LOCAL NEWS
VICTORIA IJfiFT FOR GOIiOVIN
AND ST. MICHAEL
The Victoria after unloading
moat of her Nome consignment of
freight left for Golovin and St. Mich
•el Wednesday. She stopped first
•t Golovin to load the summer
catch of fish and also took aboard
a large consignment of reindeer
caraases from the Lomen A Com
pany cold storage plant. From
Golovin she proceeded to St. Mich
ael. unloaded her freight and took
on passengers for the outside re
turning to Nome to finish unload
ing and ocmplete her seasons busi
Inddent to adverse weather con
dltiona-the Victoria will in all like
lihood not leave Nome until Oct. 25
AUCTION DREDGE MAKING
RAPID PROGRESS
The Suction dredge in Snake river
hif struck her pace and Is now
making rapid program. Until the
last few days the dredge encoun
tered heavier dredging material
than was anticipated and conse
quently slow headway was made.
Within the last week the bed of
the river has changed to a finer
sediment, the kind for which the
dredge was built, and she is now
plowing right thru to her destina
tion, the outer bar.
HAPPY WEDDING SCENE
AT COURT HOUSE
On Saturday Oct. 14th the mar
riage of Loretta Mary Sexton and
Charles D. Jones was held in the,
court room of the District Court.
Judge G. J. Lomen performed the
ceremony.
lira. James Keenan was Matron
of Honor and Daniel A. Jones, a
brother of the groom, acted as best
man. A large number of invited
friends attended the pretty cere
The groom, Charles D. Jones is
Supt. of the Alaska Road Commis
sion and ah old time resident of
Nome. The bride came in on the
last Victoria to marry Mr. Jones
and la a charming and pleasing
young lady, one who will undoubt
edly be a valuable addition to our
social set during the coming winter.
Mrs. Jones has two pretty children,
Juanita and Jane.
The happy couple were the recip
ients of many useful and beautiful
presents. They are at home In the
quarters furnished by the Alaska
Road Comtmisrion. The Nugget
Joins with the community in extend
ing hearty congratulations.
NOKATAK RETURNS
FROM DEKRING
Capt. Al. Wilson, returned with
the Nokatak from Deering Wed
nesday morning at 8 o'clock. On
this trip north 26 tons of freight
were taken for Magids A Oo. One
fuseenger was dropped at Cape
Douglas at midnight and he then
walked from Douglas to Teller, the
boat proceeding to its destination.
At Deering the surf was rough
and the Nokatak was forced to pull
into the cove at Cape Deceit untfl
fair weather.
No ice was encountered thruout
the trip north. The weather was
fair and the water calm, making
an ideal trip for the boat and
demonstrated thiat late sailings
north can be accomplished.
CMS. t BROWN, JR.
CANDIDATE FOB
TEBRITORIUi senator
(SHORT TKU)
On the return trip storms were
encountered and the fate of the
Ram, which was met at Cape Es
penberg, is doubtful. She may be
on the beach.
The Nokatak left for Norton Bay
and a*ay points and will return to
Nome and beach for the winter.
tVLBUiUU DELAYED
BY WEATHER
The freighter Culhurra, Captain
John O’Brien in command, is meet
ing with annoying delays due to the
changeable weather. No sooner
does it calm down sufficiently to
permit further unloading when a
change comes and all lightering
must stop. About 1400 tons of
heavy machinery still remains to
be unloaded and from all appear
ances the Culburra will be the last
boat of the season to leave Nome
for the outside.
SKA WOLF LOSES PROPELLOR
USES SAIIiS
The Sea Wolf left Nome October
bth for Teller. Just as the boat
was leaving her Nome moorings
the propellor worked loose and was
lost. Captain Rank hoisted sails
and sailed for bis destination. Just
before he reached Teller he be
came becalmed for three days, and
a tug was sent out to tow. him into
the harbor. The Sea Wolf was
beached and* a new propellor put
in place after which the boat pro
ceeded to Cape Prince of Wales,
returning to Nome. Thursday Oct.
LITTLE CREEK CAMP TO
BE OCCUPIED BY YUBA
The Haromon Con. Gold Fields
hydraulic operations on Little creek
have been closed down for the sea
son and the crew members dispers
The quarters ocupied by this sum
mer’s crew will be occupied by the
construction crew of the Yuba Mfg.
Co. and their families.
The Yuba tent village is being
taken down and placed in winter
storage and will be reconstructed in
the spring if necessary.
POPULAR FEDERAL
OFFICIAL TO LEAVE
Elmer Reed will leave Nome on
this sailing of the Victoria for the
States. Mr. Reed has for many
years been associated with the mar
shal’s office and has proved an effic
ient and affable adjunct to the office.
Every person in Nome has had
substantial evidence of Mr. Reed’s
artistic ability, both as a photograp
her and a pen artist. No musical or
theatrical function has been com
plete unles Elmer functioned as
leader or director. To say that the
comimunity wll miss Mr. Reed is no
exaggeration.
Upon arriving in the states he will
take a much needed rest and may
engage in the photographing busi
ness. The Nugget joins the com
munity in wishing Elmer a success
ful and pleasant sojourn in the
LOCAL RED CROSS OFFICIALS
EXPRESS APPRECIATION
The Executive Committee of the
Name Red Cross Chapter desires
to express its appreciation of the
good work done this summer by
ladies in Nome and on Little
Creek, in knitting sweaters and in
sewing of convalescent robes and
pajamas. The quota has been
completed and will be sent out at
once for use in hospitals maintain
ed by the Red Cross. The response
of these women has been most
gratifying and the Executive Com
mittee hereby expresses its thanks
It i? probable that other appeals
for work will be male from time to
time and we are confident that the
Nome Chapter will always do Us
share, fc» cause the Nome women
ravo always demonstrate! their
•vmpathy for unfortunate human
ity by their energy in completing
promptly all the sewing and knitt
ing assigned to the local chapter
NOTICE ADVERTISERS
All copy for changing advertise
meats In Weekly Nnggst most be In
the printers hands not later than
Friday afternoon to insure insertion.
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BAHLKES’
RESTAURANT
Open from
C A. M. to • P. M.
..SPECIAL DINNER FROM
S P. M. to • P. M.
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MIVEKA KOr.irl flil'il MrXTIXG
A special meeting of the Miners
Home Club was held last Sunday
afternoon. The purpose of the
meeting was to close the business
of the organization and disband
tor the present. Property owned
by the club was distributed among
other fraternal organizations.
Books, and book cases were giv
en to the Pioneers, with the proviso
that if the Home Club should func
tion within two yeaVs the proper
ty was to be returned to the said
Club, after two years if no further
action is taken by the dub the
property to vest permanently in
the Pioneers. All other property
except card tables were donated to
the' I. O. O. F. The card tables
went to the L. O. O. M. all with the
same proviso as that attached to
the Pioneer donation. The large
phonograph was given to C. F.
Rice for moving and advertising
expenses.
After disposing of the above mat
ters the Club adjourned, subject to
the call of five mambers.
HOSPITAL DRIVE
PROVISO SUCCESS
The soliciting committee of the
New Hospital Drive, Mrs. Al. Nich
olsen and Mrs. Harvey Grant, two
ladies who have so generously do
nated their time to forward the
good work of helping the hospital,
report excellent progress. Over
two thousand dollars has been sub
scribed and the ladies hope that
with the generosity already shown,
by those citizens they have met, the
sum total of their labors will reach
over three thousand dollars.
Keep up the good work and pre
serve the good name Nome has al
ways enjoyed for generosity and
brotherly love.
CARD OF APPRECIATION.
The Nugget takes this opportun
ity to thank those who contributed
data which has made this issue
possible.
Due to our limited working force
we were unable to include the out
going passenger list and many other
local items of interest, but will see
that they are covered in the issue
of next week.
SALES REPRESENTATIVE is
wanted for import and export con
cern. State territory and qualifi
cation*. American Merchandising
Company, Seattle. U. S. A.
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* I R V IN K. REED ♦
4 U. 8. Mineral Surveyor, ♦
4 Nome, Alaska. 4
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ANOTHER BARGAIN !
FOR SALE—4 room furnished
house with piano on D street. Also
2 room furnished cabin, M nve.
near Hogan's Alley. Will sell cheap
for cash. Inquire Mrs. Fisher or
Nuget Ofllce.
SBBMSHSBS IK ISKIS
S JOHN A. WILSON *
S U.S. MINERAL SURVEYOR !f
!fi Notin', Alaska. *
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SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22.
CHICKEN DINNER
FRESH ROAST PORK
AND ICE CREAM
AT BAHLKE’S
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NOTICE *
PIANO TEACHING +
By A. IlfCARPENTER *
Also Expert Tulag ud ♦
Repairing. ♦
PHONE MAIN 39. ♦
Miners 1 Merdunts
Bilk Of AliSKi
NOME. ALASKA
WE PAY
Interest on Time CertiAcates
of Deposit.
3% per annum
Ob • aonth diTOolU
4% per annum
TKUiER SECTION
The Swan sen creek dredge oi
Swansen creek, owned by the Amer
lean Gold Dredging Company, di<
not operate this year for the reasoi
that the season was so backwan
that by the time the lessees C. F
Rice and associates arrived the;
felt that it would not pay to begii
work. Mr. Rice states that it con
ditions permit the dredge will b<
placed in commssion next season.
Harry Dobson with a crew of mei
prosecuted extensive drilling 01
properties alonfc American Rivei
and Budd Creek.
BEHRING DREDGE OPERATION J
J. F. Mathews Is manager of tht
Behring Dredging Corporation, op
orating on the Kougarok river, and
has completed a satisfactory sea
son’s dredging operations.
The dredge was built on the com
pany properties and has been in ac
tive operation for' 8 years. When
constructed the machine was locat
ed in the middle of the propertlef
controlled and first operations were
up stream. This year the return
down stream was accomplished.
As the ground had been worked
before very little virgin ground waf
dredged, but notwithstanding, satis
factory returns were made. Nexl
year’s work will be on virgin
ground and sufficient acreage re
mains ahead of the dredge to keep
the machine busy for many years.
Four miles of unworked ground re
This year the dredge dug a sec
tion 5417 feet long. 60 ft. wide and
7 ft. deep, all work being done on
the Kougarok river.
FREIGHT UNLOADING AND
HAULING TO THE CREEKS
The Culburra, under special
charter by the Yuba Mfg. Co., was
sent from San Francisco with
dredge material and power plant
equipment for the chartering com
Unloading and transporting this
<$arg© of valuable machinery has
taxed the capacity of both the light*
erage company and W. J. Rowe the
freighter. Assisting Rowe’s trans
fer the Yuba Mrg. Co. have employ
ed their two Ball Tread Tractors in
hauling the machinery to its desti
nation. These small machines have
proved their value many times over.
Thursday the larger of the two. a
25-40 hauled twenty tons of mater
ials on trailers behind the machine,
making a safe and quick delivery.
These tractors proceed at a pace
faater than the average man walks
and over come all ordinary obstac
les in the way.
Loading the heavy parts, many
weigh as high as 16 tons, has re
quired skill and hard work to assure
safe delivery, but Rowe’s Transfer
has been equal to the task.
SILVER MINE TO BE OPRR.ITKO
ON FISH RUT®
The Mmilak Silver Mines on Fish
River, operated by the Seward Sil
ver Mines Inc., will be operated
this winter by J. C. Green and as
sociates.
300 tons of provisions and sup
plies have been sent to the mine
and the freight is being hauled from
the landing on Fish River to the
mine with a 5 ton Holt Caterpillar.
The haul is over ten miles of soft
tundra and when the freeze up
comes the supplies will be hauled
from Chinik. 40 miles distant.
A crew of 25 men will be employ
ed by the company. Power for the
mine Js supplied by an Ingersoll
Rand Oil Engine.
This mine was located in 1S81
and is owned by J. C. Green and his
son Harold, both, of whom are at
the mine taking active part in the
newly inaugurated development
The mine was last operated in
1907. There are two camps estab
lished, one at the mine for the
miners and the other at the foot of
the mfcmntain, a distance of two
miles, for freighting outfits, general
offices, assay office and saw mill.
El L HOLT
HARDWARE
WINTER IK KURA
WR KEEP WEATHER STRIP
SEE OUR LINK OF NEW
STOVES, XMAS PRESENTS. IN.
OLUWNG 8TBRMNO SILVER
WARE, CUT GLASS. TOYS, ETC
f PRICES ARK RIGHT AT
HOII'B NEW STOR1
HKWAKD PBXirvKFIjA
Olli FIELD*
The discovery of oil in the Kotz
1 ebue section of Sewnrd PenJnsuh
1 bears promise of being one of th<
great industries of this section. Thii
discovery was made by Nome met
in a section bounded by Devil’s Mt
on the North and Midnight Mt. or
the South and lying between Coot
Hope Bay on the East and Shismar
iefT Inlet on the West.
The locations. 2d in number, were
made last summer. Official oil per
mits have been granted on eighl
locations and have the unique dis
tinction of being the first permits
issued under the new law to any
locators in N.W. Alaska.
The locators have rormed an as
sociation for the purpose of devel
oping the claims on which permits
have been granted, and active de
velopment work will be prosecuted
on the properties next summer.
Sample of the seepage shale and
sands have been tested by the Salt
Lake Refinery and the results of
the teats show a paraflne hose and
oil of a high grade. An analysis
of the test is now at the office of
Geo. D. Schofield, who Is secretary
of the X L Oil Syndicate, the name
tvCer which this group of locators
have o.ganized.
During the past summer .1. F.
Mr thews, manager of the Behring
Dredging Corporation, and G. A.
Paxon, two of the locators, made a
trip from the Kougarok River to
the new oil fields for the purpose
of obtaining additional samples of
the seepage, shale and sand, which
they are taking Outside to have an
alyzed by other experts. In other
words to check up the previous an
alysis. Mr. Mathews spent over a
week on the expedition.
In an interview Mr. Mathews
states that the location cannot be
excelled from a. transp rtation
standpoint. The X L Oil Locations
are situated on the Nugnugaluktuk
River, which empties into Good
Hope Bay and is*deep and navigable
to the center of the X L Group.
Good navigable water extends to the
open sea from the mouth of the
river making it ideal for bringing In
supplies.
Northeast from the X L Group
about twenty claims have been
staked by Candle and Inmachuk
citizens.
There is a vast area of this shale
belt and Mr. Mathews states “there
in enough room for every man, wom
an and child on Seward Peninsula
to stake claims.”
Geo. D. Schofield, secretary of
the X L Oil Syndicate, with offices
ir the Lowman Bldg., Seattle, states
that arrangements were made last
winter with Eastern interests to
develop these properties during the
past summer, but owing to a delay
in the issuance of the permits, ne
gotiations were temporarily sus
pended, but will be renewed during
the ooming winter. Next summer
will no doubt witness the develop
ment of these properties.
There is no means to prophesy
the value of this remarkable dis
covery, but it is within the bounds
of probability that the immediate
future holds in store Tor this section
an Eldorado surpassing the marvel
ous riches of Nome’s historic beach
A BARGAIN !
For Salt—I-adif* now $100.00
liandsonic Navy l>lu«* coat. with
largo fur collar. Inquire H. Green*
berg’s residence, opposite postoffice.
ifi MISS GLADYS COLLIER *
W Public Stenographer. S
•fi M. & M. Rank «
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Thorough Work
How Nome Citizens Can Find Free
dom From Kidney TroaMes.
If you suffer from bavkache— . .
From urinary disorders—
Any curable disease of the kid
Uae a testted kidney remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills hare been
tested by thousands.
Grateful people testify.
Gan yon ask more convincing
proof of merit?
Z. H. Brott, Elgin, Ore., says: “I
had kidney complaint and suffered
from a dull backache and sharp
pains across my kidneys. Morn
ings, I was lame and stiff and the
action of my kidneys was irregular,
being at times too free. I read of
Doan’s Kidney Pills and need them.
They rid me of the backaches and
pnt my kidneys in good order.
Throe boxes of Doan’s cared me.”
60c, at all dealers. Foater-Mil
bura Oo., Mfrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
ItOriiDKIt CRKKK SKfTIftS
On Moulder Creek the Golden
Ore Mining Company, Geo. 8.
Thomas manager, had an unusually
successful year, ranking their op
erations and returns second to tho
Hammon Con. Gold Fields on Llttlo
Piping into boxes with hydraulic
giants was the method employed
and several new pay streaks were
uncovered.
The properties being worked wero
firmerly controlled and operated
by the D. A. M. Co. of Aberdeen, S.
I)., who sold their interests to the
.Golden Ore. Only twelve men
were employed but the returns
were large.
Tne sold is maimy louun m *
limestone formation and in .soma
instances it has been necessary to
go 9 feet deep into the bedrock to
make full recovery of the gold and
also to make preparations for fu
ture workings farther up the creek.
It is a well known fact that the
unworked ground on the left limit
of Boulder is a valuable piece of
ground and up to the_ present time
has been untouched to permit other
ground to be removed for tailing
I space and to provide a depth or fall
for complete recovery. Next year
this company should from all indi
cations exceed by far their thla
year’s handsome cleanups.
The same sompany has had a
Keystone Drill employed drilling
on their Monument Creek proper
ties and revealed a paystreak 30#
feet wide extending from No. 7 to
No. 11 Below on Monument and
averaging a depth of fifteen feet
Next year this ground will be open
cut mined, as it is a good hydraulic
png {proposition. The Company
owns the high line ditch above the
property and will have ample water
for their operations. The ditch is
j an extension of the Boulder system
which can readily be diverted into
this creek.
On nangor Creek the company
had three men drilling and also dis
covered good pay in the benches
which will be hydraullcked ne*t
year. 1*
Creek claims on Bangor are con
trolled by this company and will b«
Included in next year’s work. It
will be recalled that Bangor was
one of the heavy producers in for
mer years and is not worked out as
this company will demonstrate.
The Golden Ore Company own*
all water rights on the right limit
of Snake river from the head down
and controlls eight different rights
which are: North Fork, the Last
Chance. Bangor. Butterfield. Tain,
Boulder. Sledge and Monument.
The company purchased the Capt.
Johnson ditch extending from the
North Fork to Bangor, including
Last Chance. From the Arctic
Mining and Milling Company of
New York the G. O. C. purchased
the Bangor ditch and from the Da
kota Alaska Mining Company of
Aberdeen. S. D., aoquired the Twin
and Boulder ditches. The Sledge
ditch and water right was obtained
from the Columbia Mining Co., Inc.
Over $500,000 in gold has been
taken from Boulder and Twin Moun
tain creeks in past years and the
Golden Ore Company expects to
take out many thousand more be
fore the creeks are worked out.
On Evening Gulch, a tributary to
Sunset Creek, Gaffney and O’Don
nell have done considerable pros
pecting. During the winter of
1921-22 these operators found ex
tensive pay and will prosecute their
'discovery further this winter. If
tLeir prospecting demonstrates
continuation of values as'already
found the Golden Ore Co. will ex
tend its big ditch line some 1700
feet and supply this gulch with am
ple water to success fully mine the
property. Many years of work are
before miners in this Gulch.
WORK ON FAMOUS SUBMARINE!
The Submarine “West of Nome,
is so called because of its paystreaks
running far below the sea level, has
been a heavy producer of gold lu
past years and is still numbered
among the live properties in this
district. Mebes ft Co. this year
sluiced up the tailings from former
workings and made profitable re
turns. On the Rainey Day claim
two men this summer used long
toma, working over dumps taken
out the year before.
SALE STILL ON
BUY YOUR XMAS GIFTS NOW !
As we most pack our stock of
Silver aad cat glass for shipment
on the VICTORIA we will make a
REDUCTION of 20% on ALL PUR
CHASES MADE THIS WEEK.
SEQEB8TROM ft HAGEN.
TRY THOSE SOURDOUGH HOT
GAKBB AT HEAlMO BAKERY.