J. Meals, C. Hazelet, A.T. Potter, Will Keeley, R. Evans and L. Gillespie will leave 1/26/1900 to work the claims that Meals and Hazelet made in Alaska; taking equipment, provisions, dozen horses and a dozen cattle about 250 miles inland, Holt County Independent (O’Neill NE), 1/11/1900; Arrived in Alaska, Feb. 1900; Partner in McNeer party (11), traveling with Meals and Hazelet parties along Copper River Trail between 6/28/1900-10/1/1900, C1900; Hazelet party, 1900. Hazelet Diary. Feb. 2, 1900; Ben Booher’s Diary gives age as 20, weight 148;