30 inches by
24 inches by 10 inches, set 24
inches in the ground on a
point 20 feet above the Sal
mon River, and marked U. S.
M. M. No. 1418.
Said monument bears South
88° 15' West 93.7 feet from
witness corner No. 1.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
23rd day of February, 1926.
William McGrew
Mrs. Minnie Jones
Edward H, Fernald. as
Administrator of the es
tate of Edward Bronson
Deceased.
Any and all persons claiming
1 adversely the mining' ground,
vein, lode, premises, or any
portion thereof, described, sur
veyed, platted and applied for,
are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly
filed according to law, and the
| regulations thereunder, with
in the time prescribed by law,
1 with the Register of the U. S.
Land Office, at Anchorage,
Territory of Alaska, they will
be barred by virtue of the pro
visions of said statutes.
And it is ordered that the
above and foregoing notice
be posted in a conspicuous
place in the office of the Regis
ter of the U. S. Land Office
for the Anchorage Land Dis
trict of Alaska, at Anchorage,
Alaska, and that said notice
remain so posted during the
entire period while the said
foregoing notice is being pub
lished in the Hyder Weekly
Herald, a newspaper publish
ed at Hyder, Alaska.
Dated at Anchorage, Alaska,
this 10th day of April 1926.
J. Lindley Green
Register
Ernest Blue, Esq.,
Hyder, Alaska.
Attorney for claimants.
Date of first publication April
28, 1926.
Date of last publication June
23, 1926.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovland
Automobiles—
Hyder Machine Shop
i Automobile Supplies—
I Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
| Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop '
Bakery Goods—
| Quick Lunch.
Silver Grill.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmithing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
} Hyder Mercantile Co.
' Cleaning, Pressing—
! Robert Nakki
| Chinaware Crockery—
| Hyder Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Midget Emporium.
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
i Dairies— ,
• Hyder Dairy
■ Electrical Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
, Explosives—
, Salmon River Dock. Co.
i Fuel—
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Presaging a great increase in
Alasi a tourist travel during
the coming summer, fourteen
large tourist parties have been
booked and a large number of
others are planned for later
periods. The fourteen parties
which will include from 20 to
30 tourists, will bring an ag
gregate of 340 person's.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop has let a
contract for the erection of a
$100,000 movie theatre at.
Fairbanks, according to Se
attle reports.
The following independent
ticket has been filed at Nome
for the November election;
Senator Andy Nylan, Repre
sentatives, John J. Elliott, Mrs.
Omile McCarthy, Thos. Gaff
ney, Elmer Rydeen.
Allan Peterson, a well known
citizen of Seldovia has been
appointed temporary U. S.
Commissioner at Seldovia to
succeed Sid. Bettman, deceas
ed.
I Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
I Hyder Mercantile Co.
! Groceries—
! Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Hardware—
! Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Gilbert Berg.
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Midget Emporium.
Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Silver Grill
Quick Lunch
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Midget Emporium
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Toilet Preparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Midget Emporium.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Tinsmithing—
Gilbert B?rg.
Loss of barge carrying valu
able machinery for the North
Pacific Sea Products Com
pany’s new whaling station at
Port Hobron, near Kodiak, was
recently reported by the tug
Frest T. Crosby, on arrival at
Cordova following the disaster.
The barge and its expensive
cargo were a total wreck af
ter washing ashore six miles
from Cape Hinchinbrook.
Drilling for oil in the Chicka
loon district will begin during
the early summer, according
i to a letter from Capt. Ivan
Peterson. Capt. Peterson plans
to start north during May
ready to commence active de
velopment work on the prop
erty, which was obtained more
tha a year ago. A drill capable
of going down 3,000 feet, is
already on the ground and
other equipment will be ship
ped from the States sufficient
to carry on drilling operations.
Jack Guilford, oldtimer of
the Interior, where he was
widely known as “Wolverine
Jack,” and for some time past
an imate of the Pioneer Home
at Sitka, was recently ad
judged insane and committed
to Morningside.
Moose are seen daily on the
Richardson Highway a short
distance from Fairbanks, ac
cording to reports. The
Twelvemile post apparently is
apparently the favorite haunt
i of the animals for it is there
i that they are most often found.
—
Trapped in an ore pocket
while drawing a chute recent
ly, Arthur Rindeau, foreman in
the Alaska Juneau mine, was
; rescued by fellow workmer
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE
, United States of America, )
First Div. District of Alaska. )
Public notice is hereby given,
that by virtue of a writ o!
Fieri Facias (or execution)
j dated May 18th., A. D. 1926
'issued out of the District Court
i of the United States for th(
i First Div. District of Alaska
; on a judgment rendered ir
said Court, on the 29th, day o1
April, A. D. 192G, in favor ol
Hyder Townsite and Improve
ment Co. a corporation, Plain
tiff, and against Bernard M
Stone and Julia I. Stone De
| t’endants, I have, on this 26tl
day of May, A. D. 1926, leviei
upon the following describee
! real estate, situated in tnt
Town of Hyder, Alaska ant
; Territory of Alaska, to wit:
All of Lot Eleven (11) ii
Block Ten (10) of Lindeborg’;
Addition to the Town of Hy
der, Alaska, and that I will
| accordingly, offer said rea
1 estate for sale, at public veil
| due to the highest and bes
1 bidder for cash, on the 28th
| day of June, A. D. 1926, a
10 o’clock A. M., at the Offici
j of the United States Marshal
j Hyder, Alaska.
Dated, at Hyder, Alaska, thi
i 26th, day of May, A. D. 192i
Geo. D. Beaumont
U. S. Marshal,
First Div. District of Alaska
By. T. W. McDonald
Deputy.
Joseph Kehoe
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
after-being held a prisoner for
: more than six hours. He enter
ed the chute about 11 o’clock
in the morning and drew one
; of ihe boards, when the ore
| got away and poured down
the chute. It blocked the bot
tom and filled the passage
completely, shutting off his
way 'to the open and leaving
him enclosed in a small pock
et just large enough to occupy
but without room for much
movement. He was not discov
ered until 2 o’clock in the aft
ernoon when his calls were
heard by a searching party.
The ore was dug away and
Rindeau was liberated without
a scratch.
Duncan L. McDonald, Candle
Creek mining man and pioneer
arrived in Nome recently with
the body of his wife after
j covering 200 miles overland
by dog-team in order to have
! the remains embalmed for
shipment to Hillsdale, Mich.,
; the home of her relatives.
The journey was made in six
. days, over mountain passes
: and obliterated trails, sleeping
| out in the open to keep the
ibody frozen.
Mrs. McDonald died from
premature childbirth, in Can
dle, where there were no doc
tors nor hospitals.
The Alaska Road Commission
has agreed to handle the up
keep and improvement of the
Sitka National Monument a
60-acre park, which is said to
contain the finest collection of
Indian totem poles in the Ter
ritory. Authority has also been
given to restore Blockhouse
No. 2, erected by the Russians
over 120 years ago and the
scene of many historic con
flicts. The cost will be borne
by the Alaska Historical As
sociation, the Sitka Commer
cial Club and private sub
scriptions. The National Park
Service regularly allots funds
LOCAL NOTES
The Chamber'of Commerce
met in Chamber of Commerce
Hall Tuesday evening but the
session was confined almost en
tirely to routine matters and
little of public interest devel
oped. .
Miss A. M. Herring, propri
etor of the Bell Island Hot
Springs, near Ketchikan, was
a visitor in Hyder during th3
lay of the Taku.
for the upkeep of the Monu
ment.
The Pinta Bay Mining Co.
has been reorganized and is
now the the West Coast Min
ing Company, with headquart
ers in Tacoma, according to
L. S. Robe, manager, who ar
rived in Juneau recently on
his way to Chichagoff Island.
The newly organized company
contemplates active work on
the property in the near future.
The properties embrace the
ame mineralized area as the
Cann property on their north
and the Chichagoff and the
Hirst-Chichagoff on the south.
William Preido, who con
ducted a roadhouse on Hunker
creek near Dawson for many
years, passed away in Dawson
a few days ago at the ripe old
age of 83 years. Preido was in
the Yukon country half a doz
en years before gold was d's
covered in the Klondike. He
opened a roadhouse on Hunk
er in 1898 and ran it until it
was burned down a few years
ago when he built a snn ler
house near the site of the one
destroyed and remained there
until forced to go to the hospi
tal shortly before he died. As
a young man he mined in
nearly every camp in the U. S.
and Canada. Nothing was
known of any realltives and he
never referred to his private
life.
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