Review of Mining
Potentialities Of
Seward Peninsula
By HOWARD LYNG
Territorial Senator
The fifth in a series of articles
exclusive to the Nome Nugget
Located a few miles east of
Garfield along the Noxapaga
River is the Rainbow Camp and
mining holdings of one of Nome’s
pioneer bush pilots, Frank
Whaley, lately associated with
Wien Alaska Airlines. Here, with
his partners, Harry Nelson, who
passed on several years ago, Ster
ling Montague, and Jules Gun
derson, he has mined since 1936.
The partnership of late years has
consisted of Whaley and Mon
tague.
Frank, with his wife, Neva, and
infant son, Brownie, flew his own
plane into Nome from Seattle in
1932 and immediately started his
own flying service covering north
western Alaska. Harry Nelson,
father of local businessman Grant
Nelson, was his partner and chief
mechanic. Frank, together with
long-time Nome bush pilot Bill
Munz, comprise two of the three
Alaska pilots who hold the Air
Medal for Valor, conferred on
them by a grateful United States
government for their heroic res
cue of downed airmen of the
“Clobbered Turkey” who made a
forced landing near Serpentine
Hot Springs in the upper Kou
garok in December, 1947. Five
lost their lives—frozen to death—
six were rescued in 35 to 40 be
low zero temperatures, with an
estimated ground wind of 40
miles an hour.
Whaley and Montangue, after a
several years shut down, during
which time ditches were repaired
and extended and considerable
drilling carried On, will resume
active mining next season.
About five miles west of the
Kougarok River, and the new
Quartz Creek DC-3 airfield, Dahl
Creek, one of the richest gold
bearing creeks in the Kougarok,
empties into Quartz Creek at No.
8 claim above Discovery, Pioneer
Nome miner Louie Nashenwing,
U.S., Turkey Open Talks
To Let Turks Try GIs
For Off-Duty Offenses
WASHINGTON, ffl - T h e
United States and Turkey have
opened negotiations on a treaty
which would give Turkish courts
the right to try American troops
for any off-duty law violations.
Courts martial would deal with
offenses alleged while on duty.
for 20 years, under lease from
Paul Rassmus, mined on No. 1 and
2 creek claims on Dahl Creek and
No. 8 on Quartz Creek. In addi
tion he owned a group of claims
on upper Quartz Creek.
A few years ago Louie acquired
aviator Pat Bliss of Anchorage as
a partner, retiring two years ago
after selling his interests to Bliss.
This spring Bliss moved some of
his equipment over to the Hay
cock district where he joined
Charley Moon in his Sweepstake
Creek operation. However, Bliss
expects to eventually return to
resume mining on upper Quartz
Creek.
Paul Rassmus, who. landed on
the Nome beach in 1900, first went
to the Kougarok in 1903, where he
spent ,35 successive years, mining
summers and trapping winters.
Since 1938 he has spent the win
ters in Oakland, Calif., the sum
mers looking after his 14 mining
claims on Dahl and Quartz Creeks.
Reliable report has it that a bull
dozer operation will resume on
some Of his holdings next season.
Mr. and Mrs. ' Houston Alex
ander spent several months of the
past season mining on the left
limit of No. 5 Dahl Creek and will
resume next season. They expect
to open up, in the near future,
13 and 14 Dahl Creek, virgin
ground they have owned and
prospected for a number of years.
Long-time Nome and Tin City
miner George Waldheim moved
his mining operation to the Kou
garok area in the early 1940’s,
working leased ground from Paul
Rassmus on Dahl Creek for the
first several years. Moving over
to Atlas Gulch at the head of
Quartz Creek, just over the hill
from Dahl, drilling showed good
values and Mr. and Mrs. Wald
heim have successfully mined
Atlas for a number of years.
Two years ago, following the
death 'of A1 Carey, a long-time
successful miner on Dahl Creek,
Mr. and Mrs. Waldheim acquired
claims 11 and 12 on Dahl. Last
season they did additional drill
ing, built a bedrock drain, oc
complished considerable stripping
and removal of overburden and
will be ready to begin sluicing op
erations in the spring.
(To be continued)
Crosby’s Lawyers
Deny Intoxication
Charges From Suit
LOS ANGELES, UP) — Bing
Crosby’s lawyers have moved to
strike intoxication allegations
from the $1,051,400 damage suit
filed against him over an auto
crash.
The singer’s attorneys also ask
ed the superior court Friday to
rule out a claim for punitive dam
ages representing $525,000 of the
total, on the ground that it is
legally out of place in a personal
injury suit.
Crosby is being sued by Frank
R. Verdugo Los Angeles fireman;
his wife, Lucy, and her brother
Eulalio Perea, a market clerk, who
claim the crooner went through a
red light at an intersection. Ver
dugo has been hospitalized since
the crash, Oct. 11.
Edgar Simon, counsel for the
plaintiffs, said Crosby related in
a deposition last Thursday that
he had three or four glasses of
scotch and sipped a half glass of
champagne during a dinner before
the crash.
Bing’s attorneys in their peti
tion Friday, contended the suit
does not state sufficient facts, is
ambiguous and fails to explain in
what manner Crosby was “wan
ton” or “negligent” as charged.
Arguments on the Crosby mo
tions will be heard Nov. 17.
The Norwegians use about twice
as much electricity per capita as
do the people of the United States.
Early settlers in Greenland,
more than 1,000 years ago, raised
cattle and even some crops, but
the climate grew colder and until
it became warmer again in recent
years, stock raising was impos
sible.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of
NAT BUCKLAND KUPRAVIK, deceased.
No. 953
Notice to Creditors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lewis
Hudgins, of Nome, Alaska, has been duly
appointed Administrator of the Estate of
Nat Buckland Kupravik, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
said Estate should present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the said
Administrator at Nome, Alaska, within
six (6) months from the date of this
notice.
Dated this 16th day of October, 1953.
LEWIS HUDGINS
Administrator
James A. von der Heydt
Attorney for Administrator.
Publ. Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 1953
League of Alaskan Cities
Mull Over Finances
And Motor Fuel Taxes
COROVA, UPi—Delegates to the
third annual convention of the
League of Alaskan cities mulled
over municipal finance problems
last week after discussing public
works and motor fuels taxes.
The league is made up of
municipal officials from most in
corporated Alaskan cities.
During the afternoon session
Friday there was lengthy infor
mal discussion on the suggested
increase in the territory’s motor
fuels tax. A raise to 4 cents a
gallon was the figure most fre
quently mentioned. The idea also
was put forward that 1 cent of
the tax should be allocated to
cities for road construction or
other projects which might bene
fit non - highway users of motor
fuels.
The delegates also devoted con
siderable time to talking over
ways and' means of increasing
next year’s appropriation under
the Alaska Public Works Act and
extending the act beyond its
June, 1955, expiration date.
Utah Mine Explosion
Fatal To Eight Men
BONANZA, Utah, LfR—Mine of
ficials said Saturday overheated
equipment probably was respon
sible for a fire that touched off an
explosion, fatal to eight men.
The blast Thursday swept the
American Gilsnite Co. mine at this
tiny community in eastern Utah
only a short distance from the
Colorado mine. Bodies of the eight
men have not been recovered and
officials said it might be a year
before they could be removed.
The Utah State Industrial Com
mission, however, declared the
men officially dead, thus permit
ting the filing of insurance claims
by surviving kin.
The men were caught in the
explosion that ripped through
some 1,100 feet of the mile-long,
600-foot-deep trench that is—or
was—the mine.
Former Cardinals Owner
Ends 15-Month Sentence
For Income Tax Evasion
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana, UR —
Fred M. Saigh, former owner of
the St. Louis Cardinals, was re
leased on parole from the federal
penitentiary here Saturday.
Saigh sold the Cardinals after
being given a 15-month sentence
on a charge of filing fraudulent
income tax returns. He had served
his minimum sentence when he
was given a parole hearing Oct. 16.
Saigh pleaded no contest to the
tax fraud indictment and was sen
tenced last Jan. 28. He was also
fined $15,000.
Navy To Dedicate World’s
Most Powerful Radio
Transmitter On Nov. 12
SEATTLE, UP) —The Navy has
set the date for dedication of
what is believed to be the world’s
most powerful radio transmitter.
The 1,000,000 watt station at
Jim Creek in the Cascade foot
hills northeast of Seattle officially
will become an installation-in the
13th Naval District on Nov. 12.
The date was announced by
Rear Admiral Allan Smith, com
mandant of the 13th Naval Dis
trict, who said Adm. Robert B.
Carney, chief of naval operations,
will be the dedication speaker.
The United States has 36 light
ships stationed around its coast.
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