Cordova, March 20.
Last night about 10 o’clock a
train bringing the Fairbanks and
interior mail reached Cordova.
There were 50 pouches of ordinary
mail and 19 registered pouches. A
large consignment of mail went out
on the train this morning, which
will be the last for the season of the
1,600 pounds three times a week.
No Fairbanks mail will go on the
train tomorrow. Hereafter but 800
pounds will be sent twice a week,
leaving Cordova on Mondays and
Thursdays, and returning with Fair
banks mail on Tuesdays and Fri
days. There may be three trains out
next week and all trains will carry
mail to Chitina, Kennecott and in
termediate stations.
The temporary blockade on the
Copper River & Northwestern Rail
way, caused by a severe storm and
much drifting of snow, has been
broken and the road is again clear
and likely to remain so the rest of
the winter. A snow rotary from
Tiekei came in late yesterday after
noon and another from Chitina last
night at 10 o’clock. This morning
at 7 o’clock the regular train left
for the interior, carrying 130
passengers in three coaches, with a
diner and five cars of freight at
tached. It made good progress,
passing the dangerous places as far
as Mile 78 at 2 o’clock this after
noon, and will reach Chitina before
6 o’clock. Another train carrying
passengers will go out tomorrow
morning, while trains will arrive
from the interior Saturday and Sun
day afternoons.
Attorney J. J. Finnigan took the
train this morning for Shushanna
Junction, where he will attend to
some business and return to Cordova
the latter part of next week. Accom
panied by his wife and child he will
return to the Shushanna diggings
after the termination of me several
cases that will come up in court |
when it reconvenes here on Monday, j
March 30.
A wire was received by this paper!
this morning from the Fairbanks j
News-Miner inquiring as to the rail-1
road conditions and stating that a
wire had been received from Valdez
asserting that there was a perma- j
nent blockade on the railroad. Of J
course we replied with the real!
facts, which are that a rotary train
arrived last night at 10 o’clock from
Chitina with mail and that a train
with 130 passengers left Cordova
this morning and was making fine
progress. The probabilities are fur
ther that other than this one short!
interruption there is not likely to
be any further serious blockades
this winter or spring.
The Tangoists of town had a very
delightful dancing party at the
Windsor hotel last night. A num
ber of visitors participated and
added to the pleasure of the occa
sion.
Cordova, March 21.
Geo. Howard Birch is a returning
passenger on the steamer Alameda.
He spent the winter in New York
and the south and comes north to
start operations on the Dan Creek
Mining Company’s property. He
was engaged all last season in put
ting in a new hydraulic plant, which
is now nearly ready for operation.
He expects that the clean-up of
placer gold this season will be
quite profitable. He will give em
ployment to 20 or 30 men and has
extensive ground to work on Dan
Creek, which flows into the Nizina
river about 15 miles distant from
McCarthy.
The train from the interior had
no trouble in making good time into
Cordova today, arriving at 3:15
o’clock. There were not as many
passengers as it was expected would
come in, as the report that a large
number were waiting at Chitina
proved erroneous. While the trtin
was at Miles Glacier one of the
brakemen, Walter Dempster, met
with injuries and was brought to
the hospital, where he is being
attended by Dr. Council.
The passenger train that left Cor
dova for the interior yesterday
morning arrived at Chitina yester
day afternoon at 6:05, having no
difficulty at any point in passing
over the line. Most of the passengers
for Fairbanks and other neighbor
ing points took the stage this morn
ing. Others going as far as Kenne
cott continued on their way on this
morning’s train.
Cordova, March 23.
Tom Scott, who was formerly
deputy clerk of the court in this
diviison, but who has been in
t Seattle during the past winter, will
^/return north on the Admiral Evans,
sailing March 25. He will make
his home in Cordova, assuming the
duties of cashier of the S. Blum &
Co. bank. The latter institution
will soon be reincorporated under
the territorial laws and will be
known as the First Bank of Cor
dova. The mercantile business of
S. Blum & Co., will then be con
ducted separately.
The division has been made in
the business of this firm at Valdez
and last week the First Bank of
Valdez filed articles of incorporation
with Charles E. Davidson, secretary
of the territory. The incorporators
were Sam Blum, M. Blum, and E. B.
Wheat. The first board of directors
include all of the incorporators and
W. M. Wilson and John Lyons. The
capital stock of the new institution
is named at $25,000.
The First Bank of Valdez is the
second bank to be organized in
Alaska under the territorial law
passed at the first session of Alaska’s
legislature. The First Territorial
Bank of Alaska, of Douglas and
Juneau, being the first to be organ
ized under the law.
The steamer Admiral Sampson
steamed into port last evening
shortly after 8 o’clock, six days out
from Seattle. She brought a ban
ner list of passengers that included
39 first-class and 25 second-class for
Seward and 19 first and 43 second
class for Valdez. There was also
a big list for Cordova. Arthur G.
Thompson, W. W. Hunt, A. C. Wil
liams, A. C. Williams, Jr., W. W.
Elder and wife coming over from
Katalla. Others who took passage
for Cordova at Alaskan ports were
P. T. Ellmere, L. A. Brown, W.
Elliott, Mrs. Edward, B. Simson,
Jack Eagan, G. A. Bettis. Ben. Gil
bert, and five second-class. The
passengers sailing from Seattle for
Cordova were as follows:
R. G. Wendt, Wm. Dolkur, H. J.
Ballard, Mrs. C. C. Payne, Jack
Horsfeldt, W. Johnson, Chas. A.
Xeige, C. C. Couther, wife and child,
Mrs. E. Van de Vord, Sam J. New
man, Mrs. S. A. Walker, D. Carsare,
E. O. Brown, Mrs. Dora Brown,
Mrs. E. E. Brown, P. Holliday, H.
C. Kennedy, Chas. Bader, M. A.
Hynes, Jacob Walters, C. Bergland,:
R. V. Graham and IS second-class.
The Sampson remained in port
until 11 o'clock, when she sailed for
Valdez and Seward. She is due to
return to Cordova Tuesday about
midnight and will be in port but a
short time before sailing for Juneau
and Seattle.
Oldtown has received the addition
of a fine healthy boy, born Saturday
to Mr. and Mrs. Stratman, at the
Company hospital.
R. J. McChesney was a passenger
over to Valdez on the Sampson,
expecting to return to Cordova a
little later.
Jack Horsfeldt came up from
Seattle on the Sampson. He is one
of the original boomers of the Shu
shanna and still has great faith in
the diggings. He will return to the
interior on the train tomorrow.
A letter has been received from
Mrs. John V. Ostrander thanking
the citizens of Cordova for the
beautiful floral offering sent at the
time of the burial of her late hus
band. Mrs. Ostrander is at present
living with relatives at Olympia,
Wash.
The new baby girl that arrived
at Mrs. v,. F. M. Cole’s apartments
in the Clavson Building, on Friday
morning at 7 a. m., is fat and
chubby, weighing 8 >4 pounds. Both
the little lady and mother are get
ting along splendidly.
The train from Chitina reached
Cordova yesterday afternoon at 2
o’clock, making the run of 131 miles
in little less than seven hours. This
morning the train took the Fair
banks mail and quite a few pas
i sengers. Tomorrow morning another
train will leave for the interior.
Many passengers for Shushanna
Junction and Kennecott will go out
then, connecting at Chitina with the
train on Wednesday morning that
goes to the end of the line. A train
from the the interior will arrive to
morrow afternoon.
Dr. Council states that Walter
Dempster, who was seriously in
jured by slipping from the top of a
car and being dragged by the brake
beam, is resting quietly and doing
well. His particular injury is a dis
location of the hip, which at first
it was feared was broken. Mr.
Dempster is one of the efficient
brakemen on the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway and his many
frinds hereabouts are hoping for his
speedy recovery.
Cordova, March 24.
On the train this morning for
Chitina was a party of three mining
men from Portland, and they are
going to try tileir luck in the Nel
china. They are B. Killie, R.
Swanson and N. Wold. One of the
party has done considerable pros
pecting in various parts of Alaska,
and from information received he
believes that the Nelchina will make:
a good camp. The men will outfit
at Chitina and go overland from
there.
There will be something doing in
the Shushanna. "Missouri John'1
Horsfeldt is an arrival in town and
is arranging to go on Thursday’s
train to McCarthy, from which
point he will freight his supplies to
the new diggings. He will be ac
companied by H. T. Verde and Wal
lace Williams, both of Seattle. Jack
Horsfeldt was among the first to
come from Seattle last summer and
got in on some good ground. He
came out in September and h.ts
never wearied in doing good work
for the shushanna and the trail
from McCarthy. He has just pur
chased his season's supplies from S.
Blum & Co. and expects to do a
large amount of work before he
comes out next fall.
He will work the Elizabeth claim,
on Johnson creek, below the can
yon. Before he left he ground
sluiced for four feet and got good
returns. On the claim adjoining,
known as the ‘Big 7,” Lewy Dahl
has been working this winter. He
put down nine holes to bedrock and
struck good pay. As a consequence
Jack feels pretty good and will
make the dirt fly after he gets
started again. He say’s all this
knocking of the Shushanna is pre
mature, as the work the coming sea
son will undoubtedly open up a good ,
camp.
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E. J. Ives, a partner of Frank
Manley and J. J. Price in the pur
chase of certain mining claims in the
Shushanna from W. E. James, Wm.
Johnson and Nels Nelson, took the
train yesterday for the interior. He
will join Mr. Price, who has been
in the Shushanna for several weeks,
Mr. lives having found it necessary
to return to Cordova to attend court
in connection with litigation over
some of the bonded claims. He is
taking all his machinery and sup
plies in from Cordova and McCarthy,
as their experience of getting sup
plies in via the White Horse route in j
January was not entirely satisfac
tory.
The deal that Manley, Ives and
Price have made for extensive
property in the Shushanna involves
a consideration of about $500,000.
Early in January a payment of
$30,000 was made to James and
Nelson. An additional sum of
$10,000 was paid by Mr. Ives to
Wm. Johnson at Cordova the fore
part of this month. That was a part
payment on three claims at the
mouth of Bonanza and four quartz
claims, upon which F. T. Hamshaw
held an option until January 24 last,
and which expired. The new owners
of the claims on Bonanza and Eldo
rado expect to pay royalties of from
40 to 50 per cent on the pay they
take out. all to apply on the pur
chase price. It is expected that there
will be a considerable clean-up the
coming season.
Henry Bratnober and Majot S.
A. Huntington, both of Tacoma, and
who were recently in Cordova on
their way to the new diggings,
reached Shushanna on March 11. In
a letter received here by Mr. Haze-1
let last night Major Huntingto.u!
writes:
“We arrived here last night in j
splendid condition, although the first |
two days on the trail up the river
from McCarthy we worked in a
storm all the time. We had to break
the trail in front of the dogs most
of the time, but we did the glacier
from Pleasant Valley on in splendid
weather and a fair trail.
“We left Shorty Gwinn's at 9
a. m. and arrived at Shushanna at
5:40 that afternoon, doing the trip;
of 36 miles across the glacier in |
8 hours and 40 minutes, and j
carrying 920 pounds. We had 11 j
dogs, and the people here all tell me j
that we made the record trip con
sidering the weight we carried. Mr.
Bratnober says he has not felt as
well in years, and believe me he
looks it.”
Howard D. Fields, one of the
prominent mining engineers of the
Shushanna country, and who is
looking after big interests in the
interior, was an arrival on Satur- j
day’s train. He will remain in |
i Cordova about two weeks before re-,
! turning to the interior. He states1
that more active w*ork had been1
done during the month previous to
his coming out than was accom
plished during the entire winter.
Eight boilers are now at work with
several more about ready to start.
Good pay has been taken out on a
number of claims and Mr. Fields be
lieves that rich ground will be un
covered. It only took him two days,
with a dog team to come from Shu
shan&J to McCarthy.
The agitation last fall for an auto
mobile road between Chitina and
Fairbanks is bearing fruit, and it is
expected that in the near future
automobiles will not be uncommon
on the government road. A recent
Fairbanks exchange asys:
“To engage in the business of
hauling passengers from Chitina out
on the trail toward Fairbanks, Robt.
Sheldon left this morning for the
coast, where he is to meet a new
four-passenger Ford automobile,
which is now being shipped to him.
During the remainder of the winter
he will run on the trail from Chitina
toward the interior as far as Gul
kana. although it is also probable
that he will be able to make Pax
sons.
“As soon as the trail dries up suf
ficiently in June, Sheldon will re
peat his feat of last summer by run
ning his car through to Fairbanks.
However, he also expects to pur
chase a larger car for trail use,
intending to buy one with which he
can haul freight as well as pas
sengers.
It is currently reported that B. M.
Stone has purchased the Valdez
Prospector and will relieve Charley
Wulff from the ownership on April
1st. Mr. Stone was engaged as
circulator on the Nome Nugget in
the early days and recently was en
SEBIAI. HO. 01641
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application <>f
Frank J. Nolan for a Patent to the
Lynx, Big Horn, Lone Star and
Monarch Igtdes, Mineral Survey No.
944, situated in the Forty Mile Min
ing District of Alaska.
Notics of Application for Fatant.
NOTICE rS 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 J. Nolan,
a citizen of the United States, whose
Post Office address is No. 817 Alaska
Building, Seattle, Washington, will
make application for a patent to 1500
feet along the Lynx Lode, 1300 feet
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 and
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 Nortli 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 a* 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
This notice is issued from the United
States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
this 27th day of January, A. D. 1914,
for posting in said Land Office and for
publication for not iess than sixty days
in the Chitipa Leader, a newspaper of
general circulation, published nearest to
said claims, and hereby designated for
that purpose.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
MAURICE D. LEEHEY,
Attorney for Claimant,
817 Alaska Building,
Seattle, Washington.
First publication February 17, 1914.
Last publication, April 21, 1914.
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