The Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
and Hydei is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
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VOL. 4. NO. 4.
HYDER, Alaska, Jan. 3. 1923
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
S. S. Jefferson
Brings New Era
In Transportation
When the steamer Jeffereon, of
the Alaska Steamship Company’s
fleet docked at the Hyder wharf
on the morning of January 2, it
marked an epoch in the commer
cial life of this coming mining me
tropolis of Alaska. To the Jeffer
son falls the distinction of being
the first Ocean-going vessel to tie
up at this new wharf, the first to
make a direct trip from Seattle to
Hyder. When this port has at
tained a position as a steady ship
per of mine products and importer
of equipment and supplies, this trip
of the Jefferson will become his
toric, And it is quite in keeping
with the fitness of things that the
interests controlling the Premier
mine, which is mainly responsible
(or Hyder’s existence, should also
own the fleet of which the pioneer
ship to call here is a unit.
That the first intention to have
the ship come to Hyder on every
second trip has been revised, and
that the ship will make this port
each trip, or every two weeks, is a
compliment to the camp and a
cause for self-congratulation.
The S. S. Jefferson, Captain
John Livingstone, is a wooden ves
sel of 1615 gross tonnage and 895
net, with accommodations for 226
passengers. Built in Tacoma in
1904, she holds the record of hav
ing made more trips to Alaska
ihan any other ship since that
time. Since being acqui ed by
the Alaska Steamship Company
s veral years ago she has made
387 trips to this Territory. The
northern port of call is Skagway,
the southern terminus of the White
Pas; and Yukon railway.
1 he Jefferson, on this initial trp
trough* 55 tons of fre ,;!'t io Py
der, including a com; n trot for the
A aerican Mining a .! -f 'ling Co.
and four tons of dynamite lor the
Riverside property. Two passen
gers landed here, J. W. Frame Jr.
and M. Drobbe, the former of
whom is a son of Commissioner
Frame, and had been on a visit to
s mother in Port AngJes, Wn.
1 he next sailing of the Jefferson
i orth from Seattle will be January
• 3, which should bring .he ship
here on the 16th.
Three-room house and two lot* for
rale. Snap. Enquire Miner office.
Lawrence, the Watch naker.
Cabins t*> rent. Btondy Charlton.
Siirriaa steam baths it. i!. J. Scott.
OCEAN VESSELS
! CAN NOW CALL
! AT HVDER DOCK
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When the Jefferson docked here
'on her initial trip she found a mod
ern wharf awaiting her arrival, not
so pretentious, perhaps, as those of
Seattle, but equal to present re
quirements, and satisfactory in
every way to the officers of the
! ship. They were surprised to find
I a warehouse and waiting room
j buildingi since just before they left
i Seattle a message was received
from here to the effect that this
essential to the wharf was lacking.
But while the ship was on the way
north Lee Balch and his crew put
the building up in jig time. What
was inure surprising to the Jeffer
son officers was to find the wharf
electrically lighted.
The wharf was built by Lee
Balch and Fred Durey, heads of the
Hyder Dock Company, and the ap
proach from the wharf to the foot
| of Premier Avenue was built by
i Mr. Balch under contract from the
i government, Messrs. Pitcher, Cam
eron & Stenberg sub-contracting
i the pile driving. The approach is
upwards of one-half mile in length,
with 106 bents, containing 510 j
piles. These were driven in 45
days'actual working time, w hich
is an excellent record. Both wharf
and approach are of substantial!
construction, built to bear the:
weight of the heaviest machinery. !
RESULTS ON TITAII
SI SATISFACTORY^
Results at the Titan are satisfnc-i
tury according to Jack Fitzgerald,
who was i i town this week. The
unuel has been driven 115 feet
and the face is still in blue quartz
that is becoming more heavily min
eralized as depth is gained. At
200 feet the tunnel will be under a
high-grade ore shoot that crops on
the surface, and will then have a
depth on the dip of the vein of 150
feet, or 125 feet ver'ieally.
Miss Ua Young, who is attending!
business college in Rupe»t, return
ed there on the Pr ince George alter|
spending the Christmas holidays!
with Ler psreuti in Stewart.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn’t to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium,
i Jock Cameron is back from a
i short visit in Rupert.
Sam Wall of Nine-mile was a
| visitor in town this week.
Pat McNamara has returned
! from a visit in Vancouver.
Miss Nell Clark of Rupert is vls
! itint* Mrs Theresa O’Donnell.
Bill Williams, blacksmith at the
Titan, spent New Years in town.
L. S. Whittaker left Thursday on
i a short business trip to Vancouver.
The Anyox was in port this week
and took out a cargo of Premies
high-grade ore to the Tacoma smel
ter.
Deputy Marshal T.W. McDonald
left Wednesday on the Carmen for
Ketchikan.
Joe Arsneau, of the Premier staff
is back from a vacation spent in
Vancouver.
G. W. (Dynamite) Davis is in
camp selling explosives to local
mine operators.
C N. Morris and J. ^itken, of the
Dominion telegraph service, were
in town this week.
Harry Hooten, brother of Mrs.
J. P. Scarlett of Stewart, left on the
Prince George for Vancouver.
Dave Ross, who has been team
ing for a long time for the Premier
left Thursday on a trip Outside.
W. 0. Sutton and wife left on the
Prince Georpre for Vancouver and
expect to return in a few weeks.
Misses Edith and Muriel Craw
ford left Thursday for New West
minster to enter Columbia College.
J. F. (Happy) Ritchie has re
turned from Rupert, where he
spent the holidays with his parents.
George Clothier, P. C. resident
mining engineer, returned to Ru
pert Thursday after spending the
holidays here.
R. Beaumont of Rupert andCapt.
C. H. Nicholson of Vancouver, C.
N. R. officials, were round-trippers
on the Prince George.
Eddie and Pete O’Neill, who have
been at the Daly Alaska since last
fall, have gone on a visit to their
home in Nelson B. C.
Walter Davidson and Bob Rob
ertson have finished the plumbing
in the Ocean View Hotel and the
baths are now in order.
Arthur Hail, who spent the holi
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Hall, has returned to
Columbia College in New West-!
minster.
M. R. Jamieson left Thursday
for New York City on mining busi
ness, having been called there by
parties who are becoming interest*
ed in this district.
Sam Potts has leased his mes
isenger business to John Pfiffer and
'has opened a tinsmith and plumb
ing shop at the corner of First and
Main, next to the Alaska Cafe.
J. P. Scarlet t, provincial consta
ble in Stewart, left Thursday for
Vancouver with John Sweeney who
was sentenced to three months’ im
prisonment on a charge of assault.
On Armistice Day the Portland
Canal News devil signed an armi
stice with John Barleycorn, whom
he had been fighting for lo, these
| many years. At latest reports hos
i tllities had not yet rebpened.
Louis Wolfe, watchmaker and
jeweler, who has spent the best
part of ten years in Alaska, is vis
iting the caniD. Mr. Wolfe has a
wonderful collection of photos of
Alaskan subjects, and is writing a
book concerning his travels through
this Territory.
SERVICE CLUB PLANS
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The International Service Club!
have in mind a rather ambitious 1
program for the year, and at a!
meeting in the Stewart Hotel ap- i
pointed an entertainment commit
tee consisting of James Anderson.'
chairman, F. Bowler, N. Nicholson, j
Fred Dorey and Walter Blanton, j
The club has already decided to
take charge of the next Armistice !
Day dance.
REPAST OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF
The Salmon River Banking Company,
located at Hyder, Territory of Alaska, at
the close of business on the 30th day of
December, 1922.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts ____ $23,766.74
9,343.00
248.83
360.00
6.279.77
9.887.72
318.13
5.356.28
*55.560.47
Loans on real estate
Overdrafts .. ..
Other bonds and warrants
owned ..
Banking Mouse, furniture and
fixtures .
Due from other banks.
Checks on other banks and
other cash items ..
Cash on hand.
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . $15,00001
Surplus fund . 1,500.01
Undivided profits less expenses
paid .1,121.2!
Individual and savings deposits 36,838.2(
Demand and time certificates
of deposit . t,10u.9t
TOTAL .. . $55,560.41
UNITED STATES OF A MERIC A )
TER I - STORY OF ALASKA -
FIRST JUDICIAL DIVISION \
I. A. Hall, President of the above
named leak, do solemnly swear that the
foregoing statement is true !o the best ol
my knowledge and belief.
J. A. llaH
President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
3d day of Jan, 1923.
Irene Hall
(SE.\L> Notary Public hi and for the
Territory of Alaska.
My cfcamiwioB expires April 27,1526.
SS
PIONEERS GIVE
GREW DELIGHT
WITH CARNIVAL
Looked forward to as the big
! social event of the winter, the Pio
i neers’ carnival fulfilled all the ex
i pectations of residents in this dis
trict, and the population of not only
Hyder but of Stewart and Premier
flocked to Pioneer Hall on the
; two nights during which the festi
vities continued.
The hall presented a most at
tractive appearance, with its lavish
decorations of evergreens and vari
colored streamers; make-believe
money floated around in hundreds
of thousands of dollars, worth; the
oldtinaers renewed their memories
at the various games, including rou
lette, craps and black-jack; Walter
Blanton’s culinary department re
ceived the patronage that its excel
lence deserved, and in the famous
words of the Bingviile Bugle: “A
good time was had by all.”
The first night was marked by
the Crowning of the Carnival queen,
Miss Hazel Stratfoid, of Premier.
There was a sharp contest be
tween the winner of the honor and
, Miss Helen Hall, the Hyder can
didate, but as last year, the Pre
mier combination was too strong
tor any opposition to overcorr.e.
Miss Stratford received 59;3I0
votes, Miss Hal! 51,523, and Miss
Edith Crawford, of Stewart, 1 550.
The pretty ceremony of crown
ing the queen, was a reminder of
medevial times. The young lady,
dressed in regal robes, was escort
ed to the throne by Grand Usher
G. V. Buckett, her train b;ing held
by little June and Mona Mehife’d.
J. S. Pitcher, president of the local
Igloo, and Prime Minister for the
court occasion, placed the crown
upon Her Majesty’s head and pre
sented her with a diamond lava
liere as a token of esteem ftom her
subjects, after which she graciously
commanded the festivities to pro
ceed.
I he second night was given up
to a masquerade at which a most
unique variety of costumes were
displayed. The prizes awarded
to the winners were: for best sus
tained characters, Mrs. George
Mehlfeld, Indian woman, and Har
ry Laurie, Dutch boy; best fancy
costumes, Mrs. Angus McLeod as
a moth, and H. P. Gibson, King
Henry the Eighth. Eddie Haddon
in a green velvet suit, made a livejy
and competent floor manager.
The remaining twelve bonds
held by non-members were re
deemed, the holders being Reid &
Legge [2], E. E. Charlton, A. de
Gramont, Kate Ryan, Dale L.
Pitt, Salmon River Trading Co.,
J. A. Hall [2J» Tom Powers and
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WONDER MINE
PAYS ANOTHER
By the declaration of $750,0C0
dividends on the 28th of Decem
ber the Premier Gold Mining Co.
brought its disbursements for
the year up to $3,250,000, estab
lishing, so far as can be ascer
tained, a record in the history
of mine dividends in the first
year of going on a paying basis.
The dividend is at the late of
15 cents per dollar share on a
$5,000,000 capitalization.
IMMENSE BODE
OF MILLING ORE
ON INDEPENDENCE
Good progress is being made on
the Independence development, ac
cording to Owney McFadden who,
with Allan Carolan, has a contract
for 150 feet of underground work,
and who was down for the New
Year’s celebration. The tunnel has
been driven 70 feet since work
started on the contract, and is now
in 90 feet. For the last 30 feet it
has been in solid ore of good mill
ing grade, having passed through a
small dyke of barren rock such as
is characteristic of the mines in
this district. The ore is fine-grain
ed steel galena, with some copper,
and since the dyke was passed all
sides of the tunnel will average $40
per ton in value. Mr. McFadden
intends to eiive 30 feet more and
then crosscut to determine the
width of the vein. Conidering the
fact that iisis work was not started
until after winter had set in and
supplies had to be taken in through
the soft snow, the amount of work
thus far done is out of the ordinary.
Jack Adkins. Walter Blanton,
treasurer of the igloo, is holding
warrants to pay these accounts.
Prizes for holders of the most
phoney money were awarded to
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Backus on
the first night, and Miss Edith
Crawford and George Mehlfeld
on the second.
Music for the dances was fur
nished by Mrs. Watson, piano,
Mrs. Workman, violin, George
Woodworth, trombone, and W\ S.
Orr and Joe Cullen, drums.
NOTH E
Owing to The Midget Emporium Com
pany taking over The Midget Emporium
siore, all persons indebted to same are
requested to settle their accounts on or
before January 1», 1923. Those having:
claims against The Midget Emporium
will please present them
H. II. Howard.
Large coal heater, now in Salmon
River Store, for sale. Ernest Blue.
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