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Nenana. Wlun Rall« and Rlver« Meet
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
BLOW ON GLACIER
SIOPS OLDIEMERS
ON SHUSANA TRIP
Ever since Columbus sailed west
to get east in 1492, America’s mot
to has been, “Sail on, and on!”
Especially when one is on an er
rand for Uncle Sam, he must de
liver the goods, though the obsta
cle's may seem insurmountable.
George Walker, former well
known resident of Fairbanks, re
turned to his home in Cordova re
cently from a nerve-racking trip
into the Interior to take the census.
After visiting Kennecott, Chitina
and way-stations, Walker started
out from McCarthy to the Nizina
river, his final destination being the
desolate and ice-bound Shushanna
(or Chisana) country. With Joe
McClellan and a team of dogs, he
boldly started across Rouen glacier,
about 35 miles from McCarthy. A
bitter wind constantly drove the
snow into their faces.
At three points on the glacier
McClellan had erected tents. After
reaching the first, which was about
16 miles from the foot of the gla
cier, the men found themselves un
able to push onward on account of
the storm, and three times they had
to go back to the edge of the tim
ber, 20 miles away, to get firewood.
Finally leaving the tent and push
ing onward about three miles, when
they were obliged to turn back,
they soon found themselves lost in
the flying snow which obliterated
their trail. The stakes which had
marked the Government trail last
year had not been reset. “If the
Government had had those stake;
there,” said Mr. Walker to a rep
resentative of the Cordova Times,
“it would have been impossible for
us to get lost.”
With a snowshoe and a frying
pan they dug out in the snow a
hole big enough for both to get into
the glacier. This they roofed over
with snowshoes and canvas, but in
spite of this precaution the hole
kept filling up with drifting snow,
and the men were constantly be
sieged with a desire to sleep. Aftei
passing forty hours in this snowy
tomb, they scrambled out to find
the storm over and a bright sun
shining. Possibly the fact that it
| was St. Patrick’s day had something
to do with that.
The rest of the journey was ac
'ccmplished with comparative ease
but it took them fourteen days tc
iget across the glacier.
This is the same glacier on which
, Dan Campbell and his partner
Brown, were lost earlier in the year
! probably because the trail was not
marked. Their dogs deserted them
and the two men were badly frozen
before they could reach hedp. Brown
was taken to the hospital at Cor
dova for treatment.
On the way back over the glacier,
three men on their way to McCar
thy overtook Walker and McClellan,
and the five spent two days and
nights together in the first tent, then
made the trip out to timber through
26 inches of snow.
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE.
—
A quarantine is hereby establish
ed in favor of Brooks and Liven
good and against all outlying com
munities and all persons are Tor
bidden to travel to or from said
places.
J. A. SUTHERLAND,
Assistant Territorial Health Com
missioner.
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PIONEER
CIGAR AND POOL
HALL
BROOKS, ALASKA
WRITE ALBERT BELL. I
MYSTERIOUS CAVE
FOUND NEAR BASE
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A mysterious cave covered by a
rock which may lead to a “hollow
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mountain” and valuable relics of
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bygone ages within the shadow of i
Mt. Katmai, is t«ld of by S. M. !
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Malachoff, who acts as messenger i
for the Juneau United States cable '
office.
Malachoff was born at Kenai. His !
father was M. S. Malachoff, general
agent for the old Alaska Commer-:
cial company, and his grandfather ,
was a Russian trader in Alaska in
the early days.
The present Malachoff was 16
years of age when he resided at
Katmai, at the base of the volcano
which made a world record for dis
rupting ashes, and was sent by his
uncle, Adair Alock, another Rus
sian. to Cold bay on an errand.
At that time, relates the Alaska
Daily Capital, there were no whites
on Cook inlet or at Cold bay other
than occasional Russian traders.
While Malachoff was waiting, an
Indian boy about his own age told
him of a “medicine” which the na
tives used for rheumatism and
showed him the place from which >t
was taken. It was nothing more
than the seepage of crude oil which
caused the recent stampede to Cold
bay when the leasing bill was signed.
Malachoff took some of the oil to
his uncle, and later showed it to
Captain Lathrop, who was operating
a ferry on Cook inlet, and the
latter at one time talked of fitting
out an expedition and making a
further investigation.
Like alb young fellows of that
day, young Malachoff made excur
sions to distant points, sometimes
alone in his canoe and sometimes
accompanied by a native lad.
On one of these excursions a na
tive boy told him he would show
him something. He approached a
bluff about 600 yards from the
beach and rolled aside a stone and
exposed to view a subterranean
cavern. Their voices when sent in
echoed and re-echoed and gave Mala
ehoff the impression that the whole
mountain was hollow inside. Being
in close proximity to the former
volcano action of Mt. Katmai, it is
possible that underground caverns
have been formed.
The two boys did not attempt to
crawl inside to investigate. And
the occurrence, with other events
crowding, almost passed from the
mind of Malachoff. During those
early days the traders took a great
many things for granted. The talk
of oil at Cold bay the other evening
recalled to his mind his boyhood
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experiences, and he and his hearers
, could not help but wonder what
might be inside the cave which the
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1 Miners and Prospectors! |
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF REC0R0IN6 PRECINCTS J
| According to a recently issued Court Order by 2
| 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 |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
E transact other business at Nenana, which is within §
1 easy reach of their mining activities. I
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| J. R. Bowen, President. , R. J. Diven, Secretary. §
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