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The Alaska prospector., 1904-05-26
FIRST (L[AN-Up
OF SEASON FROM WINTER
 DUMP
f1dde On Dan (Ieek
Winter Work Successful. News of Chittyna, Nizina and
 Chititu.

OHiiiiio SkEfk, May tln.-l l ne season is very early-earlier than ever before known.
 The Williams brothers on Dan creek have been sluicing now for several days on dumps taken out during the winter. Their cleanups have been far beyond their expect ations. The first half days run yielded $4S0. They sluice only in the afternoons on account of frost in the dump. Their entire opera tions have demonstrated the fact that winter work pays in the Nizina
 There are two more winter dumps to be washed out on Dan creek.
 Chas. Schlosser and partners are sluicing on No. 5 Dan creek.
 Bob Faulkner and Harry Dunn are preparing to work on Raeder gulch, a tributary of Copper.
 Provisions are plentiful on Dan creek and labor is in demand. The wages are 8 per day and board.
 The gold taken from the winter drifts Is very coarse, several pieces weighing over an ounce ($lS) and one weighing $33.50 having been found in the boxes.
 On the 18th of April, from what is supposed to have been a lake break in the Nizina glacier, the Nj gina and Chittyna rivers flooded bank full and caused the loss of several outfits and the stranding of several more. There was no loss of life but several very narrow escapes are.reported.
 The loss of tho outfits and the stranding of so many more among which are the companies, will be q great drawback to the camp this year. But among those who got through all right are the principal individual owners and operators of the camp.
 Oscar Fish and outfit was caught on Chittyna.
 Magnusson and Gus Dgarf were stranded at the Tebay river.
 The Willard party got through all right.
 Stephens and Griffith were caught at the Lakina camp on the Chitty- ma, but by rafting, boating and climbing mountains landed on Chititu May 5. No loss of goods.
 Scott Bros. and Davis were driv- en of the river, but by cutting over land trail landed all right. No loss of goods.
 Frank Hoffman and Frank Fraze also took to the timber. No loss.
 Harry Fitch and Chas. Koppus were caught by the flood in Nizina canyon and lost over 5000 pounds of goods, worth $500. Rowland lost the greater portion of his outfit. Value $250O. The Alaska Copper Co. lost Il portion of their outfit from damage by water.
 Kain Bros. los. several hundred pounds.
 Meyers, the groceryman of Chit itu is selling provisions at reason able rates.
 Scott Bros. are preparing No. 4 Rex for the season. Kernan and Slotier Bros. are preparing 10 work No. l Rex.
 Stephens is working the Home s;a ake fraction.
 Griffith, Koppus < Fitch are on No. 10 Chi,ti,u.
 ! Rowland is operating No. : Chic ti,u.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-05-26
Wharf Building
$ISo,ooo For Military Posts.

Alaska military posts have been allotted sl50,O0 for the purpose of making the improvements neeessi- tated by the additional troops that are to come to Alaska in Jaly. The amount to be spent on each post has not been decided yet
The Alaska prospector., 1904-05-26

If YOU wenl.i en;oy good h"alil, b.liho frequently ai the Dock B,l,ils.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1904-12-23
PARLOR SUITS

A handsome three-piece Suite,
made Of solid mahogany, hand
made, nicely polished and finished,
worth $500. Our price for the
three pieces only $4,000
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1904-12-23
Beautiful! ReStfuI!
Delightful!

All this and more can be truIhlvlly said Of our
line oil Rockers We have better line Of
Rockers This year than was ever before In Marion
VIC have them from SlS up
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1904-12-23
8 What Shall 1t Be ?
FOR CHRISTMAS

OUR Christmas Gift
A PIECE OF FURNITURE
proportion
give faint idea lines We
look Courteous Statesmen will take
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

Railroad Company, it's successors or assigns, subsidy of 5000 per mile for every mile of track so constructed, either on the trunk line or any spurs or branch es the said railroad company.its success ors or assigns, shall build or cause to be built in connection herewith, payable on the completion of each ten miles of railroad, when certified to by either the collector of customs or his author ized deputy, the United States marshal or the clerk of court for the District of Alaska; provided, however, that the said Valdez, Copper River X Tanana Railroad Company, it's successors or as- signs, shall transport and carry soldiers of the United states army, and trans port all government supplies, munitions of war. and the United States mails over it's lines for the period of ten years after the completion of said railroad for compensation not to exceed, for all such service, $l per annum: provid- ed, however, that this act is upon con- dition that said railroad corporation shall within 30 days from the passage of this act, file with the secretary of the treasury of the United States its ac- ceptance of all the provisions of this aot =
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE.

In the United States District Court for the Dis
 trict of Alaska. second Division
 Richard Tom, plaiutif, yS. II. O. BlanknShip defendant.
 Under and by virtue of an order of sale and execution issued out of the United States dis
 rict court for the District of Alaska. Second division. on the 9th day of April, 1904, in the above entitled action wherein Richard Tonn the above named plaintiff, obtained judgment against II. 0. BanSinShip, defendant therein for the sum of S3si55 and S3S costs, with interest thereon at the rate of per cent per annum from the 18th day of October, 1903 I am commanded to sell all the right, title and interest of the said defendant. II. 0. Blankinship, in and to the following described property, to-wit: Placer mining claims Nos. O. 10, II and l2 on Candle creek, a tributary of keewalk river, in the Fuirhaven recording district, District of Alas ka: also placer mining claims Nos. and 3 be-
 low Blank creek, on Candle creek. d tributary of the kecwaik river. in said Fairhaven record ing district. District of Alaska.
 Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day Of May 1904, being Thursday, Ut o'clock in the afternoon of said day in front of the courthouse at Nome, Alaska, l will, in obedience to said order of sale and execution. sell the above de- Scribed property. or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the said judgment. with in- tereSt thereon and costs, to the highest and best bidder for cash lawful money of the United States.
 | Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 18th day of April | 1904.
 | FRANK H. RICHARDS, United States Marshal for the | District of Alaska, Second Division ] By GEO. A. LEEKLEY, Deputy. f-l6 5t-s
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
For Valdez and Copper
 River Railroad.
A BILL IN CONGRESS
To Grant This Railroad a Subsidy of S5,O0O Per Mile for
 All Track Built.

Washington, January 29.-Senator Mitchell has introduced bill in aid of the construction of the Valdez, Copper River and Tanana Railroad in Alaska. The bill is now in the hands of the com mittee on territories. It reads as fol- lows:
 "Whereas the Valdez, Copper River and Tanana Railroad Company. cor poration organized under the laws of congress applicable to Alaska, is about to construct narrow-gauge railroad From Valdez Bay, in Prince William Sound, to Eagle City on the Yukon River, in the District of Alaska, dis tance of 43O miles: therefore,
 "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembl- ed, that in consideration of the con- struction of said railroad being actually commenced prior to July l, 1904, the Treasurer of the United States is authorized and instructed to pay to the said valdes, Copper River and Tanana
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Frank Parker j. r. Rudolph and Charles
 Thompson, co-oWucrs with the undersigned,
 their heirs and assigns.
 You are hereby nutiucd tha' we. the under signed have expended the sum of one hundred dollars on each of the following described placer mining claims for each of the years lgOl l9U3 and 1903. tO-Wit.
 No. Thompson creek, Cape Nome recording district. District of Alaska, certificate of Oca- tion being recorded in vol. [, page 25 of the rec OrdN of said recording district and No 1 above discovery on Rudolph creek. certificate of loca- tion being recorded in vol. :. page 25 of the rec OrdS of said district: and No. American gulch. certificate of location being recorded in vol. 2, page 52 of the records of said district and bench claim No 1 above discovery on Little creek, certificate of location being recorded in Vol, ?, page 23i of the records of said district according to the provisions of See. 3}2i of th" Revised Statutes of the United ~tatt~. and the amend mcntN thereto. approved Jan 22 1880. concern ing the annual labor upon placer mining claims and if within gO days after the last publication of this notice. you fail to contribute your pro- portion Hs Cu-uNucr to the uudCr~iEuc respect lively in the above described claims for the years 1901, 1902 and 1903 your interests in said claims will become the property of the undersigned under the prov iSiouS of said section 232i.
 First publication March l2. 1901.
 Last publication June IT, 1901.
 S OELBATM MINING Co.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
NEW PAYSTREAk
 ON DEXTER CREEK
A Big Deposit of Pay Gravel Found Beneath the First Bedrock-A Discovery That May
 Mean Much for This Section

Dexter Creek, April 13.-What will probably be the most surprising of the many discoveries made in Alaska dur ing the past five or six years, to the mining expert at least, are those made by Joachim Sveidrup, on No. 6 Dexter creek claim, which are: First, that the bedrock which has heretofore been considered the limit of pay in that vii cinity is not really the bedrock. but a strata under which vast deposit of gravel has been unearthed; second, that throughout this immense body of gravel gold has been found, sometimes in quantities that will almost pay to hoist, but usually in small amounts Last fall, when Messrs. Siljan and Sveidrup, the owners of the claim, went sOuthward they left in charge of No. Joachim Sveidrup, a brother of the latter, with instructions to pros pect the claim throughout during the winter. After sinking to the present accredited bedrock he conceived the idea of going farther.
 In few days his efforts were re- warded by the appearance of d body of gravel, which was subsequently, pene- trated to total depth of l05 feet, with no actual bedrock in sight. During all this labor, indicative of a strenuous will, he banned the gravel necessarily, and always was recOmpensed with the alluring sight of gold. Arriving at the depth stated, sloughing ground warned him to stop, which he reluctantly did.
 The question to the initiated nat urally arises: If this gravel is so deep at this point. over what extent does it prevail: On the Sugar claim, mile distant, two distinct channels have been exposed. one beneath the other
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
NOTICE OF rlARSHAL'S SALE.

In the United States District Court for the Di, trict uf Alaska, Second Division.
 AmC~ Mercantile Company, corporation Plaintiffs, l~. T C. Wilson and ". NJ. Wilson DCfCuuautN.
 Cudcr and hy virtue of an order of sale and decree of foreclosure issued out Of the District Court for the District of Alaska Second DiyiS- ion on the 10th day Of March. 1901 in the above entitled action wherein the AmcS Mercantile Company d corporation. the above named plain tiff obtained u judgment anu decree against T. G. Wilson and ". NJ. Wilson defendants. on the 10th day of Harch, l9Ui and duly entered in the records of the above entitled court am com maudcd to sell Lot in Block 1 Of the tOwnsitc Ot Teller. together with that certain two story frame house thereon. in dimensions thirty by ninety feet, commonly known aS Wilson Broth CTS Hotel, situate in the Town of Teller District of Alaska. Second Division.
 Notice iS hereby given that on Monday, the 25th day of April l90I at two o'clock D. m of said day in front of the Court House. at Nome. District of Alaska Second Division. l will in obedience to said order of sale and decree of foreclosure, sell the above described property, or SO much thereof aS may be necessary to SatiS- iy plaintiffs judgment, with interest thereon and costs. to the highest and best bidder for cash, in lawful money of the United States.
 Dated this 18th day of March, 1901
 FRANK II. RICHARDS
 United States Marshal. District of S32G5t Alaska. 2ud Division.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Claud Mcbride and Thomas Donuclly.
 You and each of you are hereby uOtihcd that have expended the sum of al least one hun drcd dollars in labor and improvements during the year 1903 upon the placer mining claim known and recorded aS the Hub Placer Mining claim, l6O-acre tract, situated on MuckIock creek. in Good Hope recording district now in Port Clarence district Tn the Second division of the District of Alaska. in order to hold said claim under the provisions of the laws of the United States, concerning annu- al labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said claim for the period end ing on the 3l>t day of December 1903 and if within ninety days after the last publication of this mOtlCc. you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned. your cO-owncr. who has made the expenditure required hy the terms of said laws First publication Jan. 30 1904.
 Last publication April 30 1904
 FRANK NJ. LANG. \ Co Owner in said claim.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Chae. Klttridgc A. l. Montgomery. Fred
 Moss George Lamar. S. NJ. HumeS Chas
 Ru>~cl. your heirs. assigns and personal rep
 rc>cutativeS;
 You and each of you are hereby notified that l have expended the sum of oyer two hun drcd dollars in labor and improvements during the years 1902 and 1903 upon the Washington placer mining claim. lGO-acre tract located on MuclioCk creek, a tributary to llogum creek, recorded in vol. |, page i9l in the Good Hope recording district. now the Port Clarence re- cording district in the Second judicial division of the District of Alaska in order tO hold said claim, under provisions of the laws of the Unit cd Statc~ concerning annual labor upon mining claims. being the amount required to hold said claim for tn" periods ending on the 3l,t day of December, lgU2, and 3l~t day of December, 1903, and if within 70 days after the last publication of this notice. you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures your in. terest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned, your cO-oWner who has made the expenditures required by the terms of said laws.
 First publication Jan. 30 1904
 Last publication April go. 1901
 F. NJ. LANG. CO-OWncr lu said claim.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
After the Yankee Vote.

'When was in politics out in Iowa, said Secretary Shaw, "l had some dit1i- culty in deciding on county ticket. met d Swede who is big farmer in my district. and talked to him about the candidates"
 "Olaf," asked, whom do you think we should nominate for county judge?' ''l tank Ole Oleson ben goot man. ' he said.
 And for district attorney:'
 "Yon Yonson.'
 And for county treasurer:'
 "Nels Peterson.
 "And for sheriff?'
 ''I tank James Smith.
 But. Olaf,' protested, you have named a Swede for every other position. why not d Swede for sheriil:'
 "Oh. we must do something to catch the Yankee vote. .'-Saturday Post.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of Forfeiture .
To Forest Barton. Fred Bruhn, James Thomas, n C. Clark II. H. Robson. Y. II. Dargan
 Peter bruhn, F. E. Lewis A. Henderson, j.

To Forest Barton. Fred Bruhn, James Thomas D C. Clark. II II. Robson. T. II. DargHn. Peter bruhn, F. E. Lewis, A. Henderson, j. H. Barton.
 You and each of you vii! take notice that the undersigned co owners in the following dcscrb- ed placer mining claims in Cape Nome mining district. District of Alaska, and recorded in the Cape Nome recording district, District of Alas on each of said claims as annual labor for the year 1903, to-Wit: Placer mining claim known uS the Anchor, placer mining claim known as the Fl Corona. placer mining claim known as the La Fiesta placer mining claim known as the Terror all being composed of one hundred and sixty acres, and lying along and tributary to the Dexter and Anvil Ditch and Pipe Water line between Dexter and HohSOn creeks and west of the Nome river, in said district, also placer mining claim known as the BluebcrrY, composed of one hundred and sixty acres, Nitu- ate on Glacier creek. near the Dexter and Anvil Ditch and Pipe Water line, in said district And you are hereby notified that if you do not with in ninety days from the date of last publication hereof cause to be paid to the undersigned your prOportiOnntc share of the said expenditures aS Co-ownerS. your interests in said claims will be- come the property of the undersigned. under Section 232i of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 Date of first publication Jan. l6 1904
 Date of last publication April l6 lH0i.
 A l.. VALENTINE.
 JAS. A. WILSON.
 B. SCHNEIDER,
 !. D. THAGARD. $ F. Y. ADAMS.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of rlarShaI'S Sale

In the United states District Court for the Dis
 triCt of Alaska:
 Anc~ Mercantile Company, d corporation. Plaintiff VS. Giocomo Carli, Defendant. Under and ny virtue of an order of sale and decree of foreclosure issued out uf the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. second Division, on the 9th day of March, 1904. in tn" above entitled action, wherein the AmcS Mercantile Company. the above nuucd plaintih. obtained judgment and decree against GiOcomo Cari defendant therein. 1 am commanded to sell that certain placer mining claim known aS No below discovery on NencCiu creek in the Bonanza mining district. District of Alaska. and more particularly described in notice of placer location filed for record in the Bonanza mining district on page II in volume II, July 26. ll0O.
 Notice iS hereby given that on the 25th day of April. lGOl being Monday. at o'cIoci in the afternoon of said day. in front of the court house at Nome Alaska. l will, in obedience to said or der of sale and decree of tOrccl, sure. sell the above described property. or so much thereof a> may be sufficient to satisfy the said judgment. with interest thereon and costs. 10 the highest and best bidder, for cash. lawful money of the United States.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 23d day Of March. lqQI
 FRANK H. RlCH ARDS
 |. S. Marshal for the District of
 Alaska. Second Division. By GEO. A. LEEKLEY. Deputy. 3-2d5t
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To II. c. Thompson. John M. Estes and W T.
 Lopp, your heirs, assigns and personal rep
 reSentatiVeS
 You and each of you are hereby notified that have expended the sum of over two hundred dollars in labor and improvements during the years 1892 and 1903 upon the Arctic association placer claim, l60-acre tract. located on Muck lock creek. tributary to Hogum creek, recorded in vol. |, page 493, in the Good Hope recording district, now the Port Clarence recording dis trict in the Second judicial division of the Dis trict of Alaska. in order to hold said claim under provisions of the laws of the United States con corning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said claim for the periods ending on the 3lst day of December 1902. and 3lst day of December 1903, and if within 90 days after the last publication of this notice, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures, your interests in said claim will become the property of the under signed, your co-owner who has made the ex penditures required by the terms of said laws
 First publication Jan. 30. 1904.
 Last publication April 30, 1904
 F. M. LANG, : Co-Owner in said law.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To r. w. Wilmans, Franci, Perinnet. Samuel T. COnkn:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that we. the undersigned. have caused to be perform ed work. services anu labor of the value ot at least one hundred dollars on the following de Scribed placer mining claim, for each of the years ending Dee. 3l. 1909, and yO3 tp-Wit: Placer claim No. above Hayden discovery on Gold Run, in Port Clarence recording district, District of Alaska.
 And you are further notified that if you do not. within ninety G0) days from the date of final publication hereof, cause to be paid to the undersigned your propOrtionatc share of said expenditure as co-ownerS. your interests in said claim will become the property of the under signed under section 232i Revised Statutes of the United States.
 Date of first publication March ,, 1901 Date of final publication June I, 1904.
 r. C. SULLIVAN, $ EMILY LEE GRICE
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

reason the Roanoke was for sale or charter. The Chicago correspondent of the Post-Inlelligencer last night wired that w. H. Isom, vice-president of the company, who is now in Chicago. when asked as to the reported sale or charter of the Roanoke, said:
 II cannot give you any information as to the Roanoke. Whether the boat has been leased or not is private mat ter. The company will not retire from ocean traffic. We are going ahead with our business. That is all can say as to our policy"
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

Both of these carry rich pay. On the Snowflake similar formation has been shown. In the early days, before the advent of ditches and pumps, and when all the water had to be utilized as the | clouds saw fit to portion it out, it was a matter of wonder as well as a mOOted question as to what became of the water which started at the head of Dexter. Usually a stream increases in volume as it leaves it's source, except in isolated instances in desert cOun- tries. On Dexter creek from it's first discovery the water would come in tre- memiOus volume on No. Grass gulch: when it reached No. 10 it had de- creased almost half, and lower down there would hardly be any water at all.
 The reason for this has been much discussed. but the solution was difficult until, as we believe, Mir. Sveidrup pre- sented this very probable solution: An other and greater channel extends for almost the entire length of Dexter creek. the value of which must remain at present unknown, but which may at any moment, as soon as this sub-pay streak has been explored. show to the eager on-lOokers a geological condition that will amaze the whole peninsula. Other claim owners intend to prospect on this creek, and probably in few months it will be known how rich and how extensive is this deposit. Certain
 it is if this great body carries good pay it will mean the inauguration of new system of prospecting, inasmuch as it will show conclusively that mica schist is not necessarily the solid bedrock and that two paystreaks may exist in the same channel but upon different levels. If such shall be found to be the case the honor of discovery will be for Mr. Sveidrup alone, no matter who receives ba hapafit
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

TO U. NJ. Thompson, l.. A. ThompNun ChaS. Russcl and Finlay Mcintosh, your heirS aS- signs and personal representatives.
 You and each of you are hereby notih"d that l have expended the sum of at least one hun dred dollars in labor and improVen cntS during the year 1903 upon the placer mining claim known and recorded aS No. 1 below discovery on Bourbon creek H tributary of Dry creek in the Cape Nome recording district. in the second division of the District of Alaska in order to hold said claim under the provisions of th" laws of the United States concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said claim for tn" period end within ninety day after the last publication of this notice yOu fail or refuse tO contribute your proportion of such expenditures your interest in said claim will become the property Of the undersigned. your Cu-uWner. who has made the expenditure required by the terms of said law. Dated Nome, Alaska. Jan. g l"Oi
 FRANK NJ. LANG.
 Co-Owntr in Said Claim. First publication, Jan. g, 1901.