The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-03

Tor the thittyna eompanys work in Alaska including II. II. Fitch and E. A. Gates-Fitch as head packer, and Gates for his Knowledge of ihe location oi the Nieolai group, which he had located with Mccarthy and McNeer He em- pio!ed several other men at Seattle, and left that port early in April, 1900 with an outfi. |. provisions and r. horses, all purchased and furnished by the Chittyna Exploration com pan!; with which he landed at Valdez on the l!lh day of April, 1900. IL is admitted by both sides that his destination was the Sicoi ii group of copper mines, upon which he was to d9 both assessment and development work.
 sweeney, kaiK Smith and Warner, four mem 5ers of the Mcclellan prospecting party-al, but Warner having joined in the fall of iss9,- Pfo-peeied along Prince William Sound until They remained here until March ,, 1900 when they started for tEe Chiityna country pulling nahd sieds. They were not then informed of Ing in with the chittyna company's outfit, nor oi any sale of their Igox isions or horses the latter being left behind, however, for the use rive. Sweeney. kain, Smith and Warmer stopped al the Amy cache at Ptarmigan drop, which the Mcclellan prospecting party had ac- quired the fall before when ". $. Amy became n mem Der of the party, and took supplies from II Tor their trip in:o inc interior. They pulled their sleds and supplies across lhe mountains and camped beside the Mccartky cabin. from which point they prospected around the Kus- kaiana river until the latter part of June.
 Met lellan with the Chitfyna company's par " ieft Valdez for the Nicolai mines on April 20, following the same route which Sweeney, Kain, smith and Warner had taken nearly seven weeks previously. Mcclellan took the horses belonging to the Mcclellan prospecting party and lused the m in packing for the Chittyna company. Hindered by heavy loads and horses and retarded by the snow, the Chittyna party under Mtt lellan did not reach the Amy cache at the Ptarmigan drop until May 20 rms place was their headquarters until June l. They arrived al .he ronsina crossing on the 9th, and the Copper liver crossing at the mouth c; me Tonsina on the 18th of June, at which place they wee met by smith and Sweeney. coming cut looking for the expected spring ar rival oi the remainder of the Mcclellan pros peeling party with the horses supplies and the mail.
 Sweeney remained two nights and day with the party at the Copper river and then went on up the Tonsina to the crossing, where he made a summers cruise for the Mcclellan pros peeting garty to go to the Panama. Smith re- turned to his camp at McCarthy's cabin, where ha had left Warner and Rain. Two of the Chit tyns company's employees, Kernan and Wilt ans, returned 10 the Mccarthy cabin with smith, who. al the request of Mcclellan. point cd out some Of the mines near there belonging 10 the Chittyna company, and directed them where 10 do assessment work thereon.
 By the latter part of June Mcclellan had moved the Chittyna outfit to the Mccarthy eabin, where and when he employed D. s. Kain another member of the Mcclellan prospecting party, to take charge of the actual development work on the Nicclai mines for the Chittyna Ex- ploration company. The Chittyna party nnder Mctlellsn reached the Nicolai mines at mid nlgnt on July 6. lyN, and immediately there after began assessment and development work thereon. They continued at the Nicoai mines from that time until September 1, engaged in doing the assessment and development work i; they made no locations of other mines water rights of any kind. On July 25 l?O0, Geo. NJ. Perine. with Clinton L. Walker and his broth her Archie Walker, accompa nied by Sam Eastman, as cook, arrived at the Nicolai mines to inspect the same on behalf of the Chittyna Explore tion company. While there Mcclellan inform ed Perine that Warner and Smith had discov- cred the Bonanza mines, showed him a sample of the ore, sent for Warner to come to the Nico- lai camp, from which ne conducted Mcclellan. ferine and the Walkers to the Bonanza loea- tions; Mcclellan informed Perine that they were not taken up for the Chittyna company but in the individual names of the locators. Perine and the Walkers remained there an hour and returned to Valdez immediately after. and thence 10 San Francisco. The Bonanzs group. is situated IS or 20 miles by traveled route from the Nieolai group and camp.
 The Bonanza group of copper mines. in con troversey Tn this action, was discovered, mark ed and located, and every phy ysical act neces- sary to full, valid. and legal mining location | thereof was made and done, by John H. Smith and Clarence L. Warner, without the physical aid of any other person whatever, at the dates hereinbelow stated. to wit:
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