Raid leader dead shadows Good News Bay strike claim
Gus Schaefer of Bethel, a Nome figure, reports on the Good News Bay placer strike led by a native prospector. Eleven to seventeen claims staked with pay on all, bed rock pans yielding up to 2.50 per foot. Discovery dubbed Watermouse Creek feeds into Good News River. a new mining town may rise with timber imported from outside. From the Industrial Worker. London dispatch notes Jameson dies. led the Transvaal raid, later roles in Rhodesia and De Beers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Schaefer
Bethel
Nome
Ira Ranke
U.S. Mercantile Co
Good News Bay
Bear Creek
Butch Smith
Frank Lott
Smith
Charley Thorsen
Vernon Wilkins
Swan Everson
Jett
Schafer
Watermouse Creek
Good News Rver
Schaefer
Kuskokwim
Good News River
Eander Star
London
Jameson
Transvaal
Edinburgh
Rhodesia
British South Africa
Krugersdorp
de Beers Company
Danish Trade Leader Warns War May Persist for Years
Alexander Foshead of Denmark's export and import control urged Danish industry to adapt to protracted wartime conditions. He cited prosperous 1914–16 years, noted America's shift to prioritizing self and allies export needs, and proposed a Scandinavian exchange of raw materials to sustain industry amid reduced American shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Alexander Fos
Danish Export and Import Control Organization
Industrial Congress
Great Britain
Denmark
Norway's Shipping Suffer Heavy Losses in War
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen reported at the National Conference of the World's Food Supply that more than one third of Norway's commercial fleet has been destroyed by Germany and that if the war continues, the remaining ships may soon be lost, jeopardizing Norway's trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Norway
Germany
Friedhjof Nansen
Three Brothers Serve Nations Amid War from Cripple Creek
Mrs. Jablonsky of Cripple Creek bids farewell to her three sons in distant wars with one fighting for Germany, another for France, and Antone joining the fight for democracy, as reports reach this Colorado mining city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
France
Mrs. Jablonsky
Antone
TS Ae Ag Ls
German official resignations pace Belgian governance
London reports German newspapers note the resignation of Dr von Sandt, the civil governor of Belgium, and his assistant Herr von Lutz with no successors named. The moves are linked by German papers to plans for Belgium's future. The Amsterdam Telegraph correspondent cited September 11 as the date of von Sandt's announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
von Sandt
Belgium
Herr von Lutz
Germany
Von
German official Sandt dismissed over Belgium occupation history
Sandt had been dismissed and charged that the action was incomprehensive. He says the German government trusted him to write the history of the occupation of Belgium and that he was the only German official in Belgium to show any evidence of humanity.
Appointment Notice for Mathias Schernthaner Estate
Notice announces the appointment of Mathias Schernthaner as administrator of the estate. Dated November 10, 1907, in the territory. The document contains fragmented and damaged text detailing the appointment action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias Schernthaner
Eger
Partnership Dissolution Notice for Otter Dredge Company
The copartnership of Joseph E. Riley and Lottie R. Marston doing business as Otter Dredge Company in Alaska is dissolved by mutual consent. Lottie R. Marston sells her interest to Joseph E. Riley who continues the business under the same name. Dated September 30, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Riley
Lottie R. Marston
Otter Dredge Company
Otter
Territory of
Alaska
Joseph BE. Riley
Joseph EK. Riley
Lotrige R. Marsto
Notice of Forfeiture for Rainbow and Montana Associations
Notice to J F Baird and to heirs and assigns that the undersigned have spent in 1916 one hundred dollars in labor and improvements on placer mining claims named the Rainbow association at the head of Flat Creek Otter precinct Fourth division Alaska and adjacent Montana association claim location certificates recorded in book one and volume one Location pages 318 in the precinct recorder's office to hold said claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Baird
Baird
Charles Hoxsie
Rainbow Association
Flat Creek
Otter Precinct
Territory of Alaska
Montana Association
Notice to coowners on mining claim expenditure
Under Section 2324 Revised Statutes as amended 1880 the required outlay to hold two placer mining claims ends 1915 and 1918. If you do not contribute your share within ninety days of service or publication your interest will transfer to subscribers who have paid. Publication dates Nov 3 1917 and last Feb 2 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gro
W. Ouns
J. Taylor
Forfeiture Notice in Ophir Mining Claims Alaska 1917
Alfred Johnson, co owner, warns Gus Johnson and heirs that labor costs for Lower 3 4 5 placer claims on Ophir creek from 1913 to 1916 amount to 600 dollars total. If Gus Johnson does not contribute 200 dollars per claim within 90 days after publication, his interest will be forfeited to Johnson under law. Notices dated Ophir September 4 1917 with publications Nov 3 1917 to Feb 2 1918.
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Gus Johnson
Ophir Creek
Innoke
Alaska
Cording
United States
Ophir
Alfred Johnson
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Steem
Snyder House
J. W. Farrell
General Merchandise Discovery
Mitchell Lumber Co
Merchants’ Cafe
Robt
Soutar
PrOp
the Crosby
Caribou St
Bet
Black and Willow Sts
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