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Prospectors
IT 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 ndted 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
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trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of trie 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
Commercial
Club
WON CITY NOTES
Thursday, February 12.
Following shortly after the recent
hurricane, a rather heavy fall of
snow was experienced in this neigh
borhood. This was very welcome, as
it held much promise of putting the
trail, which was bare in several
places, in good shape for hauling
on. The snow commenced falling
on the night of Thursday, the fall
lasting well into the forenoon of
Friday and registering five inches.
That “the best laid plans o’ mice
and men gang aft agley” was dem
onstrated again when, at about i!
p. m. on Friday, a hurricane began
to blow from the south and the
“beautiful” was taken up, whirled
away, and piled up where it became
a hindrance to progress in the way
'of freighting. The trail on the
: bleak hillsides was left as bare as
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:ever by the gale, and badly drifted
jat other places.
i The storm raged with unabated
;fury all night long and all next
day, dying down finally at about
jnoon on Sunday. No freighting was
; possible while the gale lasted.
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\ Big four-horse teams now go
:right up to Moreno’s (Park Gate
■roadhouse), approximately 14 miles
| from the end of steel, and the
j freighting of material and supplies
| to the distant camps of contractors
and A. E. C. forces is being pushed
'forward as rapidly as possible. More
I horses, sleds and teamsters are due
jhere on the next train from town
jto take care of the freight.
Mrs. F. D. Browne, Mrs. Norvin
: Smith, and Miss Smith, of the hos
J pital staff, were among the pass
jengers on the train arriving at Can
jyon City last Saturday. The hur
ricane was at its height when the
train arrived, and the ladies hastily
sought shelter in Resident Engineer
‘Mills’ quarters, where they remained
; until the train was ready to start
| on the return journey. The day
•and weather were most decidedly
unpropitious for sightseeing.
Coal mining operations on Hose
janna or Lignite creek would appear
'to be going full blast. Four teams
jare hauling the product of the mini'
jto the cars on the new siding, about
(half a mile above the Lignite road
; house. Several carloads of coal
: from the new mine have already
I been sent to town. It is reported
that several more teams will arrive
at the mine shortly to hasten the
hauling of the whole quantity' the
mine owners have contracted to
deliver to the A. E. C. The coal
ihas to be hauled along Lignite creek
land across the N’enana river to the
cars. The mine on Lignite is owned
land operated by the Broad Pass
Coal & Development company.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sweatz arrived
here recently to become permanent
residents of this city. A cabin,
which will be their residence and
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place of business when completed,'
is now in course of construction
and is expected to be completed and
ready for occupancy shortly.
Charles Graham, from headquar
ters office of the A. E. C., Nenana,
arrived in camp on the special train
on Monday. He will act as time
keeper during: the absence from the
station of the regular incumbent of
that office.
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Tom Maher, well-knowr, oldtimer,
arrived in camp Monday from An
chorage, and probably will be sta
tioned in the neighborhood of this
camp. He mushed in over the Broad
Pass trail from the end of steel on
the coast division. He reports the
trail to be in good condition, ex
cept in the neighborhood of Jack
river. As a result of the recent
warm spell, the trail for a distance
of approximately two and a half
miles above and the same distance
below the Jack River roadhouse was
not negotiable, owing to bad ovei
flows, a rather wide detour being
necessary to avoid them. The trail
at the location named is on the
river ice.
Tom Maher mined in the Iditarod
district several years ago in part
nership with Jim Hagan and Ed
Britt.
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The telephone crew engaged in
extending the line northward from
Anchorage toward Nenana has now
reached the first roadhouse (Cari
son’s) on the Nenana side of the
Broad Pass summit, according to
Tom Maher. He says it will not
be long before Fairbanks and An
chorage will be connected by phone.
Superintendent Dan Leech is con
tinually on the go, except when
held up by severe weather. His
visits to the base camp here are
brief, few and far between. He
left for Moreno’s Tuesday afternoon
in half a gale, and probably will be ■
away for a few days.
Resident Engineer Howard (I.
Haslem and his assistant, Leon I’.
Shoemaker, arrived in camp on Sat
urday’s train, and have been held \
up here by stress of weather. They
left Tuesday afternoon for their
camp a few miles south of the Can
yon roadhouse (Mrs. Allred’s).
Ole Jacobsen, one of the propri
etors of the Middle Fork roadhouse,.
on the Broad Pass trail, left for '
Talkeetna with a light load Sun- '
day, and expects to be back at the
end of steel soon.
The pups are doing fine and are '
daily growing in grace and favor.
As they did not appear to take *
kindly to the names chosen for '
them with so much care, it became {'
necessary to change them, and, ac-,
cordingly, with Rody Conners as
sponsor, the names of Bridget, Be- ■
delia, and Mickey were formally be
stowed on them. Owing to the per
sistence of the dry law, the usual
formalities had to be regretfully .
dispensed with—the sponsor, how- j
ever, bought the cigars for the |
crowd". Rody had only recently re- s
turned to his station, not much the ■
worse for his trip to Fairbanks,
where, he says, he had a “helofn" j
time. : i
Resident Engineer Huston D. j
Mills left on Monday’s train for |
Nenana. He expects to return to.,
his station in a day or two. j<
The hospital at Camp 358, a sub- '
urb of Canyon City, is about com-,
pleted, and probably will be opened ;
for business soon. The building is :
situated in a beautiful grove of (
birch, with _ a typical “babbling
brook” running by it The bridge
spanning the brook has now been
completed.
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George Hutohinson, of the First
National" bank, Fairbanks, who had
been spending part of his vacation j
in the neighborhood of the coal
mine, arrived in camp on Monday’s
train. He went up to Camp 358
this forenoon, along the shortcut,
following along the canyon, intend
ing to go on up to the southern
limit of the residency—about six
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niles south of the base camp; but,
nving to stiff gale of wind which
sprang up suddenly in the after
noon, the trip was abandoned and
le returned to camp.
Mr. Hutchinson was accompanied
in the trip by Charles Graham and
;he camp timekeeper. He left for
S’enana on the train today, enroute
;o Fairbanks.
Bill Wallace, of the Mills engi
neering party, who had been in
he hospital at N'enana, under treat
nent for a frozen toe, returned
•ecently, none the worse for the
iceident. He has resumed active
luties and takes the field in the
lame old way, as if nothing had
lappened.
Supplies are steadily coming in
ind the Broad Pass store will soon
>e stocked with everything neces
ary in the way of construction ma
■erial, supplies, etc., to meet all
■equirements. Freight is also mov
ng steadily from the store to the
amps south of Canyon City.
A circular issued recently by the
ingineer in charge sets forth that
he base camp at the present end
>f steel, opposite the mouth of Healy
reek, formerly known as Camp
!<50, or Camp 358, will hereafter
ip officially known as Healy.
N'els Rasmussen, who had been to
own to have his teeth fixed, has
etumed to camp.
The regular Wednesday mail train
rrived at. Canyon City at 3:15
i. m.—four hours late, the delay
ieing due to the heavy going con
euuent on the snowdrifts on the
inc caused by recent storms. The
rew and passengers were well-nigh
amished. They had dinner at Camp
lealy (end of steel).
Engineer in Charge Fred’k D.
Irowne, Chris Edmunds of the en
■ineering staff, and Mark Tyler, of ^
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Home-Made Bakery
i Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
! ficial photographer, were among the
j incoming passengers, their purpose
being to witness the touching off
of a Ayote hole, loaded with ap
proximately seven and one-half tons
of TNT, on a section of the right
of-way heing graded by Victor
Young & Co. Mr. Tyler came for
the purpose of taking a photograph
of the blast.
Owing t*> the late arrival of the
train, the shot was postponed for
!) o’clock this morning. Messrs. ^
Browne, Edmunds, Tyler, Hutchin
son and other visitors stayed the
night at the eamp to witness it.
BIG HORN ROADHOUSE
Will be open to the public, twelve
miles from Moreno's, on March first.
Everything new. Barn room for 12
horses. .1. N. BAIN’.
kl9 Manager.
See J. A. Stippern for new rates
on subscriptions and <*enewals of all
leading magazines and periodicals.
Club rates on application.
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Miners and Prospectors! |
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS f
According to a recently issued Court Order by |
Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- f
cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
enabled by this change to do their recording and |
transact other business at Nenana, which is within §
easy reach of their mining activities. 1
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. S
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