Name is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
s Pa,.* THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No. 34
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, AUG 20, 1921
Delivered by C;
.$1 00 por Month
PT. BARROW OIL ODTIOOK BRIGHT
HEAR FREE FOR All BATTLE M LOWER ROUSE
NOME
NOMINEES
CONFIRMED
Judge G. J. Loriien and M. W
Griffith, whose nomitKilions for Judp
and Marshal ->f *he Second Division
respectively were recently submitted
to the Senate by President Harding,
have both been confirmed, according to
a ttelegrum received by the Nugget
today from Alaska Delegate Dan
Sutherland.
The message reads as follows:
Washington, D. C. Aug. 20 1021
Geo. S Maynard, Nome, Als.
Griffith and bomen confirmed yes
terday.
Delegate from Alaska.
8AYS IRISH REJECTION
MEANS CIVIL WAR
London, Aug. 20—Lord Berkenhead,
addressing the House of Lords today,
warned that . rejection of l'relmler
Lloyd George’s terms to Ireland
SENATORS SEEKING
DESTRUCTION OF SHIP BOARD
Washington, Aug. 20—A determin
ed fight to hiing to an end the activi
ties of the Ignited States Shipping
Hoard has been launched in the Sen
ate. Senator's Borah, King and others
are behind the movement and are en
deavoring to bring a trout legislation
placing the Shipping Board in the
hands of a receiver and wind up its
affairs with ail possible speed.
Chairman Lasker was bitterly at
tacked in debate today by Senator
Harrison.
8EATTLE GIRL DROWNS DURING
MOONLIGHT SWIM
Beattie, Aug. 20—Geraldine Mc
Laughlin, agied 16, insisted on taking
a midnight moonlight swim in Lake
Washington last night and was
drowned in the full view of her mother
and brother.
BRUMFIELD LANDED AT
SCENE OF CRIME
Roseburg, Oregon. Aug. 19—Dr.
Brumfield, principle In the mysterious
auto murder case of some days ago,
was brought home and Imprisoned here
this morning.
CLAIMED BERGDOLL
IN SWITZERLAND
Geneva, Aug. 19—“Bergdolt, tli*
American draft evader", rays the
Thurgovle ZeJtung today, "arr'ved in
Constance from Munich litres days ago
is now stopping in a hotel at St Gall."
Bei'gdoll, the journal eays. came to
Switserlind from Germany.
EX CONVICT MURDERS CHILD
1’etaluma, Cal. Aug. 19—Blevyu
Point, 14 years old, was murdered and
a younger sister and her grandfather
and grandmother were wounded he.e
today by Chrles Hotter, former San
Quentin convict, who later committal
DANCE SATURDAY
A social dance will be held in big
Kagle Hall Saturday Aug. *0, 9:SO
p. m. Music by 5 piece orchestra.
Everybody welcome. Admission,
<Genls fl. Ladles free.
PT. BARROW DISTRICT HOLDS
VAST 011^ POSSIBILITIES
Adams Party Returns to Nome with Evidence of Great
Potential Oil Field Along Northern Coast===Three
Kinds Oil Found in Surface Seepages.
That crude oil exist* in the Point
to Justify the view that the district
may ultimately develop into one of the
great oil producing regions of th*°
norld, is the opinion of Bob Adams,
in the early mining history of this
gation -.f the oil possibilites of that
regon during the past month_ Mr.
surface oil at wide separated points in
the Cape Simpson region but found
what appeared to be several distinct
grades flowing in seepages of such
instances oil was found actually flow
ing from the seepage rifts in streams
while puddles and pools of oil we;'
found over 'an extensive area. In
places the tundra was found soaked
with oil and it is said that a shallow
hole dug by the party in the vicinity
of the seepages filled with oil within
an hour or two. Mr. Adams states,
however, that although there are am
ple indications of oil, natural condi
tions, both geographic and climatic,
are such as to hardly warrant a rush
to the Bartow section and those who
are not in a position to undertake ex
tensive development work and incur
considerable expense without pros
pect of early remuneration had best
stay away from the district. Time
and a vast amount of labor and ex
pense will be necessary to develop the
region into an commercial oil pro
ducing section, he says, and it may be
many years before the district be
comes a producing field, if indeed it
ever becomes commercially success
ful. • He admits the view, however,
that the field is one containing lin
imense potentialities and ventures the
opinion that it is a possible extension
of the Port Norman oil fields in Can
ada which arlTnow attracting the at
tention of the world. Should this be
the case, Mr. Adams says there Is a j
strong possibility of a. new oil empire
existing in the Northern Alaska coast i
and also points out that a great area i
of Alaska hitherto considered value
less, may in time prove to be the most
productive and valuable part of the |
territory.
During his stay in the oil district ]
Mr. Adams secured samples of the oil
found in the seepages and will take out
a considerable quantity for test pur
poses when he returns to San_Fran
cisco. A large sample of the flued
on display In the Lomen Bros show
window shows a thick heavy bodied
liquid, slightly reddish in color, prob
ably from contact with decaying tun
dra vegetation and apparently of con
siderable density. As Mr. Adams
was not equipped to test the oil. Its
true character and value CAnnot he
determined until subjected to labora
tory examinations.
In detailing his experiences to the
NuggPt following his return to Nome
on the Silver Wave Thursday evening
Mr. Adams stated that in giving a
summary of his trip and a description
of the oil seepages seen by his party,
prior to making his report to the
izes fully th°
live bore havi
ed with Mr.
:iIso uruiinly
t..' coust will have a certain Jnflurnc
upon Nome's future. . It is .ils» de
sirable,” he continued," that the dif
ficulties and problems incident to any
devel 'pment of the possibl. "'! ro
sources of the Arctic coast should be
fully known and realized by a!' who
are living: here, in order to many
from unnecessary hardships m the li.
virstment or expenditure of h nl <• t ti
ed money ui>on something which
might not he commercially • sue* : xsful,
or so long drawn ou*. and entailing s<.
much financial outlay that the pros
pector or small investor might n
live long enough to reap any benefit
"We left Nome, on the Silver Wave,
which was chartered for the trip, on
July 5th," Mr. Adams said. “In ad
dition to myself, the party consist'd
of Alex “Scotty” Smith, Ha ry A
Campbell, chief geologist. Max Steitt
eke, assistant geologist and siirvexu-.
and K. B. Pond, photographer. Ow
ing to the unfortunate illness of A.
C. Baldwin of Seattle, who came mo th
with us, he was forced to return i<* his
home, his duties as surveyor being
flhrust upon Messers Campbell and
Steineke, in addition to thteir regular
line of work. The personnel of the
Silver Wave, the fine schooner which
conveyed us North, comprised (’apt.
Jack Hatmmer, master. Oils Nelson,
•mate, (Ja.be Johnson, engineer and
John Jacobson, steward.
After a brief stop In Teller we pro
ceeded north and arrived July 8th
at Point Hope, where we stayed sev
eral days on account of unfavorable
weather. While there we enjoyed the
charming hospitality of Uev. and Mrs.
Thomas, who are in charge of the
mission ITt that point. We left Point
Hope July 11th and arrived at le.v Cape
July 13th. Before reaching Point
Hope we had some rough weather
and heavy ice. Between Point Hope
and Icy Cape we went through some
heavy lee and also had some heavy
weather. Finally, however, we found
a lead in the ice which brought us
into Icy dape to good anchorage-. We ■
left Icy Cap- July 13th and proceeded
northwest, keeping inside the main Ice
pack. On the early morning of the
Hth we were blocked by heavy toe
fields and as we were then about 25
mil^s from Wainwrlght Inlet, a ?hore
Of July, i Silver Wave worked :>• r
way thorngh the ire and was safeh
af anchor la the inlet near tit" town.
It might be well to say in credit to
Copt Hammer and his boat and crew
that the Silver Wav’ was by many
days the earliest boat to arrive in
Wain wrlght in the history of the
place. Also, with one exception, the
Herman in 1914. she was the earliest
bout into Point Hope—two new re
cords for the Silver Wave. As there
was a keen desire on the part of our
expedition to see the interior coun'ry
lying back of the Arctic coast line and
as our main purpose was to investigate
ns fully as possible the geological and
other conditions of the country back
from established routes of ‘ravel. 1
decided to atiqmtpt an overland trip to
the head of some one of the rivers
flowing into the Arctic and by follow
we would explore an entirely new and
unmapped region and get a complete
cross s* frtion of whatever hren of
country, might be traversed. In pass
ing down any river found.
"A large oomiak feet long was
secured and three Eskimos to help
in packing, portaging, etc. We left
Walmvright July 18th on a cold, rain
ing disagreeable night, with the boat
loaded deep. We followed the coast
lino to Peard Bay, tracking along the
shore. At Peard Bay. found a small
stream coming into ‘he Bay from the
East and followed this creek to its
head, about ten miles from tiio coast
As this creek was in places only 'wo
feet wide, with only a couple of sluice
heads of water and Itesides shallow and
crooked, we had our troubles and some
heavy work. Our boat and supplies
had to he practically packed the
greater part of this distance. How
ever, all worked hard and cheerfully
and' over the low divide from head ;>f
Jhls creek we found a chain of small
lakes with short portages between ex
tending to the eastward. After cross
ing three of these lakes, with swampy
portages, we found a small drainage
creek heading Northeast from the
largest of the lakes. This we followed
and after a few miles of hard, wet
w„ork our creek }c$a dually widened
and enlarged into a very fair sized
river. This river was low, flat, with
very slight fall but carried plenty of
water and after the first day's travel
broadened into a fine stream. On
July.27th we arrived at Dense Inlet on
the Arctic coast east of Point Barrow.
The river we followed north is
known as the Tnaru and drains the
country between the Meade and west
cons* The (>niin«n> "" '- - '
hills un the uili'
• hill about 400 y tr.ls
approximately mi!*
>f (’’ape Simpson. Th.
the coast line. The 1
•P "f a prominent hill
tv* st of the Capo and a
inland from the shores
The black oil stable*
seepage is further distinguished In
This cabin and the third hill at
shore line on the Actus J Cape are -
tinguishing marks for navigators
•his coast. The third hill above m
tioned differs from the two seep;
hills in that its surface is almost
irely hare of vegatation. It also fur
nished the only rock exposures of geo
logic importance found in the neig'i
'• H*itli seepages are similar in -• -
eurenee. They both have their sour* ■■
well ui> on the hillside and both flow
several hundred yards into nearb
lakes. In flowing this distance down
the hills the oil has spread over a a
equivalent area..
“At the source the oil is quite
fluid but before reaching the lakes rt
becomes oxidized into a very viscous,
black residum which resembles aspli il
tujm As would be expected in such a
country, this residum contains » large
amount of vegetable matter derived
from the muck of the frozen ground.
"At and near the source, how eve/,
the oil is free from all foreign matter,
except water, which eoines from the
trawing ground Ice.
"Perhaps the most peculiar and In
teresting thing about these seepages,
aside from the location at such an ex
treme northern point, is the fact that
there are three distinct varieties of
oil in the flow. N’ear the center the
flow Is. a dark green oil almost identi
cal apparently with the well known
Standard product called ‘«100 W. On
either side of this flow and beneath
it is a bright yellow grease of Ihe
consistancy of the common ‘cup
grease*. This gradually merges out
ward into the dark brown to black
residumn mentioned befo*-.-.
"It must bo undierstjood t'u » fuel
chemical analyses of thes.- oils has ye* I
been made and their true character 1
ALLIES TO
■ 1 today.
BLACK HANDERS DEMAND
MONEY OF SEATTLEITES
•'icws, tin- noted ministo . .in I 11.. uU< ■
l.tinert l» Hodgr. Black ll n.I opera
FREE FOR ALL FIGHT IN HOUSE
NARROWLY AVERTED
it tet noon liming consideration of tie*
It'lie s of South <\uolinu became c-x
i it- ,1 .uni hr in.I".I I'huiitman Fordncy
Only the timely interference of the
House Sergeant .it Arms prevented a
general mellee.
GENERAL GREEN
DIES SUDDENLY
—
Oakland. Cal. Aug. JO—Brigadier
General II i t % \. <‘liwn, commander
f Ilic original Ninety First Oversea’**
Division during '.lie war and former
commander of Camp Lewis, dropped
dead in the Alameda com tin.use to*
WICK TO PRACTICE LAW
IN JUNEAU
Seattle, Aug. JO—Judge James
Alaska and will take up the practice
SENATE CUTS FEDERAL
ROAD BILL
Washington, Vug. 20—The Senate
today cut i he federal road bill from
the hundred million dollars, as passed
by the House, to seventy five million .
MANY DELEGATES COMING TO
DISARMAMENT CANFERENCE
Washington, Aug. 20—China wPl
'have one hundred, and Great Britain
and France will have two hundred
delegates each to the disarmament
conference to be Iteld here Noveinlwr
11, according to advices reaching the
State Department.
HIGHTOWER CHARGED WITH
HE8LINE MURDER
San Bruno. Cal. Aug. 20—High
tower, the man who first reported tho
whereabouts of the remains of Father
Hesline. was formally charged with
his inftrder late this afternoon.
Doris Shirley, the woman who shat
tered Hightowers attempt to prove an
alabl, was present.
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