Sage of Spurs Gould with Captain Boerner brings 100-pound gold load
Captain Boerner and J E Baker bring over a sack of gold from the N Co post on the Tokama weighing over 100 pounds. They convert it to currency and plan to hike back. Boerner praises the post near Ophir Moore and Nixon's Fork and cautions mushers to not expect dog feed there. Nixon's Fork shows forty five prospectors and rich rim prospects loom next summer. Hensley and Johnson of La Otter plan large scale operations near spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boerner
J. E. Baker
Tokama
Lavelle Young
Ophir, Moore
Nixon
Saward
Baker
Real estate boom fuels Flat City optimism and growth
Flat City sees brisk land trading with high prices as optimism grows for next season. A small group rumors a stampede to the Forks where Cullen operates a road house, with plans for an upper creek settlement to house workers on anticipated big projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat City
Prospect
Forks
Cullen
Goodwin Party Advances Toward Seward Trail
Walter Goodwin and his road building party travel toward Seward with Captain Boerner reporting their progress. The group stopped at the N C Co post for supplies and mapped distances from Iditarod to the mouth of Big River totaling 130.15 miles with a possible cut across to avoid Rainey pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Goodwin
Seward
Boerner
No. Co
Tokama
Goodwin Brothers
Tokata
Kuskokwim
Big River
Sushima
Rainey Pass
N.C. Co
Bide
Road Commission
Goodwin
Iditarod
Discovery Otter
Bonanza
Julian
Julian Cutoff
Summit
Moore
Stanford
Stanford's
Murray & Leggin
Wheland’s
Whel
Public hall drive sparks Arctic Brotherhood push
In Iditarod city a public hall plan gains momentum with a kick off meeting at Isa Goldstein's store and a second gathering chaired by Major Strong. The Arctic Brotherhood forms a provisional group to oversee the project and reports early pledges and memberships as a building plan moves toward Ansley's hall Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod
Iditatod City
Flat Creek
Mt. Ararat
Isa Goldstein
Major Strong
Iditarod Nugget
Hi Hager
Bob Simpson
Frank Miller
Jack Baird
Herman Anderson
Charlie Miller
Arctic Brotherhood
Jin
Brotherhad
Porlatch
Goldstein's
Ansley’s Hall
Arctic Brothers
Goldsteins
Spokane mining deal seals transfer of Flat Creek holdings
In Spokane on November 6th Ole Lamon sold and assigned most of his Flat creek stakes to Hans Olsen for 3000 dollars with nine thousand paid and twenty one thousand due September first next year. The option covers three fifths in lower 1900 feet of the Gler and three fifths in lower 1960 feet of Yomeod bench plus shares in Alpha and Rainey benches and other ground, with all rights on Otter and related areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Washington
Goth
Ole Lamon
Flat Creek
Hans Olsen
Manley
Olsen
Whee Uher
Olson
Lamon
Gler Association
Alpha Association
Otter
Rainey
Iditarod
Moore Creek Assumes Big Winter Mining Deal
Theodore Witte and partners close a major purchase on Moore Creek in the Tokata watershed, taking over No 9 Association and much of the original Folsom Kells holdings. The deal, worth thousands of dollars with a heavy first payment, aims to start immediate work as water is plentiful and ground shallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Creek
Tokata
Joe Smith
Theodore Witte
Fairbanks
Charles Knell
Eddie McArdle
Walter Hunter
Louis Schimmelfennig
Moore
Desl
Folsom and Kells
Zimmerman
Meyers
Kuell
Big Four
No. 9 Association
Folsom and
Kells
Witte
Alaska
Hutchinson Runs Stiff 40 Minute Bet Wins
Report notes Hutchinson ran from Summit roadhouse into town last Tuesday completing the course in 37 minutes and winning an 815 wager. The account mentions snow remaining on area hills and spring breakup expectations, with sluicing likely between May 1 and 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutch
Hutchison
Summit
Will Do Some Broking Opens Real Estate and Mining Brokerage
Bobt Hart of Flat and Sam Adams formerly of Nome join to launch a brokerage on Gold street, Flat. They plan general real estate and mining brokerage, arranging plots of towns and creeks to ease buying and selling for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobt Hart
Flat
Sam Adams
Nome
Gold Street
When the Sluicing Season Will Begin
An old timer recalls that last spring the sluicing water began to run between May 1 and May 3. He notes the conditions at that time and suggests it may be hard to predict this year’s opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gugss
Wildcat Association
Flat
Tanana
Iditarod City
Taft to attend McKinley anniversary banquet in Ohio
President Taft with Secretaries Knox and Wilson will visit Ohio on January 29 for the McKinley remembrance banquet. The trip marks a ceremonial observance with the national leaders in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Knox
Wilson
Ohio
Masons Hold Informal Dance at Ansley’s Hall Next Thursday
The Iditarod Masonic club plans an all Masons and ladies informal dance after a business session at Ansley’s hall next Thursday night June 26. Theodore Witte and Harry Karstens have returned from Moore Creek with notes of tough travel but satisfying results. Seattle clerics urge residents to skip New Year revelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansley’s Hall
Iditarod Masonic Club
Theodore Witte
Harry Karstens
Moore Creek
Prospectors Leave Little Creek After Fruitless Dig
Dan Sheedy and Paddy Campbell return from Little Creek near the Iditarod head, saying auriferous gravel showed nothing to warrant further observations. They join others in abandoning the site after many holes yielded no signs of gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sheedy
Paddy Campbell
Little Creek
Iditarod
Local frontier notes on miners, marshals, and town chatter
Deputy marshal Harry Sheppard tots in to report peace in the smoke diggings while Doc Holmes and partners eye Granite for a price swap of spuds and nuggets. Nome trip for Mrs Dora Wadman and dog mushing news blend with a tent fire on Gold Street and local court action over a dog dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sheppard
Ophir
Doc Holmes
Dan Sutherland
John Cameron
Doc
Mr. Hansen
Nome
Dora Woodman
Bering Sea
Looks Better to Him Now Max Simel Mercantile Return
Max Simel a well known merchant of Diskaket has faced meditations after a trip across the bills by dog team He trades with Tunoko prospectors and natives and says the knock he received last spring was only a boost He plans to return soon to his mercantile endeavors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Simel
Diskaket
Max
Nome
Reward for first airship to reach Iditarod from New York
Announced prize of 50000 dollars to the first airship to arrive at Iditarod under its own power from New York. Meanwhile readers are urged to use the circulating library and stay informed. Landabls Emporium offers books stationery photo and musical supplies cigars and tobaccos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod
New York
Landabl's Emporium
Morrow Sells All To Jack Sheedy In Hidden Deal
John Morrow from Ophir transferred all his mining ground and real estate by quitclaim deed to Jack Sheedy after selling one sixteenth in the Prospector association at Plat for 250 dollars. The sale was kept secret and did not disturb local markets. For sale cheap 1100 feet Trail and spikes. Best Watch repairing at Simpsons Aossey sells Bock cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morrow
Ophir
Jack Sheedy
Morrow
Wall Street
John
Prospector Association
Plat
Sheedy
Solly Stroup Retires After Slow Return Clash
The veteran lightweight Solly Stroup, once a noted rival of top boxers in Dawson and Fairbanks, appears finished after a dramatic second round knockout by Young Phillips in Tacoma. Aged but lingering in the scene, Stroup slumped to the canvas, rose, and quit the ring, signaling likely retirement from professional pugilism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solly Stroup
Dawson
Fairbanks
Solly
Tacoma
Glide
Sally
Phillips
Tucoras Tribune
Stroup
Uncertain Hartman River Prospecting Along Seward Trail
Reported strike on Hartman river, tributary of South Fork Kuskokwim, with prospectors already sluicing. The Seward trail routes via Berry's roadhouse to Cant Holten's and the Madee steamer wintering, with estimates of 80 miles to Hartman and 20 miles to Rainey pass, subject to road commission updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman River
South Fork
Kuskokwim
Seward Trail
Seward Cross
Berry's
Big River
Cant Holten’s
Madee
Holton’s
Goodwin
Rhone River
Rainey Pass
Road Commission
Fears Concerning Ed Greider’s Whereabouts in Yukon
Reports from the Yukon say musher Ed Greider who began from Dikeman on December 13 has not reached Fort Gibbon or any river point. He planned telegraphic updates with Cy Noble at Gibbon while pursuing a mining deal and may be lost after a crossing from the Dikeman route. No word reached by January 5 and authorities note no serious panic yet though misfortune or storm remain possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Ed Greider
Dikeman
Fort Gibbon
Dea
Cy Noble
Gibbon
Nasato
Greider
Dima
Reopened Discovery Cafe Otter Creek Draws Local Interest
Henry Durand reopens the Discovery cafe at Otter Creek as locals visit. Souvenirs crafted from nuggets are sold at Simpson's, the Pioneer jeweler, alongside a for sale notice for a boiler plate steel piece weighing 135 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Durand
Discovery Cafe
Otter Creek
Simpson's
Pioneer Jeweler
Pioneer Office
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Gould
Hensley & Johnson
la Otter
John Folsom
Richard Kells
Tony Zimmerman
McKinley
Bock
Seattle
Worden
Bock Cig
Ryes
free—Simpson
Manuel
Casey
Hansen
Jack Connolly
Bob Hart
AL Thorns
B. Hall
Jack Green
Pup
Myrick
Joe Henry
Chas. Ehrich
Frank Gleason
Donlan Creek
Scow Gulch
Maltby
Ambrose van
Wilfred Renaud
Commissioner's Court
Van
George Kinman
Discovery
Wile the Tailor
Second Avenue
White & Lefergy, Dikeman
Aossey
Bock Cigars
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