IF 6ENEIU. limn
United States Marshal F. R. Bren
neman, who is in Cordova to attend
the term of court which convenes
here tomorrow, has received word
from Deputy Marshal James War
dell, of Katalla, that James Hick
{oriy a prospector, is believed to
have perished. Hickford, who is an
Australian miner, left Yaktaga
beach to go to Katalla intending to
take the steamer there for the states.
He has not been heard from since,
although several persons have cov
ered the route over which he must
have passed. He had supplies for
ten days only and must have starved
to death unless he reached some
camp. It is feared that he was
drowned while crossing some of the
streams which are dangerous at this
season of the year.
n a letter that has just been re
ceived in Fairbanks from Art
Marsh, who is in Johnson City in
tfcje Shushanna district, it is ex
plained that there are now 400
cabins at that place, and that the
, prospects are good for an active
season there.
The owners of ground are de
manding 40 per cent of the gold
taken from their claims, when
asked by prospective operators for
terms. The cost of getting freight
shipped in over the glacier is 45
cents a pound.
Sam Shucklin, a former mer
chant of Fairbanks, has a store at
Johnson City, and is shipping his
supplies by dog team a distance of
72 miles. Mr. Shucklin started last
fall to take goods to tne Shushanna
district, and was snowbound when
72 miles away. He is drawing from
this store as he needs the supplies.
It is explained in Mr. Marsh’s
letter that the people who stam
peded to Ladue creek, which is in
the BTitish territory, are now' re
turning to the Shushanna district,
declaring that Ladue creek is a
“frast.”—Fairbanks Citizen.
The problem of getting out lum
ber for sluicing the coming season is
now confronting some of those w'ho
plan to work on the pay creeks in
the heart of the Shushanna. Recent
arrivale report some of the men in
the camp are whipsawing lumber.
They have peeled their mackinaws
and have gotten down to the drag
in good old Klondike fashion.
It is understood the whipsawed
lumber brings 18 to 20 cents a foot
or $180 to $z00 a thousand in the
camp. This is not considered ex
cessive considering the cost of ma
terial laid down in the camp under
present conditions. »
Some who will operate on
Bonanza in the canyon this spring
are considering the likelihood of
being washed out by freshets. It
is understood that prior to the loth
olMune a heavy flood of water goes
down Little Eldorado and Bonanza
to Johnson, and it is feared it will
carry everything before it.
Heavy rains fci summer, it is
feared, also may cause floods of
water to rush down the canyons,
and possibly take out sluice boxes,
and fill workings with tailings. But
the boys on the rich ground are
willing to take chances, and will
prepare as best they can against the
contingencies. Most of the places in
>the Bonanza canyon are narrow,
iwide enough for only one or two
Isluice boxes to be set up parallel
land leave room for the men to
work. It was early in May when
the James party found the gold on
Bonanza last year, and the snow
then was not all off the ground.
Sluicing is expected to begin in
June.
It is understood some of the pros
pectors sinking on O’Brien creek are
down so far they are thawing no
longer with wood fires, but are
using hot rocks.
John ■f V. Swift, paymaster of the
government party which is trans
porting the coal from the Alatanuska
fields to Knik, was in Seward re
cently and told of the unpleasant
ness which had occurred between
1 i' f^Dalton and himself. He denied
l,«.»../ any blows had been struck and
•Itated that the matter had been
[greatly exaggerated. Everything was
moving along nicely with every pros
pect of landing the last of the 900
Rons of coal on the beach at Knik
ilbefore the middle or Marcn.
'I Mr. Swift explained that the con
flict between Dalton and himself
i»rose over the fact that he had been
limited to an expenditure of $4,200
i per month and that the expenses of
(the first month were in excess of
*$8,000. When he remonstrated with
^tbalton, the latter had told him he
Vwould do as he d- pleased,”
Jmd he did. The paymaster denies
/That he dismissed any of the men or
j ptherwise attemptd to hinder Dal
ton in getting out the coal. The sum
i illowed by the navy department,
i 175,000, to mine the 900 tons of j
jbal in the Matanuska fields and {
j Tansport it to tidewater had been
I xhausted- Mr. Swift explained the
, natter to the men engaged on the
cork but they all decided to stay on
he job and trust to Uncle Sam mak
ng good on their wages. It is esti
1 nated that it will require about
112,000 to finish the work and it!
k-as’ for the purpose of taking the
natter up with the department by
i. „ire that Mr. Swift came out to
' ieward.
!It is feared that a tragedy has
,een enacted on Long Bay whereby
len Howell and Arthur DeRoche
lay have lost their lives. The men
•ant to Long Bay, which is about
i'alf way between Valdez and Port
Veils last November to represent
(Aome ’copper claims. They arranged
for their mail to be left on the
< beach l>y the launch Brighton which
I makes regular trips to the B°rt
ftAVells districts. The mail has been
^accumulating at the appointed place
f since December 15, indicating that
something must be wrong. 1 he
Brighton tried to enter Long Bay
last week but was forced to desist
after heljwbow had been punctured
by ice. ( Both Howell and DeRoche
are well known and have promising
properties at Port Wells.
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Franz Goebel, a miner, Is In the
Katalla hospital, suffering from a
compound fracture of the right leg,
it being broken twice between the
knee and thigh. He also sustained
other injuries by the teeth of a saw
with which he had been working
being forced into his flesh. That
he did not die in the trap in which
he had been caught seems a special
act of providence.
Goebel, who is a well known
miner, had been working in the
Bremner country and recently left
Cordova to cut timber near Cape
Whiteshed. In felling a tree he was
caught in such a manner that his leg
was broken in two places and the
teeth of the saw forced deep into his
flesh. He was alone and apparently
without hope of release. After being
held in the trap for a time, which
he believes was about two hours, his
calls for help were answered by
natives who happened to be passing
along the beach more than a quarter
of a mile away. They released him
by cutting the tree and immediately
came to town for help. Men were
sent out and the sufferer brought to
the hospital where he is resting as
comfortably as could be expected
under the circumstances.
Saloons in the Third Judicial divi
sion will hereafter close at 12
o’clock on Saturday night and re
main closed until 12 o’clock on Sun
day night. The new order was is
sued this morning by United States
Marshal Brenneman acting under
instructions from the attorney gen
eral.
The saloons in the Nome division
were affected by the order more than
a month ago and its nforcement was
not unexpected in this division, and
is apparently a gradual tightening of
the lines against the sale of intoxi
cating liquors and for Sunday ob
servances. The notices sent to the
saloonkeepers of the district by the
marshals office is as follows:
Valdez, Alaska, March 2, 1914.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with the direction
of the attorney general, you are
hereby notified and ordered to close
your bar room on each and every
Sunday hereafter from 12 o’clock
Saturday night until 12 o’clock Sun
day night.
If you fail to obey this order
criminal prosecutions will be
brought against you and proceedings
will be instituted to revoke your
license.
Saloon doors must be locked be
tween 12 o’clock Saturday night and
and 12 o’clock Sunday night.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal.
A party of seven miners en route |
from Seward to Nelchina were re-,
cently caugut in a snowslide near
the summit of Crow Creek pass, but
fortunately no fatalities occurred
although two men were buried be
low the surface for some time. The
members of the party were: Clinton
Johnson, Alex Bolan, Elgin Vaughn,
Oscar Gill, Harry Hoden, Ed.
Andreesen and A1 Dreese. The latter
two were the ones who suffered
most. They were wearing snowshoes
and when found were head down
and unconscious and required a long
fight on the part of their companions
to save their lives.
Soldiers will not be sent from
Fort Liscum to guard tne trail from
McCarthy to Shushanna according to
latest information received by the
executive committee of the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce, from Cap
tain Erwin commanding at the post.
The matter of having soldiers sent
to guard the trail was one which
was taken up early last fall. Shortly
after the trail over the glacier
had been staked and made safe for
travelers at a considerable expense
to Cordova businss men, complaints
began coming in that vandals were
destroying the guide posts.
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce took the matter up with the
war department at Washington. The
department authorized the sending
of troops upon request of the United
States marshal of this division.
Marshal Brenneman made the re
quest for soldiers and it was be
lieved they would be sent. Capt.
Erwin, however, has written the
marshal that after due investigation
of conditions he believes he is not
warranted in sending the detail of
soldiers as the vandalism has appar
ently ceased.
It is believed the receipt of the
ltter from Capt. brwin will close
the matter so far as the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce is concerned.
When the matter was first takn up
it was of vital importance that
every precaution should be taken to
w'hile crossing the glacier. Since the
while crossin the glacier. Since the
negotiations were opened for the
detail of soldiers to guard the trail
the situation has changed. Road
houses have been established at
short intervals ai\,d the trail is con
stantly being traveled by the stage
and express companies as well as
scores of trayeler9 almost every day.
The regular travelers over the
glacier may be depended upon to see
that any maliciously inclined per
sons who attempt to destroy the
guide posts will be summarily dealt
with, if necessary the United States
marshal has been empowered to em
ploy special deputies who wrould be
better adapted to the work of guard
ing the trail.
Commissioner Rivenberg. of Ram
part, is getting in bad. Petitions
are being circulated and will be
presented to Judge Puller to have
him removed from office. The dis
trict attorney may also take action
against Rivenberg as he is accused
of misconduct with young half
breed girls of the Yukon river
settlement.
Alaskans in every part of the
country celebrated the passage of
the Alaska railroad bill. The Yak
ima Herald of recent date gives an
account of a banquet in that city in
which more than 300 former
Alaskans participated. The list of
guests reads like an Alaskan direc
tory.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Foster, of
FairbanKs, who was severely burned
about the hands and arms when the
Third Avenue Hotel was destroyed
by fire, is reported to be making
good progress toward complete
recovery. Skin grafting was re
sorted to and the wounds are
nearly healed.
The Democrats of Otter precinct,
Iditarod, have organized a club
which promises to be a factor in
the coming elections. The organiza
tion will be known as the “Wilson
Democratic Club of Otter Precinct.”'
L. S. Stringer, who formerly lived
in Cordova and later in Chitina is
in trouble in Dawson. He recently
appeared in the police court to
answer a complaint sworn to by
Mrs. Rubbles who alleged that he
had threatened her life, and wanted
him bound over to keep the peace.
A copy of the report of President
James Godfrey, of the Mother Lode
Copper Mines Company, to the
stockholders was received by the
Daily Alaskan on the last mail. The
report shows that during the past
season an aerial tram 6,980 feet
long was installed in addition to
running several hundred feet of
tunneling. Five hundred tons of
copper ore, w'hich averaged nearly
70 per cent copper and 12 ounces of
silver per ton were mined and
shipped to the smelter at Tacoma.
The ore was sledded from the mine
to McCarthy station a distance of
12 miles.
President Godfrey’s recommenda
tions for this year’s operations con
template an outlay of more than
$50,000 for machinery , materials
and supplies. It is also planned to
extend the tunnel on the Marvellous
claim wrhich will tap the ore body
at a depth of 700 feet from the out
crop. A 60-horsepower gasoline
engine will also he installed to fur
nish power for the compressor and
machine drills. Two shifts of min
ers will be employed and it is
believed that the tunnel can be
driven 10 feet per day. A shaft will
also be sunk to a depth of 300 feet
to determine the pitch of the ore
body with a view of running a 600
foot cross-cut tunnel.
In order to provide transportation
from the mine to the Copper River
& Northwestern railroad at Mc
Carthy Mr. Godfrey recommends
that a first class wagon road be con
structed at a cost of about $20,0u0.
It will be necessary to build 12
bridges. With the completion of
the road when heavy automobile
trucks could be used it is estimated
that the ore could be transported
from the mine to the railroad at a
cost not to exceed $3 per ton. Sixty
men were employed for a portion of
the time last season but the num
ber will be greatly increased this
summer.
Powerful Joe Houston, of the
Houston Dredging Company, has
written the Seward agent ot the
Alaska No them railroad asking
that cars be supplied him some time
early next spring to carry a big
dredge to Mile 26. In addition to
the dredge he will ship a hydraulic
plant and 50,u00 feet of lumber.
Theodore T. McCauley, wljo was
in Cordova during the construction
of the Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad is now one of the leading
aviators of California. He recently
broke into print in San Diego to
criticize the government for using
Wright machines for the army
corps. Since the government avia
tion school was established at
North sland, near San Diego, less
than two years ago ten fatal acci
dents have occurred. McCauley
has expressed the belief that there
is something radically wrong that
the government should continue to
use the Wright machine in prefer
ence to others which are considered
more reliable. He states that mili
tary aviators have also condemned
the Whight machine but that the
government refuses to purchase
others.
George Foss, a native of Norway
but who has resided in Alaska for
12 years, died of tuberculosis in
Fairbanks recently. Deceased had
been sick for several months but
was working the day before he died.
He leaves a small estate which will
go to his sister in Norway.
A Lane roller will be added to
the ore reducing machinery of the
Skeen-Lechner Mining Co., with
j headquarters in Seward. The new
machinery will increase the capacity
of the mine to 50 tons per day.
Nome advices say that Scotty
Allen, the famous dog racer, has 80
dogs in training for the great All
Alaska sweepstakes that will be run
in April. He expects to select a
•winning team from the bunch. Other
teams are being trained for the
race.
Cliff Johnson, well known in
Cordova and other Alaskan towns,
and one of the discoverers of the
Cameron-Johnson mine on Shoup’s
Bay, returned from the south on
the Mariposa. He made a trip to
Shushanna last summer and suc
ceeded in getting in on some of the
best ground in the camp. His part
ners have been working during the
winter on a lay on No. 7 Bonanza
and are in good pay.
Mr. Johnson is taking in about
two tons of supplies with him now,
which includes camp equipment,
hose, dynamite, and tools, and will
later make a shipment of supplies
sufficient to permit of working a
crew of twelve men all next sum
mer. They will contract for the de
livery of their freight to the dig
gings from McCarthy.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 3.—
Hearings began here today before
the Public Service Commission on
applications for charters for com
panies desiring to furnish public
utilities. Those who have objections
to the granting of the certificates of
public approval under the new law
of 1913 also will have an oppor
tunity to voice their opinions.
PHILADELPHIA. March 3.-—The
train upon which Vice President
Marshall was travelling was snow
bound for more than 14 hours near
New Brunswick. The mercury is
below zero with a blizzard blowing.
Traffic has been demoralized, the
trains arriving many hours behind
schedule.
OSCAR FISH CHITIXA'S
ACTING COMMISSIONER
When the news of the- death of
Commissioner Paul d’Heirry was re
ceived this morning by Judge Fred
M. Brown, of the federal court, be
appointed Oscar Fish, of Chitina,
temporary commissioner to take
charge of the office. There is one
prisoner awaiting a hearing and he
will come before Commissioner Fish
today.
ANOTHER QUARTZ MINE
SOON TO BE PRODUCER
Another stamp mill will soon oe
adding its quota to the output of
gold extracted from the ores of
Alaskan quartz mines. John Hir
shey, o4 Hope, has freighted a mill
to his ground on Palmer creek and
will have it in operation when the
water begins to flow next spring.
Considerable ore has ueen blocked
out, it being estimated as more than
sufficient to pay for the installation
of the mill and development of the
mine.
FAST TIME MADE
CROSSING THE GLACIER
To Judge J. J. Finnigan belongs
the honor of having made the fast
est time from Shushanna to Mc
Carthy. Others have been boasting
of making the trip in two or three
days but J. J. covered the distance
in 14 hours actual traveling time.
He states that when he passed over
the glacier conditions were ideal for
fast traveling. He believes that if
the Nome musher who brought Mr.
J. J. Ives from Shushanna to Mc
Carthy had encountered the same
conditions that he would have made
the trip in 10 hours.
SEBIAX> HO. 01641
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT |
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application of
Frank J. ‘Nolan for a Patent to the
Lynx, Big Horn, Lone Star and
Monarch Lodes, Mineral Survey. No.
!)44, situated in the Forty Mile Mill
ing District of Alaska.
Hotlce of Application for Patent.
NOTICE iS HEREBY GIVEN:
That in accordance with the laws of
the United States, and especially in
pursuance of the Act of Congress ap
proved May 10, 1872, Frank .1. Nolan,
a citizen of the United Slates, whose
Post Office address is No. 817 Alaska
Building, Seattle, 'Washington, will
make application for a patent to 3r.00
feet along the Lynx Lode, 1500 fee*
along the Big Horn Lode, 1500 feet
along the Lone Star Lode and 1500 feet
along the Monarch Lode, with surface
ground 300 feet or less in width on
each side of the center of said
lodes or veins of quartz or other
rock in place, bearing gold, coo
per and other valuable mineral, and in
cluded in said mining claim, which is
accurately described upon the Official
Plat of Mineral Survey No. 944 posted
on the claim, and by the Field Notes of
such Official Survey on hie with the
Register of the Land Office at Juneau,
Alaska.
United States Location Monument No.
8 to which this survey is tied is situ
ated in Latitude 61 deg. 47 min. N„
Longitude 142 deg. 25 min. W. This
survey is located on the south side of
the Middle .Fork of White River and
about 3 miles above its junction with
that river.
The lode locations are contiguous anil
constitute a single tract of ground de
scribed as beginning at Corner No. 1
of the Lynx Lode, which is identical
with Corner No. 1 of the Big Horn
Lode, from which point United States
Location Monument No. 8 bears North
17 deg. 50 min. East 2029 feet distant*,'
and running thence from said Corner
No. 1 South 53 deg. 37 min. East 1500
feet along the Northerly line of the
Lynx Lode to Corner No. 2 thereof:
thence South 43 deg. 25 min. West 600
feet to Corner No. 3 thereof: thence
North 53 deg. 37 min. West 1500 feet
to Corner No. 4 of the Lynx Lode,
which is identical with Corner No. 4
of the Big Horn Lode, and on the same
course 1500 feet to Corner No. 3 of the
Big Horn Lode, which is identical with
Corner No. 4 of the Lone Star Lode:
thence North 57 deg. 52 min. West 1500
feet to Corner No. 3 of the Lone Star
Lode, which is identical with Corner
No. 4 of the Monarch Lode, and on the
same course 1500 feet to Corner No. 3
of the Monarch Lode; thence North 43
deg. 25 min. East 600 feet to Corner No.
2 of the Monarch Lode; thence South
57 deg. 52 min. East 1500 feet to Cor
ner No. 1 of the Monarch Lode, which
is identical with Corner No. 2 of the
Lone Star Lode, from which point U. S.
L. M. No. 8 bears North 85 deg. 30 min.
East 3108.6 feet distant; thence from
said Corner No. 2 of the Lone Star Lode
South 57 deg. 52 min. East 1500 feet
to Corner No. 1 of the Lone Star Lode,
which is identical with Corner No. 2
of the Big Horn Lode, from which
point U. S. L. M. No. 8 bears North
60 deg. 20 min. East 2104.8 feet distant;
thence from said Corner No. 2 of the
Big Horn Lode South 53 deg. 37 min.
East 1500 feet to Corner No. 1 of the
Big Horn Lode, which is identical with
Corner No. 1 of the Lynx Lode, and is
the point of beginning first herein
described.
There are no adjoining lode or min
eral claims officially surveyed.
The variation at all corners is 31 deg.
30 min. East.
The area of each location is as fol
lows:
Lynx Lode .20.506 Acres
Big Horn Lode .20.506 Acres
Lone Star Lode.20.262 Acres
Monarch Lode .20.262 Acres
Total acreage Mineral
Survey No. 944.81.536 Acres
Tiiis notice is issued from tlie United
States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
this 27th day of January, A. U>. 1914,
for posting in said Land Office and for
publication for not less than sixty days
in the Chitina Leader, a newspaper of
general circulation, published nearest to
said claims, and hereby designated for
that purpose.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
MAURICE TV LEEHEY,
Attorney for Claimant,
817 Alaska Building,
Seattle, Washington.
First publication February 17, 1914.
Last publication, April 21, 1914.
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