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ALASKA
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DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
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VOL 3, NO. 5
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1926
FIFTY CENTS A KIM
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MACHINERY FOR
OUTLANP BAR
NEXT SUMMER
Concluding a season of de
velopment work filled with
pleasant surprises and decid
edly gratifying results, Mr. F.
C. Outland, head of the Out
land Silver Bar company, left
Sunday for his home in Se
attle with the intention of re
turning next spring with a
compressor and other mine
equipment to continue the de
velopment of the highly prom
ising ore bodies opened up on
the Outland Silver Bar this
year.
Mr. Outland spent the en
tire summer on the property
directing operations and was
rewarded by the opening up
of several fine bodies of ore
which give every promise ol
developing into high grade
producers. The most important
of these was a huge deposit
of galena 12 feet in width and
carrying excellent values at
far as explored. What is be
lieved to be a continuation ol
the same ore body was also en
countered about 200 feet be
low the point where the bi*
b'dge was located.
A fine vein ot ore was alst
opened up at a point still
farther up the mountain and
a number of veins of lessei
magnitude elsewhere on th<
property, were also explored
Six tunnels of varying length
were driven during the season
in addition to a large amoun;
of open cut work at various
points on the surface show
ings. Mr. Outland stated be
fore leaving that the result;
in practically every instance
were of such decidedly grati
fying character that both ht
and his associate, Mr. C. F.
Hibbard, the well known Se
attle fur importer, are con
vinced that the installation oi
machinery-equipment is fully
justified. Mr. Outland said
that about three tops of ore
will be shipped out for smeltei
tests. Part of the shipment is
composed of ore from the high
grade deposits and the bal
ance from the lower grad;
bodies, in order to determine
fully the average smelting val
ues of all the ores found..
Two men are still at work or
the property extending the
tunnel on the upper showing
in an endeavor to reach the
hanging wall. At the time Mr
Outland left, the tunnel was
six feet in the ore, and will be
extended another 10 feet if
necessary to determine the
width of the vein.
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A vein of ore carrying sen
sational gold values has been
located on the Magee prop
erty in the Marmot River
section, according to announce
ments made in Stewart las1
week by H. C. Magee, one ot
the owners. Assays of the ore
disclosed gold values in excess
of 139 ounces, in addition to
a silver content amounting to
$17 per ton. Like the rich
gold vein found at Six Mile
by O. G. Carlson two years
ago, the Marmot vein is very
narrow’, ranging from two to
four inches wide, but is of suf
ficient richness to warrant ex
ploration.
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Major C. B. North, superin
tendent of operations on the
B. C. Silver, left last week on a
business trip to Vancouver.
PORTER IDAHO INCREASES |
DAILY ORE SHIPMENTS
Five tons of high grade ore is [
now coming down from the j
Porter Idaho daily as a result'
of a recent increase in the size
of the pack train by Jack
Renney, packing contractor.
Owing to the earlier inability j
to secure more pack animals,
up to this week it was imposs-!
ible to bring down more than !
three and a half tons of ore
per day. This was considerably j
below the daily output and re-1
suited in a large accumulation
of ore at the mine. Eight head j
of stock were added to the
pack train last week from the
Bryson-Mahood string and
fourteen more were obtained
this week from Ernie Arm
strong, making a total of 40
head now employed.
There is a large amount of I
ore sacked and piled up at j
the mine and production is
continuing at the rate of about
100 sacks per day.
A half carload of the ore left j
cn the Prince Rupert Sunday!
cnroute to the Trail smelter.
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Capt. Duncan MacVichie, not-1
ed western mining man and
prominent figure in ^he Big
Missouri Mining Co., arrived j
crom the States Sunday in con
nection with the affairs of the ,
company.
The motorship Norco of the 1
Northland Transportation Co.'
arrived from Seattle at 9 p. m.
last evening with 111 tons of
local cargo. Thirty tons of the
consignment was baled hay
.’or the Premier company and
was landed at the Stewart
dock. Of the remaining 81
cons landed at the Salmon Riv
al- dock, 31 tons was cable'for
■he Premier company, the bal-,
ance consisting of general mer
chandise'for various local con-1
dgnees.
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E. E. Hall, Winnipeg capita- i
list and holder of the control (
ling interest in the * Riverside
mine, arrived from the south '
last Monday, accompanied by
his son, Frank Hall.
By vote of the directors held
In Victoria last week, the cap-1
ital stock of the Dunwell
Mines, Co. was increased from
; >700,000 to $1,000,000, «c- i
i cording to the Vancouver pap
1 ars. j
I The increase is intended to
| provide means for enlarging
i .he present development plans.
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Elmer E. Reed, chief deputy
in the office of the U. S. Mar
shal, who recently spent sev
eral days in Hyder, has re
i signed his position and left for
Nome, where he will become
clerk of the district court for
! the second division, a position
made vacant recently b'y the
death of the incumbent, A. N.
Kittelsen.
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Frank Stander, an oldtimer
of the Chatanika district was
recently adjudged insane by a
jury in the commissioner’s
! court at Fairbanks, following
complaints made by residents
of the Chatanika district. He
will be committed to Morning
mde Sanitarium.
A shipment of five tons of
nipe and other equipment ar
j rived last week for the B. C.
Silver.
WORK SUSPENDED
ON CHIEF METALS
Work on the Chief Metals
properties has been suspended
for the season, but will be re
sumed next spring with in
creased vigor and with ma
chinery equipment superced
ing the han'd labor methods
carried on during the summer
under the direction of Mana
ger Emil Davis.
Mr. Davis states,that the main
tunnel was extended on the
ore an additional 100 feet dujrr
ing the season and is now in
185 feet from the portal. The
ore body is over six feet in
width and is a good milling
grade gray quartz carrying
sphalerite and galena, with a
vein of shipping ore on the
foot wall which assays . over
$100 to the ton. Ore of ship
ping grade is also found at
other points on the property
but their extent has not been
determined.
Mr. Davis states that the com
pany officials, headed by O. H.
Ebbinghouse, plan to run an
other tunnel next summer to
cross cut the main vein about'
100 feet below the present
working level.
All records for travel in Alas
ka were broken recently by
Col. Jas. G. Steese of the Alas
ka Road Commission, in mak
ing a trip from Nome to Val
dez by airplane and automo
bile. Col. Steese covered the'
distance in 4 days. He traveled
by airplane from Nome to
Fairbanks in 9horns and
after a rest of 24 hours, pro
ceeded to Valdez in his own
car, arriving there 48 hours
inter.
He ’e;ei>tly traveled from
Wiseman to Cor.Lva in less
than three days.
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The never failing interest of
tourists and other visitors in
the bronze monument and
stone house marking the turn
ing point of the International
Boundary line between Alas
ka and Canada has resulted
in a movement to make that
most historical of Hyder’s
land marks still more inviting
to visitors by removing the un
sightly litter surrounding and
partially covering the big rock
on which the monument and
stonehouse stand. The project
started some days ago with
the removal of the dilapidat
ed shack and other debris on
the east side of the monument
by consent of the Canadian
authorities. Later on Fred
Nothiger occupant of the stone
house, also contributed to the
improved appearance of the
site by removing other unsight
ly objects surrounding the
premises.
It is now proposed to make
the spot still more interesting
to the tourists in summer by
planting shrubs and flowers
in the soil which fills the
crevices of the rock. The lat
ter idea is a happy one as a
small amount of labor and a
few- seeds will transform the
spot into a 'immature garden
of decidedly pleasing aspect.
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C. H. Jarman, San Francisco
attorney, who is interested in
the Washington group on the
South Fork of the Marmot,
visited that well known prop
erty last week.
SAM WALL KILLED
IN TRAM ACCIDENT
Struck on the head by a load
ed ore bucket in the 9-Mile
angle station on the Premier
tram line about 3 p. m. Wed
nesday afternoon, Sam Wall,
^well known tram crew em
ployee, sustained injuries from
i which he expired about two
j hours later.
I No one witnessed the fatality,
which undoubtedly resulted
from the failure of the clutch
on the ore bucket to maintain
its hold on the running cable
while the heavily loaded ore
conveyor was traversing the
steep grade at the foot of
which the angle station is lo
| cated. Freed of the control of
| the running cable, the \ big
| iron bucket with its load of
| ore apparently dashed into the
j angle station at high speed,
i striking down the unfortunate
bucket tender and doing con
j siderable damage to the inter
i ior of the station. Owing to the
j sharp incline of the tramway
at that point the runaway
bucket was probably not seen
by Wall until it was almost
upon him. From the position
in which the wounded man
lay it is thought that he may
have heard or caught a mo
mentary glimpse of the on
coming car and turned to flee
before he was overtaken by
the hurtling mass of stone and
iron. When found by. fellow
employees a few minutes later
Wall was lying on the floor
unconscious and with the back
of his head crushed in. Broken
fender boards and sections of
the guard rails, torn from their
fastenings, gave mute evidence
of the cause of the accident.
Dr. J. H. Carson was hastily
iummoned from Premier to at
tend the sufferer and was lat
; er joined by Dr. H. A. Whil
lans, of Stewart. Examination
i disclosed that the unfortunate
man’s skull had been fractur
in several places by the tre
mendous impact of the bucket,
! but he was otherwise uninjur
ed, save for a few bruises on
the head and body. The phy
sicians employed every means
| at their command to save
j Wall’s life, but beyond a brief
rally displayed by the suffer
er shortly after Dr. Carson’s
arrival, their efforts were una
vailing and he passed away
without regaining conscious
ness.
The deceased was a native of
Norway but came to the Unit
ed States at an early age and
later became a citizen. He was
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forty-eight years old. Practic
ally nothing is known regard
ing his relatives and no ad
dresses of suiwiving relatives
were found among his effects.
From remarks made by him
during donversations with
friends it is possible he may
have left a daughter about 13
years of age but her where
abouts had not been deter
mined up to the time of writ
ing.
Deceased came to Alaska
during the gold rush to Nome
in 1900 and has resided in the
j Territory almost continuously
since that time. He came to
i Hyder from the Nome section
j about 5 years ago ahd was
! employed On the Premier tram
practically throughout his resi
dence here.
Mr. Wall was a member of
the Loyal Order of Moose and
PREMIER PAYS
USUAL DIVIDEND
The usual quarterly dividend
of 8 per cent on the capital
stock of 5,000,000 shares,
; amounting to $400,000, hat
J been declared by the Premier
Gold Mining Company. Press
announcements of the dividend
state that the amount will be
distributed to stockholders
of record September 15th.
The disbursement will in
crease the grand total of divi
dends paid by the famous Port
land Canal mine to $9,140,625,
in the six years of its active
operation.
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The motorship Border Queen
of the Borderline Transport
ation Co., arrived from Seattle
on her first visit to th:s port
at 12:30 p. m. Friday evening
The vessel brought a consign
mont of coal for th^ Hydei
Fuel Co., in addition to &
quantity of general merchand 1
ise for several local eon
signees, 40 tons in all.
The Border Queen is a mod
ern vessel of about 750 tons
cargo capacity and has accom
modations for 16 passengers
Capt. E. McGregor is the com
mander. After discharging tht
vessel left for Ketchikan ano
will sail from Seattle for Hy
erd again about October 8th.
The vessel’s arrival marked
the opening of a new trans
portation channel between Se- j
attle and Hyder, as it is the !
oresent intention of the Bor j
derline company to make Hy- ]
der a regular port of call foi
its vessels at 20 day intervals
in the future.
According to Manager Holgei j
Johnson of the Hydet Docl I
Co., who arranged for the new I
tervice while in Seattle re
cently, the Borderline com j
pany has been engaged ir
the Alaska trade for som<
time and has established per
manent traffic betweeen Se
attle and most of the south- j
eastern Alaska ports.
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Centralization of Alaska bur
eaus is stressed in a pample
issued by the Department of i
the Interior. Secretary Work
nys in the pamplet that Alas
ka’s progress has been retard
ad by a “multiplicity of federal
activities” which should be
centralized by reducing tht
number of executive depart
ments having supervision over
the Territory. The Secretary
also asserts that he will recom
mend to the next session oi
Congress a revamping of the
federal laws dealing with pub
lic lands,many of which have
been on the statute books for
more than half a century.
! Pioneers of Alaska. He was a
; kindly and generous person
' ality, industrious habits, and
well liked by all who knew
him.
i The final obsequies were held
Sunday afternoon in the Pio
ner Hall under the joint aus
pices of the Pioneers of Alas
ka and Moose orders, with a
large number attending.
The services were in accord
ance with the Moose ritual and
the funeral sermon was deliv
! ered by Rev. A- W. R. Ashley,
| chaplain'Of the lodge. At the
1 conclusion of the service the
I remains of the unfortunate
i man were laid at rest in Rivers
'view cemetery.
! ALASKA DAY
CELEBRATION AT
PHILADELPHIA
Arrangements have been made
for the celebration of Alaska
Day, Alaska Oct 18th at the
Sesqui-Centennial Exposition
; in Philadelphia. A special pro*
gram has been arranged and
Mr. P. R. Bradley as repre
sentative of the Governor will
present a facsimile of the
seal of the Territory to the
Exposition. This seal wiL be
preserved and placed in Inde
pendence Hall for safe keep
ing after the close of the Ex
position, according to advices
received by the Governor's of
fice.
A letter from Mrs. George
H. Lorimer, Chairman of the
States’ Committee, Woman’s
Board of the Sequi-Centennial
Exposition says in part:
“On^October 18th your Terri
torial Day, the States Com
mittee will arrange for a re
ception to the visiting offici
als and guests from Alaska
and we hope there will be
many. Your seal will be pre
sented to the State’s Commit
tee in the Slate Roof Hou.jc\
and will be guarded and
treasured there during the
period of the Exposition, and
after that will be transferred
with our State’s flags to Inde
pendence Hall where it will be
part of a permanent exhibition
for nil tirnp "
The Director of the Domes
tic Participation and Special
Events states:
“The United States exhibits
which have now been installed
contain a fine contribution
from Alaska. The resources,
and scenery, and other feat
ures of your Territory are ad
mirably set cut. Our plans are
to develop a real program for
Alaska Day.”
The Alaska Exhibit mention
ed was collected by the De
partment of the Interior and
is housed with similar exhibits
from other territories of the
United States.
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A motion picture display at
the M. E. Chufch Thursday
evening failed to attract the
patronage deserved but prov
ed an interesting entertain
ment to those attending. The
program embraced five num
bers, a fanciful picturization
of a trans-Atlantic flight, a
nature study, a travelogue and
a merry comedy.
Rev. S. V. Warren has an
nounced another display for
the evening of October 1. The
program well include a fable,
entitled “Monkey Business,”
a nature study, “Animal .Cam
ouflage,” a Pathe Review and
a two-reel comedy, „“Dogs of
War.” The display is schedul
ed to start at 8:30 p. m.
This show was originally
set for October 5th but has
been dated ahead.
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Information as to the where
abouts of John Currie, born in
Michigan, May 20, 1887,
height 5 ft. 6 in., weight 150
lbs., dark brown hair, blue
eyes, known to have worked
at logging at one time, is
sought by the Governor’s oi
fice, Juneau.
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The town of Kake, Alaska,
was recently almost wiped out
by fire,- 30 houses being de
stroyed* leaving 70 person*
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