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VOL 5, NO . 17
HYDER, ALASKA SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2,1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PREMIER BORDER
OREBODf LOC1TEI
Diamond drilling operation
on the Premier Border Com
pany properties near 13-MiL
have been suspended, afte
locating what is said to be ai
extensive body of commercia
grade ore on the Virginii
group
As the company no longe
makes known the results of de
velopment except through th<
main office in Winnipeg, de
tails of the strike could not b<
obtained.
It is understood however tha
the company is planning to re
sume underground activities
on an extensive scale in th<
near future.
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INDIAN DEAL
IS INDICATED
Indian Mines shares havt
doubled in price on the Van
couver Stock Exchange dur
ing the past two or thre<
weeks, indicating that the
noted old property is for somt
unknown reason attracting
greatly increased interest.
As the company as well as
the stock has been wholly in
active for many months, the
marked upward tendency dis
played by the shares is looked
upon as indicating a new deal
of some character. It is not im
probable that the raise in price
may be merely a reflection oi
the present upward tendency
in practically all the more
prominent local mining shares,
although it will be recalled by
Herald readers that the stock
showed practically no tend
ency to move upward even
during the hectic days of the
unparalleled stock boom last
winter.
Whatever the reason, there is
no doubt that the property
with its known large ore re
sources and excellent situation
will one day become an im
portant factor in local product
ion. The fact that the Premier
endeavored several years ago
to make a deal for the Indian
after an exhaustive examinat
ion is alone ample assurance
that the property possesses
marked production possibili
ties. Now that the Consolidat
ed and other large concerns
aer becoming interetsed in the
locality, where the Indian lies,
a new deal for the property is
a very likely eventualtiy.
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The Alaska Game Commis
sion power boat Seal arrived
from Ketchikan Friday, bear
ing Game Wardens Frank Du
fresne, Homer Jewel and E. M.
Goddard, Constable Raybone,
of Prince Rupert, a member of
the Provinical police force, and
several other non-official pass
engers. The party is engaged
on a border patrol in search of
possible game law violators.
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Michael Favennec, Premiei
employee, nearly severed his
tongue and sustained a badlj
cut underlip as a result of slip
ping on an icy spot at the
radio station last night. Four
' teen stitches were required tc
close the wounds.
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Col. E. R. Stivers left Mondaj
on a vacation trip to the States
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OUTLAND PLANS
MODERN HOTEL
FOR RYDER
' Hyder’s long felt need for a
j thoroughly modern hotel, to
I accommodate the ever increas
t ing number of visiting mining
men, geologists and others who
. desire the best in hotel accom
modations will be fully sup
plied in the near future if
plans contemplated by Mr. F.
C. Outland, president of the
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.,
are brought to successful ma
turity.
Mr. Outland’s proposals in
, this direction are embodied in
the following excerpts from a
recent communication from
Mr. Outland to the Herald:
‘Here is something that may
be of interest to you. Hyder
very badly needs a first-grade
hotel. I have arranged for a
Sot 71 x 114 near whore the
Bank of Hyder formerly was
located an d Wm. Aitken, one
of the leading architects of Se
attle, is drawing plans for an
A-No. 1 hotel of about 30
rooms and basement. The
plans will be ready in the very
near future. /!
“We plan to communicate
with the Hyder Chamber of
Commerce in order to get their
views on the project. In addit
ion to a boost from the Cham
ber of Commerce, we will also
expect a boost from the citi
zens of Hyder, as well as some
financial boosts -From its mer
chants.
“I believe if a hotel second to
none is constructed the Canadi
an National will give the prop
osition a boost and also that if
photos of the upper Salmon
and the Texas district that is
now being opened by auto
roads are distributed among
the tourist bureau’s we will be
overrun up there, and it will
benefit mining as well as busi
ness in general in Hyder.”
As indicated by Mr. Outland,
a first class hotel would be an
invaluable asset to Hyder by
bringing to the camp all visit
! ors to the district who seek the
best in traveling accommodat
ions. This in turn would mean
i more business for the mer
! chants and an increase in the
general prosperity of the com
munity. Also there is no reason
to doubt that such an estab
lishment would have a marked
• effect in attracting large num
bers of tourists to the district
to view the quite incomparable
scenic beauties of the upper
Salmon and Texas Creek dis
tricts.
| Backed by such thoroughly
responsible business men as
Mr. Outland and his associate,
Mr. C. L. Hibbard, the propos
al presented by Mr. Outland
should receive the earnest con
| sideration of all who are inter
| ested in the district. In addit
; ion they should be granted not
only whole hearted moral sup
port but also should be given
the strongest financial assist
ance the camp can offer.
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Dave Allan, proprietor of the
Silver Grill, returned Thurs
| day from a short visit in the
isouth.
PREMIER-B.C. SILVER
SEBAKWE MERGER
AGAIN RUMOREE
Rumors of a resumption of ne
gotiations looking to a mergei
or working agreement betweer
the Premier, B. C. Silver and
Sebakwe companies are agair
current in the south, according
to well informed mining publi
cations.
A deal of such character in
volving the Premier and B. C.
Silver was discussed some
months ago but failed of tang
ible results, although it was
| announced at the time that the
Selukwe Company of London,
controlling B. C. Silver, was
extremely desirous of effect
ing some arrangement with the
Premier people.
According to the present re
ports the proposal is to in
crease the capital of Premier
to take care of all outstanding
shares of B. C. Silver and Se
bakwe.
Still another report which
has gained wide circulation in
southern mining circles links
the National Silver, Bush Con
solidated and Sebakwe in a
possible merger of interests.
As the several concerns are al
ready to some extent interre
alted, it is not improbable that
some pooling arrangement*
may be made by the three
companies. However, the Her
ald believes that the Premier
company holds entire com
mand of the situation in that
locality and will eventually as
sume control of such of the sur
rounding properties as it de
sires.
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FIRE DESTROYS PREMIER
BORDER POWER PLANT
The engine and compressor
house and plant of the Premier
Border Gold Mining Co. near
13-Mile was completely de
stroyed by a fire of unknown
origin early Thursday after
noon.
The blaze was discovered by
S. C. Lynch, mine blacksmith,
who was alone in the shop at
the time, but who failed to
notice anything amiss until the
flames suddenly burst out.
Fanned by a stiff breeze, the
mine crew was totally unable
to control the fire. A large
quantity of fuel oil, gasoline,
coal and other supplies on the
premises were saved, as were
also the Birdwell house adjoin
ing the power house, and a
quantity of oil drums stored
beside the latter building
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MAY ABOLISH SEATTLE
ALASKA CABLE SERVICE
Abandonment of the War De
partment’s cable service be
tween Seattle and Alaska is be
ing seriously considered, the
current issue of the Navy Reg
ister reveals.
Major General George Gibbs,
Chief Signal Officer, is report
ed favoring substitution of
radio for cable. The plan
means the retirment of the
cableship Dellwood by which it
is claimed an annual saving of
about $200,000 will be made.
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The freighter Norco is expect
ed to arrive from Seattle and
Ketchikan next Tuesday.
LOCAL FLOOD
SURVEY BILL
IS PASSED
■ A Washington, D. C. news
' dispatch of January 26 an
nounced that the House bill
authorizing the secretary of
war to make a preliminary ex
amination of the streams of 16
states with a view to flood con
trol and embodying provision
for a survey of our own unruly
Salmon River Jiad passed both
the House and the Senate. Fol
lowing passage by the latter
body, the measure was sent to
conference, presumably to
smooth out some differences.
The provisions of the bill re
lating to the local river survey
were submitted to Congress by
delegate Sutherland in a spec
ial bill, but were later incor
porated by the House commit
tee in a general flood survey
, bill covering numerous flood
! control proposals over a large
portion of the United States.
NEW MAP OF
P. C. DISTRICT
A new map of the Portland
Canal mineral district which
excells in many respects any
map so far appearing1 has
been issued by F. C. Outland,
head of the Outland Silver Bar
Mines, Ltd., and prominent Se
attle broker.
Unlike most of the earlier
| maps the Outland plat does
not cover merely a portion of
the district, but embraces prac
; tically the entire known min
' eral area from Georgia River
j to the Forty-Nine and Outland
j Silver Bar groups, including
! the Marmot section, and the
i Texas Creek district as far
j west as the Marietta group,
near Chickamin glacier. The
plat displays the approximate
location of practically all of
the more important mining
properties in the several areas,
except Texas Creek, where but
one group, the Marietta, is
shown. The plat also shows
the completed section and the
future route of the projected
Texas Creek highway.
The map is by far the most
comprehensive the Herald has
seen and will be of consider
able benefit in disseminating
knowledge of the district and
its physical characteristics.
DALHOUSIE IS
BRANCHING OUT
The Dalhousie Mining Co., the
local properties of which are
located on Bear River near the
Independence, has acquired
the Home Guard property in
the Alice Arm district and al
so a large area of mineral
ground in the New Hope dis
trict, according to late news
from the south.
The Home Guard is located
a short distance below the
famous Dolly Varden and
! Toric properties. The Hope dis
trict properties are said to be
situated in the same area as
the Aurum mine,' the scene of
recent sensational ore discov
eries.
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Denny Jackson, widely known
diamond drill man, who has
been directing the drilling op
erations on the Premier Bor
der, left for the south Monday.
HEW CM TO
TAKE ora COBALT
O. B. Bush has purchased the
Cobalt group adjoining the Se
bakwe and is organizing a
new company known as the
Bush-Cobalt Mines, Ltd., to de
velop the property, according
to announcements made in the
south last week.
The Cobalt group joins the
Sebakwe on the northwest and
also touches upon the North
ern Light and Mineral Basin
properties.
The new company will have
a capitalization of $1,000,000,
divided into 2,000,000 shares
of 50 cents par value.
The ground is said to display
numerous outcrops of ore car
rying gold and silver values
in a large quartz-porhyry zone
which runs through the prop
erty and is intersected by a
large northwest vein.
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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
TREE STATEMENT
The following statement of
receipts and disbursements in
connection with the annual
community Christmas Tree wa*
issued this week by J. A. Mar
tin, chairman of the finance.
committee:
Receipts:
Balance on hand
from last year $ 83.75
Interest to 12-81-28 1.52
Moose Lodge 34.00
John Hovland 5.00
Mel. Matheson 5.00
Boxes at stores 18.65
Total $147.92
Disbursements:
Total Cost of pres
ents, candy, decorat
ions, etc. $121.08
Balance on hand 26.84
In addition to the cash donat
ions listed, the Pioneers of
Alaska also donated the use of
their big hall, while Holger
Johnson provided the big
Christmas tree.
The committee in charge of
the celebration included J. A.
Martin, chairman finance com
mittee; Mrs. W. R. McDonnell,
chairman decoration commit- ,
tee; Miss Geraldine Torrance !,
chairman entertainment com- ;
mittee; Mrs. Albert J. Mayer, \,
chairman purchasing commit- ],
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Howard D Stabler, assistant 1
United States District Attorney 1
For the First Division of Alas- 1
ka, was nominated by Presi
ient Coolidge to be United
States attorney for this division
)n January 23, according to ;
Washington D. C. press an- <
nouncements.
Mr. Stabler has been assist
ant United States attorney for ,
this district for the past eight
yrears, having been appointed
as assistant to former U. S. At
torney A. G. Shoup in 1921.
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5T. PATRICK'S DAY DANCE
The Catholic ladies of Hyder
are making preparations to
hold a public dance in honor of
St. Patrick on Saturday even
ing March 16, according to an
nouncements by members of
the committee in charge.
The entertainment will be
held in Pioneer Hall and will
be in the nature of a benefit
for the local Catholic church.
GEORGIA RIVER TO
INSTALL MACHINES
The Georgia River Gold
Mines, Ltd., has placed an or
der for a complete machine
plant to enable better prog
ress on its highly regarded
properties in the Georgia Riv
er section, according to an
nouncements made in Vancou
ver a few days ago.
The new equipment will in
clude a heavy duty portable
compressor plant capable of
driving two drifter drills. Later
the new power outfit will be
further augmented by the in
stallation of a stationary plant.
The latter will be placed at a
point on the property where
the power can be applied at
the different workings to the
best advantage. The initial
equipment will be taken to the
property over the snow, the
report says.
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BIG EARTHQUAKE
SHAKES INTERIOR
An earthquake, the continued
vibrations of which kept the
residents of Fairbanks in a
state of suspense for nearly
four hours, shook a large part
of iiiterior Alaska early last
week, according to press re
ports from the interior metrop
olis.
The quake is said to have
been the longest and most se
vere in the history of the Fair
banks section. Starting at 12:
30 a. m., when many clocks
were stopped by the first
shock, lasting over one minute,
fourteen distinct shocks were
recorded before the disturb
ances ended nearly four hours
later. Heavy rumblings of the
aarth accompanied the quake
and added to the alarm of the
residents, most of whom weva
aroused from bed by the v'
lence of the tremblor. whi h
some instances caused the beds
:o roll about on their castors,
rhe quake appeared to travel
;oward the southwest and the
fround undulated slightly.
Damage was confined princi
pally to scattering stocks on
itore shelves, although win
iows were broken at the Alas
ka College. Nenana reports
tay the shocks were so severe
hat all the residents rushed
nto the streets for safety.
Curry and other places along
he Alaska railroad, in the in
ferior, also reported feeling
;he disturbances.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Anyone wishing to assist in
ceeping the Public Library
>pen during the absence of
Dol. E. R. Stivers, librarian,
,vill kindly inform D. J. Mul
:are, secretary of the board.
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JOINS DRUG STORE CHAIN
A telegram from O. F Hill,
proprietor of the Hyder Drug
Do., to Mrs. Hill today an
lounced the purchase by him
>f a large block of stock and
membership in the U. S. Chain
Drug Stores.
As a result of the affiliation
with the big drug organization,
Hyder will now have a chain
irug store and customers will
receive the benefit of greatly
reduced prices in all lines of
irugs and sundries, according
:o the message.