OF II GARDEN OF I
i(jsTow conics Frank Perry, mining
(e;inecr. with a story of a tropical
(J ley i nthe heart of the frozen
()rth near the Yukon boundary
j.cre boiling rivers so heat the
•rounding country that rose bush
>fi,grow to the height of trees, while
ns of precious metals run side by
c to mountains of roai and fierce
0(bbline springs of oil.
For seventeen years, with only 2
1 ck dogs to carry his equipment.
ltrr.v explored the unknown sub
r*etic regions until he by chance,
nme upon this vast paradise in the j
dst of snow-covered mountains.
'Vording to a story in the Dawson
‘Ws of recent date. j
* The area of the terrain is roughly
*10 miles north and south, and 200
iles wide; it lies between the
I astal range and the Liard and Ft.
ll?lson Rivers, and contains factors
ctherto unknown to Canadians.
II Crossing a range one winter and
^•aching the crest. Perry prepared
i descend into the next valley when
was surprised to find it was cov
ed with a heavy fog. This valley
as approximately 200 miles long
nd about forty wide. Rivers of
ot water ran through it. fed by hun
reds of hot springs, which bubbled
ut of the ground in all directions,
ip steam from these being conden
ed on rising and forming the fog
’hich he had first seen from the
ange crest. !
• Perry remained in this valley^ujd i
is neighborhood for a year, and ,
.ever before in his experiences in a
:ame country had he seen so many
vild animals which congregated
here for the luxuriant vegetation
hat was made possible by the heat j
lenerated by the springs. In the
alley were hundreds of mountain
heep and goats, caribou and moose, j
rith bears and other fur-bearing j
nimal*.
Due to the exceptionally good
:razing in the valley. Perry states
hat the moose and deer looked like
he pictures of the old Norman
lorse—almost square from fat—and
hey were so tame that he has been
ible to walk amongst them, and
:culd almost touch them as they
This country is never visited by
he Indians due to the fact tiiat the
mprints of huge three-toed pre
listoric animals are found in the
andstones and shales; the Indians
hink these monsters still roam the
ountry. and although they know It
o he a hunter’s paradise they give
he valley a wide berth. Tn addi
ion to the hot springs some of
thich break from the ground at a
►oiling temperature, there are min
ral springs of various descriptions.
The black soil is of a depth which
’erry estimated at between sixty
even to seventy feet on a clay sub
:oil, while the tree growth was ab
normal. The ordinary wild rose
bushes were like trees, with stems
as thick as a man's forearm, and so
dense that it was impossible to
force a way through them, while the
willows grew to tree size and it was
possible to walk along the branches.
Some of the tranks of the latter
were fully one foot and a half thru
vines grew to a length of about GO
feet and nettles and .ferns were both
of unusual height.
During the winter there was no
frost in this valley and for about 25
miles along it there is open land
suitable for ranching, the width of
the bottom being estimated at four
miles. In other sections it is a
mixed park-like country which
would need clearing of birch and
willow, but there are considerable
areas open in patches. Perry states
that in addition to marvels of veg
etation the minerals in this un
known terrain are quite equal in
their unnsual quantity. In differ
ent formations, but close together,
gold, silver and copper were found,
some of the samples viewed in Ed
monton and brought out by Perry
being apparently rich. In particu
lar he struck three veins which
were particularly good. These were
about forty feet wide and a hundred
and fifty feet long, but there are
thousands of others, says the engi
neer. Coal there is. too. with iron
In proximity; of the first named
what practically amounts to a whole
mountain was found, one seam meas
uring 800 feet across the strike,
while the largest iron ore seam met
with ran to about two hundred feet
thick as far as the explorer could
In addition, oil formations were
met with, and auifierous seepages
found, and though to some the
whole story may sound like a fairy
tale. Perry states that substantia
tion will be forthcoming, as he has
interested big capitalists in the dis
coveries he has made, and he is en
deavoring to arrange to take in a
party who will invest money in it.
j}fter they have investigated and
confirmed what is written here.
Following the tactics of the In
dians, the lone traveler has lived on
moose meat solely, but unlike the
aborigines, he combined science with
necessity, and from the moose he
states that he has obtained all the
food essentials required. Salts*, and
carbohydrates were obtained by
boiling the bones in a certain man
ner. while from other portions ot
the animals beef extract was secur
ed. The hide was cut into strips
an inch wide and a foot long, which
was roasted and from which the
traveler obtained essential oils.
On a diet of this description the
engineer states that he is able to
travel for eleven hours without feel
the need for further food, while
the Indians who do not use their
meat scientifically must eat often
and hence make slow progress.
With trim Perry carries a light
csnvas shelter, a larfce can in which ,
he mixes his moose preparations,
and in addition to a rifle, ammuni
tion and ax very little else, except
a volume of Shakespeare, and a con
densed treatise on geology, these
books each making a side load for
one of his faithful dogs.
Perry says he is never lonely; he
It always in the pink of condition,
except on his rare visits to cdviliza
tion, and the fact that he never sees
a newspaper and rarely receives his j
mail for years at a time, causes him :
nc distress. His tent is made of I
light material purposely, so that in
the winter the heat generated from j
the bodies of the explorer and his j
two dogs congeals on the surface.1
He states that in cold weather a 1
covering of frost four to five inches |
•thick settles on the canvas, and that |
h*» is comfortably warm even though |
the thermometer may be down to j
70 degrees below zero. Hitherto, ]
this country has been quite unex-1
plored, but Perry .is no win posses-;
sion of accurate maps which he has
himself made by which he shows
the location of the minerals he has j
discovered.
UK DISARMAMENT.
Tut! Tut! What means this
noisy bluffer,
This unsophisticated duffer?
Does he of woman know so little.
To think she pares one jot or tittle
For his gratuitous protection?
Does he not ken, on sane reflection.
That when she wants man to em
brace her.
She tries her best to make him
chase her?
| *Tis just a lure the famale uses
To snare the mate her fancy chooses
I So spare your ryhme, deluded mor
j Your antics make a wise man
j chortle.
When Olive shrieks “Lay off. you
—Exchange.
ABOUT ADVERTISING
If you are not advertising, then
advertise because it saves money
for you~and it reduces the price to
the customer.
Advertising prevents profiteering.
I: insures honest profits and makes
them permanent.
All progressive American busi
ness men advertise.
Tell the public about your goods.
The customer has plenty of money.
He is willing to spend it and we
want him to spend it in Alaska.
The easiest, quickest and most
economical way in which this can
be accomplished is by advertising,
and the best place to advertise is in
the Nome Nugget.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET
NOTICE
Pumuant to m Order of Court
«nterod on the 10th day of December
1022, notice 1h hereby given that o
General Term of the District Court,
Second Division, Territory of Alas
ka, will be held In the Court House
in Nome, in said Division and Terri*
tory, commencing at the hour of
eleven o'clock A. M. on Saturday.
January 2ft, 1021, And to continue
tliercaftcr according to further or
ders of the Court.
Given under my hand and with
the Court's Seal affixed this l«th
day of December, 1022.
JOHN SITNDRACK,
Clerk of the District Court
for the Second Division,
Territory of Alaska.
Publish Dec. 10. 22. .20. 1022 and
January 0, 1023.
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALK.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
under and by virtue of a special ex
ecution and order of sale issued out
of .the District Court. Territory of
Alaska. Second Division, upon a cer
tain judgment therein rendered on
the 7th day of October, 1922. cause
No. 1308, and entered in favor of
the Pioneer Mining Company, a
corporation. Plaintiff, and against
the Nome Exploration Company, a
corporation. Defendant, for the sum
of One Hundred Ninety Thousand
Two Hundred Three and 75-100
dollars ($190,203.75) with interest
at the rate of eight (8) per cent per
annum from the date hereof, to-;
getter with an attorney fee of One ,
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and,
costs of suit taxed at the suan of:
$
together with the costs and expenses
of sale. I will on the 27th day of
January. 1923. at 1:30 o’clock P.
M. of said day, at the front door of
the United States Court House at
Nome, Alaska, as in said Writ of
Execution and Order of Sale com
manded. ofTer for sale at public ven
due. and sell to the highest and best
bidder for cash, all of the right,
title and interest which the Defen
dant had on the 7th day of October.
1922. or at any time since in and
to the following described real pro
perty. towlt:
PLACER* MINING CLAIMS:
No. 3 on Buster Creek.
No. 3 on Union Creek, a tribu
tary of Buster Creek.
No. 3 Above on Lillian Creek.
Bench No. 1 Grass Gulch. U. S.
Min. Sur. No. 478.
No. 2 Below Cooper Gulch.
No. 6 Below Dry Creek, U. S.
Min. Sur. No. 456,
No. 1 Below Discovery on New
ton Gulch. U. S. Min. Sur. No.481.
Bloomer Bench on Left Limit
of Dexter Creek. U. S. Min. Sur.
No. 3 Grass'Gulch,
No. 1 Grace Gulch.
Wedge Fraction on Dexter
All-Gold Fraction on Dexter
Creek. U. 8. Min. Snr. No. 1254;
W. H. Brown Fraction on Dex
ter Creek.
Fractional Claim. No. 7*fc on
Buster Creek,
Helena Bench on left limit of
Dry Creek. U. S. Min. Snr. No.462.
Big M&nook Claim, near the
mouth of Dexter Creek.
Gluddie (or Gladdie) Bench, on
the left limit of Dry Creek. U. 8.
Min. Sur. No. 462.
Nellie B. Bench (Lower half)
on the left limit of Dry Creek, U.
8. Min. Sur. No. 462.
Sugar Bench on Dexter Hill, ad
joining the Bowery Claim.
Honey Claim at the head of
Deer Gulch, U. S. Min. Sur. No.
Molasses Claim on the left limit
of Deer Gulch. U. S. Min. Sur.
Podunk Claim, on the left limit
of Dexter Creek;
Bloomer Fraction, on the left
limit of Dexter Creek.
Dexter Fraction. on the left
limit of Dpxter Creek,
Bella Fraction, at the head of
Grass Gulch. IJ. S. Min. Sur.
Sunrise Bench, on the left limit
of Specimen Gulch.
Virginia Claim on the right
limit of Dexter Creek.
Early Bear Claim on the right
limit of Dry Creek, U. S. Min.
Sur. No. 1180.
Bear Cub Claim on the right
limit of Dry Creek. U. S. Min.
Sur. No. 1178.
Mammouth (Mammoth 1 Claim
on Peluck Creek,
Sea Lyon Claim on the shore
of Bering Sea between Nome
River and the Town of Nome,
No. 7 Above on Buster Creek,
No. 1 Above on Union Creek,
No. 1 at confluence of Dexter
Creek and Nome River.
Sugar Mine on Dexter Creek,
U. S. Min. Sur. No. 1254.
leasehold estate for ninety-nine!
years from June 20, 1008, of 1
that portion of
ANDERSON TUNDRA CLAIM,
described as follows:
“Commencing at the north
westerly corner of placer mining
claim called the “Anderson Tun
dra" Claim lying along the east
erly end of the town of Nome,
thence running southerly along
easterly boundary line of said
claim. 1000 feet; thence westerly)
paralell to southern line of said !
claim 600 feet more or less to the
westerly boundary line of said
claim: thence northerly 1000 ft.
more or less, to northwestern cor
ner of said claim; thence easterly
along northern boundary of said
claim 660 feet more or less, to
place of beginning.
Also a strip of land fifty feet
wide running northerly and j
southerly across remaining por-j
tion of said Tundra Claim, from
the lands above leased, to the
southern boundary end line of
said claim, directly opposite the
roadway and R. R. track of said
Nome Exploration Company and
eastward of the house occupied by
Mrs, McLean.”
That certain water right and lo
cation from waters of Nome River
located by J. W. Kelly. July 14.
1902. notice of location of which
la recorded at Vol. 71. pace 110,
Record* of aaid Cape Nome Re
cording District.
Also, those two water reser
voir* situated at the top of Kill
fountain, and known as the Klag
Mountain Reservoir*; Also twa
water reservoir* situated on Dry
Creek Mountain and known aa
Dry Creek Mountain Reservoir*,
together with the sites of said
reservoirs and the land on which
said reservoirs are situated.
That certain water right to the
use of 5,000 inches of water of
Nome River, located by A. H.
Campbell, Oct. 10, 1902. notice
of location of which is recorded In
Book 71 Page 175, of the Records
of Capo Nome Recording District.
All of said property being situ
ated in the Cape Nome Minin*
and Recording District. Territory
of Alaska. .
Lots 2. 3, 21. and 22 in Block
Lot 13 in Block 7.
Lots 7 and 8 in Block 86,
Lots 5. 6. 7 and 8 in Block 69,
Lots 5 and 8 in Block 48.
Lots 5 and 37 in Block 32, to
gether with the bufldings and im
provements.
All of said property being in the
Town of Nome. Territory of Alaska,
as sut veyed and platted in the offic
ial Plat of said Town of Nome, now
on file in the office of the Clerk of
said Town of Nome.
Dated at Nome. Alaska.
December 16, 1922.
M. W. GRIFFITH,
"United States Marshal,
Second Division,
Territory of Alaska.
Publish Dec. 23. 30, 1922 and Jan
uary 6. 13. 1923.
Going it too Hard ?
Overwork, worry, overeating and
lack of exercise and sleep are re
sponsible for much kidney trouble.
If oyur back aches and the kidneys
seem weak, rest up and use Doan’s
Kidney Pills.
J. P. Howe, prop, of general store,
152 Water St., Santa Cruz, Calif.,
says: “Overlifting affected my kid
neys. I had severe pain in the
lower part of my back, but the main
trouble was with my kidneys. They
didn’s act properly. Tho secretion*
burned ami there was inffomation la
ray bladder. 1 tried all known kid
ney medicines, but they did me no
good. Doan’s did the work for me.
I have been entirely free from kid
ney and bladder trouble since."
(Statement given February 19,1919)
On December 4, 1919, Mr. Howe
said: "I never miss d chance to re
commend Doan’s Kidney Pills to
any one I hear speaking of kidney
trouble. I know from experience,
there is nothing better for this trou
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Ml fbum
Co.. Mftw., Buffalo. N. T.
JANUARY 1923
THPlmlSAf
$1.00 SUBSCRIBE FOR
THE NOME WEEKLY NUGGET
It Will Ceme t* ¥w Each Week llrla till *t the News Vw like te Real
NOME WEEKLY NUGGET:
Nome, Alaska.
Please send The Noma Nugget to me at....
(Post office)
for a period of (3) (6) (12) months, for which I herewith In
close the sum of $.at flat rate of $1.00 por month.
Name of Subscriber.
Start With Your HOME Town Paper this Issue
and Let Us be of Mutual Benefit to Each Other
Clip and Mail the Coupon Together With Amount of Subscription
and Get on Our List. You Cannot Afford to be Without It.