John Maloney
	
John Maloney and J.G. Davies prospected in the Copper River Alaska country in the mid-1880s. They were looking for a copper quartz ledge described by U.S. Lieutenant Allen after his Alaskan travels in 1885. They came out for supplies and then started out from Juneau in June 1889 to return to the interior over the Chilkoot Pass. They reached Forty Mile and the 160 miners located there in sixty-one days. Their boat capsized in Miles Canyon and they were rescued by other men on their way to Forty Mile. They reached the community in fourteen days and made it their headquarters for two months. Still determined to find Allen’s prospect, they travelled overland to the Tanana River, a distance of 250 miles, in forty days. They had no luck prospecting and found their way down to the mouth of the Copper River.((“Hunting for Gold.” //The Alaskan// (Sitka, Alaska), 9 November 1889.)) 
	
In 1891, Jack Devine heard about the Yukon from an old Fortymiler named Jim Maloney. Devine worked in the Apollo Mine on Unga Island until November 1894. Devine met Maloney who had come out of the Yukon to earn a grubstake for the following summer. They agreed to meet again at Forty Mile.((Yukon Archives, Bob Coutts, 78/69 MSS 087 f.1))