VOI.. 1 SEWARD. ALASKA. MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 7. 1908 NO. 27
MINER SHOWS
FINE NUGGETS
Finder Produces Double Hand full
of Gold Chunks Worth From
$5 to $20 Each.
A party was in town yesterday dis
displaying a double handful of &old
nuirsrets, the smallest of which was
worth $5, and ranging in value from
that up to $20. He has returned to his
claim not wishing it known whence he
came or whither he has gone. _ T. R.
Wilson claimed to have about fifty
ounces of gold dust with him when he
came in on the Bertha Saturday even
ing. He reported that Doc Herendon
would come out with about $50,000
worth of gold dust this fall.
Came Over the Trail
W. W. McAlpine and J. M. Bushnell
came over the trail from Sunrise and I
arrived in town Saturday evening.
Mr. McAlpine expected to reach here
in time to take the Bertha west, but!
having failed in that, he will wait here
and take the Dora on her next trip.
He has been over on Willow creek
where O. G. Herning is operating, and
states that Herning is suffering from a
lack of water for sluicing purposes. i
Notice of Application for U. S. Patent.
No. 07.
U. S. Land Office. Juueau. Alaska, July 8. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Louis Green
baum. whose in>st office address is San Franc: *
co. California, by C. a. Fletcher, his attorney : \
fact, has made application for a United Stat:
Patent for the Empire Lode, being Mineral Su -
vey No. 291. and situated in the Unga Mining
District. Alaska, aud more particularly des
cribed as follows:
Beginning at corner No. 1. at intersection of
N. E. end line and lode line identical with cor
ner No. 5 of survey No. 290. mouth of tunnel
No. I bears south 74 deg. 45 min. west 555
feet, mouth of tunnel No. 2 bears south 67 deg.
30 min. west 850 feet, mouth of tunnel No, 3
bears south 66 deg. 15 min. west 890 feet,
whence U. S. Mineral Monument No. 2 hears
south II deg. 50 min, west 241 feet distant;
thence south 47 deg. 30 min. east 300 feet to
corner No. 2. identical with corner No. 2 of
survey No. 290; thence south 56 deg. 30 min.
west 1500 feet to corner No. 3; thence north j
47 deg. 30 min. west 115 feet cross creek 300 !
feet to corner no. 4 at intersection of lode line
500 feet cross small creek 600 feet to corner
no. 5; thence north 56 deg. 30 min. east 1500
feet to corner no. 6 identical with corner no. 6
of survey no. 290; thence south 47 deg. 30 min.
east 300 feet to corner no, 1. the place of begin
ning.
Area. 20.04 acres.
Magnetic variation. 20 deg. 30 min, east.
The notice of location of said Empire Lode is
of record in the office of the Recorder of the
Unga Mining district at Unga Island. Alaska,
in Mining Record A, at page 29.
The adjoining claims are as follows: On the
northeast, the Little Joker claim. Louis Green
baurn claimant, survey No. 290; on the south
west the Alaska Mine, Louis Greeubaum. claim
ant, and on all other sides there is vacant
ground.
Any and all t*?rsons claiming adversely the
mining ground, vein, lode or premises, or any
portion thereof so described, surveyed, platted
and applied for. are hereby notified that unless I
their adverse claims are duly filed according to
law and the regulations thereunder, within the
time prescribed by law, with the Register and
Receiver of the United States Land Office at
Juneau. Alaska, they will be barred by virtue
of the provisions of the statute.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
It is hereby ordered that the forego
ing notice be published for the statutory
period in the Seward Gateway, a daily
newspaper printed at Seward, Alaska.
JOHN W. DUDLEY. Register.
Date of first publication, July 29, 1908.
Date of last publication, Oct. 7. 1908.
A PROSPECTOR
IS ABANDONED
P. Sully Deserted by His Partner
Nearly Perishes From
Lack of Food.
P. Sully arrived in town Saturday
night, coming in from Sunrise. He
came from Happy river. His partner
had deserted him and he was seven
days without food, except what he
could gather of berries along the way.
Mr. Sully and a man by the name of
Joe McDowell, a chechaco, had been
prospecting together all summer on
Happy river and tributaries. McDow
ell was afraid of bears, and also be*
bame very badly frightened because
of occasional earthquakes, one of
which was so violent as to tip over
a pail of water standing on the
ground. About three weeks ago, Sul
ly left McDowell in camp and went out
for a prospecting trip and expected to
be gone about three days. When he
returned at the end of that time, he
found that McDowell had taken all the
supplies and the boat and disappeared.
Sully was without food, and far from
any camp. He set out down the river,
gathering a few berries as he went.
It was rainy, and without food and
shelter he made his way unable to eat
or sleep. When he reached the
Skwentna river he made a raft and
floated down to Lake creek. By that
time he had been seven days without
food and was almost crazy. His mem
ory had failed him, and he could not
tell how long he had been out. At
this point he was taken up by some
prospectors who were going up Lake
creek. They gave him light refresh
ments and nursed him back to a nor
mal condition. Then they provided
him with the necessary supplies and
sent him on his way.
Advertised Letters
The following list of letters remain
unclaimed in the Seward postoffice
September 1, 1908:
Ben T. Beamer, L. L. Bevins, Char
ley Carlson, John Dooley, A. B. Fowl
er, Johnv Polotoff James A. Pring-le.
In calling for any of these letters
please say advertised. One cent due on
advertised letters.
Lillie N. Gordon, P. M.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Pennsylvania; sailed from Cordova 7. :
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 18th.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 24th.
Santa Clara; sailed for Seattle 27th. I
Yucatan; sailed for Seattle 2nd.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle 5th.
Meet me at the Branch. *
Window Shadesat Hofman’s. *
MAN LOST ON
THE YENTNA
William Doyle Disappears and Is
Supposed by Prospectors to
Have Perished.
T. R. Wilson spent a few hours in
town last Saturday. He was a passen
ger on the steamer Bertha and stop
ped here to call on some of his old
acquaintances while the steamer was
at the dock. Wilson is on his way out
to the states, but expects to return in
the winter and go through here on his
way back to Cache creek where he
has some mining claims. He stated
that the Harper brothers are also on
their way out, owing to the fact that
they did not have provisions enough
to last them through the winter.
He reports that there is good ground
on Cache and other creeks in the
Yentna region, but that miners have
been handicapped by a lack of water
for sluicing. Some of them will work
as late in the season as they can so as
to take advantage of the fall rains that
are now coming on.
Mr. Wilson reports that a prospector
by the name of William Doyle is sup
posed to have lost his life in the Yent
na country this summer. He was
known to have started out alone early
in the summer on a little prospecting
trip, evidently intending to be gone
but a few days, but that nearly three
months have passed and nothing has
been heard of him during that time.
Canada Hineral Report
Ottawa—The summary report of the
mining metallurgical industry
throughout Canada for 1907 has just
been issued by Hon. William Temple
man. minister of mines. The total
value of the output of minerals for the
year was $86,182,000, being largest in
the history of Canada, and an increase
of over seven millions, as compared
with 1906. The silver output increas
ed $2,669,000; coal, $4,828,000; copper,
$758,000. Lead production decreased
$556,000 and Yukon gold $2,450,000.
The total production of Cobalt mines
for 1907 was twenty million pounds,
valued at six million dollars.
DAILY WEATHER HEPORT
Temperature at 2pm.55
Maximum since midnight. 62
Minimum since midnight.45
Barometer at 2 p. m.29.94
Clear.
The best of everything to eat or
drink at The Palace. *
Cigars and tobaccoes at the Seward
Drug Co. *
Meet me at the Branch. *
LEGAL HOLIDAY
CLOSES CABLE
Labor Dav in the States Cuts off
the Morning Messages from
Alaska Papers.
Owing to the fact that this is Labor
Day and is observed as a legal holiday
in nearly all the states, the Gateway
received no cable messages this morn
ing, and the cable office will be closed
till 5 o’clock this afternoon.
Public Opinion
Public opinion is a will-o’-the-wisp.
It is here today and gone tomorrow.
Public opinion crucified the Christ,
and the centuries have condemned it
for its act. Ever since that time the
public has been making blunders, com
mitting crimes, furnishing the evi
dence of its own unwisdom in every
time and country.—Boston Herald.
The most convenient way of sending
money away is by bank money order.
We write them at the very lowest
rate.
* Bank of Seward.
Notice of Application for U. S. Patent.
No. 06
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, July 8,1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that Louis Green
baum, whose postoffice address is Sun Fran
cisco, California, by C. A. Fletcher, his attorney
in fact, has made application for a United
States Patent for the Little Joker Mine, being
Mineral Survey No. 290. and situated in the
Unga Mining District, Alaska, and more pra
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at corner no. 1 on lode line, identi
cal with corner no. 1 of Empire Lode Survey no
291, a post marked S. 290 no. 1, whence U. S.
Mineral Monument no. 2 bears south 11 deg. 50
min. west 241 feet distant and center of shaft on
Little Joker lode bears north 54 deg. 30 min.
east 1051 feet distant; thence south 47 deg. 30
min east 300 feet to corner no. 2, a post marked
S. 290 no. 2, identical with corner no. 2 of Sur
vey NO 291; thence north 54 deg. 30 min. east
1293.6 feet to corner no. 3, identical with corner
no. 8 of Appollo Lode, Survey no 7, a post mark
ed S. 290 no. Ill; thence north 47 deg. 30 min.
west 300 feet to corner no. 4, identical with cor
ner no. 7 of Survey no. 7, on lode line whence
center of shaft on Little Joker lode bears south
54 deg. 30 min. west 242 feet distant; mouth of
tunnel bears south 35 deg. (X) min west 150 feet
distant, 600 feet to corner no. 5. identcal with
corner no. 6 of Survey no. 7, a post marked S.
290 no. 5; thence south 5*1 deg. 30 min. west 1293.6
feet to corner no. 6, identical with corner no. 6
of Empire Lode, Survey no. 291, a post marked
S. 290 no. VI; thence south 47 deg. 30 min. east
300 feet to corner no. 1, the place of beginning.
Area, 17.428 acres.
Variation at all corners 20 degv30 min. east.
The notice of location of said Little Joker
Lode is of record in the office of the Recorder of
the Unga mining district, at Unga Island, Alas
ka, in Mining Record “A”, at page 33 of the
Unga records..
The Little Joker claim is located southwest
of and adjoining Mineral Survey no. 7 of the
Apollo Consolidated Mining Company, and is
is bounded on the southwest by the Empire
Mine, Louis Greenbaum claimant. There are
no other known claimants adjoining.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
mining ground, vein, lode or premises, or any
portion thereof, so described, surveyed, platted
and applied for, are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly filed as accord
ing to law, and the regulations thereunder*
within the time prescribed by law, with the
Register and Receiver of the United States
Land ^Office at Juneau, Alaska, they will be
barrec^y virtue of the statute.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice be published for the statutory pe
riod in the Seward Gateway, a daily
newspaper printed at S'eward, Alaska.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
First publication, July 27, 1908.
Last Publication. Oct. 5, 1908.