The Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
and Hyder is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder 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. 15.
HYDER, Alaska, Feb. 6, 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Will Start on
i he Spider
!
John Hovland Will Have
Charge of Development
Which Staris Immediate
ly on High Grade Siiver
Property.
According to John Hovland, the as
sayer, who recently returned with his j
family fromEverett, work is to com- j
mence immediately on the Spider, which
is under bond to the Algunican S; idi
cate, who are represented by W.A.Mel
loche, a mining engineer who gave the i
camp a thorough examination last sum- j
mer and secured a number of the best
prospects, both on the Salmon and the
Bear.
Mr. Hovland, who is not only an as j
saybr but a practical mine operator, in |
tends to take in supplies to the Spider j
by means of pack horses which he will I
equip with snowshoes, and a large ship-1
ment, said to consist of 52 tolls, is sup-!
posed to be on the over-due John. The
n- xt Grand Trunk boat to arrive will
bring in a shipment of machinery wh ch
will in lude a compressor unit.
Mr. Hovland is to have charge of de
velopment and he intends getting after
the work with vigor. A fter a camp is
established and the necessary surface
work done, things will be humming at
the new camp.
The Spider group consists of three
claims, and lies due north from Long
lake. Under Pat Daly's management
last summer, some of the finest high
grade siiver ore ever fgund in the dis
trict was taken from the property The
lead, while said to be comparatively1
smell as leads go in this camp, is per
’istent and undoubtedly of great value.
The locators of the property were
Charlie Larson and Wrn. Hamilton, old
timers who are now reaping the reward
of^their perseverance and laith in the
ultimate success of the camp.
Government reports show that the
palladium production at the Saltehuck
mine, near Ketchikan, was greater dur
ing the past year than from all other
mines of the world combined. Plati
, num is also produced, at a ratio of one
ounce to every three ounces of pailadi- j
urn. A new mill has been started and
the production of these rare metals will
be increased.
An electric furnace for the treatment!
of magnetic iron ore has been installed |
by the Treadweil company, and a deal
made with .Sam Witzwan and associates
for a shipment of 1,200 tons of ore from
the Chileat valley. Alaska is well sup
plied with iron ores, and the Treadwell
company hope to build up an immense
iron industry.
Owir.g to the high exchange rate,
which requires the Belgian owners to
remit twice as much money as they ex
pend, all work at the Jualin mine has
been suspended with the exception .
of driving the tunnel. The Jualin em
ployed about 100 men, moat of whom '
are laid off. <
WANT REPOSTS
FROM SOLDIERS
Questionaires aie on file in the Miner
office to be given out to all former ser
vice men, either army or navy, who;
were enrolled during the war. These 1
were sent by the governor’s secretary,
accompanied by the following letter,
which is self explanatory:
“.oall newspapers:—
The governor’s office is compiling a
roster of all men wno served their coun
try during the World War and who
were residents of Alaska at the tinu
they entered the service.
“In order to get the desiftxd informa
tion, we have prepared a questionaire ■
and are sending it to every man whose
address is known to this office. But, as
many of the men cannot be reacht d, ;
we are requesting your cooperation in
giving publicity to the questionaire. j
“Will you kindly publish the fact*
that we desire the address of every ex-;
service man, whsther_or not he is in
Alaska or outside at the present time.
Upon receipt of the addresses, ques
tionaires will be forwarded to them.
1 am also taking the liberty of sending
you a supply of the questionaires and!
request that you advise ex-service men
that a copy may be secured at your j
jffice.
“Your cooperation will be greatly
appreciated.
G. F. CRAMER, .
Secretary to the Governor.
Il is claimed by the company that the
rantaius-Butte coal property, two and
me-half miles south of the present
tantalus coal mine, contains no less
than 100,000,000 tons of coal. It is a |
fine, high grade c al, as fine as can be
found in Pennsylvania, and carries, ac
cording to the late Dr. Cairnes, less
than three per cent ash, which is far
below anything now being mined on the
Yukon. Both the Tantalus properties
are owned in St. Paul, and it is hoped
by the company that conditions wiil
warrant the operation of both proper
ties before many years.
At a recent meeting of tiie directors
of the Bank of Seward, Dr. J. M.Sloane
was elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Isaac Evans, and Miss
J. T-. McNally was t lected assistant cash
ier. Miss McNally is the only lady
assistant cashier of a bank on the Pac
ific coast and has been with the bank
about two years. Dr. Sioane ts known
all over the Territory, and was former
ly located at Nome.
STEWART - HYOER
ST4SE
LEAVES
Stewart Hyder
il a. m, 12:30 p. m.
5:30 p. m. 3:30 p. m.
iqecial trips arranged.
BUILDING REGULATIONS NEEDED
s'
“The time has come, the walrus said,
To talk of many things. ”
Lewis Carrol.
Isn’t it time the residents of Hyder got together for a tatk?
Are there not matters of vital interest to the entire community
to be discussed?
How about some kind of building regulations?
Before long, every ten feet of space along the main streets in
the business section wiil be looked upon with longing, and if some
preventative measures are not agr >■! upon by the citizens as a
whole, the town will be built solidly int > an absolute fire trap.
We should arrive at some kind of an agreement, on this subject
immediately, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
There are other matters of public welfare (o he taken up. but
building regulations alone are of enough importance to warrant a
meeting.
The Miner understands that the Will ird building can be secured
as a meeting place, and it is hereby moved that we all get togeth
er there as soon as possib e for a cot Tab.
Any seconders?
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
Talk about weather Some class,— I
What?
'
Sam Estes is getting oat filing for a ,
jail foundation.
Forty-nine cases of drugs arrived on
the John for Chen Hill's new store.
The Taku II was in Tuesday night,
bringing five passengers from Ketchi-;
kan. 4
Yeal Rosenstein of Seattle has an-!
nounced that he will start a drygoods
store in Hyder in the spring.
W.R. Reid, manager of the Alaskan
Hotel, is poing to Victoria to see his
new son and lose his rheumatism.
Oren F. Hill, the druggist, received
the appointment this week as postmas
ter at Hyder and promptly declined it.
O. S. Thomas of Kctchikon arrived
:m the Taku and is going out on the
John. He expects to return and locate
here. * j
Bernard M. Stone, the well known
Alaska newspaperman, is in Seattle.
Berney has graduated into the mine
promoter class.
Mrs. M. Harris and Mrs. A. Miller
have re.urned from a visit in Vancou
ver. While there the latter spent most j
of her time in a hospital, having under
gone an operation.
Monday morn'ng the Hyder Lumber
Company's new sawmill was put into
operation and was run \\ ith more or
less success till Thursday, when the
owners decided to close it down until 1
some alterations can be made which
increase iis efficiency. Wm, Gray, one
of the owners, is going outside with the i
intention of g tting a larger boiler.
The lumber which they have already
cut is being used hi the construction of
a planer house.
The Prince John is in with 68 passen
gers.
J. D. Fargo is going outside for a
month or so,
G. E. Austin of the Stewart Trading
Co. is back from a business trip to the
south.
Deputy U.S. Marshall John Ronan
has staked a site on the tideflats- for a
jail and court house.
Gustaf Lundstrum is a recent arriva
from Anchorage. On his way here he
spent two weeks in Seward.
M. Soskin a member of theVancouver
law firm of Grossman, Lamb and Hol
land, has opened an office in Slewart.
It is reported that George Woodruff,
who is in the enstoms service in Ketch
ikan, is to be customs officer at Hyder.
Hugh McDougal, of the blacksmith
ing firm of Sma 1 and McDougal, is
back from Anyox where he has been
for two months.
C.J. Gaffney, formerly of Seward,
who has been here fora month or more,
went out on the Taku. He expects to
return before spring.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Mover, recently
from San Francisco, have bought the
Mrs. Helen McKay property near the
corner o'' First and Main streets.
The ice and the tide in combination
pulled up the piling from two lots near
tli- Alaska Grill. Mrs. Hazel Lewis
and Tommy Herrington are the loser3.
O.B. Bush, who is about the most
active mining operator of the district,
is up from Vancouver to look after hi*
varied interests
SALMON RIVER GLACIER
Encouraging
Developments
MU IW HYEER
Robert W. Jennings has decided to
make the Portland Canal country a sep
| arate recording precinct, with head
quarters at Hyder.
The clerk at Juneau is now preparing
the new boundaries of the district, so
that prospectors or ether locators of
property will not have to g> to Ketchi
kan to record. There is considerable
wo k invo'ved in getting the records
transcribed.
ALASKA MINING BRIEFS
:
Ronald Campbell and Dan McPherson
will spend the winter prospecting and I
developing properly in the Tanen Hot i
Springs district. Their property is on
Trail creek.
The first load of ore from the A'tken
mine in the Kantishna reached the land
ing at Roosevelt’ on the Kantishna riv
er December 11th. Work at the quartz
mine is going along satisfactorily.
Crites and Feldman and Thomas Gii- j
more, operating quartz properties on
Fairbanks creek in the Fairbanks dis
trict, have been compelled to closedown
on account of the lack of fuel and the
high cost of wood.
Recent advices received at Dawson
from the Mayo district are that the
country is developing beyond the ex-,
pectations of last fall, it is said that |
those who went outside to raise moi ey
for development purposes in the dis
irict have met with line success.
Don S Rae, the W llo v creek opera
tor, is meeting with success in his elf-1
orts to interest outside capital in the j
Rae-Wallace property. He writes to
friends that he has completed arrange
ments for a stamp mill and other mach
inery to be installed next spring.
Prospectors are now looking towards
the Betties river district where the big
find was reported last year. Prospec
tors returning from this region report
that it will take a lot of prospecting to
make a camp there. Jack Rooney found
pay on Betties lake and sluiced out
S3,200 in coarse gold last year.
New York capital has purchased her
entire mineral holdings in Slate creek
mining district from Mrs. Miller, wid
ow of Jack Miiler, the consideration
being $100,000. The district is in the
upper Copper liver valley and was dis
covered in 1899 by Jack Miller and his
associates.
Fifteen q lartz and 27 placer claims
were recently staked on Fo tyniile riv
er on the Canadian side by people asso
ciated with the Fortymile Power and
Dredging Company. The claims staked
are located on the north side of Forty
mile a short di-tance above the mouth
of the river. The Fortymile Power and
Dredging Company recently took over
the property of Frank Davids n in that
vicinity.
From All Parts of the Dis
trict Come Reports of
Satisfactory Progrers in
Winter’s Work of Mine
Development.
From all the properties vhieh are
being operated this winter in the dis
trict come reports of very satisfactory
progress and gratifying results, with
the ex eption of the Premier, which is
short handed because of a failing out
with the men over the question of a
satisfactory cook. Ore has been com
ing down from this property regularly
however, and about 300 tons, said to
average around c-275 per ton, are ready
for shipment. At the mine there is
some stop ing being done and explora
tory work is being carried on by means
of a diamond dril .
But from all other properties reports
are good. On the Forty Nine the up
raise is up more than twenty feet from
the drift and Is ail in ore. A short dis
tance from the upraise a winze has been
started, also in ore. Superintendent
Harry Howsoti’s policy is to slay with
the ore whan found, and he will have
this high grade shoot thoroughly block
ed out as quickly ar the work can be
accomplished.
At the Big Missouri the men are
p ugging away in the long tunnel which
is being driven to open up a body of
high grade ore which crops on the sur
face. Good progress is being made,
but until this tunnel reaches its objec
tive there is little of news value in con
nection, with the property.
Encouraging reports come from the
Bush, where the drift is following a
well defined lead with a considerable
amount of high grade, while the bal
ance of the output from the develop
ment is a good grade of milling ore.
One of the men employed at the
Lakeview came down this week with
some beautiful samples from the cross
cut, an 1 says that the orehody is show
ing up fine. This is the only property
operating on Bear ri' er this winter and
its success will lend encouragement to
other property owners in that sec
tion.
At the New Alaska O.S.Caldwell and
Alex Erickson are continuing the cross
cut tunnel which was driven 100 feet
by McKenzie and Nielson, and are still
in ore which looks as though it is a ship
ping product. The New Alaska is de
ve'oping into an immense proposition
and there is now little doubt that it will
be one of the sensations of the camp.
Chas. F. Caldwell, who has it under
bond, is expected in soon, and on his
arrival 1 e will probably divulge his
plans for future operations.
At the Unicorn Lon Doggett and
F. W. Petrie are hammering away on
a crosscut tunnel which will keep them
irillingjfor several months to reach a
high grade lead which is their objec
tive.