Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-04-18
PROPERTY CLAIMED
BY NRs KRAusR.
Very Little Infsrzatisa Regarding
tse Case 0btHinahle = An Inter
usE Telling Of Her Famous
Expsrissee With the kas
aehussftE Party.
Ach1Etfn PNU.

While no iufOrnstion REGARDING the
znd Claims q Ms ErzEse can Dc
procured because it is being kept Ia
saimbo,r . LKDsER representative
found that one piece Of the property
a twelve miles northeast Of this city,
east of The Thomas Crawford place.
originally eontaining SO acres 40
acres Of this IS nos the property Of r.
]. Snyder. Toe dover in tins land
has teen sigued away.
Concerning the property that Is
|Dow the Alton ~rlght-of-say or has
business bousss upon II nothing &C.
anite czn be 4ScertAlDed-
Some other property that q dis
posed o. a. q sherifs sale IS also foGEd
but Of cOurse beJond possible recovery.
when seen By LKDsEE representa-
tive ard aSked about her mining pro
psrslss and The terrible experiences
she under went wheu with that fAmpcs
Massachusetts, expedition, she had the
following TO say:
Il vent 70 Alaska in ISL and have
teen there Of and 90 ere since i
an kept very busy ~ith ny mining
property. and we intend 70 start
dredging 10 the spring All the Eases
| hold are Ai0ng Snake river and other
streams and By the aid o. steam
dredEe, whose installation has cost
ovsr s5s ooO. my partner and ] hope 20
drag from their beds the golden de-
p0sit
YES vas a member % the famous
Massachusetts, party in eighteen
ninety-seven, aud, toSay the least, my
experiences we're exceedingly exciting
and the very mention Of its name re-
calls wildly its many privstions and
horrors. There were thirty.ive OF Is.
in the expedition and only one
EOnan-myself. The trip sas made
By steamer except the crossing Of the
Valdez glacier, whicn, OF course. had
10 be On foot.
at was in June and we were bound
for Copper river, whose fame was just
beginning TO become blazsd abroad.
In crossing the glacier q member Of
the party fell into q 81 the numer-
Gus assures in the ice We let down
feet OF rope to rescue him, but
be told US it was useless, as he was
wedged in so tightly and with both
arms broken could do nothing. We
remained at the spot until his voice
was too weak TO be heard and then de-
parted. The body vas never recover
ed.
A short time after we had crossed
the glacier we discovered that 1t
would be almost impossible to pro
coed, 50 four Of US determined to re-
turn to Nome; the remaining members
Of the party going in different direc-
tons to nearby camps. Our party
consisted Of Harry Athow, Of Tacoma,
Wash, q Russian whose name / do
not remember, Albert Brooks, Of Al
ton, III, and myself. We were lost
seven days on this vast field Of ice
with its hiden dangers, the last four
days being without food.
"On the third day l had the only
food In the party, a small piece Of
bread. Mr.. AthOw had gone blind be-
cause Of the suns glare on the ice, so
pityingly, / handed the bread to him.
Two seconds after / broke into tears
because he had eaten II, priFation|
certainly does not strengthen the
nerves. The feet and limbs Of the
men were badly swollen but I stood
the hardships well. Seeing they we're
discouraged 1 took charge Of the
marching and BY urging and begging
Iept their spirits up until we reached
! ~habitatiOD. 1t was only fifteen be-
ow zero. We consider that mild.
Why in 1891 Isaw 1t 50 below al
Some 10 January"