Rights of fractional staking in Alaska mining claims
A Circuit Court decision on an ejectment case in the Fairbanks Mining District discusses the rights of a prior locator to elect the portion of a ground held in excess of the legal 20 acres. The ruling references McIntosh vs. Price and notes the need to protect a diligent possessor working a valid part of a claim while allowing removal of excess portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Fairbanks
Disourt
Punchion
Zimmerman
Alasclaim No
Dome Creek
McIntosh
United States
Function
Disputed claim reduced to twenty acres after survey
Testimony recounts a 1906 survey showing Allen’s claim exceeded the legal 20 acre limit, Zimmerman refusing the 88 foot reduction, and later postings to regain the excess. The court affirmed the judgment, with related notes on prior digging and assessment work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Function
Ross
Zimmerman
Midnight Ball Game Set For Alaska Fans
Tonight at 11 o clock the annual midnight game between the A B and N C teams will end the players’ scoring. Alaska fans will witness a unique event with 12 o clock photographs by Mr Johnson to promote a Tanana trip. The N C lineup includes Geiss McGuire Hodge Briggs McCarthy McClair Clauson DeBaun Graff. The A B squad features Ross and others unseen in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
Johnson
Baseball Boys
States
Geiss
McGuire
Hodge
Briggs
McCarthy
McClair
Clauson
DeBaun
Graff
Ross
Wise man swayed by emotions at public gathering
A public gathering witnesses a wise man’s display of emotion, described as a grievous sight and the height of perversion when reason is overtaken by feeling.
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Simson Bros
United States District Court For
Territory of
Neo ‘Gilbert
Ross & Morrow
Jupiter Mining Co
Bodie Cons. Mining Co
English
Thompson
Spray
H. Sullenger
Patter
Hitchcock
Taylor
Parenteau
Hanson
Fletcher
McPherson
Julius
N. W
Elliott
Keogh
Lindley
Snyder
Jackson
G. Allen
Kennedy
Stroecker
Geis
Wright
Montgomery
Parsons
de Journel
Wakefield
Priend
Ing
Dawson
STR
N.A.T.& T.co
Martin Sickinger
Hill Thomson
Edinburg, Scotland
Hotel Northern
WM. Casey
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