The Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
and Ilyder is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Ryder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 1. NO. 10.
HYDER, Alaska, Jan. 2, 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Walk Out at
Premier Mine
Practically Entire Crew In
volved in Demand that
Chinese Cock be Sent
Down.
SAY COOKING WAS BAD
Mine Management Refuses
Men’s Demand and Gives
Checks to Those Who
Were Dissatisfied.
Old Man Trouble, who has been
mumbling to himself for over two
months about a certain condition at the
Premier mine, popped his head out of
the apple barrel on the morning of De
cember 23 and drove most of the men
away from the mine and off of the hid.
Ever since the foreman of the mine
fired the white cook, who is also a re
turned soldier, and hired a Chinaman in
his place, (Tiscontent has been accumu
lating. Monday night the men sent an
ultimatum to the mine management de
manding the removal of the Celestial.
A short time later they were informed
by the foreman that he was instructed
to tell them that those who wanted to
go to work in the morning could do so,
but that the Chinaman was going to
stay. In the morning most of the men
drew their checks and came down the
hill. On their way to town they were
joined by the road crew at Nine Mile.
The,concensus ofjopinicn among the
men appears to be that they were not
dissatisfied with the food as it came to
the mine, but with the way it was pre
pared. They say the cooking was poor
and this, in conjunction with the fact
that the co k isja Chinaman, drov.
them to take the action they did.
When the men were given their checks
they were warned that they couid not
work for the.company again. However
they are not leaving the district, but
have established a mess in a building
in Stewart, and say they wili stick 111
other work opens up.
D.L.Pitt, assistant general manager,
told the Miner that the men who came
down were discharged for cause, lie
said that the food sent to the mine was
of the best, and that he could find no
fault with the way it was cooked.
ANOTHER TRY
FOR UNICORN
J. R.McDonald of Seattle, who has
the bond on the Unicorn, is determined
to get something doing there without
further delay, and came up on the last
Grand Trunk boat with Lon Dogeett
and F. W. Petrie, both of whom are well
known to the sourdough fraternity to
carry out this determination. What
the development program would be,
Mr. McDonald could not say until tfciey
had visited the property, but intimated
that a camp of some sort would be pnt
up and a tunnel stsrted. Hugh Me
Millan and A1 Sweeney went up and
packed the supplies across from the
Indian Mines camp to the Mineral Hill
and there is acommodation at the lat
ter for Mr. McDonald’s men until they
cih get the Unicorn cump built.
ALASKA MINING BRIEFS
Charles and A1 Harper, Caehe creek
operators, will sj end the winter on
their property after a visit of a few
weeks at Anchorage, where they are
no,w.
A half dozen outfits which were
working all summer in the Tolstoi
countiy met with so much encourage
ment that prospecting will be contin
j ued during the winter.
_
Producing $9,424,700 in gold, Alaska
was third among the geographical units
of the United States in gold mining.
I California was first, Colorado second
and Nevada fourth.
Three hundred and thirty men are now
working in the mines at Latouehe ac
cording to E. C. Golden. He say3 the
camp has every evidence of prosperity
and that business is good there.
Considerable work is being done this :
year in the Beaver country where sev
eral outfits are putting down holes, ac
cording to word received at Fairbanks,
fhe pro. pects are good.
John Michely, owner of the Eva creek
Fairbanks district, quartz mill, says
the mill crushed 600 tons of high grade
ore during the season. The ore was
furnished by various miners and pros
pectors.
Alex„Cameron, an oldtime Klondike
prospector, who has been working on i
Fox gulch the past summer, will work
his claim, No. 27, hillside, this winter. 1
Hunker creek miners look for a good
winter.
Cruger and Son and Miller and Henly
are reported to have cleaned up severed
thousand dol ars in the Stuyohuk stam
pede. Other properties in the vicinity
a e said to be doing well. he Stuyo
huk is a tributary of the Bonasila liver
which emoties into the Yukon below
Anvik.
Marshall City is the liveliest town in
the interior according to George Martin
of Nen^jia. The average wages paid
in that district are $15 and board for an
eight hour day, surface w rk. The dis
trict has been short of men al summer
and at least 50 more could be used.
Recent arrivals from Brooks tell of
the uncovering of fairly good pay on ;
Lucky gulch, that camp. Lucky gulch
is a small tributary coming in at the '
head of Livengood cr ek, and the pay j
wys found in the benches. The pay
streak is not wide, but it is wide en- j
ough to encourage the prospectors.
Much prospecting will be done there
this winter, and they have hopes of
finHirifr m oresIpr unrt wilier nnvstreak !
Kelly and Anderson, Sieve Jasper
and Nels Peterson will prospect their
holdings on Boulder creek, Tanana Hot
| Springs district. Fred Hansen will
| drill some on lower Sullivan with a
1 Keystone. Hosier & McNamee expect
‘ to sink several holes on their Sullivan
' creek property about four miles below
, Woodchopper. Iiolke & Aibrecht have
■ bought the Bock fraction and will take j
I out a small dump this winter. Liska,
| O’Leary and McKenzie will also take
out a dump on the Midnight Sun claim
j above Tofty.
The output of platinum, palladium ,
and other metals of the platinum group
■ in Alaska in 1919 is estimated at 234 line
! ounces, valued at $36,600, according to
; the United States geological survey.
' Platinum was recovered from the gold
placers in some districts in larger, and
from some in smaller amounts than last
year. One of the most interesting
events of the year in connection with
Alaska mining is the recovery of sub
stantial amounts of palladium and of
some platinum from the copper ore of
the Salt Chuck mine near Ketchikan.
WATCHING THE BOAT COME IN
ne of the most interesting cvcr.ts in the life < f these who
are pioneering in a new Sea-coast community is the ar
rival of a boat in the hai Lor. Evt ry oi e is hui gry for mail,
and there are few but expert friends from their former
homes. Hyder has no whai f r s > et. : id it is necessary for
boats from Ketchih: n to a» ch< r'in ll e stroj rr, while those
from C nadian ports go past to the St* writ wharf, which is
one mile from this town. However, this ccr.ditkn of affairs
will soon be remedied, as a deck company has boon org nizod
and it is understood construction vvoik will start very shortly.
PERSONAL ANI) PERTINENT.
Hugh McMillan made a trip to the
Forty Nine this week.
H.C.Gibson, merchant of Stewart,
ras had a bad attack of lumbago.
"Hie Taku II was in Sunday night and
lulled out again Monday morning.
E. H.Terwilliger, who came up here
;o get work started on the Unicorn,
las returned to Seattle.
Bob Cameron, who has a trap line up
Irish en ek, is down for a few day -’
:orftact with civilization.
W.J.Rolfe, well known in this neck
)f the woods, is now in charge of the
Creighton mine in Ontario. —
Captain C.G.Brownrigg, who has var
ous mining interests in the district.
ias gone to Vancouver for a short stay.
W.K Reid, manager of the Alaskan
Hotel, returned Christmas morning
from a business trip to New Hazelton,
Edgar Harris and Buddie Waller are
giving great satisfaction with their
sleigh service between Ilyder and Slew
art.
Mrs. M. Harris*-proprietress of the
Alaskan Cigar “Store, and Mrs. A. Mil
ler of the Hyder Cigar Store have gone
to Seattle for a short visit.
Mr. Harvey, manager of the Bank of
Montreal at Stewart has been tsans
ferred to Prince Rupert. He is replac
ed by Ernest W.Marantette.
Miss Ray Brunzell, niece of Mrs, Roy
Moseley of Stewar-, has been spending
the holidays with her aunt. She is at
rending St Josej h s Academy in rnnce
Rupert.
Word has been received that A. A.
Shonbeck, well known toAlaskans. will
put in a w olesale grocery store here.
He has reserved some ots, pending his
arrival to select a locat on.
The snowslide at Eleven Mile, the
only slide up the Salmon that strikes
the wagon road, came down last week |
ar.d temporarily blocked the road. It
was about 250 feet wide and 40 feet
deep.
G. E. Austin of the Stewart Trac ing
Co. has received a complete stock of
gents’ furnishings. His new building
on International avenue is practically
completed, his removal into it being
only delayed by the non-arrival of win
dow g'ass.
Bob Tayior, a returned soldier, had
the misfortune to break his leg this
week and went out Thursday on the i
Nora for treatment. He had been
vvound,ed at the front and a' piece of
hone in his leg| replaced by a silver
plate. When he fell on t e slippery
street the old break was repeated.
Twenty people arrived in or.e day at
Fairbanks from the Tolovana. On ac
count of the present high cost of gold
mining in the I olovana, not much win
ter work in the shape of taking out
dumps will be done in that camp this
winter, is the report of a late arrival
from Brooks.
Wm. Fillier, foreman of the Fake
view, came down Thursday for mail. ;!
Ja . McDonald, an oldtime ■' laska ,
miner, is a recent arrival from Valdez
Arthur Noble, Canadian customs olfi- :
cer up the Salmon, was down Thursday, j
Boh and Mrs. Keith of the Alaska
Grill have gone^iutside for a short rest.
Mrs. A.C.Whitney has come from
Wrangell to join her husband, and is
temporarily domiciled in Stewart.
A. N. Patterson, manager of the Sal
mon River Trading Company's store in
Stewart, lias gape outside on business.
A number of Hyder residents attend- ,
ed the masquerade ball at Stewart on
New Year’s eve and had a royal good ,
time. |.
S. Barnett, formerly of Anchorage,
has been looking the town over. He i
intends to open a tailor shop here in ;
the spring. ,
The first of the Premier ore to be
shipped this winter went out on the
Albert Dec. 2(5. The shipment consist
ed of about 35 i tons.
I,.Maynard is a recent arrival from
Petersburg. He was in the - mining
game at Seward s few years ago and
may get ii<to it again here.
Fred Reiehenbaeh, the Stewart meat
market manager for Frizze Is’, is out
side on business. Dnring his absence
Wm. Tooth is looking after the shop.
Stewart citizens are plea-ed with the
are to have a doctor. I)r. Twohy was ■
reported as leaving that cityfor Stew- j
art Dec.iiU.
Messrs. McLehman, Grey, Olsen and !
Cedar have received the machine! y for
their new sawmill and are pusy ins all- ;
ing it. Before many days have passep
the town will hear tome r^ai music. i
Nelson and Heath have received a
Vaughn portable drag saw and have [
the wood problem solved. They float
logs up to their store at high tide and j
buck them up when the tide is low.
Inspector Ackiand of the Royal No. th
vest Mounted Police, and five i onsta- !
bles came up by private launch fr m !
Prince Rupert to give the Carnahan
side of the district a looking over, t on
stable O.L.Hall has'becn stationed at
Stewart since Christmas. The “Mon -
ties,” with their scarlet coats, lei.d a |
bit of attractive color to the scenery.
The help they gave the so rdoughs at
thp time of the Klondike ru.-h will al
ways be remembered with gratitude.
Illustrated Leduie
Rev. II. H.K.Greene of Stewart will
deliver a lec ure Sunday night at the
church, and in illustrating it will show
about fifty lantern slides. His theme j
will be based on Henry Van Dyke’s |
book! “The other Wise Man.” The
story is most enthralling and the lec- .
ture, to which all are welcome, will he ,
well worth hearing.
SLIPPED A COG
Force of circumstances compelled
he Miner to miss one issue, which
vould have borne the date Dec, 26.
Ne trust this will not happen again,
>ut like human beings the newspaper
nan is not infallible, and while there
s no one within 180 miles to call on in
•ase of emergency, it is possible for
mch things to occur. Subscribers and
idvertisers will be set ahead a week.
GOOD ORE FROM
ELEVEN MILE
Morris Pederson, a pioneer miner of
:he Ingenika country, is showing some
lice ore that he took out of his claims
idjoining the New Alaska, about eleven
niles from Hyder and on the Alas a
;ide of the line. Morris says he has
hree well defined leads on the property
md that In one place he exposed four
eet of solid ore. In the spring he in
ends to get busy a d do some real de
re opinent. There are four claims in
he group, and from indications they
hould make him a nice stake especially
low that the New Alaska has made
;ood.
HEW ALASKA
Angus McKenzie and Oscar Nelson,
cho have the contract for driving the
'lew Alaska tunnel, came down from
he mine for Christmas, and reported
hat at that time they had only about
welve feet more to go to complete the
:ontract, which calls for 100 feet. They
:aid that they were still crosscutting
<re, giving the width of the ore body
it that time as well over thirty feet.
18 PREPARING
FU8 BIO TRADE
W. II.Campbell, the lumberman, is
preparing to enlarge his lumber yard
ind wharf, having received the endorse
nent of the Canadian engineers to his
ipplication for ti e-flat privileges on
lie Canadian side bnt immediat ly ad
joining Hyder Mr. Cam bell i» a
lustier and in spite of predictions that
;he winter wouid be quiet he has beer,
cept busy filling ordeis. He handles
umber from both Ketchikan Bnd Prii.ce
Xu pert.
FORTY NINE
TUNNEL HITS
HIGH GRADE
Both Tunnels at This Mine
• Are Now Producing Ship
ping Ore-Crosscut Thirty
Foot Lead.
Bill McGrew brought down some
news from the Forty Nine a short time
ago that makes good telling. It is to
the effect that high grade ore had been
encountered in the Forty Nine tunnel
and this news wa3 confirmed a few
days later by Superintendent Harry
Hovvson when he came down from the
mine for his mail.
The Occidental tunnel at the Forty
Nine mine has had a full face of high
grade for some time, but the ore in the
Forty Nine drift was a concentrating
product. Now, however, there is close
to three feet of as fine ruby, brittle
and native silver as ever has been pro
duced in the camp, and Harry is wear
ing the smile that wont come off. He
could barely wait for t’ae mail to be
handed out before he hit the trail for
the m'ne again.
The high-grade was encountered in
a cross ut which shows the width of
the ore body to be thirty feet,
ELECTING PLANT
N OPERATION
Hyder 13 now sporting electric lights,
the Alaskan Hotel plant having finally
been put in operation. Not only this
hotel but the Hotel Hyder, M.R. Jam
ieson’s residence, the Bungalow and
several other houses in the vicinity of
the Alaskan Hotel have been switched
onto the juice, and their windWvs spar
kle in contrast to those places where
more medevial lighting arrangements
are employed. The plant has a capac
ity for lighting about two-thirds of the
bouses now in Hyder, and new fixtures
have been ordered which will mat rial
ly increase the capacity. Scotty Patter
son is in charge of the plant.
ONE OF HYDER’S STREETS STARTING
the left is the camp’s pioneer hotel, the Hotel Hjder.
Oa the ripht is a glimpse of the Bi ngalow ar.d the new
Alaskan Hotel which were being built when this snap
shot was tJcen.