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Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
The (regular board meeting of
the N. W. Alaska Chamber of
Commerce was called at the
North Pole Dining Room, Tues
day noon. The reading of the
minutes and other preliminary
business was dispensed with in
order to give the full time to the
guests present which included
Harry G. Watson, George Marsh,
L. H. Kier, Chis Betsch and J. D.
Johnston.
Chairman McConaghy did not
wait for the conclusion of the
lunch but called on Mr. Watson,
who in the capacity of Secretary
of the Alaska Miners Association
gave the members present an
outline of the policy and purpos
es of the Association. He volun
teered information on future ac
tion of the Board of Directors
in relation to adopting a policy
by which it would be possible to
further the permanent develop
ment of the mining industry. He
spoke very emphatically support
ing the action of the Territorial
Mining Bureau and the work of
the Alaska Planning Council
showing that the research work
and facts assembled justify much
more funds and personnel of the
" Bureau for the purpose of bring
ing about features connected
with the scientific research of
minerals not now commonly
known and which must be pro
cured by our government from
foreign nations.
An observation made b y
Mr. Watson on the lack of
cooperation of the mining indus
•try is that there are over five
hundred operators in Alaska and
that the Territorial records show
th3t less than half of those have
paid any taxes or have the small
license that is required of them.
It is evident that the operators
are of a floating population that
come and go and do not take
enough time to find out any re
quirements that are asked of
them. They simply come and at
the end of the season return to
the States and Alaska is still a
mystery as far as they are con
c.rned.
In conclusion Mr. Watson urg
_
ed that all miners should be
members of the Alaska Miners
•Association and that with con
certed action much can be accom
plished for the future prepetua
tion of the mining industry. He
said that his organization is now
a member of the American Min
ing Congress who maintain an or
ganization in Washington, watch
ing over all the legislation which
is inimical to the mining indus
try. This organization keeps the
Alaska Miners Association in
formed of what goes on in Wash
ington and so far has proved j
very benefitial in overcoming a
lot of ill-advised legislation.
The Chairman thanked Mr. \
Watson for his fine presentation
and voiced the sentiment of the
Chamber that they always have i
been and are willing to cooperate
in every way with the Alaska
Miners Association.
Mr. George Marsh, of Marshal, j
when called upon moved to a
large map of Seward Peninsula
which was tacked on the wall
for that purpose and pointed out
the geopraghic lines of the Sec
ond Division and it was a revela
tion when he pointed out that an
area as large as the entire Sew
ard Peninsula, a part of the Sec
ond Division, is entirely ignored
by Nome. He pointed out the
busines opportunities w h i c h ■
Nome has lost for a number of
j years and that said business has
! been going to other far and more i
’distant parts of Alaska instead of!
coming to Nome. He ascribed the
| reason for that as not having any
communication. The mail from
Nome to Marshal will take twice
as long as if the letter had been
written from Seattle to Marshal.
He stated that there is over 2000
population centered in the lower
Yukon and that their production
and mining output is about a
million dollars and the producing
area is considerably more and
has posibiliiies for a long period
to come ever, though that a very (
small portion of it is known.
There is an area between Mar
shal and St. Michaels, Russian
Mission and Anvik oj. ov Ci 1O0
square miles that has never been
mapped or touched by geograph
ical survey. From indication and
the limited knowledge of same
it is evident that great possibil
ities are in store for the Second
the geopraphical survey or by
the Territorial Mining Bureau to
aid and furnish information to
the prospectors in relation to
the possibilities of the area. Ho
also stated that in the last forty
years that large section which
has been so sadly neglected by
Nome, the headquarters of the
Second Division, that very little
assistance has been received
Division if effort would be made,
to have said area examined by j
either from the Federal road or
Territorial Road Commission.
That in all these years not over
four miles of road has been built.
It is suggested that the road
committee of the Nome Chamber
of Commerce take up the ques
tion of attempting to secure for
them two small pieces of road
over very favorable terrain at a
nominal cost, to connect and re
lieve that section. That is, five
or six miles of road from Mar
shal up Wilson Creek connecting;
with a road now there, built by
cooperative plan and then at a
point 5 or 6 miles up Wilson
Creek valley a short road of
about five miles to connect with
the Willow Creek road. That
would save a big area and would
assist the mining industry con
siderably, which is now served
by a lagoon which most of the
time is not navigable.
The principal operators of that
section are the Wilson Creek
Mining Company on Wilson Cr.,
Johnston and Ostens at Willow
Creak, Yukon Mining Company
orNKako and Hitt and Company
on the Stuyahok. Mr. Marsh also
pointed out that the Hampton
Recording District which is a
part of the Second Division, is
one of the large sections of the
Division. In conclusion he urged
that our Chamber give them
w'hat aid is possible and Presi
dent McConaghy promised him
that the Chamber would do all
in its power to redeem themselv
es of the ignorance displayed in ,
the past of not actively working;
for their welfare.
President McConaghy referred j
the matter of roads to the Road j
Committee and the matter of
mails to 'the mail committee and
asked them to investigate the
the suggestions and recommenda
tions made by Mr. Marsh and re
port as soon as possible in order
to take action at an early date.
George Marsh was appointed
representative of the Chamber ,
for the lower Yukon.
Messrs. Betch, Kier, and John- j
ston spoke briefly and express
ed their cordialty and apprecia
tion of the reception received in
Nome and volunteered to say
that it will not be so long be
tween visits in Nome hereafter,
provided that we can induce the
U. S. Post Office to establish a
mail route which will connect j
Nome and Marshal or an avia
tion company to undertake that
for commercial purposes.
Meeting adjourned.
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NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS
United States District Court, Sec
ond Division, Alaska. Territory
of Alaska vs. Fifty Gallons Wine, i
I have seized and held under |
Writ in the above-entitled cause!
the following: Fifty Gallons of
Wine. For the causes set forth in
the libel now pending in the
above Court I hereby give notice
to all persons claiming said pro
perty, or knowing why the same
should not be confiscated accord
ing to said libel, that they be and
appear in the court room of said (
Court at Nome, Alaska, at 10 j
o'clock in the forenoon of the 5th |
day of August, 1940 and make:
their claim and allegations in i
that behalf. (S) B. B. MozeeJ
U. S. Marshal.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the Nome Nugget office
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1895
Mineral Entry No. 0940
In The United States Land Office
For The Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska
Notice is hereby given that
GEORGE K. GEAMALIS, whose
post office address is Nome, Al
aska, has made application for a
United States Patent for the King
Bench Placer Mining Claim on
the right limit of the Ungalik
River in the St. Michael Mining
and Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survey
No. 1895, and particularly de
scribed in the official plat and
field notes of said survey now on
file in the said Land Office as
follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, which
is identical with Cor. No. 2 Sur.
No. 1245, No. 1 Placer, and Cor.
No. 2 Sur. No. 1245 No. 1 Bonanza
Placer, from thence U. S. L. M.
No. 1245 bears N. 60 deg. 14 min.
W. 518.4 ft; thence N. 14 deg. 43
min. W. 1324.2 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
identical with Cor. No. 3, No.
1245 No. 1 Bonanza Placer;
thence S. 51 deg. 11 min. E. 1837.9
ft. to Cor. No. 3, thence S. 7 deg.
14 min. W. 197.1 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
thence S. 7 deg. 09 min. W. 32.6
ft. to Cor. No. 5; thence N. 84
deg. 40 min. W. 1071.9 ft. to Cor.
No. 1 and place of beginning con
taining an area of 19.428 acres.
This claim is located on un
surveyed land on the right limit
of the Ungalik River and the left
limit of Bonanza Creek, tribut
ary to the Ungalik River, about
128 miles east of the Town of
Nome.
The adjoining claims are: On
the North claims unknown and
unsurveyed; on the East, Survey
No. 1245 Hilda Association Plac
er and Queen Placer, unsurvey
ed; on the South, Survey No.
1245, No. 1 Placer; on the West,
Survey No. 1245 No. 1 Bonanza
Placer.
There are no conflicting claims.
The location certificate for
said mining claim is recorded in
the office of the Recorder of the
St. Michael Mining District and
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, in
Volume 21 at Page 162, of the
records of locations of said Min
ing District.
U. S. L. M. No. 1245 to which
this survey is tied is a quartz
diorite boulder marked on the!
top surface U. S. L. M. No. 1245,
and is situate 100 ft. east of
Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the
Ungalik River in Lat. 64 deg. 32
min. N., Long. 160 deg. 44 min. W.
Dated, 2nd day of July, 1940.
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