Blix, Ringwald

Blix, Ringwald

1898-1899

List of Scandinavians mostly Norwegians headed for Copper River area to form colony led by Holman, estimated expenses for one year $187, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 3/3/98; Member of Scandinavian colony led by Holman that founded Copper Center; passenger on steamer Protection, departing Seattle 3/13/98 for Copper River points, Seattle P-I, 3/14/98;Purchase of Gillett & Weir claim, VMDR, p 115; Crossed Valdez Glacier, 1898; At Copper Center winter of 1898-1899. Guiteau, Louis. Death Trail of ’98 over Valdez Glacier. The Alaskana (Sept. 1972), pp. 3-8; “A resident of Valdez,” appoints Ed Melby his attorney, 1899. ML, Bk. 2, p. 159; Located “Blixsie Placer Mining Claim,” east bank of Chisna River, 7/22/1899, witness G. Hazelet, p. 16, Chisna MD Records, 1900; Power of attorney from Dundolph C. Johnson, p. 255, Chisna MD.Records, 1900;

1898-1900

Goes out with Hazelet’s pack train from Chisna, Hazelet Diary, Sept. 2, 1900; Hazelet stays at his house in Valdez, Hazelet’s Diary, Oct. 17, 1900; Location notice: Wharf Site by town of Valdez “taken for commercial and wharf site purposes,” 12/15/1900, witnesses R. Blix, A. Holman, VMDR, 1900, p. 212; Location notice for “Capitol Bench Claim,” 7/19/1900, p. 7, Chisna MD Records, 1900; By R. Blix, attorney for A. Holman, Location Notice “El Dorado” placer claim, 4/19/1900, witness John Hansen, p. 79, Chisna MD Records, 1900; Location notice by power of attorney for Mrs. Milthilda De Lander for “Mrs DeLander” claimj on Chisna River, witness M. Edwards, 4/30/1900, p. 101, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Location notice for “Last Chance No. 2” placer claim on west fork of Chisna River, p. 102, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Location notice for “Minnie Bench” claim by power of attorney for D.C. Johnson, 5/1/1900, p. 115, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Location notice for placer claim for A. Holman by power of attorney, p. 116, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Notice of $100 worth of assessment work done on the “Blixsie” claim, attested by E.S. Larson, T.M. Daulton, p. 148, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Location notice for “Heckla” for D.C. Johnson (locator) by Blix with power of attorney, Chisna River, p. 153, 6/11/1900, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Location notice for “Advance”, 6/7/1900, p. 235, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Power of attorney from Holman, p. 250, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Power of attorney from Mrs. Matilda Delander, p. 253, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Location notice for unnamed claim on the “left branch of the Tenas Lake Stream on the middle fork of the Chistochina River about one mile from the glaicer,” 8/4/1900, p. 271, Chisna MD.Records, 1900; Notice of Protest by power of attorney for A. Holman for claim on left branch Chisna River near headwaters: “This claimant makes the above protest on the ground that the above described mining ground was never located by any body or persons, company or corporation as was shown by the absence of location notice or proper corner stakes.” p. 261, Chisna MD.Records, 1900;

1901

Notary Public for District of Alaska, Book A of Mortgages, p. 2;

1902

Copper River Trading and Development Co. Ad: Head office Valdez. Branch Offices at Seattle and Copper Center. R. Blix Secy. and Treasure. The Valdez News. 1:50. 2/15/02. p. 2; Joins Alaska Moose, 1902. Order Alaska Moose Members, Bourke Scrapbook;

Additional Information

Proprietor of the Bell-Air Apartment hotel in Seattle “where he will be glad to see all of his old Alaskan friends”, Cordova Daily Times, Dec. 6, 1924, p. 8;