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VOL 3, NO. 24
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1927
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OPENING MORE ORE
AT RIVERSIDE
With the completion of the
95-foot upraise between the
thii'd and fourth levels last
week, activities at the River
side mine are now directed to
extending both levels with a
view to further exploring the
downward extensions of the
large ore body located several
months ago in the No. 4 tun
nel. Both tunnels are in ore
and will be extended easterly
as far as may be necessary to
determine the width of the
zone. There is a six foot face
of good grade milling ore
with a vein of high grade
along the foot wall in the up
per tunnel and a vein of good
milling grade ore about 18
inches wide was located in the
No. 3 level some time ago.
This was widening rapidly
when work was discontinued
on that level several weeks
ago pending the completion of
the No. 7 upraise.
Officials are sanguine that
the vein will Ultimately prove
to be part of the vein found
in the upper level.
G. A. CARLSON IS
AUTO CRASH VICTIM
G. A. Carlson, head of the
Seims & Carlson company,
who built a major portion of
the new Salmon River road,
was painfully injured in a re
cent auto smashup near Spo
kane, according to word re
ceived in Juneau a few days
ago. The accident occurred
when his machine struck a
street car while Mr. Carlson
was returning from an inspect
ion of a project on which his
firm was bidding. He is said
to have sustained fractured
ribs, severe lacerations of the
scalp and numerous cuts about
the body, although he was able
to leave the hospital two days
after the accident. James
Copeland, driver of the ma
chine, was not so fortunate and
received injuries from which
he passed away a few hours
after the crash.
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Col. E. R. Stivers and Alex.
Frazer spent several days last
week visiting the B. C. Silver.
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J. W. Wilson, prominent
Stewai’t citizen and one of the
leading spirits of the town, was
among the number leaving
Thursday for the south to lo
cate in a new sphere of activ
ity.
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J. A. Hall, president of the
Bank of Hyder, was a passen
ger to the States Thursday.
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Clay Porter, managing direct
or of the Porter Idaho Mining
Co. left Thursday on a busi
ness trip to the south.
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Walter C. Blanton, genia
proprietior of the Silver Gril'
and Northern Pool Hall, lefl
Thursday on a vacation trip tc
the States.
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Robert Stewart, president oJ
the Dunwell Mines, Ltd., ar
rived from the south last week
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Wm. McGrew was among th«
number leaving for the soutl
Thursday.
WHAT’S DOING
ON SEBAKWE?
Local speculation is rife over
widely varying reports of the
results of recent development
operations on the Sebakwe
properties. Some reports indi
cate that the ore body recently
encountered in No. 1 tunnel is
of unusual extent and carries
high values, while others aver
that only nominal values have
been found, although the ore
body is declared to be of large
extent. The latter reports,
however, are in accord with
statements by the manage
ment.
A cablegram report on devel
opment progress given out by
Sebakwe London office, De
cember 14, outlined the situat
ion at that time as follows:
“Vein 40 ft. wide, have cross
cut 10 ft. porphyry foot wall
and drifted 25 ft. on vein in
a southerly direction. Average
assay of ore in cross cut $3,
drift $2.
Last 10 ft. cross cut north
wall average assay of ore $11,
south wall $5. Continuing
cross cut and drifting in each
direction on vein. Rock is ex
ceedingly hard; commencing
another drill.”
Mrs. Walter Barron was
hostess at an enjoyable social
dance Tuesday evening in the
mess house at the Riverside
mine. Musice for the occas
ion was supplied by a graph
ophone and about 35 persona,
twenty or so of whom wert
from Hyder, attended and en
joyed a thoroughly good time.
Refreshments were served dur
ing the evening and the fun
lasted well into the small hours
of Wednesday morning.
An initial survey for a new
Stewart wharf was completed j
last Monday by Dominion Pub-!
lie Works engineers, who re- i
turned to Vancouver on the !
Camosum, It is understood that!
two sites were surveyed, one j
t’or an extension of the pres-!
ant dock eastward, the other
paralleling the road and ex
tending north from the present
structure.
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Preparations for the St. Val
entine Masquerade are mak
ing good progress under the
direction of Mr. and Oren F.
Hill. The function will be held
in Pioneer Hall Saturday even
ing. The hall will be decorated
in keeping with the St. Valen
tine spirit, the intention being
to make the decorations an
especial feature of the occas
ion. Those attending are also
expected to carry out the idea
by dressing as valentines.
Handsome prizes will be giv
en to the best sustained chai
acters, both gentleman and
lady, and there will also be a
prize for the best comic val
entine, both male and female.
Owing to the expense of pro
; viding the decorations and the
, prizes, the ladies of the town
will be asked to donate the re
freshments. The admission
, charge has been fixed at $2
for gentlemen, ladies free.
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Automobies operated in Ket
1 chikan last year totaled nearly
i 400, an increase of more than
a hundred over 1925.
HOVLAND GROUP
PATENT OBTAINED
Patent proceedings involving
the Hovland Group of five
claims on Fish Creek were
completed thi£ week with the
filing of the patent in the local
Recorder’s office by the
Mountainview Gold Mining
Co., the present owner.
The Hovland patent is the
third obtained for mining
ground in this district so far,
although proceedings involv
ing the Virginia group, Last
Shot group, and other proper
ties are pending and patents
are expected to issue at any
time. The only patents previ
ously obtained locally cover
two claims of the American
Mining and Milling Co., hold
ings on Fish Creek. In accord
ance with the act of March
12, 1914, the Hovland group
patent reserves to the United
States right of way for the
construction of railroads, tele
graph ^nd telephone lines
across the property.
In the parlance of the street,
the Mountainview is now “sit
ting pretty,” with its holdings
patented and entirely free of
incumbrances, splendid water
power and tramway facilities
installed ,its finances in good
shape to carry on and its ore
reserves developed to the de
gree that there appears no
doubt of its future as a profit
able mine.
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FIRE DESTROYS
LANDMARK OF
GOLD RUSH DAYS
Forty degrees below zero
weather aided the flames Jan
uary 22 in destroying the Cari
bou Company building near
Ashcroft, B. C., known as the
150 Mile House, one of the
oldest landmarks of the gold
rush days.
LEST WE FORGET”
With the approach of the Lincoln anniversary, and in the
probable absence of other observance of the clay, may not
those of us who prize the name of American find in again
reading Lincoln’s famous utterance on the field of Gettys
burg inspiration to increased devotion of the ideals and prin
ciples to which our nation is dedicated, and at the same time
pay simple tribute to one of the nation’s greatest sons and
one of the noblest figures of all time—one who in the pass
ing years has become “to all the world revered”?
* Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought *
* forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty *
* and dedicated to the proposition that all men are creat- *
* ed equal. * *
Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing *
* whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so *
* dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great bat- *
* tlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a port- *
* ion of that field as a final resting place for those who *
* here gave their lives that that nation might live. It *
* is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. *
* But in a larger sense we can not dedicate—we can not *
* consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave *
* men living, and dead who struggled here have conse- *
* crated it far above our poor power to add or detract. *
* The world will little note nor long remember what we say *
* here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is *
* for us the living, rather to be dedicated here to the *
* unfinished work which they who fought here have *
* thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here *
* dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that *
* from these honored dead we take increased devotion to *
* that cause for which they gave the last full measure of *
* devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead *
* shall not have died in vaini-that this nation under God *
* shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government *
* of the people by the people for the people will not per- *
* ish from the earth. '|| *
TRAIL SMELTER
RETURN ON LEAD
TO GIVE LARGER
Increased returns on lead
ores which will be of consider
able benefit to shippers is
promised by the Consolidated
Mining and Smelting Co., own
er of the Trail smelter, accord
ing to announcements last
week by the Vancouver press
as follows:
“Lead producers of British
Coumbia will be largely bene
fited by a revised lead treat
ment schedule being issued by
the Consolidated Mining and
Smelting Company. Lead con
tent upon which the shipper
will be paid is advanced from
90 per cent to 92 Va per cent.
Depending on grade this will
make a difference in returns
to the shipper on the ordinary
lead concentrates of from $1
to $2 per ton. As lead ore is
the principal custom ore ship
ped to the Trail smelter and is
the base ore of the whole Koot
enay mining country, the new
schedule means enhanced re
turns on almost every car of
ore rolling to Trail.
Mining men of the province
welcome the new schedule as
the equivalent of an advance
in the price of the metal.”
As lead is a predominant ele
r ent in the ores of this dis
trict , the indicated advance of
2V2 per cent will in most cases
add considerably to the re
turns received from local
! shipments to Trail.
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KETCHIKAN WILL
SEND DELEGATE
TO BELGIUM
Alfred Howe of Ketchkan, has
been elected by the Rotary
club of the First City to rep
resent that organization at the
annual international convent
i ion to be h eld at Ostend, Bel
gium next June.
PRESIDENT NAMES
SUCCESSORS FOR
SHOUP AND RITCHIE
Sucessors for the present in
cumbents of two Alaska fed
eral offices have been nam
ed by President Coolidge, in
the persons of E, Coke Hill, of
San Francisco, who is slated
to succeed Elmer E. Ritchie a?
judge for' the Third Division,
and Justin W. Hardy, of
Franklin, Ohio, v/ho is schedul
ed to take over the duties of
U. S. District Attorney for the
First Division, vice Arthur G.
Shoup, present holder of the
office. Press reports announce
that the nominations vvere
sent to the Senate by Presi
dent Coolidge January 21.
Although at present residing
in San Francisco, E. Coke Hill
is in no sense an “outsider,”
having lived in Alaska from
i 1900 to 1925. During the
; earlier years of his residence
in the Territory Mr. Hill was
assistant district attorney at
Nome and later was connected
with the district attorney’s of
fice at Fairbanks. After sev
eral years in the latter position
he was appointed United
States Commissioner at Ruby.
Excellent legal attainments
and a thorough knowledge of
Alaska conditions combine to
make Mr. Hill exceedingly
well fitted to fill the position
for which he has been named.
Mr. Hardy, who will probab
ly succeed Mr. Shoup, in this
division, is reported to have
visited Alaska as a sightseer a
year or two ago but has never
resided in the Territory. He is
said to be a practicing attorney
in his home city.
Both appointments confirm
earlier Washington announce
ments to the effect that Presi
Coolidge to avoid further fact-1
ional rows such as recently dis
graced the Territory, would
probably select persons resid
ing outside of Alaska to fill
federal offices.
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An action for libel brought
by C. A. Banks, manager of
the E. C. Silver, against O. B.
Bush, president of the Nation
al Silver Mines, Ltd., on the
strength of certain allegations
made by the latter in a recent
circular to stockholders of
National Silver, has been with
drawn following satisfactory
retractions, according to ad
vices received in Stewart last
week.
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The gradual development of
the cattle-raising industry in
Alaska is again disclosed by!
the delivery of 3 fine beef j
steers to the Kodiak market by [
the Kizyuvak Bay Cattle Co., j
operated by Messrs. White,
Wingfield and Swanson. The
carcasses of two 3-year old
steers averaged 834 pounds
each and the third, a 2-year
old, weighed 664 pounds.
The owners stated that the
steers have never been given
feed except during the time
they were weaned, when a lit
tle hay was given them.
! An eruption of Mt. Makushin
on Unalaska Island occurred j
December 31, when fire, smoke
and steam were emitted from j
the mountain. The erption was:
; accompanied by a slight earth-1
quake.
SAM DESCHAMPS SAFE
Sam Deschamps, well known
mining man, who left recent
ly for the Naas River section
with a load of supplies for two
White River trappers, Pessi
mier and Kier, and whose ex
tended absence was causing
considerable uneasiness in
Stewart .returned safely last
week, just as his friends were
preparing to send out a search
party to locate him.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Andrews,
well known Stewart residents,
left for .the south Thursday
and plan to make their future
home in Eastern Canada. Mr.
Andrew’s was one of Stewart’s
most progressive and enter
prising citizens and his depart
ure, as well as that of his es
timable wife, will be a distinct
loss to the community.
Fred R. Jancowski returned
last week from a visit in the
south.
Dave Joinville, well known
Stewart miner, returned last
week from a visit in Rupert.
H. W. M. Rolston, editor and
publisher of the Portland Ca
nal News, of Stewart,' return-'
ed last week from a -busings
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ANCHORAGE CITIZENS
ORGANIZE AN AIR
TRANrr"' RT SERVICE
The “A.nch a Air Trans
ports,’* the object of which is
to engage in aerial transport
ation to points within conveni
ent flying distance, has been
organized by business and pro
fessional men of Anchorage,
with a capitalization of $100,
000.
The company plans to use
the latest type amphibian
planes of four passenger ca
pacity, equipped with Wright
motors. The pianes will be
equipped with wireless ap
paratus, the first to be used
in connection with commercial
aviation in the Territory. Op
orations are expected to start
March 1. The first plane'plac
ed in operation will be .used in.
big game hunting in connect
ion with the Alaska Glacier,.'
Tours Association.
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Rev. Ilenry R. Sanborn, past
or of St. John’s Episcopal
Church of Ketchikan,, an
nounced recently the organi
zation of a company to handle
the industries of the Tsimpsian
Indian colony at Metlakatla on .
Annette Island, which was
founded 39 years ago by the
noted Father Duncan. Under
the plan proposed the Indians
will receive 49 per cent of the
profits of operating, as com
pared to about 1 per cent re
ceived by them since the death
of Father Duncan, according to
Rev. Sanborn. Plans are under
way to install a 3 line cannery,
a box factory, sawmill and
boat building plant in the near
future.
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The Whale Island fox ranch,
near Kodiak, pelted 300 blue >
foxes during the past season.
The ranch is operated by Dr.
B. C. Parker, who personally
manages its activities.