The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-08-14
PERSONAL MENTION

! claims on the Chatanika and Beav-
er river. comprising 1920 acres.
, Doc Medill and George Garwood left
on Saturday morning for the Little
Delta country, on a prospecting and
representation trip.
Nash Il Iittlewood have assembled
their outft on the Goessman property
on Bedrock and are ready to 60
ahead sinking the 1OO-foot shaft.
; G. S. Garwood, former printer Of
this city, has sold out his interest In
the lditarod Pioneer to George Ar.
buckle, and returned to Fairbanks
Harry Warner left on Saturday az.
ternOon for Chitina with a load OF
feed. He took with him two pass.
engers, John Vicari and Ed Rotan
Nolney Richmond is on his way
back from the Iditarod. word having
been received to the effect that he
left the lower river camp last Mon
day.
II. Van Berlo. OF Vault creek, was
n visitor in town during the week
He reports that there is very little
work going on on that creek at pres
ent
Jack Bellerby foreman for Gil
more e McPike. on No . Pedro,
was in town, on Saturday. to order
some more steam sCrapers from the
Outside
Charles B. Murphy. of the signal
corps. located at McCarty's was in
town on Saturday He reports game
of all kinds plentiful in his neigh
borhood
Billy Kramer. of the Fraction, who
has been laid up for several weeks
| with sore foot, has been around
during the week with the aid Of
clutches.
Two old-time prOspeCtors Of Cleary.
Foster and Hungerford, left during
the week for the north, returning
to a field they have looked over in
the past
Charles S. Sargent. formerly of
Sargent & Pinska will arrive on the
Schwalka Mr. Sargent is heavily in
terested in the Tolovana quartz
property.
j. H. Mailer. who has just return
ed from Ruby City. brings favorable
reports from the new camp and will
return there in short time with
an outfit
|
native who was sentenced to six
months in the federal Jail for forg
cry completed his sentence during
the past week
! D. p. Neal. formerly with the
| Observation-Disclosures bank and lately
with the n G. company, left with his
wife and daughter for the Outside
on Wednesday.
J. +. Hendricksen has finished his
/ contract to construct drain for
the city along Eighth from Cushman
to Turner and along Turner to the
Sixth street slough.
Jack lesson returned from the Idit-
arod and Ruby camps at the begin
ming of the week, impressed with
the belief that Fairbanks is still the
best camp in Alaska.
l.. A. F'reestone returned from
| fve-days trip to the creeks on Fri
day He looked over many of the
quartz properties and reports that
they are all looking fine.
! Prof. G.. G. Georgeson is passen-
ger on the Schwatka. Prof George
| son is in charge of the Alaska ex
perimental farms. and is making his
annual tour of inspection
Mike Dempsey and Gust Linden
were in the city on Saturday with
some excellent samples of quartz
| they have located on Pole creek,
tributary of Sourdough.
Mr. and Mrs A b. Webster have
left for Ruby City. where they will
build a residence. having taken the
lumber and furnishing down to the
new camp on the Bert LeQue launch.
Charles McConaughey, who was
formerly in charge of the Chatanika
Ditch company's work here, is now
farming engineer of the Nationals
Consolidated company in California.
Tom Flanagan, the proprietor OF
the SiXteen-Mle roadhouse was in
town during the week on business
trip He reports that his potatoes
and other vegetables are doing splen
didly.
Daniel Benson, the old-time lum
herman of the camp, having dispos-
ed of all his interests here, left on
the Schwatka for trip to the old
country. He plans to return in about
a year
F. f. Rondy, who arrived from
Ruby City during the week, reports
that the residents OF that camp are
prospecting far afield and there is
likely to be some good strikes re-
ported by fall.
Tom Roberts left with his gaso-
line launch and a barge for the Big
Cinema hot springs on Wednesday,
He took with him four passengers
who are headed for Charlie Beams
celebrated health resort.
H. S. Taylor, of the Mining World.
and organizer for the American Min
Schwatka. He will take up the bus
mess of the congress at Nome. and
possibly in the Iditarod
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnston and
daughter Nugget went Saturday for
few days outing. They proposed
driving leisurely berrying, eating
and resting as the fancy took them,
and being guided mostly by the horse.
Ira Griffin, of Cinema, spent
couple of days in the city this week.
Mr.. Griffin is having considerable
trouble with his face, and he is free
to admit that it pains him at times.
He is under the doctors care
Captain w. l.. Spaulding of the
Reliance Mining company Of Dome
creek, was in town during the week.
He reports that work on a larger
scale will soon be commenced on
the rich leads at the head of Dome