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Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday. Oct. 5;-1901.
No. 2
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COURT FOR NOME.
President order* Judge Wlckershain
to hold court »t Nome thin winter.
Kecommended by Attorney geiierr •
Washington, Sept 6.—The north
western part of Alaska, of which
the principal settlement is Nome,
is not to be left without a United
Slates court during the coming fall
and winter. The department of
ju. tice assumes that Judge Noyes,
v ill not be able to return to his post
before the close of navigation and
for that reason the president, upon
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recommendation of the Attorney
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general; has ordered Judge Wick
ersham, of the federal court at Eagle
City to act in Judge Noyes’ place.
The order does not prescribe that
Judge Wickersham shad take up
his residence at Nome, but says
that shall hold such special term
of court there as the needs of the
territory shall require.” Judge
Noyes is now in North Dakota and
is expected to arrive in Washington
next week to answer to charges
made against him.
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Glen Gulch, Oct. i.
Work has closed for the season on
discovery Eureka. Cleanup about
$500. The Eagle Miuing Co. are
closing up their summer gronnd.
Cleanup about $;ooo. One nugget
was found, $21.63. Dad Carson
came over to investigate the work.
ing mines, he declared it was as
good as Dominion creek, Dawson.
A BUSY CREEK.
LUt of claims on <»leii to be. worked
with names of laymen--A busy time
ahead for the delvers ou the creel •
The following is a list of the
| claims on Glen, exclusive of the
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! benches, that will be worked this
winter, and the men who will work
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them.
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1, 7 ab.—Allen, Graham, and Fish
er.
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6 ab.—Lawrence will prospect.
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! 5 ab.—Lane, Olsen, and Hoag
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land. Bush and Johnson.' Pete
Johnson and McKenzie.
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! 4 ab. upper half.—Gill & Roden,
Goetz, Hebb, and Spires. Maul
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ton and Woods. Lower half, La
boski, Conrad, and Lynn Smith.
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I Bob Meston and Iverson. Stevens
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and Diver.
; 3 ab.—Bob Howard. Kaminski
and Paul Lester, McKaskie, Law
rence and Green. Eagle Mining Co.
2 ab-—Eagle Mining Co.
1 ab. and discovery will probably
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not be worked oti account of the
shallow nature of the ground.
[ i be.—Carson and partner.
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2 be.—No lays let yet.
3 be.—Langford and Johnson.
From 3 be. down no lays have been
let to date, but it is safe to say that
every claim on the creek will be
worked to the limit. Fully as many
men will be working on the bench
ves, as on the creek..
BY STAGE TO NOME.
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Project under way to reach Nome in
winter—.San Francinco uteri start
the enterprise-- Work has begun.
Seattle, Sept. 4.—San Frai.ici.-co
capitalists, together with the well
known Alaskan Normon R. Smitr,
have undertaken the establishing t
of a stage line between Iliamna bav
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Cook Inlet, St. Michael and Nome.
Their enterprise envolvesan expen
diture and investment of about
$200,000. Seattle is to be the head
quarters of the concern, which is
known as the Transalaskan Com
pany. The first shipment of sup
plies and materials for the line was
marie via the: Pacific Packing and
Navigation Company’s steamer Ex
celsior, Capt. Humphrey, which
left Seattle several days ago for
Copper river and Cook inlet. The
outfit, w'hich consists mainly of
supplies, lumber and material for
the Iliamna bay terminus, which is
at the north end of the Alaska pen
insula, went north in charge of K.
B. Mastick, one of the stockholders
and officers of the company.
\i(. M. Bank, of San Francisco,
is to be general manager of the
company. He will arrive in Seat
tle early in October and assume ac
tive charge of the enterprise. As
sociated with him in. this project,
which is understood to be prelimin
ary to a railroad from Iliamna bay
to Nome, are some of the wealthiest
men of the California metropolis.