VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS
FROM NIXON-FORE REGION
(Iditarod Pioneer Correspondent.)
Takotna, Alaska, Jan. 3.—Well, it
has happened. You couldn’t stop a
stampede to the Nixon Fork now if you
tried.
I have withheld writing you before
as I thought it would not look good
coming from me. But now I have
something definite to write about.
This strike is about half way up the
Nixon, on the left limit, in tbe lime
stone belt, which proves to be a cap
ping oniy. It is a granite intrusion
with quartz, Dorphyry, diorite cinna
bar and slate, so far as I have seen.
... . i __1.
Hidden creek—which is a long creea
—drains its southern slope, flows south
and west, with three or four pups com
ing in on its right limit and heading in
the granite, and all of them pan coarse
shotty gold. One 20-cent nugget was
panned on one rim, while one- to three
grain pieces on all- Ed Whelan has five
feet of gravel at the head of one that
averages 3 conts—no skunks. He and
Evan Jones and John Griffith are now
sinking about half way down this pup,
which is 14 miles long, and comes into
Hidden on No. 6-b. The right limit
from here to No. 2-a. pans coarse gold,
and from here to the head (1 mile) and
around to the first pup on the left limit
pans fine shotty gold (shotty gold, but
email).
Mespelt and Khude are sinKing on
No. 10-b. on Hidden. They have 30
feet of muck and ware 4 feet in gravel
which pans, but ran out of windlass
rope and came in for more. It is much
deeper than they anticipated. All
creeks are wet at their heads, but fro
zen further down.
Then, opposite the pup Whelan is on,
and just over a very low saddle, is
Rnby creek, where Charley Pierson
has ground he says will skin wages to
death. Just below him, Smiling Al
bert has a claim he had staked only,
for which he was offered $2,000 cash by
Sam Nesvog. Ruby flows to the north
and west, and is a long creek. Mys
tery, to the northeast of Ruby, paral
lels it, but sinks in the limestone after
running over it for some distance—
Come in
And Get Yuur Feet Warm I
HIPPODROME
POOL ROOW AND CICAR STORE, FLAT
hence its name. This creek also pros
pects. Then northeast of this is Jones
c.-eek, still heading in this same gran
ite, and prospects at its head, so Char
lie Pierson says, as well as any of
them.
Anyone going in to prospect must
have a boiler, as it is frozen except at
the heads and will be around 30 to 50
eet deep, according to location on the
creek. This granite intrusion extends
for 50 miles further to the head of the
main Nixon, Novi, and between tho
North Fork of the Kuskokwim.
On the Kuskokwim side of this gran
ite there are several creeks, but no
prospecting has been done up to this
time.
Everyone thought this lime be.t was
a dyke and after going into it three or
four miles turned back, although they
could see granite wash in the creek
beds. It is eight miles into the gran
ite. The steamer Tana can land on the
Kuskokwim eight miles from Discovery
on Hidden creek. At present Hidden
is staked to 14-b., Ruby to 8, and Mys
tery to 7, while all the pups are staked,
and some benches on Hidden and Ruby.
Rhude, Jones, Griffith and Whelan
; have written some of their friends, and
i the first contingent struck here to
night. Will write you further if you
wish. Yours truly,
W. F. Green.
_A
FORMER IDITAROD RESIDENT
ARRESTED AT ANCHORAGE
William E. Peterson who operates
an automobile for hire and conducts
the Alaska hotel and rooming house,
was arrested Sunday by United States
deputy marshals, on the charge of hav
ing aided and abetted the illegal sale
of liquor here. He is at liberty on
cash bail of $2,000.
According to the deputy marshals,
Peterson transported in his automo
bile liquor that had been illegally ob
tained from James Gay, the govern
ment custodian of liquor shipments,
who last week pleaded guilty to un
lawful traffic in intoxicants.
When Peterson, after his arrest,
was taken to the federal jail, $800 was
found in his possession. He remained
in custody only two hours, by which
time he had furnished the rest of the
bail of $2,000, the amount fixed by
Commissioner David.
Peterson is a pioneer resident of
Anchorage. He came here in the sum
mer of 1915. He has a wife and a son,
both of whom live here.—Anchorage
Times.
J. W. Farrell,
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the use of the state committee of the
society. __
F,d S. Orr, founder of the Orr stage
line between Valdez and Fairbanks,
and at one time Republican candidate
for delegate to congress frprn Alaska,
is now one of the county commission
ers of Lewis county, Washington. Mr.
Orr is one of Alaska’s distinguished
pioneers.
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NOTICE OFJLPPOINTMENT
Estate of Mathias Schernthaner, de
ceased.
Peter Steger has been appointed and
qualified as administrator of the estate
of Mathias Schernthaner. late of Kus
kokwim precinct, Fourth division, Ter
ritory of Alaska, deceased.
Dated this 30th dav of November,
A. D. 1917. D. E. Stubbs,
Probate Judge of Said Precinct.
Partnership Dissolution
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned, Joseph E. Riley
-———-—
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J. L. SALE, FLAT
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ancl Lottie R. Marston, under the firm
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sion, Territory of Alaska, is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, Lottie R.
Marston selling her interest to Joseph
E. Riley, who will continue the busi
ness under the same firm name and
style, Otter Dredge Company.
Joseph E. Riley.
Lottie R. Marston.
Dated September 30, 1917.
_
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Charles Courtright, and to his heirs
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned has expended in money, labor
and improvements during the year 1918
the sura of one hundred dollars (jslOO)
upon placer mining claim known as the
Ophir Fraction, on Willow creek, a
tributary of Iditarod river, in tbe Otter
mining and recording district, territory
of Alaska, in order to hold said claim
under tbe provisions of the law respect
ing annual labor on mining claims.
And if within ninety days after the
last publication of this notice you fail
or refuse to pay your proportion of such
expenditure, vuur interest in said claim
will become the property of the under
signed co-owner, according to the pro
visions of Section 2324, Revised Stat
utes of the United States
Dona Lachance, Co-owner.
First publication, January 5, 1918.
Last publication, April 6, 1918.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To J. F. Bait'd, Marie Baird and Char
les Hoxsie, and to their heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned have expended in each of the
years 1915 and 1916 the sum of one hun
dred dollars in labor and improvements
upon each of the piacer mining claims
known and described as follows, to wit:
The Rainbow association, situated af
the head of Flat creek, in Otter pre
cinct, Fourth division, territory of
Alaska, the location certificate of which
is found of record in book one of loca
tions, page 318, in the office of the re
corder for said precinct: the Montana
association, adjoining the above-de
scribed Rainbow association, the Loca
tion certificate of which is found of rec
ord in volume one of Locations, page
318, in the office of the recorder of said
i precinct; in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of Section oi
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880,concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to bold said placer
mining claims for the periods ending on
the 31st dav of December, 1915, and 1916.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or within
ninety days after the publication there
of, you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your interests in the said two
placer mining claims will become the
property of the subscribers, your co
owners, who have made the required
expenditures, by the lerms of said sec
tion. UEO. W. ALBRECHT.
Chas. E. Taylor.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917
Last publication Feb. 2. 1918.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Gus Johnson, his heira'and assigns:
You are hereby notified that during
each of the years of 1913, 1914, 1915 and
1916 the undersigned has expended at
least one hundred dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the follow
ing named placer mining claims, to-wit:
Lower 3, 4 and 5 above upper discovery
on Ophir creek in the Innoko mining
and recording district, in the territory
of Alaska, in which mining locations
you claim an undivided one-half inter
est, as shown by the records of said re
cording district. The said labor was
performed as and for the annual repre
sentation of the said claims and each of
them for the said years of 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916 as required by the laws
of the United States concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, and the
same was the amount required to hold
said claims for said years. You are
further notified that unless within 90
days after the completed service of
this notice upon you and within 90 days
after the publication thereof, you con
tribute your portion of said expendi
ture as a co-owner, to-wit: The sum of
two hundred dollars for each of said
claims and six hundred dollars in all,
vour interest in said claims or in any
one of which you so fail to contribute
will be forfeited to the undersigned,
who has made sucb expenditure, and
will become his property in the manner
provided by law.
Dated at Ophir September 4, 1917.
ALFRED JOHNSON, Co-owner.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2, 1918
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