Officials Skeptical
Of Fabulous Mine
In Cold Bay Area
COLD BAY, —Is there a fab
ulously rich vein of mercury in
southwestern Alaska as a Nor
folk, Va., Air Force enlisted man
contends?
Alaska officials stated Wednes
day they didn’t think so and cast
doubt on reports by T/Sgt. Thos.
L. Howlett that he has inherited
claims to a cinnabar lode worth
40 million dollars and perhaps
more.
Wallace G. MacNice, deputy U.
S. Commissioner here, said How
lett, now stationed at Castle Air
Force Base near Merced, Calif.,
had filed six claims in the Chig
nik area, 200 miles northeast of
here.
But, said MacNice, Howlett
filled them out incorrectly and
the claims were returned with in
structions to refile them. They
have not been received here yet,
he said.
Howlett said .he inherited the
claims from the late Mrs. Cora
Dinsmore, a crippled widow he
had befriended. However, Mac
Nice said records here, which go
back to 1869, fail to mention any
person named Dinsmore.
Howlett claims he found 12 to
18 miles of solid, thick cinnabar
veins when he went to the Cold
Bay area to check out the claims.
“There may be mercury in that
area,” one Alaska official stated,
“but anything that size would be
fantastic.”
MacNice also expressed doubts
of the size of the lode. The six
! claims “couldn’t be that big under
j current laws,” he said.
Howlett isn’t worried. “I’ve
seen it and know it’s there,” he
said.
“I’m going back.”
SCORCHY SMITH
.
JffJ/Aj >
PULL UP CLOSER, COBRA /... HERE'S
>OUR MAN, COMRADE/... HE'S OUT
Like a light... take good care <
the professor will
TO OUR CAUSE—THE
MENT SHALL REWARD
INACOM RACES
W BOY ARE WE LUCKY TO GET OUT OF ^
I THAT SPOT BEFORE THEV FOUND OUT ■
k WE DELIVERED THE WRONG GUV." M
—THERE SHE GOES- — OOWM/^p
rTHOSE FI ENDS... LEAVING ML ON 'I HIS^B
DESERTED BEACH WHILE THEY’RE
PUTTING SCORCHY ABOARD A FOREIGN M
.POWER SUBMARINE —OUT THERE
OAKY DOAKS
-“^hewou'tI
CAPTAIN KADD, KING V ^ . %
CORNY WON'T SELL
HIS OLD CASTLE
FOR LESS THAN I 199
TdN THOUSAND^
r ^
a -( GOSH, NELLIE/ Vfr
CAPTAIN KADD CAN'T
STAY IN KING CORNY'S
V OLD CASTLE IF
15 DOAKS T ^EH/ HE '‘^p
STILL LOOKS LIKE ^
hamciw-'The's TRYIW'TO I
'ROUMD?j\ DECIDE WOT /
X,_ V) TO DO
SPIDER, I'VE DECIDED
WHUT WE'RE GOlW
TO DO l
-YOU AW' ME ALWIZ H
HAS HAD A MEETIU' |
0'MIWD5/
t^AKY HAS
FOUND THAT
prospective sK*/
3UYER0F i®7.J
KINO COKNY'SH®S
OLD CASTLE
HAS TAKEN
UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION- &
AND CP
HOW— f |
At Niwtftmfur**
_«-24 • _
I
BRING YOUR
WATCH
to the
Nome Drug Store
for
EXPERT REPAIRS
I
I ——■ ———■—
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of ^Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Recessed Until September 21
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS. W.M.
Norv.n V. Lewis, Sec
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
—
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM. Secty.
— VISITORS WELCOME —