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OIL IS HELD TO BE KEY
TO HITLERS STRATEGY
WASHINGTON — If the German drive against
Marshal Timoshenko’s southern Russian Army opens
the door to the Caucasus. Germany will get all the
oil she needs and Russia will be deprived of 85 to 90
percent of the available oil she has. If it fails. Ger
many has one more gamble, an attack on Turkey and
Iraq designed to wrest from Britain her Iraq oil sourc
es. That would be only a second best gamble, since
Iraq could not give Germany all. she needs.
Russia's Needs
If Germany should overrun the Caucasus, she would
not immediately be able to replenish her greatly de
pleted oil resources, since the Russians would presum
ably do the same ruthless and thorough job of sabot
age they have done before. But she would have im
mediately struck Russia’s mechanized army and home
front so paralyzing a blow that nothing but a limited
defensive war would seem possible.
Washington military experts and oil men admit they
have no reliable estimates of Germany’s actual reserv
es or even of Russia's. But they have felt certain for
some time now that whatever miracles Germany might
be achieving in the production of synthetic oil from
coal, however efficiently she might be exploiting the
captured Rumanian oil fields, and however large the
reserves she had accumulated before the war began,
all these together must fall far short of supplying her
armed forces and keeping the wheels of European in
dustry smoothly running. They have felt so certain of
this that they predict Hitler would substitute for 1941's
all-out offensive against the whole Russian battle line
an intensive Summer thrust for the.oil of the Caucas
ia. Iran or Iraq, or all three together. They believe
that the Fuehrer is ready if necessary, to pay a mil
li n German lives for it. and they are inclined to agree
w.th him that the price might nut be too high for
such success.
In 1938. the last year for which reliable figures exist
the Caucasus produced 23.000.000 tons of Russia's to
tal oil production of 28.000.000. Two of Russia's larg
est oil refineries, at Odessa and Kherson, are in the
hands of the enemy. The five others are in the Cau
casus. Known since men began to write history, the
o.l wells of the Caucasus have been producing steadily
for eighty years.
Nazi Problems
All this would fall into Nazi hands if the drive ag
a.rst 1 he Caucasus succeeded. They would presumably
find t: e wells choked with concrete, the drilling ma
chinery. dynamited, the pipe lines gone. But despite
the demolition of oil fields in the Dutch East Indies
the Japanese assert that they are already pumping oil.
and the Nazis are better engineers than the Japanese.
There would remain a serious transportation prob
lem. It has been difficult enough to bring petroleum
from the far more accessible Rumanian fields to Ger
many. Presumably Germany would try to take Cau
casian oil through the Black Sea to Southeastern
Europe.
If Russia lost the Caucasus she would theoretically
lose 85 to 90 percent of her oil supply. The word
“theoretically” must be used because Russia has not
even toid her allies what success she has had in the
cxploi'a.ion of other fields. It is known that output in
the Ural-Volga region has been increased by more
than 11 percent over 1940. The increase was shared
by fields in the Bulgarian. Syrian. Kama. Emba and
Middle East districts. New fields also have been devel
oped in the East.
It is believed in fact, that there are potential oil
areas from the Persian Gulf to the Arctic Ocean. They
are undoubtedly very rich, but of dozens of potential
producers only three or four fields are known to be
actually producing. The Russians have kept their se
cret so well, however, that they may have done better
than is suspected.
The Germans did so much better than was expect
ed that they made false prophets of most of the experts
there. There are unmistakable indications, however,
that they are now scraping the bottom of the oil bar
rel. It is believed they are able to supply only their
military needs and that even military supplies have
to be husbanded. They produce 40 or 50 percent of
their requirements synthetically from coal. T h at
leaves them with about half what they need for the
armed forces and the home front. The -home front
has suffered. Their syntheicallv produced lubricating j
oil is insufficient and inefficient and Rumanian sources
d( produce lubricants of only fair grade. Their dom
t.Aic u. rial equipment is being damaged as a re-'
suit.
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ft<>m a Buenos Aires hospital
I after a week of treatment for a
severe beating he received at the
hand- f pro-Nazi terrorists.
Frank was beaten at his hotel
aftei the Argentine government'
h3d a>xed :mr. to leave the coun
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Ft jnk booked plane passage to
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MINERS AND OPERATORS
\ou can obtain at the Nugget
Office the following forms which
are carried in stock, thus avoid
ing long delays and incomplete
blanks obtained in the States
Write or call at the Nugget Of
fice for:
I.ode Location Notices.
Time Sheets for Employees
Placer Location Notices.
Proofs of Labor Ranks.
Dredge Shift Reports—2 types
Prospecting Drill Field Logs,
Deed Forms.
Voucher Forms.
Special PoweT of Attorney
Blanks.
Germany’s Lack
Some experts believe that lack
of gasoline and lubricants has
been responsible for the compar
ative passiveness of the Luft
waffe as against the all-out bomb
ing offensives of the RAJ this
Spring and Summer. It is believ
ed that Germany has oil enough
for the Libyan and Russian
fronts, but none to waste on
bombing Bntain. If she could get
the Caucasian oil fields she could
afford—in time—to be more lav
ish. But until then Russian oil
will be to Herr Hitler somewhat
more valuable than German
blood.
(By John MacCormac, New
York Times).
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District,
Nome. Alaska
Notice ot Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1896
Mineral Entry No. 095?
Notice .s hereby givt n that the
UNITED STATES SMELTING
REFINING AND MINING COM
PANY. a Maine Corporation, by
and through its attorney-in-fact.
A. M Hartford, whose post office
address :s Nome, Alaska, has made
application for a United States
Patent for the Rosa Fraction,
Stormy Fraction and Gold Av
enue Claim, placer mining cla.ms
situated on the Right L,mit of
Dry Creek a tributary of Snake
R ver. about three miles north
of the town of Nome in the
Cape Nome Mining and Record
ing District and PrecLnct. Terri
t rv of Alaska, and designated
as United States Mineral Survey
Ni 1396 and particularly describ
ed in the official plat and field
notes of said claim now on file
in the said Land Office, with
mean magnetic variations of 19
deg. 30 min. E.. as follows:
Rosa Fraction
Beginning at Cor No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 5. Survey No.
12" 7. Fannie Tract Placer,—from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears N.
5 deg, 29 min. W„ 3835.9 ft :
thence S. 59 deg. 58 min. E.
196 25 ft. to Cor. No. 2. identical
with C No. 1. Survey No. 457.
No. 8 Below Discovery Placer:
thence S. 2 deg. 53 min. E..
1116.75 ft. to Cor. No. 3. identical
with Cor. No. 5. Survey No. 457,
N 8 Below Discovery Placer;
N. 45 deg. 48 min. U'.,
1036.70 ft to Cor. No. 4. identi
cal with Cor No. 1. Survey No.
1207, Oracle Claim Placer: thence
S. 62 deg. 02 min. E.. 554.4 ft.
to Cor No. 5, identical with Cor.
N 6. Survey No. 1207. Fannie
Tract Placer, thence N. 5 deg.
06 min. E . 719.00 ft. to Cor. No.
1 and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 6.788 Acres.
Stormy Fraction
Beg.lining at Cor. No. 1. identi
cal with Cor. No. 4. Survey No.
1207, Fannie Tract Placer, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears N.
15 deg. 20 min. W„ 3274.05 ft.;
thence S. 86 deg. 06 min. E..
69030 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
S.13 deg. 58 min. W„ 153.05 ft.
to Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No 2, Survey No. 1124, No. 1
Laura Gulch Placer; thence S.
60 deg. 06 min. W„ 113f).90 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 59 deg.
58m in. W., 196.25 ft. to Cor. No.
5: thence N. 37 deg. 00 min. E.,
827.35 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
f 9.462 acres.
Gold Avenue Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor No. 2 Survey No.
1207 Fannie Tract Piacer. from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears N.
7 deg. 17 min. W, 2014.8 ft.;
thence S. 59 deg. 03 min. E.,
132380 ft. to Cor. No. 2. identi
cal with Cor. No. 10. Survey No.
746. Gertrude Placer; thence N.
30 deg 33 m.n. E., 634.35 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 7 deg. 35
min. W„ 28.00 ft. to Cor. No. 4,
identical with Cor No. 6. Survey
No. 446 No 2 Laura Gulch Placer;
thence S. 81 dog* 34 rein E..
43.30 ft. to Cor. No. 5, identical
with Cor. No. 1. Survey No 1124.
No 1 Laura Gulch Placer: thi-nce
S. 13 deg. 58 min. W., 1247.25
ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence N. 86
deg. 08 min. W.. 690.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 7; thence N. 38 deg. 51 min. E..
617.5 ft. to Cor. 8. identical with
Cor. No. 3. Survey No. 1207,
Fannie Tract Placer; thence N.
55 deg. 47 min. W„ 1205.85 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 and place of be
ginning. containing an area of
10.468 Acres.
Sa d placer mining claims be
ing contiguous and forming one
consolidated survey, containing
a total of 26. 718 acres.
The adjoining claims are:
On the North. Survey No. 446.
No. 2 Laura Gulch Placer
On the E. Survey No. 1124, No.
1 Laura Gulch Placer. Survey
No. 1812. No. 7 Below on Dry
Creek Placer and Survey No. 457,
No. 8 Below Discovery Placer,
On the S. Survey No. 1207.
Oracle Placer,
On the W. Survey No. 1207,
Addie M. Devereaux Bench and
Fannie Tract Placer and Survey
No. 746, Gertrude Placer.
The location certificate for said
placer mining claims are re
corded in the office of the Re
corder of said Cape Nome Min
ing District and Precinct. Terri
tory of Alaska, as follows:
Rosa Fraction, Vo). 208, Page
316 and amended location Vol.
220. Page 369;
Stormv Fraction Placer, Vol
220, Page 69.
(Gold Avenue Placer, Vol. 190.
page 222. amended locations Vol.
194, page 64 and Vol. 220, page
370.
U.S.L.M. No. 11 to which these
claims are tied, is a fir post 5
ft. above ground in stone mound
chiseled U.S.L.M. No. 11, situat
ed on the divide between Holy
oke and Bourbon Creeks about
70 feet East of the (Government
road in said mining district and
Precinct and is in Lat. 64 deg. 32
min. 00 sec. N„ Long. 165 deg.
21 min. 54 sec. W.
Dated the 6th day of August,
1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register.
First publication Aug. 7, 19-42,
and ending Oct. 7, 1942.
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In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Name, Alaska
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Notice of Application For Patent
Mineral Survey No, 2122
Mineral Entry No. 0954
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That United States Smelting Re
fining and Mining Company, a
Maine Corporation, by and
through its attomey-in-fact, A.
M Hartford, whose post office ad
dress is Nome. Alaska, has made
application for a United States
Patent for the UNITED BENCH
and No. 3 BENCH THIRD TIER
Placer Mining Claims, situated
on the Right Limit of Center i
Creek, about mile above the
mouth of said Creek and about
li> mile northwest of the shores
of Bering Sea and the town of
Nome, in the Cape Nome Min
ing District and Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survev
No. 2122 and particularly dcscrib
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said
Land Office, vv'th magnetic varia
tion at each corner of the sur
vey of mean value of 17 deg, 20
min. E., as follows:
The United Bench Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. a fir
post scribed 1-2122-U. from
whence U.S.L.M. No, 1C bears S.
18 deg. 18 min. E., 4996.63 ft.;
thence N. 60 deg. 26 min. W,
796.60 ft to Cor. No. 2. a fir post
scribed 2-2122-U: thence N 20
deg. 42 min. E.. 623.80 ft. to Cor.
No. 3, a fir post scribed 3-2122-U;:
thence N. 20 deg. 35 min. E,
279.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4. a fir post
scribed 4-2122-U; thence S. 44
deg. 02 min. E„ 895 40 ft to Cor.
No. 5, a fir post scribed 5-2122-U:
thence S. 47 deg. 28 min. E,
208.50 ft. to Cor No. 6, a fir post
scribed 6-2122-U: thence S. 41
deg. 27 min. W, 186.05 ft. to Cor.
No. 7. a fir post scribed 7-2122-U;
thence S. 41 deg 39 min. W.,
419.40 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 15.687 Acres.
No. 3 Bench Third Tier Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir
post scribed l-2122-3Bh„ from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S.
33 deg. 09 min. E.. 4482.3 ft,;
thence N. 56 deg. 25 min. W , i
321.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2. a fir post
scribed 2-2122-3Bh.; thence N 20
deg. 42 min. E, 1290.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 3, a fir post scribed 3-2122
3Bh; thence S. 60 deg. 26 min. E,
796.60 ft. to Cor. No. 4, a fir post
scribed 4-2122-3Bh„ thence S. 41
deg. 39 min. W, 1326.50 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 16.496
Acres.
There are no conflicting claims.
The adjoining claims are:
On the NE, Survey No. 1863,
Grace Association placer, and
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
On the SE, Survey No. 1139
No. 2 Bench Second Tier and
claims unknown and unsurveyed
Ou the SW, Survey No. 1139
No. 1 Bench Second Tier,
On the NW„ Survey No. 339
Aspen Placer claim, and claims
unknown and unsurveyed.
The location certificates for
said placer mining claims are i
recorded in the office of the H,»- '
eorder of the Cape Nome Mininr !
District. Territory of Alaska, in
Vol. 220, Page 162 of the record !
of locations of said District.
The mineral monument t0 '
which these claims are tied is d- -
scribed as follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 1C to which the.'i
claims are tied is an iron pipe
4a4 in. in diameter. 30 ins. above
the ground, a brass cap on top
stamped U.S.L.M. No 1-C, and is
in Lat. 64 deg. 30 m:n. 30 sec.
N.. Long. 165 deg 25 min. 18 sec 4
VV.
Dated the 13th dav of July,
1942. •
Aimer Rydeen, Register
First publication July 13. 1942,
and ending September 11, 1942
Notice of Final Settlement
In the Probate Court For tie.
Koyuk Precinct in the Second
Division of the Territory of Al
aska.
Before Arthur W. Johnson. U
S. Commissioner and Ex-Offici
Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of
SAM B SMITH. Deceased
Notice is hereby given. tha‘ a
hearing has been set for Sept 30 i
1942. at two o’clock P. M. of .-as!
day on the Final Account of J.
S. Winder. Administrator of the
Estate of Sam B. Smith, deceas
ed. at the office of United Stat
es Commissioner at Haycock.
Koyuk Precinct, Territory of Al
aska and at said hearing the
court will also enter a decree a
to who the heirs at law and
distributees are.
Exceptions. if any thereto '
should be filed in writing in said
cause on or before said date.
Dated at Haycock. Alaska, tins
31st day of July. 1942
J. S. Winder, Administrator
of the Estate of Sam B.
Smith, Deceased.
Pub lush Aug. 5. 12. 19. 26.
NOTICE OF SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF ROBERT BROWN,
Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that
the following described property
belonging to the estate of
Robert Brown, deceased, will
be offered for sale to the
highest bidder for cash.
Property consists of an un
divided one fourth (V4) inter
est in the Eagle, Circle, Ram
part, and Fairbanks Associa
tion placer claims, situated on
Sweepstake Creek in the Koyuk
Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
Sale will be held at Hay
cock in the above named pre
cinet on the 31st day of
August, 1942, at two o’clock
p. m.
Dated at Haycock, Alaska,
thus 31st day of July, 1942.
J. S. Winder,
Administrator
Publish Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26.