First-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/28/98; On Corner’s jury. Coroner’s report depicting death Joseph Fournier et al. on Valdez Glacier, May 2, 1898; At first Valdez Mining District Meeting, Book 1. VMDR; Filed claims Glacier Island, 8/8/1898. PWSMDR, BK. 2, 1898-1900, p. 28;
Enoch W. Whitcomb and C.L. Betts sell for $1 their “Copper Chief,” “Copper Prince,” “Copper Warrior,” “Manhattan,” and “E.D.U.” claims on Glacier Island to George W. Dickinson, 5/28/1900, p. 80, PWSMDR, Bk 3;