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(Continued from Pasre One)
slow seepage was continuous.
With the entrance of the Asso
ciated Oil Company into Cold Bay
in 1923 sanguine hopes sprang
up in the breasts of Alaskans.
Surely now the gods of prosper
ity were on Alaska’s side to assist
her people—something would be
done to prove this country rich in
oil and then—
The Associated Oil Co., drill
ed two holes, their deepest drill
going down 3,680 feet, the other
one 230 feet. They leased this
ground from Mrs. Jane McNally
of Anchorage.
j Not to be left behind, the Stand
ard Oil Company also entered
this field the same summer, leas
ing ground from William (Bill)
Lee, (deceased) and drilled the
deepest well—only one. Their drill
went down to a depth of 5,125
feet, drilling summer and winter,
and during this time they cement
| ed the well eight times. These
two companies drilled about a
! quarter mile apart. The Associated
I Company only worked in summer,
closing down each fall and going
lout to California for the winter.
During the entire time this
work was going on in the Cold
Bay field (the camp was called
Kanatak and was about 12 miles
from the beach) the fuel used was
the oil soaked peat or tundra cut
in squares on the land, stacked
up and used for making steam for
drilling, and well it answered the
purpose.
The Standard Oil Company drill
ed for three and one-half years,
going down almost a mile (5,280
feet in a mile) and they continued
the work four or five months af
ter the other company quit.
As the Standard went deeper
and deeper, oil indications grew
better and better. This company
offered Bill Lee $50,000 for his oil
rights but he refused to sell. A
few days later, it is reported, an
order came to shut down and re
tire from the field. This order was
said to be urgent all in the
camp except the crew being or
dered to leave immediately for the
boats on the beach with no time
for packing or leave-taking. This
oil well was about to “blow-in” in
other words, a “gusher” was im
minent—it must be prevented—
and it was.
Ninety sacks of cement were on I
hand in readiness for use, and]
the Standard company cemented\
this well in, collected its tools and
machinery and transported all
outside to the States including
the crew. These last were sent di
rectly to the oil fields of South
1 America—being sworn not to tellj
the world the result of this Alas- !
ka oil exploration at Cold Bay. j
! All the public learned was that j
| the Standard Oil Company found j
; no oil at all there and had quit j
| the field entirely. This was widely •
i spread abroad in prominent news- i
; papers and was believed by the
: majority of readers ignorant of;
; the Territory of Alaska.
This was a terrific blow to hun
; dreds of Alaskans and many oth
ers who had located at great
| trouble and expense in the Cold
Bay field. Their oil lands were now
absolutely worthless—under the
blackest of clouds. Such a setback
was received that not all have re
covered after years have elapsed.
Many have passed into the Great
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LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
FOR THE JUNEAU LAND DISTRICT. I
AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application of
CROSBY FISHERIES INCORPORATED. A
corporation, for Boldiers’ additional home
stead embraced in U. S. Survey No. 1826.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT
SERIAL NO. 06981 .
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That Cros
by Fisheries Incorporated, a corporation or
ganized under the laws of the State of
Washington, and doing business in Alaska,
has filed application Serial No. 06981 for
patent under Sections 2306 and 2307 Revised
Statutes of the United States for a tract
of land embraced in U. S. Official Survey
No. 1826, and situated on the south shore
of Zacher Bay, west side of Kodiak Island,
Alaska, in latitude 57 deg. 32 min. 00 sec.
N. and longitude 153 deg. 45 min. 20 sec.
W., and more particularly described in the
field notes and plat thereof, and containin'
an area of 9.39 acres. Corner No. 1 of snif1
survey is situated at a point on Zacher Bay
from whence U. S. L. M. No. 1826 bears
south 86 deg. 69 min. 01 sec. E 8.17 chains
distant.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any of the above described land should file
their adverse claims with the register of
the United States Land Office at Anch
orage, Alaska, within the period of publica
tion or thirty days thereafter or they wi’
be barred by the provisions of the Statutes
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 8 day
of April, 1931.
J. Lindley Green,
Register.
First Publication May 18, 1931.
Last Publication July 13, 1931.
D—May 18. 25. June 1 8. 15. 22, 29, July
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