Iditarod pioneer., 1916-08-05
INERT MARSTON
 SELLS ID RILEY
Well-Known Mining Man Disposes of All His Interests Here to Partner-Consideration
 Not Made Public

By the terms of an agreement placed on file in the office of the United States com missioner yesterday, M H. Marston of the firm of Riley X Marston disposes of all his interests in this district his partner, J, l.. Riley being the purchaser,
 The terms of the agreement provide that for a nominal consideration "and further consideration as expressed in a certain escrow agreement this day deposited with the Miners X Merchants Bank of ldItarod, accompanied by deed conveying iult title to the property hereinafter specifically de scrbed the said party of the first part { Nj. H. Marstcnl has this day agreed and by these presents does agree to grant sell and forever quit claim unto the said part of the second part U. E. Riley the following de scrbed real and personal property.'
 The instruments enumerates the various properties and the interests transferred by the party of the first part as follows:
 The Properties Involved
 K. P. M Association Nineteen two hun drcd and ifty-siXths.
 Prospector Association-Three sixty fourths.
 No Below Fraction -One-fourth.
 No 3 Below Bench One fourth.
 No. 3 Below Creek One-sixth.
 No. ? Below Creek One fourth
 No. ? Below Bench-One-sixth
 No. l Below Bench-Onc- fourth.
 Discovery Bench One twelfth.
 Otter Bench-One-fourt
 Discovery Creek-One fourth.
 Mo- Above Creek One fourth.
 No l Above Bench-One eighth
 No. ? Above Creek-One eighth
 No. ? Above Bench-One fourth.
 Otter Association-E Eleven sixty-fourths
 Gum Boot Association-O eighth.
 Emergency Assocation-One-tw twelfth
 Four Friends Bench -One-sixteenth.
 And an undivided one fourth interest in and to the segregated upper 1000 feet of Discovery, on Black creek. All of said min ing claims being situated on Otter creek or its immediate tributaries,
 An undivided one-thrd interest in the Otter Dredge Company and all the real and personal property belonging thereto IS also included in the agreement.
 The concluding paragraph of the agree ment is as follows;
  with and coordinate to a certain escrow agreement and deed this day placed with the Miners & Merchants Bank of Iditarod and shall be binding upon the party hereto and his heirs and assigns, executors and ad ministrators. M H. MARSTON."
 The instrument is witnessed by Charles Ross and John Holmes
 MT. Marston's Connection with Idtarod
 During all the years of mining activity in the Otter creek diggings MT. Marston has been prominent figure in it's development, and has played big part in its interesting history He was one of the lucky ones to be "staked in on that creek by John Beaton and w. A. Dikeman, on Christmas day, 1908 MT Marston, who was at the time in the mining game in the Fairbanks camp, arranged his business affairs there Tn such manner that he could come to ldltarod and cast his fortunes with the new camp whole heartedly and completely. As tangible result of this determination MT. Marston was among the first to arrive at Discovery in the summer of 1909 with stock of general merchandise, and his place of busl- ness was the first building started in that town. Mert was the first miner in the camp to deliver real large poke of gold from this section to the banks of Fairbanks. /. MT Marston is an old-timer in the North. He started to play the mining game ener- getically as a young man in the early klon- dike days, and was among the first stam- peders from Dawson to the Fairbanks coun- try, and whatever success has attended hls strenuous efforts certainly have been well deserved The Pioneer has no idea what MT. Marstons future undertakings will be, but it expresses the sentiments of hls great circle of friends that he may be prosperous.