The Chitina Leader
CHITINA, ALASKA.
Entered as second-class matter. November 12, 1910, at the postoffice at
Chitina, Alaska, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1S79.
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of the Copper River district.
CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEW UARY 4, 1913.
COLD FACTS ABOUT ALASKA
There is no person in Alaska better
posted on the mineral resources of
this territory than our friend. Dr.
Alfred H. Brooks, of the U. S. Geo
logical Survey and also a member of
the Alaska Railroad Commission and
when he declares that not only coal
mining ventures but railway con
struction and metalliferous mining
and other industries of Alaska de
pend on an abundant supply of cheap
fuel his remarks are not actuated by
any motives other than a desire to
make a simple statement of facts.
Only one coal mine in all Alaska
was operated commercially in 1911,
but little coal was mined at several
places in the territory, chiefly by
those who themselves utilized the
product (not even this has been al
lowed during the past year). The
total estimated output of coal in 1911
was 900 tons: the total output in
1910 was 1,000 tons.
Nine hundred tons of coal mined in
one year in a territory known to con
tain more coal than such beds as
Penmsylvaina! Fifty-seven hundred ,
square miles are known to contain
anthracite and high grade bitumin
ous coal and half as much again
known to contain low grade bitumin
ous coal and this from exhaustive
surveys made by the U. S. Geological
survey in all parts of Alaska. What- ,
ever a reconnaissance was made coal
was found: at Cook Inlet. Matanus
ka, Nenana, Bering river, Circle, Col
ville River, as far north as Point Bar
row, Lisbourne, Norton Sound and
down to the Alaska Peninsula.
From 1899 to 1912 there has been
consumed in Alaska 1,440,104 tons
of coal. Of this, 492,066 tons wTas
imported from the states, chiefly
from Washington: 908,577 tons,
nearly double, was foreign importa
tion, chiefly bituminous from British
Columbia, and 36.314 tons produced
in Alaska. At the present rate we
can expect to find that there was no
eoal produced in Alaska in the past
year and that practically all importa
tions were foreign.
In 1907 there were 10,139 tons j
produced in Alaska. 1908 only 3,107, !
in 1909 the total was 2,800 tons, in |
1910 but 1,000 tons and 1911 only j
900 tons. Another startling fact in ;
this connection is that while the im
portation from the states has gradu
ally become less, being 68,960 tons
in 1906 and declining by degrees to
only 32,255 tons in 1911, the im
portation of foreign coal has grown
from 47,590 tons in 1906 to 88,573
tons in 1911. The importations
from the states ia 1906 were greater
than foreign importations by 15,370
tons, while in 1911 this condition was
reversed, the importations being 56,
318 tons less than foreign importa
tions and this change has taken place
in the past six years.
The policy of “hands off” cm the
natural coal supply has resulted in a
general holding back on all develop
ment, both mineral and industrial.
The opening of the Alaska coal
beds would mean cheap fuel. There
would he none of the long hauls from
the states or British Columbia which
boosts the price and consequently
cuts into the profits of the metal
mine operators who use it. It would
mean a vast new industry employing
more than the balance of the indus
tries put together. A new vast
wealth as great as that of our gold
and silver mines. The railroads
could make it possible for exhaustive
exploration into the interior. Plants
and dredgers which could not now be
operated at a profit in some sections
could then be put on a paying basis
where only small values were taken
out. There are a thousand possibi
lities—who could name them all?
With this—Alaska could be devel
oped to its capacity, and who can
picture the result of such a condition,
a result that would beyond doubt far
exceed the widest reams of wealth?
The wonderful lamp of Alladin ia in
the hands of the coming administra
tion which needs but the right touch
:o open up to the people of this north
srn country a field of endeavor and
possibilities greater than that held
put to the hardy pioneerd of '49—a
greater field than this last West—the
Pacific Coast.
The coming administration can
spread bread upon the waters, as it
were, by opening up the coal fields in
Alaska, and it would be returned an
hundredfold—and buttered bread at
that.
“Open up Alaska”—a flash of in
spiration that has grown from a
thought to a request—to a demand—
that the resources of this territory be
given to the people. Though np* ar
far flung as our first cry for freedom
and right it is as instant.
“Open up Alaska” is a worthy bat
tle cry— and it means much to those
who know:
To those who do not, or will not
know rather would we say:
Open up the coal lands, for they
are the portals to Alaska.
■-X-X-X
ALASKA SYNDICATE’S NEW MAN
It is concensus of opinion of the
Pacific Coast newspapers that the
Guggenlieims will gain much and the
government lose correspondingly by
the resignation of William Loeb of
the position of collector of the port
of New York, and his acceptance ot
his new position.
The record of Mr. Loeb was at least
the most sensationally successful of
any official in the history of the
United States customs service. Prior
to his campaign against the short
weighers, smugglers and crooks, it
was known for many years that the
government was suffering from many
swindles but it had been impossible
to check the frauds. The office of
collector of the port of New York had
been held by some very strong men,
but all of them had singally failed
where Loeb succeeded.
The discoveries made by Loeb, and
his administration of the office, has
resulted in the conviction of many
big swindlers and the recovery of
large sums due the government. The
government could well afford to re
tain him in its service at twice the
salary, and the fact that political
necessity would force the new presi
dent. following his inauguration, to
make a change in the office under
what is left in the spoils system, is a
severe reflection on American met
hods.—Juneau Dispatch.
CABINET QUALIFICATIONS
Mr, Bryan is undoubtedly right in
declaring that the future, not the
past, should be considered in the sel
ection of Cabinet officers, that the
qualification should be not politicrl
service rendered, but the abil'ty to
render public service in the position
to which the nominee is called.
Most decidedly the Cabinet should
not be used to pay political debt.-.,
and this declaration from the man to
whom Mr. Wilson is usually consid
ered to be most deeply indebted po i
tically throws at least that much light
on the Cabinet situation by publicly
absolving the President-elect from
implied obligation to name Mr.
Bryan as a return for his services at
Baltimore. But it by no means dis
poses of Mr. Bryan as a Cabinet pos
sibility. It leaves open to Mr. Wil
son the opportunity to name Mr.
Bryan, not for the past, but for the
future; not for what he has done,
but for what he might yet do, how
ever difficult it may be to convince
everyone of it should that selection
be made.
Which, after all, reuuces the Com
moner's declaration to a mere ab
straction. For, no matter which of
the many mentioned as Cabinet possi
bilities are named, it will be inevit
able that there will be the same dis
agreement according to bias as to
whether they are selected for political
k
or public reasons, “for the past or
for the future." Mr. Bryan's decla
ration in the abstract sounds well,
but it is impossible to reduce it to the
concrete.
-X-X-X
WHY NOT LOOK AT ALASKA?
The St. Louis Republic is full of
sympathy for the alleged wrongs suf
fered by the people of the Philippine
islands under a system of local self
government, through which they
make their own laws, control their
own resources for their own uses,
and pay not a dollar of tribute to the
United States in any form. Says the
Republic:
“Here is the weakness of the Re
publican position on the Philippine
question: that it is anti-constitution
al and un-American. The beneove
lent-despotic theory of government—
thaf a supreme ruling power knows
better than the people know what
they need and what they ought to
stand— is the one thing that the
Revolutionary war was fought to
overthrow.”
The Philippines attract quite a lot
of Democratic attention and sympa
thy. Why not devote a little of these
to things nearer at home? Alaska,
for example, has had forty-odd years
of despotic government imposed upon
it from the outside. Its white Ameri
can citizens are not only taxed for thq
support of the federal government,
but Congress has imposed a special
system of taxation, local to them, un
der which every occupation is taxed
heavily. Every natural resource of
the land, save gold and copper alone,
is tied up beyond the possibility of
utilization. The supreme ruling
power at Washington has proceeced
uniformly on the theory that it knows
what is better for the people of Alas
ka than th-ev do.
Going a little farther. We have
yet to see any criticism from th.j Re
public or from any other Demo’iatie
newspaper of an existing federal poli
cy under which one-third of the area
of this state of Washington and o’
other far Western states is takjn out
from under the operation of the state
laws and its utilization practically
prohibited. This is based squarely
upon the doctrine which the Republic
repudiates, that bureau officials at
Washington City ‘ know better than
the people (of the Western states!
what they need and what they ought
to stand.” An amplification of this
theory is that the bureau officials at
Washington City should be empower
edto establish the terms and condi
tions upon which water powers may
be developed in this state, and to
regulate the charges to be paid by the
people of this state for power from
any and all of its streams.
The assertion that the federal gov
ernment actually exercises despotic
power over the Philippines is far
fetched. It does exercise such des
potic power absolutely over Alaska,
and to a modified extent over a con
siderable share of the far West, and
on matters of the most intimate and
vital concern to the people of those
states, and of no direct concern to
| the people of those states, and of no
j direct concern to people in any other
part of the country.—Seattle P.-I.
-X-X-X
THE RELIEF OF DESTITUTION'..
Governor Clark recently in an in
' terview published in this newspaper,
illuminated the question of relief of
i destitution in Alaska. He pointed
out the fact that the white persons
who become objects of charity in
Alaska are comparatively few and
usually these cases are the result of
physical accidents. Such relief as
has been furnished has been done by
the chritably disposed people of the
Territory, who, let it be said, have
never been appealed to in vain, in any
[section of Alaska, when help was
needed.
The helpless sick and the maimed
have been cared for in every instance,
as soon as it was known that they
were in need. The heart and the
hand of the Alaskan are never ap
pealed to in vain in cases of distress
and Buffering And while the relief
that has been thus furnished has
h«-en freely giron sometimes it has
worked hardshi> upon :ne uncom
o'aining givers
A bill was passed by the United
States Senate in May, 1911, setting
aside five per cent of the Alaska Fund
for the relief of indigent white per
sons, says Governor Clark. The
House radically amended it and pass
ed the bill, but there and then it
seems to have died, for it never
reached a conference committee,
which would have been the usual
procedure in such cases. Evidently
it was lost sight of either accidental
ly, or by design.
There should be no legitimate rea
son why such a bill should not be
passed. It would involve no appro
priation by the Congress, and the
humane treatment of helpless people
in Alaska ought to appeal to the na
tional law-makers. For years this
writer has urged that such a law be
exacted as a tardy recognition of the
treatment due to those men of Alas
ka who have become incapaciated,
through accident or sickness, and are
placed in destitute circumstances.
It is scarcely likely that the Con
gress will find the necessary time to
attend to a matter like this. Para
phrasing the Russian saying. Alas
kanskans may exclaim,“God is afar
off, and it’s a long way to Washing
ton.”—Ex.
--X-X-X
PURCHASE OP ALASKA
Professor Dunning, of Columbia
university, while examining papers
of President Andrew Jackson, stum
bled upon the fact that Johnson's
first message to Congres was written
by Beorge Bancroft, the historian.
The professor made another surpris
ing discovery in that mine seven
years ago, which he has now
published for the first time in the cur
rent number of the Political Science
Quarterly. He found a memoran
dum in the handwriting of Johnson
giving a report of a verbal communi
cation from William H. Seward,
secretary of state, to himself, ex
plaining how the appropriation of
$7,200,000 was obtained to carry out
the terms of the treaty for the pur
chase of Alaska from Russian in the
1868. The treaty was negotiated in
March, 1867, between Seward and the
Russian minister at Washington,
Baron Stoeckl. After it had been
ratified by the Senate, in June, that
year, there was a halt in proceedings,
owing to the quarrel between Con
gress and the president on the re
construction of the South. This
quarrel culminated in the impeach
ment of the president. Notwith
standing the blind fury with which
the house of representatives pursued
Johnson, both before and after the
trial, the appropriation was favorably
reported by General N. P. Banks,
chairman of the committee on fore
ign affairs, and supported by Thad
deus Stevens, chairman of the com
mittee on ways and means, and was
passed July 14, 1868, by a vote of
113 to 43. The communication of
Seward to Johnson, as written down
by the latter, was that Baron Stoeckl
paid, out of the money so appropri
ated, $30,000 to John W. Forney, ed
itor and proprietor of the Washington
Chronicle; $8,000 to General Banks,
and $10,000 to Thaddeus Stevens,
besides $20,000 to R. J. Walker and
F. P. Stanton, two Washington law
yers, who held no oificial position
then, although both had been gov
ernors of Kansas in President Buc
hanan's time, and the former had
been secretary of treasury under
President Polk. No suspicion of
corruption of public officials attaches
to either of them.
-X-X-X
He Advertised—At Last
There was a man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise:
He swore (it was his policy)
He would not advertise.
But one sad day he advertised,
And thereby hangs a tale,
The ad. was set in quite small type
And headed “Marshal’s Sale,”
--X-X-X
The New York Public Service Com
mission has ordered seats for all in
the subway "whenever possible.” It
is safe to say it will never be possible
unless there are only enough passen
gers to fill the seats provided.
-x—x—x
The New York Legislature is going
to avoid suffragist invasion by sur
rendering and submitting the ques
tion to popular vote. This may give
the lawmakers a respite while their
terms last, anyhow.
■-o—o—o
The Western Maryland Railroad
has passed the quarterly dividend on
its preferred stock for the unusual
reason that it was “not earned.”
Such unprecedented frankness bids
for confidence in the company all
over the country.
-x—x—x
The Nome Bar Association has
asked its representatives to Alaska’s
first legislature that they prepare a
law to be incorporated into our penal
code, making the malicious and pub
lic uttering, or promulgating of slan
derous matter a misdemeanor.
Prof. Hugo Munsterberg declares
lis belief that men attain the highest
)f their intelectual powers at the age
jf 50. That Prof. Munsterberg was
torn in 18G3 is. of eourse. a mere
'oinsidence.
Police "clean-up” methods report
ed from sundry cities seem to neglect
>ne essential preliminary. Before
hey round up the criminal suspects
hey should square up the polio.'.
-T-X-*-j
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: —
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned heretofore conducting
business at the Chitina Hotel under
the firm name and style of Palmer
and Cloninger, have dissolved part
nership by mutual consent. Mr.
John Palmer retiring from the firm
which will hereafter be conducted
by T. W. Cloninger. Mr. Cloinger
assumes all indebtedness of said firm
and all accounts due are to be paid to
him.
Dated at Chitina A.aska, this 3d
day of December, 1912.
T. W. CLONINGER.
JNO. PALMER.
SERIAL No. 01553.
In the United States Land office at
Juneau, Alaska, October 21, 1912.
Notice of Application for Patent.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an Act of Congress approved
May 10. 1872, John A. Hazelet, whose
Post Office address is Valdez. Alaska,
lias made application for a U. S. patent
for tlie Viola, Edith, Ruth, Irish Girl,
Hattie Belle, Helen, Emma H, placer
claims bearing gold, together with
surface ground as allowed by law,
lying, being situate in the Recording
Precinct Copper Center, Alaska, and
iescribed by the official plat and
by the field notes of U. S. Min
eral Survey No. 916. on file in the office
af the Register of the Juneau Land Dis
trict, at Juneau, as follows, to-wit:—
VIOLA PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, U. S. M. M.
STo. 1, Chisna hears S. 31 deg. 41 min. 30
sec. E. 4130.75 feet dist. thence N. 41
leg. 32 min. W. 658.10 ft. to Cor. No. 2:
thence N. 48 deg. 23 min. E. 1320 ft. to
-or. No. 3: thence S. 41 deg. 32 min. E.
560 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 48 deg.
28 min. W. 1320 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning. Area 19.971 acres.
Phe location notice of said claim being
July of record in the office of the Re
corder at Copper Center, Alaska, in Book
f. of Mining Locations, at page 192, of
the records of said office. This claim
is bounded on the north by unknown
claimants; on the south by unknown
claimants and the Edith claim: on the
cast by unknown claimants; and on the
west by unknown claimants and the
Edith claim.
EDITH PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 50 deg. 04
min. 10 sec. E, 4115.53 ft. dist. thence
\\ 41 deg. 32 min. W. 657 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence N. 4S deg. 25 min. E. 1316.90 ft.
to Cor. No. 3: thence S. 41 deg. 32 min. E.
S5S.10 ft. to Cor. No. 4: thence S. 48 deg.
28 min. W. 1316.90 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning. Area 19.878 acres.
Phis claim is bounded on the north by
unknown claimants and the Viola Pla
cer; on the south by unknown claimants:
an the east by unknown claimants and
the Viola Placer; and on the west by un
known claimants. The location notice
of this claim is recorded in the office of
the Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska,
in Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
193, of the records of said office.
BUTH PLACES
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 42 deg. 26
min. 20 sec. E. 2756.23 ft. dist. thence
S. 52 deg. 26 min. W. 656.40 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 37 deg. 36 min W. 1271_
70 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 48 deg. 28
min. E. 658.30 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
S. 37 deg. 35 min. E. 1317.20 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, the place of beginning. Area
19.511 acres. The location notice of this
claim is recorded in the office of the Re
corder at Copper Center, Alaska, in
Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
194 of the records of said office. This
claim is bounded on the north by the
Edith placer; on the south by the Irish
Girl Placer; on the east by the Irish Girl
placer and unknown claimants; and on
the west by unknown claimants.
IBISK GIBZi PLACES
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 46 deg. 51
min. E. 1449.36 ft. dist.. thence S. 52 deg.
16 min. \\\ 656 ft. to Cor* No. 2; thence
X. 37 deg. 37 min. W. 1317.80 ft. to Cor.
No. 3; thence N. 52 deg. 26 min. E. 656.
40 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 37 deg. 35
min. E. 1316.00 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning. Area excluded 0.116
acres, in conflict with Hattie Belle pla
cer claim. Net Area 19.722 acres. The
location notice r»f this claim is recorded
in the office of the Recorder at Copper
Center, Alaska, in Book I, of Mining Lo
cations, at page 195 of the records of
said office. This claim is bounded on the
north by unknown claimants, and the
Ruth placer; on the south by the Tri
angle placer: on the east by unknown
claimants; and on the west by unknown
claimants.
HATTIE BELLE PLACES
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 74 deg. 12
min. E. 1240 ft. dist. thence N. 50 deg.
42 min. W. 660 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
S. 31 deg. 16 min. W. 1318.00 ft. to Cor.
No. 3; thence S. 50 deg. 48 min. E. 660 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 31 deg. 16 min.
E. 1316.90 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of
beginning. Area 19.767 acres. The
location notice of this claim »s rrjorued
in the office of the Recorder at Copper
Center, Alaska, in Book I, of Mining Lo
cations, at page 196, of the records of
said office. This claim is bounded on the
north by the Irish Girl and Triangle
placer claims; onthe south by unknown
claimants and the Helen Placer; on the
east by unknown claimants and the Tri
angle placer; and on the west by un
known claimants.
HELEN PLACES
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna bears N. 63 deg. 03
min. 10 sec. E. 1964..17 ft. dist. thence
N. 50 deg. 48 min. W. 660 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence S. 38 deg. 05 min W. 1324.20
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 52 deg. 21
min E. 657.40 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 38 deg 11 min. E. 1306.30 ft. to Cor.
No. l.the place of the beginning. Area
19.887 acres. The location notice of this
claim is recorded in the office of the
Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska, in
Book I, of Mining Locations, at page
198, of the records of said office. This
claim is bounded on the north by un
known claimants and the Hattie Belle
placer; on the south by unknown claim
ants; on the east by unknown claimants;
and on the west by unknown claimants
and Emma H. claim.
EMMA H. PLACES
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears N. 53 deg. 09
min. 30 sec. E. 3196.90 ft. dist. thence
N. 52 deg. 21 min. W. 657.40 ft. to Cor.
No.2; thence S. 38 deg. 07 min. W. 1311.
60 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 51 deg. 55
min. E. 665.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
X. 38 deg. 11 min. E. 1316.60 ft. to Cor.
Xo. *3, the place of beginning. Area 19.
806 acres. The location notice of this
claim is recorded in the office of the Re
corder at Copper Center, Alaska, in Rook
I, of Mining Locations, at page 199, of
l lie records of said office. This Haim
is bounded on the north by unknown
claimants and the Helen placer; on the
south by unknown claimants; on the east
by unknown claimants; on the west
by unknown claimants. The survey
covering said mining claims being
designated as Mineral Survey No. 916.
Var. at all corners this survey 31 deg.
00 min. E.
Any and all persons claiming adver
sely any portion of said mining claims
or surface ground, are hereby required
to die their adverse claims, with the
Register of the U. S. Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, within the time pre
scribed by law, or they will be barred
by virtue of the provisions of the sta
tute.
O. I?. WALKER,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice be published for the statutory
period in the 'Chitina reader” a weekly
newspaper published at Chitina. Alaska.
C. B. WALKER.
Register.
Date of first publication Nov. 12, 1912.
Date of last publication Jun. 14, 1913.
SERIAL No. 01554.
In the United States Land office at
Juneau, Alaska, October 21, 1912.
Notice of Application for Patent.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an Act of Congress approved
May 10, 1872, John A. Hazelet, whose
Post Office address is Valdez, Alaska,
has made application for a U. S. patent
for the “ S'ankee Girl" placer mining
claim, hearing gold, together with sur
face ground as allowed by law, lying,
being and situate in the Recording Pre
cinct of Copper Center, Alaska, and des
cribed by the official plat and by tiie
field notes of U. S. Mineral Survey No.
917, on file in the oiUce of the Register
of the Juneau Land District, at Juneau,
Alaska, as folows, to-wit:—
YANKEE GIRL PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, from whence
U. S. M. M. No. 1, Chisna, bears S. 21
deg. 56 min. 40 sec. W. 748.12 ft. dist.
thence S. 79 deg. 49 min. E. 659.40 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence X. 10 deg. 05 min. E.
1313.20 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence X. 79
deg. 55 min. W. 657.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 10 deg. 10 min. W. 1312.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of the beginning.
Varation at all corners 31 deg. 00 min.
E. Area 19.845 acres. The location
notice of this claim is recorded in tlie
office of the Recorder at Copper Center,
Alaska, in Book I, of Mining Locations,
at page 200, of the records of said office.
This claim is bounded on the north by
unknown claimants; on the south by un
known claimants; on the east by un
known claimants; and on the west by
the Indian Girl placer claim and un
known claimants. The survey covering
said mining claim being designated as
Mineral Survey No. 917.
Any and all persons claiming adver
sely any portion of said mining claims
or surface ground, are hereby required
to file their adverse claims, with the
Register of the U. S. Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, W'ithin the time pre
scribed by law, or they will he barred
by virtue of the provisions of the sta
tute.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice be published for the statutory
period Hi the 'Chitina Leader" a weekly
newspaper published at Chitina, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER.
Register.
Date of first publication Nov. 12, 1912.
Date of last publication Jan. 14, 1913.
SERIAL No. 01555.
In the United States Land office at
Juneau, Alaska, October 21, 1912.
Notice of Application for Patent.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an Act of Congress approved
May 10, 1872, John A. Hazelet, wdiose
Post Office address is Valdez, Alaska,
has made application for a U. S. patent
for the "Discovery Placer Claim," the
"No. 1, Below Dicovery Placer Claim,"
and the "No. 2, Below Discovery Placer
Claim," bearing gold, together with sur
face ground as alowed by law, lying,
being and situate in the Recording Pre
cinct of Copper Center, Alaska, and des
cribed by the official field notes and plat
of U. S. Mineral Survey No. 924, on file
in the office of the Register of the June
au Land District, at Juneau, Alaska, us
folows, to-wit:—
DISCOVERY PLACER CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
M. A!. No. 37 Valdez Series, bears S. 52
deg. 26 min. 50 sec. K. 598 ft. dist. thence
S. 32 deg. 51 min. W. 800.70 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. 57 deg. 09 min. E.
1083.10 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 32
deg. 61 min. E. 800.70 ft to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 57 deg. 09 min. \V. 1083.10
ft.to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Area 19.909 acres. The location notice
of this claim is recorded in the office of
the Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska,
in Book No. 3, of Alining Locations, at
page 86 of the records of said office.
This claim is bounded on the north by
unknown claimants; on the seuth by
No. 1, Below Discovery claim; on the
east by unknown claimants; on the west
by unknown claimants.
N*.l, BELOW DISCOVERY PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
AI. Al. No. 37 Valdez Series, bears N. 00
deg. 05 min. 60 sec. W. 895.70 ft dist.
thence N. 57 deg 09 min. W. 1320.90 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 26 deg. 09 min.
\V. 5311.00 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 57
deg. 06 min. E. 1320.90 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 26 deg. 09 mill. E. 5312.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of the beginning.
Area 159.955 acres. The notice of loca
tion of this claim is recorded in the office
of the Recorder at Copper Center, Alas
ka, in Book 3, of Alining Locations, at
page 96, of the records of said office.
This claim is bounded on the north by
Discovery claim; on the south by No. 2,
Below' Discovery claim; on the east by
unknown claimants; oti the west by un
known claimants.
Ho. 2, BELOW DISCOVERY PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
AI. AI. No. 37, Valdez Series, bears N.
24 deg. 06 min. 43 sec. E. 6098.00 ft. uist
thence N. 67 deg. 06 min. W. 1762.90 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 33 deg. 41 min.
W. 3588.50 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 57
deg. 09 min E. 1762.90 ft. to Cor. No. 4:
thence N. 33 deg. 41 min E. 3587.00 ft.
tq Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Area 145.184 acres. The location notice
of this claim is recorded in the office of
the Recorder at Copper Center, Alaska,
in Book 3, of Alining Locations, at page
9.->, of the records of said office. This
claim is bounded on the north by No 1
Below Discovery placer; on the south by
unknown claimants; on the east by un
known claimants; on the west by un
known claimants. Variation at all cor
ners this survey 31 deg. 00 min. E.
The survey covering said mining claims
Non924de8lnale<l as -Mineral Survey
Any- and all persons claiming adver
sely any portion of said mining claims
or surface ground, are hereby required
to tile their adverse claims, with the
Register of the U. S. Land office at
Juneau, Alaska, within the time pre
scribed by law, or they will he barred
by virtue of the provisions of the sta
tute.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
It Is hereby ordered that the foregoing
netice be published for the statutory
period in the ‘Chitina Leader” a weekly
newspaper published at Chitina, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER.
Register.
Date of first publication Nov. 12, 1912.
Date of last publication Jan. 14, 1913.
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