GREEN AND RODEN
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A defensive allianee to fire vent I above
Oten being worked—i»oih men state
their position—WHbat will happen.
J. L Green and H. J. Roden
liave come to an understanding in
regard to I ab. Glen. Both have
combined to prevent the claim be
ing worked by anyone until the
court shall decide who is the riuhl
ful ow'iidr. The action ot Lore nee u
in selling the claim to O. A. Diver
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oil bed-rock is said to be the cause
of this alliance.
Mr. Roden was seen and admitt
ed that such was the case saving;
“Yes Green and myself have united
our forces; just so far as to prevent
the claim from being looted before
our injunction can arrive. If Mr.
Diver is of the opinion that he owns
the claim, he ought to agree with
me that the claim be held intact pen
ding the decision of the court. The
claim cannot be properly worked
in winter and such work will onlv
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butcher the ground, and is purely a
sniping proposition. It Mr. Diver
persists in going on the claim to
work it, we will place six thawers
and one huudred men on the claim.
1 will not allow the claim to be
rained if I can help it.”
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Mr. Green said: “Roden and I
have simply decided to await the
decision of the court; and in the
meantime prevent the claim being
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worked, if possible. If Mr. Diver
iuts a shovel pi the ground before
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the injunction arrives, every avail
able man and machine in the dis
trict will be put to work on tlie
claim. If the court awards me the
claim I want it intact -not gutted.
These are the plain facts of our .de
cision. and outside of this each will
press his sifit; and may the best
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man win.”
John Duncan returned from over
the divide last Monday and reports
the following:
Wa^er is troubling Smith. Con
rad, and Laboski on 4 above.
Woods & Moulton have got one
hole to bed-rock-2 3 feet.
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Liebrandt is getting good pay on
the extreme upper end of 5 ab
Johnson & Egan, and Knott and
Peterson are working on discovery.
Pete Johnson has sunk 3 holes 011
3 be. but has not got bed-rock.
A1 Allen on 7 ab. is down 23 ft.
but has not reached bed-rock.
Bob Howard has got good pay
washing one $17.86 pan. All the
laymen on 3 ab. are getting pay.
Barnett and Sid Williams have
left discovery and have taken a lay
on 3ab. next to Bob Howard.
Shirley and Williams have de
cided that their bench on the west
side is a summer proposition and
have taken a lay on 2 ab.
A number of men are at work on
i ab. building lean-to’s and putting
up tents, and getting ready, to go
to work. Lorencen let lavs on the
entire claim.
OFF FOR NOME.
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j Agent Corlmsier will Atari for Nntnr.
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Telegraph line nearly eomplelv!,
work above Taliana by men .
C. R. Corbusier, X. C. agent at
i Tanana, arrived last .Sunday ac
companied by Jim Risdou. IJotii
i gentlemen returned the followin’’
i Wednesday morning. Mr. Ou
i tor Nome, leaving W. B. Rodman
in charge ot the -station during his
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absence. Being in charge of all tae
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trading posts between Tanana and
| St. Michael, lie will inspect them
on his wav to Nome, reoortiug to
Capt. Hansen at that point. M‘ .
! Corbusier will consume two months
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; on the round trip.
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j Late advices from Tanana state
that the gap in the telegraph line
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I is only 8 miles long, below Nadalia
ftilton. Wire and material is beiim
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freighted from Ft. Gibbon-75 miles.
I In the meantime a courier makes a
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j round trip between the unconnect
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i ed ends every day carrying mes
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sages. Two weeks should see an
unbroken connection between Ta
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' nana and Nome. The detachment
i working toward Rampart have rc
! duced the gap to 40 miles. Witii
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good weather 12 days work will
j place us in communication with Ta
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nana. It has been semi-officially
stated, that if the weather got too
severe, Lieut. Dichmann would < r
der the men in and coupletc the
line next spring.