Wanless Seeks Coal and Petroleum Prospect License
Wasco Earl Wanless of Massett mill owner intends to apply for a prospecting license over 640 acres on Graham Island. The lands run 80 chains each direction starting four miles west of Lot 1278, dated May 29, 1914. He names the post and describes a rectangular area. Would-be licensee Wanless is the initiating party.
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Wasco
Wasco Earl
Wasco Earl Wanless
Massett
Graham Island
Point of
Coal and petroleum license notices for Graham Island lands
Multiple notices from the Skeena District listing applicants William Sibbald E J Tingley Charles J Clayton Wesley St Clair Singer Thomas P O Farrell Albert Borbeck and others applying to prospect coal and petroleum over described plots on Graham Island Queen Charlotte Islands with standard bounds 80 chains by 80 chains containing 640 acres more or less dated June 1914 and located at West River mouth and Lot 2451 areas Prince Rupert Port Clements Massett Inlet and Vancouver mentions.
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Queen Charlotte Islands
William Sibbald
Prince Rupert
West River
Graham Island
E. J. Tingley
Charles J. Clayton
Port Clements
Wesley St. Clair Singer
Charles J Clayton
Port ‘Clements
FE. J. Tingley
E.J. Tingley
Massett Inlet
Dip Jy
KE. J. Tingley
Agt
Thomas P. O’farrell
Vancouver
Thomas P O'Farrell
Dfp Ag
William Porteous Sloan
Skeena
Thomas P. O'Farrell
Illiam Porteous Sloan
Point of
Queen _Charlotte Islands
Queen Harlotte Islands
William Petreous Sloan
Charlotte Islands
Albert Borbeck
Port Moody
Wm. Porteous Sloan
Land Description Notes in May 1914 Wasco Entity
A terse land description records a parcel measured at 80 chains by 80 chains with approximately 80 acres, noting a survey date of May 29 1914 in Wasco. It references Earl Wanless as the involved party or owner.
Prospecting Licenses Issued On Graham Island 1914
Two licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum dated May 29 1914 issued by Wasco. Wanless receives a tract described as 640 acres on Graham Island with starting post two miles west of a southwest point, proceeding 80 chains each direction to form a square. The second license covers a similar 640 acre parcel with corner at the northwest of Lot 1278 and runs 80 chains each way to the point of commencement.
Wasco Wanless Property Boundary Notice 1914
Wasco Hart Wanless of Massett plants land starting one mile west and forty chains north of the south west corner of Lot 1278 Graham Island. The deed runs 80 chains west 80 south 80 east 80 north to the starting point, containing 640 acres more or less, dated May 29, 1914.
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Wasco Hart Wanless
Massett
Graham Island
Wasco Earl
Land Description Notice for Wasco Wanless on Graham Island
Legal notice from 1914 identifies Wasco Earl Wanless of Masset with a land parcel on Graham Island Lot 1278. The description places the starting point one mile west and forty chains south of the lot’s southwest corner, then 80 chains west 80 chains south and 80 chains more, totaling about 640 acres. Dated May 29, 1914.
Wasco Man Planted Near North-West Datum May 29 1914
A fragment notes a death or burial event in Wasco involving Earl Wanless, placed roughly two miles north from a northwest position dated May 29 1914.
Local Notice Records Land Boundary Update
A May 29 1914 entry for Wasco lists Earl Wanless associated with a property boundary survey. The record notes acreage in question as approximately twenty five and refers to a dated document.
Land District Notice of Lease Application on Graham Island
Skeena Land District announces an occupation mill owner intends to apply for a planted area at the northwest corner of Lot 1278 on Graham Island. The claim runs 80 chains west 80 chains north 80 chains east 80 chains south, totaling about 640 acres more or less.
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Coal and Petroleum
Coal and Petroleum Notices
Skeena Land District
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