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Pioneer Mining + Ditch Co.

Night Letter X

New York, September 11, 1921.

R. H. Cross, Vice President,
Pioneer Mining and Ditch Company
Mills Building, San Francisco, California

Regret delay your wire September seven missed me
Ottowa delayed in forwarding here stop Trouble is we
chartered Orion from Fishing Company for arctic voyage
Orion seized in Nome by Pioneer Mining Company
causing delay and eventually compelling us charter another
ship this delay may prove fatal to our expedition
plans for this year causing us heavy loss also imagine
[...]
owners Orion may have suffered through our being
[...] to charter another ship stop my address Harvard Club. New York

.V. Stefan[...][sson]

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