Passenger List–Steam Schooner Albion–Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98; Arrived at Valdez, April 20, 1898 with Whipp, Young, & Horn; Witness with J.S. Gordon to L. Malone claim on Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 40; Witness with J.S. Gordon to W. J. McGee claim on Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 40; Locator, 10/18/98, Manker Creek, No. 48 above canyon, witnesses Gordon & Cochran,TMDR, p. 41; Pearson, Cockerille, Smith, Sumner & Coke, hits snag in Klutina, boat swamps, loses tools, camera, etc.; August, Pearson, Journal, CS1; Tripp, & Judge Ridge prospected head of valley near sawmill on Klutina; Pearson works with Hy Miller, H. Cole, J. Lavioss, Lon Malone, Capt. Lewis, Borden, Rosenthal at lake in Aug. 1898; Driven ashore at Salmo Creek with Sumner, Aug-Sept. 1898, Pearson, Osborn, Lusk stake claims on Salmon River Sept 1898. Pearson, CS1; p. 185;
Location notices for “Hiawatha” on Copper Creek, trib. of Kotsina, p. 99; “Rosebud Quartz Claim,” on Surprise Creek, “a clear water stream tributary to the Kotsina,” p. 100; “Violet Quartz Claim,” on Surprise Creek, p. 101; and “Forget Me Not Quartz Claim” with Chas. Booron (?) on Surprise Creek, p. 101, Valdez MDR, p. 97;
Witness to Date’s Location Notice of Wharf Site, near Valdez, 1/12/1901with Wm. Crary,VMDR, 1900, p. 21 M.B.B.S. Assayer and Chemist. The Valdez News, 1:1. 3/06/01. Dodson and Pearson, Attorneys-At-Law. The Episcopal Church in Religious Organizations. The Valdez News, 1:1. 3/06/01. p.3; At party in Dempsey’s honor. The Valdez News, 1:4. 3/30/01; At first formal dance in Valdez, The Valdez News. 1:5. 4/1/01, p. 1; Epiphany Building Committee, Annual Vestry. The Valdez News. 1: 6. 4/13/01. p. 4. At Mrs. Delander’s Card Party. The Valdez News. 1: 7. 4/20/01. p. 2; bought launch for prospecting the Sound; will be operated by Pearson, The Valdez News. 1:11. 5/18/01;returned from trip in Sound, The Valdez News. 1:20. 7/20/01, p. 4; Runs for City Council, Independent ticket. The Valdez News, 1: 16. 6/22/01; Discovery of body of sulphide ore on Glacier Island with Gelineau, The Valdez News. 1:24. 8/17/01, p. 1; Sang at Arctic Brotherhood Smoker, The Valdez News. 1:28. 9/14/01, p. 1; left for San Francisco on Bertha, also visit New York, before return, The Valdez News. 1:31. 10/5/01; Witness mortgage for C.J. Jones, Book A of Mortgages, p. 71;