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STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanship Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street. j
Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
PENNSYLVANIA IS
HAVING OH BOOM
PITTSBURGH.—The advance in
the price of Pennsylvania crude oil
to $5 a barrel will result in the
widest search for petroleum this sec
tion has known since the early days
of the “oil excitement,” according
to authorities in the industry here.
Already it has started, and leases
are being taken on territory which
was drilled over more than half a
century ago and then abandoned for
more productive fields. Drilling has
been connection on some of these
leases, and results have been so
i good as to encourage others. One
field in Allegheny county, abandoned
in the early seventies because the
; one welh drilled proved to be a
“duster,” has produced a number of
wells in the past few months,
i “The greater part of this devel
opment will be in Western Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia,” explained
the head of a large corporation
which has been developing oil terri
tory for many years. “When oil
was only a dollar a barrel one had
to bring in a good well before he
had a paying proposition. Now with
oil at $5 a barrel it pays to drill a
lot of wells, even though they pro
duce only a barrel or two a day.
We reduce expenses by connecting
these small wells to one power plant
and pumping them very thoroughly.
While the initial cost of drilling is
high, about three times as much as
in the old days, economies of op
eration and the princely price of
| crude oil make hunting for the
Pennsylvania grade a pretty profit
able investment.”
I The companies engaged in this
work are usually oldtime organiza
tions which have no stock for sale
and which cover thoroughly with
leases all the territory in the im
i
mediate neighborhood of their opera
tions.
Nenana, the Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
CONVICT CAMP CLOSED
i AS RESULT OF REFORM
i
j ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.—-At the
suggestion of County Judge Leroy
Brandon, who declared “booze has
.gone and there probably will be no
more convicts,” the board .of com
missioners of Pinellas county, one
of the most populous counties of
Florida, has closed the county con
vict camp and has under considera
tion a proposal to lease it for farm
ing purposes. This action was
prompted when it was discovered
, not a convict was in the camp Janu
ary 1. The prisoners in the past
have been employed in repairing
county highways.
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CACHE CREEK MINER !
SAYS RUSH IS DUE
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Wrting from San Francisco, Jim
Murray, Cache creek operator, re
cently advised Sidney Anderson, of
the Bank of Anchorage, that he is
shipping in a large hydraulic outfit
to be installed on the Nugget creek
property. Mr. Murry will arrive in
Anchorage early this month to su
pervise transferring the machinery
to the Cache creek district. “Little
Mack” McAllister, Mr. Murray ad
vises, will be in charge of the sea
son’s operations.
Referring to Alaska, in his letter,
Mr. Murray says that daily he runs
across old friends from the North,
and among them has seen several
Anchorage citiens who are enjoying
the California climate.
Mr. Murray says that the mining
industry in the neighborhood of An
chorage is receiving considerable
publicity this winter and he antici
pate more travel to that section this
year than ever before.
I
E. T. Lindner has been appointed
manager of the land and industrial
department of the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, to till the va
cancy caused by the recent retire
Jment of John F. Coffey. Mr. Lind
ner was formerly with the commis
sion as land office assistant in the
land and industrial department.
Since leaving Anchorage, in Au
gust, 1918, he has been engaged
in the contract division of the war
department at Washington, D. C.
;Mr. Lindner expects to report at
jAnchorage for duty the latter part
i of March.
In addition to performing the du
ties of manager of the land and in
dustrial department, Mr. Coffey was
editor of the Alaska Railroad Rec
ord, official publication of the Alas
kan Engineering commission.
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
To the Public: The following let
ters in the Nenana postoffice un
called for, month ending February
29, 1920. Mention letter being ad
vertised when you call for same.
R. S. McDonald, Postmaster.
! A ho, Henry.
Andersson, Oskar G.
Gasovich, Sam.
Holmes, Wm.
Hogan, Harry.
Inkster, Richard.
I Held, Fred.
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House, John.
Jerman, Joe.
Forman, Cecolia.
Loberg, Johan.
Mandrel], Miss M.
j Mutka, Herman.
! Richardson, Redin.
l Sorts, Esau,
i Begoff, Andro.
Alekoff, Bores (2).
r.s. McDonald
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Henana, the Gateway to McKinley
national Park.
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| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS §
S According to a recently issued Court Order by =
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
= nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
i enabled by this change to do their recording and |
5 transact other business at Nenana, which is within |
= easy reach of their mining activities. |
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
= .1. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary, a
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