ALASKA
„ NEWSY
is ITEMS
uvs e' William A. Gilmore and Joseph
imt mdheldon. well known Nome pioneer*
ur>ieriba?e joined issues with 8. W. Tag
uf tegart, .mother old timer of the North
art nweatern Boid camp, aiul now own
on land operate the Red Top Taxicab
ffi Company, the moat popular one in
Uy ’Seattle. This company was estab
,1<*. liebed a couple of rears ago. by Mr.
•at »i.Taggart and Everet P. Clark. I'nder
^rf the new arrangement. Mr. Clark re
I,* 1 Wres
M< / Mr. Gilmore is now engaged in
Mfnlthe practice of law in this city. Mr.
Sheldon, since leaving Nome. has
'• been located in California, but will
OiB now make his home in Seattle.
• Gus Borgan. old time Nomeite and
later in the mercantile business in
L Seward for several years, and more
^ • recently located in San Francisco. is
j in Seattle this week greeting his old
1 time friends of the Northwestern
1 Alaska placer camp, who will sail
: or. the steamer Victoria for Nome
on Sunday. Mr. Gorgen has oil and
other interests in Arizona.
A. C. Gould who started the first
barber shop in Seward away ba<‘k
in 1903 and who previous to that
time had been in business in Valdez,
•is -now located in (Vntraila, Wash.,
with offices at rooms 7-8. Liberty
Building. It is now Dr. Gould, this
versatile fellow being the leading
foot doctor of that part ..f the State.
Gould is a competent fellow, was a
fine barber and no doubt a fine foot
doctor. His partner of Seward days
F J. Connor, is running a barber
shop <»n the outskirts of Seattle.
Jake Hepfinger. "Big Jake” as
his intimates call him. known and
liked iti every town in Southern Al
aska. announces f.or the sixteenth
time that he has quit Alaska and is
going in business at some point on
the outside, probably in Raymond,
this State. But Jake will be head
B. C. Taylor who passed the sea
son «>f 1ft 16 in Anchorage in tlie in
terests <.f the Southern Pacific pass
enger department, is now the gen
eral agent for this company in Se
attle with offices at 314 I’nion
ing passenger agent for the I'nion
Pacific Railway Company in Alaska,
with headquarters in Juneau where
he was stationed for four years, is
now the general passenger agent
for the same company in Seattle
with offices at 1405 Fourth avenue.
R. P. Clark, well known in Daw
son. where he spent the years of
1S98 and 1899. is now located n
Victoria. B. C.. where he has built
up a fine business under the firm of
R. P. Clark & Co.. Limited.. The
fi^m deals in high class securities,
such as government, municipal and
corporation bonds, and are also
stock, grain and insurance brokers.
The firm is located in the Central
Charles Bora, well known former
Alaskan, for many years a resident
ol Deering. to the north of Nome, is
now a resident of Van Nuys. Cal
ifornia. where he is successfully en
gaged in the real estate business.
J. S. Hosfeld. pioneer of the Val
dez and Copper River country, has
turned into a veritable globe-trotter
since leaving Alaska. He has just
returned from a mining trip into
Old Mexico and had not gotten com
fortably settled before he was off
into interior British Columbia. He
is in Seattle now. a guest of the
Antlers Hotel.
Information is sought of William
Anderson better known to his inti
mates as "Big Bill ' Anderson, who
went to the Yukon country in 1896.
He was heard from in Circle City,
Fortymile and Dawson and is was
Harned that he then went to Fair
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whereabouts. please notify this
Ralph Reber, well known pioneer,
former editor of the Nome News,
when Harry Steel owned that paper,
is now located in Seattle. He is
the local tepreseniatWe >f the Gil
lette Razor Company.
Mrs. Ford. Widow of Robert Ford,
who was killed at Candle creek in
1908. wan married a few days ago
to J. W. McKinnon, in Los Angeles,
to J. W. McKinnon, in Las Angeles.
They intend to reside at 801 35th
atenue San Francisco, after a short
honeymoon trip.
Augustus Ward Estey, sou of Mr.
and .Mrs. Ward Estey, Nome pion
eers. now residents of Tacoma, has
been appointed to the U. S. Naval
Academy, upon the recommendation
of Congressman Albert Johnson, of
this State. Young Estey was born
July 4th.. 1907. at Nome, where his
parents resided until 1917, when
they moved to Tarom3. Mr. Estey,
Sr. is with a big Tacoma bank.
Charles I>ankert. the lighterage
man at Candle. Alaska, and Mrs.
Da-nkart, now own and live on a fine
«.range ranch at Whittier, Cal.
••Curly” Robinson, for thirty years
r. pioneer of Alaska and the Yukon,
row makes his headquarters in Se
attle. Although 78 years of age.
Mr. Robinson Is in robust heatlh
and is almost as nimble and athletic
as when he was a member of (Jen
eial Custer's Indian fighting forces.
Just to prove it. he stood on both
feet and turned a somersault in a
| room of the Hotel Atwood the other
! Curtiss Cpp. graduate of the Daw*
Ison high school after which he at
I tended and graduated from the Uni
j versity of California, is now in
charge of the bond and Investment
[department of a big Portland bank.
He joined the ranks of the Bene
( diets the other day. His father. I).
C. I’pp. well known Dawson pioneer..
new lives in Portland.
('has. Durwecter. Alaska and Yu
kon sourdough, now has a big place
near Ellensburg, and is also con
cerned in placer mining on the
Swauk river and has a copper prop
erty near Kechelus. Wash. He went
to Dawson in 1897 where lie was in
the meat business for a while. He
later went prospecting in the Stew
art river country and afterwards
v.ent to Fairbanks. He was in Se
attle last week, greeting old-time
northern friends.
Dan Leach, construction superin
tendent and Max Kuney. construc
tion engineer, both former members
of the staff of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, during construc
tion days of the Alaska Railroad,
are now at Oakridge. Oregon, em
ployed on the cutoff track being laid
by the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Martin Moran, one of the best
known old timers of Nome and the
i mining camps to the northward,
I and who was a member of the Al
aska legislative assembly, is now
with the State Bank at Nekonia.
Kansas. S. A. Keller. Nome pio
neer. now of Warren. Ohio, wrote
The Alaska Weekly concerning the
v hereabouts of Mr. Moran and the
it.formation was supplied by A. S.
Kepner, another old time Nome man
who is a frie-nd of both Keller and
Charles Browne who was in Skag
vav during the years 1897-8. u’here
h» was in the pack train business
t.nder the firm name of Browne.
Pallister & Holbert. is now located
in Tacoma. He is in the timber
business, being a member of the firm
of W. G. Peters & Co.. 1012-14
Puget Sound Bank Building.
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IvOCATION
.Standard Oil Company
. . . Cold Storage plant, East
.Alaska Lighterage Co.
. . Opposite Recorders Office
..Cor. Steadman, 2nd aves.
Cor. 3rd. Ave. & Lanes Way
.Cor. B st. and 1st ave.
. Catholic Church
. Polet’s Residence
. Fire Station
.Near Belmont Point Bridge
. . . Opposite Webb’s Market
. Methodist Mission
.Fire Out
...Shut Down
.Turn on Water
John Kent, Alaska sourdough, is
now established in business and is
doing lino in Kuphrata, Washington.
Bill Johnson, a former well known
pioneer of the Valdez country, is
•row located at Kuphrata. Wash.
Joe Rosen. Alaska sourdough, now
owns and operates the Beach Hotel
at Soap Lake, Wash.
Joe Joyinski. a well known former
Northerner, who was in moat of the
mining camps, now owns and oper
atfla a motion picture house at Eu
phrata, Washington.
Bill Uler. who used to run the
water wagon In tJie early days of
Nome, now lire* at Soap Lake,
Washington.
H. Ross Douglas. 411 South Main
street. Los Angeles. Cal., is very
anrious to locate Lester Allen, for
mer Alaskan, or any of his heirs if
dead. It is Imperative that Mr.
Douglas get in touch with him im
mediately.
Bob Keith and Ed Christiansen,
formerly of Stewart a«d Hyder, are
now employed on the Southern Pa
rifle cut-off at Oftlrrtdge, Oregon.
C. K. White, formerly of Juneau,
Latouehe and Anchorage, is now lo
cated permanently in Seattle. He is
in the insurance business, being with
the Seattle office of the New York
Life, and is making good.
Kay Smith, pioneer of the Kutalla
district, but now in the lumber bus
iness in Tacoma, is planning a short
trip to Alaska this season, just to
tnke a look around.
Charles Beam, former well known
Fairbanks business man who came
cut side over a year ago and went
into business at Port Angeles, has
disposed of his interests there and
will be associated with W. W. Pow
ers, another sourdough, at Lu-na
Park. West Seattle, during the sea
Claude Kelly, one of the pioneers
(if Fairbanks, is now located in Ta
coma. his old home camp, and is
planning on going into business
Frank T. Way. merchandise brok
er of Dawson, is making an extend
ed visit to the outside. He is mak
ing his home near Anacortos, this
state, his address being R. F. D. No.
Jack Galvin, who was in the meat
business in Nome during the pio
neer days of the camp, is now lo
cated in Ellensburg. Washington,
v here he has a big oil station and is
doifig well.
Dan Rose. Fairbanks cigar mer
chant. and Mrs. Rose, are recent ar
rivals in Seattle from the interior
"Slim” Smith, a former well
known freighter of Candle creek,
now has a trading post in the Good
News Bay country, in the lower Kus
kokwim country. Joe still does a
little mining on his own account.
Joe Venes. who for many years
was the leading contractor and
builder of Candle. Alaska, is now lo
cated at Akiak, lower Kuskokwim
Charles Olson, a well known sour
dough mining man of Candle creek,
now lives in Los Angeles, California,
where he is successfully engaged in
the contracting and building busi
Prank Waskey. Alaska’s first dele
gpte to Congress, well known for
rre rmining man of Nome, now has
a trading post at Cape Avinof, in
the lower Kuskokwim country- He
still carries on prospecting and is
reported as having found a pay creek
during the winter. His postoffice
address is Bethel, on the Kusko
Tom P. Geraghty, former resident
of Valdez, where' he was city magis
trate and deputy clerk of the court,
is now located in Lewiston, Idaho,
employed in the office of Sheriff
Welker. After leaving Valdez, Tom
lived in Seattle for several years,
where he gained something of a rec"
ord as a detective. A year ago, or
thereabouts, some of the Seattle
motion picture houses were annoy
ed by what were called "stink
bombs," the terrible stench of which
would drive patrons out of the
house. For weeks this kept up, de
spite the vigorous efforts of the
managers to unearth the source of
the nuisance. Rewards were offer
ed for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the culprits.
Finally, Geraghty was assigned to
the case; found the men that were
[placing ihe "bombs'* in the the
| at res;; found the fellows that made
the noxious things, and also found
the "big man" in the conspiracy that
| was financing the undertaking. And
[v.hat made Tom sore was that he
I didn’t get a nickle for a couple of
! week's hard work. He quit the city
OIL BLANKS FOR SALE AT
NUGGET OFFICE
NOTICK OF APPLICATION
FOR PAT8MT.
r Ml TED STATES LAND OFFICE.
NOME. ALASKA.
Mineral Application No. 0814.
June 23rd. 1324.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that j
the Ha ram on Consolidated Gold j
Fields, a corporation organized and :
existing under and by virtue of the i
laws of the State of Maine, has
through H. R. Edwards, whose
post office address is Nome. Alaaka.
the duly authorized agent and at
torney in fact for the said Ham
mon Consolidated Gold Fields,
whose post office address is 433
California Street, Sun Francisco,
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome. Alaska, for
17. S. Patent for the placer mining
claim known and described as
JI M BO ASSOCIATION, on right
limit of Otter Creek, in the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording Dis
trict. in the Territory of Alaska,
said placer claim being designated
by the V. S. Surveyor General of
Alaska, as Mineral Survey No.
1363. The plats and field notes
Of which survey are now on file in
said U. S. Land Office at Nome.
Alaska, and the exterior boundar
ies of which, according to the said
plat and field notes are described
with variations of 19 deg. .00 min.
E. to 19 deg. 10 min. E.. as follows:
JI'MIH) ASSOCIATION PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical ;
with Cor. No. 1. Exchange Pla
cer. survey No. 500. and Cor. j
No. 5, No. 7 Above on Otter
Creek, and Cor. No. 3, Combina
tion Association, both survey No.
1354. a fir post 4 ft. long 4 ins.
sq. set in earth mound, scribed
‘1-1363. 1-500 Ex.. 3-5—1354
No. 7 0-C.” whence U. S. L. M.
No. 19 bears N. 14 deg. 6 niin. E.
3028.7 ft. dist.. thence S. 6 deg.
50 min. W.. 1466.0 ft. to Cor.
No. 2. identical with Cor. No. I.
survey No. 500 aforesaid, and
Cor. No. 3. Allie Bench Associa
tion. survey No. 1337. thence S.
51 deg. 15 min.. \V.. 642.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 3. identical with Cor.
No. 2. survey No. 1337 aforesaid.
1254.0 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical
with Cor. No. 1. survey No. 1337
4. No. 1 and 2 Franklin Gulch
and Combination Assn. Placer,
both survey No. 1354. thence N.
67 deg. 31 min. E.. 7S9.4 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of beginn
There are no conflicts.
The adjoining claims are: On
the North. Combination Associa
tion. survey No. 1354; on the
East. Exchange, survey No. 500;
on the South and West. Allie
Bench Association, survey No.
The aforesaid placer mining
claim is located <>n right limit of
Otter Creek, a tributary of Nome
River, about 3*- miles north of
the mouth of Nome River, and
the location notice of said claim
is recorded in Vol. 208. at page
103. in the office of the recorder
of the Cape Nome Recording Dis
trict. Territory of Alaska.
U. S. L. M. No. 19. to which
this survey is tied, is a fir post
8 ins. sq.. 5 ft. above ground, in
earth mound, scribed “tT. S. L. M.
No. 19.” situated on the right
limit of Otter Creek, about 3»^
miles north of the mouth of Nome
River, -n Lat. 64 deg. 32 min. N..
Long. 165 deg. 16 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK.
Register. lT. S. Land Office
Publish June 28. July 5. 12. 19.
26. August 2. 9. 16. 23. 1924.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION’
FOR PATENT.
.Miner;hi Application No. Ottl«.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
NOME. ALASKA.
June 25th. 1924.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Hamilton Consolidated Gold
Fields, a corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue of the
laws of the State of Maine, has
through H. R. Edwards, whose
postofflee address is Nome, Alaska,
the duly authorized agent and at
torney in fact for the said Ham
mon Consolidated Gold Fields,
whose postofflee address is 433
California Street, San Francisco,
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alaska, for
a United States Patent for
the- placer mining claim known
and described as the Nuget Fraction
placer in the Cape Nome Mining
and Recording District, in the Ter
ritory of Alaska; said placer claim
being designated by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of the Territory of
Alaska, as Mineral Survey No. 1364
The plats and field notes of which
survey are now on file in said U.
S. Land Office, at Nome, Alaska,
and the exterior boundaries of
which, according to the said plat
and field notes are described with
variations of 19 deg. 00 min. E. to
19 deg. 30 min. E., as follows:
NUGET FRACTION PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 1 survey No. 696,
Discovery on Saturday Creek and
Cor. No. 3. survey No. 1117, No.
1 Below Discovery on Saturday
Creek and Cor. No. 3. Survey No.
697, Nugget Bench, a fir post 4
ins. sq., 3 ft. above ground In
an earth mound and scribed “1
1364, 1-696, 3-697, 3-1117.”
whence U. S. location monument
No. 11 bears S. 4 deg. 54 min.
W., 4,522.2 ft. distant, thence N.
7? deg. 32 min. E. 608.0 ft. to
Cor. No. 2. identical with cor.
No. 1, survey No. 492. Heath
Placer. Cor. No. 4. survey No.
697 aforesaid and Cor. No. 6,
survey No. 697. Tuve placer;
thence N. 15 deg. 39 min. E..
464.0 rt. to Cor. No. 3. whence
Cor. No. 4, survey No. 696 afore
said bears N. 51 deg. 12 min. E.,
306.7 ft. distant and Cor. No. 5,
survey No. 492 aforesaid bears N.
15 deg. 39 min. E.. 603.8 ft. dis
tant, thence S. 51 deg. 12 min..
W.. 922.6 ft. to Cor. No. 1. to
place of beginning, containing
2.856 acres.
The adjoining claims are. on
the North, survey No. 696. Dis
covery on Saturday Creek; on
the Bast, Survey No. 492. Heath
Placer; on the South, survey No.
697. Nugget Bench placer.
The aforesaid placer mining
claim is located on the left limit
of Saturday Creek, adjoining
Discovery on Saturday Creek pla
cer, survey No. 696, and the Lo
cation notice of said placer min
ing claim is recorded in the ’of
fice of the recorder of the Cape
Nome Recording District. Terri
tory of Alaska, to Vol. 199. at
Page 367.
U. S; Location Monument No.
11. to which this survey is tied,
is a fir post, 6 ins. aq., 5 ft.
above ground, in rocky mound,
situated about 80 ft. East of the
Bessie Road, and 2.7 miles N. E.
of the mouth of Snake River;
said mineral monument being in
Lat. 64 deg. 32 min. N.; Long.
165 deg. 22 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK,
Register. U. S. Land Office
Publish June 28. July 5. 12. 19,
26. August 2. 9. 16. 23. 1924.
XOTICK OF APPMCATION
FOR PATENT.
Mineral Application No. 0015.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
NOME, ALASKA
June 25th. 1924.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Hammon Consolidated Gold
Fields, a corporation organized and
existing under ;md by virtue of the
laws of the State of Maine, has
through H. R. Edwards, whose
postoffice address is Nome. Alaska,
the duly authorized agent and at
torney in fact for the said Ham
nion Consolidated Gold Fields,
whose postoffice address is 433
California Street, San Francisco,
made application before the IT. S.
Land Office at Nome. Alaska, for
U. S. Patent for the CONSOLIDAT
ED PLACER Mining Claim known
and described as the COMBINA
TION CLAIM on Fox Gulch. No. 7
and Number Eight (81 Above on
Otter Creek. Jane Association, and
No. 1 and 2 Franklin Gulch Placers,
in the Cape Nome Mining and Re
cording District, in the Territory of
Alaska, said consolidated placer
claims being designated by the IT.
S. Surveyor General of Alaska, as
Mineral Survey No. 1354. The i
plats and field notes of which sur- 1
vev are now on file in said U. S. j
Land Ottice at Nome. Alaska, and ,
the exterior boundaries of which, i
according to the said plat and field I
notes are described with variations
of IS deg. 50 min. E. to 19 deg. 15 I
NCMBWR EIGHT (8) AliOVK ON I
OTTER ('REEK
Bepinninp at Cor. No. 1, identical !
with Cor. No. 1. Mutt Associa
tion, survey No. 1202. and Cor.
N<». 1 of No. 9 Otter Creek, sur
vey No. 327. a fir post 4 ft. Ions
4 ins. square set in earth mound,
scribed 1-1354 8-0 1-1202 M.
1-327 9-0. whence U. S. L! M.
No. 19 bears N. 13 dep. 56 min.
W.. 638.4 ft. distant, thence S.
78 dep. 39 min. E.. 389.8 ft. to
Cor. No. 2, identical with Cor. i
No. 5, survey No. 327 aforesaid, j
thence S. 65 dep. 17 min. E.. 353. j
0 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical with I
Cor. No. 4. survey No. 327 afore-I
said, and Cor. No. 1, Jupiter As
sociation. survey No. 1217. thence
S. 16 deg. 18 min. W., 555.5 ft.
to Cor. No. 4. identical with Cor.
No. 6. survey No. 1217 aforesaid,!
and Cor. No. 1 Renpstorff Asso
ciation, survey No. 502, thence
S. 25 (leg. 6 min. W.. 3S9.1 ft.
to Cor. No. 5, identical with Cor.
No. 1, No. 7 Above on Otter
Creek, this survey, thence S. 77
dep. 12 min. W.. 842.7 ft. to Cor.
No. 6. identical with Cor. No. 2,
Combination Claim, this survey,
and Cor. No. 6, No. 7 Above on j
Otter Creek, this survey, and j
Cor. No. 2, Survey No. 1202 j
aforesaid, thence N. 18 deg. 45 ■
min. E.. 1368.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1,|
the place of beginning.
NO. 7 ABOVE ON OTTER (TtEEK I
Bepinninp at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 5. Number Eipht
(8) Above bn Otter Creek, this
survey, a fir post 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., in an earth mound,
scribed “5-1—1354. 7-8 0,”
Whence IT. S. L. M. No. 19 bears
N. 17 deg. 13 min. W.. 1810.2 ft.
distant, thence S. 25 deg. 6 min.
W.. 538.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2. iden
tical with Cor. No. 10, Rengstorff
Association, survey No. 502;
thence S. 32 deg. 58 min. W<,
1.035.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3. identi
cal with Cor. No. 9, survey No.
502 aforesaid; (lienee S. 35 dep.
35 min. W.. 208.3 ft. to Cor. No.
4. identical with Cor. No. 2, Ex
change Placer, survey No. 500;
thence N. 48 deg. 34 min. W..
479.6 ft. to Cor. No. 5, Identical
with Cor. No. 3, Combination
Claim, this survey, and Cor, No.
1. survey No. 500 aforesaid;
thence N. 23 deg. 50 min. E.,
1.117.3 ft. to <Jor. No. 6. identi
cal with Cor. No. 2. Combination
Claim and Cor. No. 6, Number
Eight (8) Above on Otter Creek,
both of this survey and Cor. No.
2, Mutt Association, survey No.
1202; thence N. 77 dep. 12 min.
E.. 842.7 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of bepinninp.
COMBINATION CLAIM ON
POX CiVTiCH
Bepinninp at Cor. No. 1, identical
w'ith Cor. No. 2, Jane Associa
tion, this survey, and Cor. No, 3,
Mutt Association, survey No.
1202, a fir post 4 ft. long. 6 Ins.
square in an earth mound, scrib
ed “1-1354 C, 2-1354 J, 3-1202
M. “ whence IT. s. L. M. No. 19
bean N. 29 deg. 1 min. E. 1762.4
ft. distant; thence 8. 56 deg 3ft
min. E. 680.8 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
identical with Cor. No. 2. survey
No. 1202 aforesaid, and Cor. No
6. Number Eight (8) Above on
Otter Creek, and Cor. No. 6, No.
7 Above on Otter Creek, both of
this survey; thence 8. 23 deg. 50
min. W.. 1117.3 ft. to Cor. No. 3.
identical with Cor. No. 6, No. 7
Above on Otter Creek, this sur
vey, and Cor. No. l. Exchange
placer, survey No. 500; thence
S. 67 deg. 31 min. W.. 760.4 ft.
to Cor. No. 4. identical with
Cor. No. 2, No. 1 and 2 Franklin
Gulch placer this survey, and
Cor. tyo. 1, Allie Bench Associa
tion. survey No. 1387; thence N.
13 deg. 1 min. W.. 725.6 ft. to
Cor. No. 5. identical with Cor.
No. 1. No. 1 ajid 2 Franklin
Gulch placer, thin survey, and
Cor. No. 3, Esther placer, survev
No.. 1209; thence N. 16 deg. 4
min. W., 932.0 ft. to Cor. No. 6.
identical with Cor. No. 3, Jane
Association, this survey; thence
N. 84 deg. 43 min. E.. 1037.7 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of begin
•MNB AfiHOTIATlOX, PMCEIfr
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, Identical
with Cor. No. 4, Mutt Associa
tion placer, survey No. 1202, a
fir post 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq. in an
earth mound, scribed "1-1354 J,
4-1202 M"; whence U. S. 1* M.
No. 19 bears N. 78 deg. 12 min.
E., 1111.6 ft. distant; thence S.
10 dec. 4 min. E.. 1334.4 ft. to
(’or. No. 2. identical with Cor.
No. 1, Combination Claim, this
survey, and Cor. No. 3, survey
No. 1202 aforesaid; thence S.
84 deg. 43 min. W.. 1037.7 ft.
to Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 6, Combination Claim, this
survey; thence N. IS deg. 6 min.
W., 1420.3 ft. to Cor. No. 4. iden
tical with Cor. No. 4. No. 6 on
Fox Creek, survey No. 1232. and
corners Nos. 1. of the Esther
placer. Meadow Association, and
Golden Cow placer claims, all of
survev No. 1209; thence N. 88
deg. 28 min. E. 602.8 ft. to Cor.
No. 5, identical with Cor. No. 3,
survey No. 1232 aforesaid;
thence N. 6 deg. 36 min. E.
243.3 ft. to Cor. No. 6. identical
with Cor. No. 2, No. 6 on Pox
Creek, and Cor. No. 2. Happy
Bench, both of survey No. 1232;
thence S. 86 deg. 37 min.>E.
527.0 ft. to Cor. No. 7. identical
with Cor. No. 1, Happy Bench,
survey No. 1 232, and Cor. No. 5,
survey No. 1 202 aforesaid;thence
S. 26 dec:. 41 min. E. 186.6 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of begin
NO. 1 AXD 2 FRANKLIN (Jll-i H
Beginning at C<»r. No. 1. identical
with Cor. No. 5. Combination
Claim, this survey, and Cor. No.
3. Esther placer. Survey No.
1209. a fir post 4 ft. long 4 ins.
sq., in an earth mound, scribed
“5-1354 C. 1-1354, 1-2F. 3-1209
E.“; whence IT. S. L. M. No. 19
hears N. 32 deg. 47 min. E. 3011.
9 ft. distant; thence S. 13 deg. 1
min. E. 725.6 ft. to Cor. No. 2,.
identical with Cor. No. 4. Com
bination Claim, this survey, and
Cor. No. 1. Allie Bench Associa
tion. Survey No. 1337; thence N.
84 deg. 27 min. W. 1563.0 ft.
to Cor. No. 3. identical with Cor.
No.9. survey No. 1337 aforesaid;
thence N. 85 deg. 8 min. W. 1099
.0 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical with
Cor. No. 8. survey No. 1337 afore
said; thence N. 3 deg. 31 min.
W. 637.3 ft. to Cor. No. 5, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4. survey No.
1209 aforesaid, and Cor. No. 2,
Fourty Acres placer, survey No.
1219; thence S. 86 deg. 2 min.
E. 2531.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1. the
place of beginning.
AREA: Acres
Number Eight (8) Above
on Otter Creek.19.998
No. 7 Above on Otter Creek.
Combination Claim. 39.76 5
Jane Association.37.913
No. 1 and 2 Franklin
Gulch.39.169
i ne total area nerein applied
for is 156.369 acres.
The adjoining claims are: On
the north. No. 6 on Pox Creek,
and Happy Bench, both survey
No. 1232; Mutt Association, sur
vey No. 1202; No. 9 above on
Otter Creek, survey No. 327; On
the east. Jupiter and Rengstorff
association placers, Nos. 1217
and 502 respectively; on the
south. Exchange placer, survey
No. 500, and Allie Bench Asso
ciation, survey No. 1337: on the
west. Esther placer, survey No.
There are no conflicts.
The aforesaid consolidated
placer mining claims are located
Fox and Franklin Gulches,
which are tributaries of Otter
Creek, and on Otter Creek, and
are three miles north of the
mouth of Nome river, and the
location notices of said placerV
mining claims are recorded in V
the office of the recorder of the |
Cape Nome Recording District, V
Territory of Alaska, respectively- \
as follows; \
No. Eight (8 > Above on Otter ^
Creek in Vol. 194, at page 313;
No. 7 Above on Otter Creek in
Vol. 199, at page 325;
Combination Claim in Vol. 199,
at page 369;
Jane Association In Vol. 199,
at page 314;
No. 1 and 2 Franklin Gulch,
Vol. 199, at page 325.
U. S. L. M. No. 19, to which
this survey is tied, is a fir post
6 ins. sq., 5 ft. above ground. In
earth mound, scribed U. S. Lvll. V
19; situated
limit of Otter Crank, vi M
miles N. of raottUT* of ^ Nome
River, in Lat. 8eg. 32 min.
N., Long. 165 deg. 16 min. w.
JOHN 8UNDBACK,
Remitter. U. S. Land Office
PnblMb jaa« 18, July 5, 12, 19,
28, 2. 9, 16. 23. 1924.