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HYPER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1928.
VOL 4, NO. 50
PRICE TEN CENTS
MARMOT TRAM TOWERS
NEARING PORTER
IDAHO OBJECTIVE
The erection of the massive
steel and concrete towers of
the new Porter-Idaho ore tram
is now proceeding -it points
above O -oen Point, i eoording
to late reports from Ue*Mar
mot Rmvr section
The long line of towers, ex
tending from Green Point to
the beach at the mouth of
Marmot River is now in place
and the work is now entering
the final stages. Owing to in
creasing altitude and more
difficult transportation con
ditions construction is said to
be somewhat slower than was
the case below Green Point
but is nevertheless proceeding
with excellent dispatch and
the balance of the tower
structures are expected to be
in place within a shox*t period
It is understood that the con
struction plans provide foi
six towers between Greer
Point and the Porter-Idaho.
Mining activities on the Port
er-Idaho are reported confined
entirely to surface prospecting
at present. The company is al
so erecting a compressor houst
and other camp structures ant
is preparing to start construct
ion on a large bunk house a:
soon as the necessary material!
can be brought up the mount
ain.
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F. C. Winkler, manager of
the Cassiar Gold Mines, Ltd.
arrived from the south this
week with a large outfit to
start development work on tht
company properties in the up
per Salmon basin, on which a
number of fine ore showings
have been developed by sur
face operations.
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Dr. J. H. Carson, physician
at the Premier mine for sev
eral years, has severed his con
nection with the Premier Gold
Mining Company and left Mon
day for Prince Rupert where
he will locate.
The departure of Dr. Carson
and his family for new fields
has occasioned much regret
among the numerous local
friends acquired during theii
long residence.
Dr. James Robinson, of Stew
art, has succeeded Dr. Carson
as Premier mine physician.
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Miss Geraldine Torrance ar
rived Wednesday from Car
bonado, Washington, to take
charge of' the public school,
the fall term of which com
mences Tuesday.
Miss Torrance has taught in
the Carbonado public school
during the past two years.
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C. A. Banks general manager
of the B. C. Silver company,
arrived Saturday from Van
couver, accompanied by Mrs.
Banks.
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Hugh Fraser, commercial
traveller, was a passenger to
Ketchikan on the Fairbanks.
Our famous chicken dinner,
family style, will be served ev
ery Sunday—Ideal Cafe.
GOOD PROGRESS ON
CREST AND VIRGINIA
The work of extending the
several tunnels on the Salmor
River properties of the Pre
mier Border and Crest Con
solidated Companies is making
good progress, according to re
cent reports.
The main Virginia crosscul
.unnel is traversing a mineral
ized zone of wide dimensions
the boundaries of which were
entered some days ago, while
he Crest tunnels are continu
ng on the ore bodies on which
.hey were started.
A new tunnel is also being
driven on the Virginia group
between the main tunnel and
t the Cascade, with very encour
aging results.
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DR. McQUEEN PAYS
FLYING VISIl
Kev. j. t. McQueen, distncl
superintendent of the Metho
iist-Epicopal churches in Alas
ka, was a visitor in Hyder Sat
lrday during the stay of the
?rince Rupert. Dr. McQueen
i was accompanied by Dr
Tohlstedt, noted Philadelphia
shurchman, who holds the po
rtion of secretary of the Board
>f Home Missions and Churct
Extension of the M. E. Church,
Dr. McQueen’s visit her cul
minated his annual trip to the
various Alaska M. E. churches
n his jurisdiction and included
visits to Ketchikan, Juneau
Seward and Fairbanks. He was
accompanied through the lonj
journey by Dr. Hohlstedt, who
was visiting the Territory foi
he first time. The brevity oJ
heir local stop was due to the
mminence of the annual Pugei
Sound conference, which thej
vere desirous of attending.
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The motorship. Norco arrived
from Seattle via Ketchikar
Tuesday afternoon with 15(
tons of general cargo for this
port, including a compressoi
and a Chevrolet truck for the
-Johnson-Gardner Company.
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Ole Twedt and Dick Wirt!
are back from a prospectin*
trip in the. upper Ledue and
Chickamin river section, whicl
ra.‘ lately b attracting con
iderable interest owing te
the prospect that the distric
will soon be made accessible
’hrough government road con
;truction.
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Moses H. Halparin, of Winni
peg, a stockhloder in the Pre
mier Border and Crest Consoli
dated mining companies, wai
a visitor in camp from Satur
day morning to-Monday even
ing and inspected the operat
ions of those companies on th<
Virginia, ’Crest and other larg<
properties under their control
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Holly Evans, local transfei
man, is convalescing in thi
Ketchikan hospital after a sue
cessful operation for appendi
citis, according to letters reach
ing local friend on the Wed
nesday mail.
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Lome Jamieson, who left re
cently enroute to South Africa
returned this morning owinj
to the illness of his father
M. R. Jamieson.
RAPID WORK ON
SECOND UNIT OF
TEXAS HIGHWAY
Work on the second unit of
the projected government
highway to the head of Texas
Creek is proceeding with ex
cellent dispatch, according to
late arrivals from the west
fork.
The Johnson-Gardner Com
pany, contractor, is said to be
making very good progress in
the removal of the timber and
brush along the right of way
and approximately fifty per
cent of the clearing and grub
bing has been completed, ac
cording to unofficial estimates
a day or two ago.
The company has a large
crew of men employed on the
various operations and is pre
paring to undertake actual
grading activities immediately.
INCREASING INTEREST
IN PROSPECTOR’S AID
Twenty-five prospectors in
Southeastern Alaska have ap
plied for aid through the
Prospector’s Aid Act, passed
by the last Territorial Legis
lature, according to D. B.
Stewart .territorial mining en
gineer. Most of these have ap
plied fot aid during the last
few months, showing a gradu
1 ally increasing interest in the
law, on the part of prospectors
in the First Division.
1 Until recently there has been
a lack of interest in the Jaw
among prospectors in South
| eastern Alaska compared with
those in other parts of the ter
ritory, Mr. Stewart declared.
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Ralph C. Young, former lo
cal tonsorialist, arrived from
the south today to take over
the Traversy barber shop. Mr.
Young, who was accompanied
by Mrs. Young, has been lo
| cated lately at CleElum, Wn.
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R. W. Irwin was an arrival
on the Norco but left for Ket
chikan on the Fairbanks, after
giving the camp the once-over.
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! James Knight has been
. awarded the contract for furn
i ishing and setting the poles
; for the International Electric
i Company’s power transmission
. line between Hyder and the
site of the projected Granite
Creek power house.
Mr. Knight has completed
already the cutting of the
necessary poles and the work
, of installing the line is expect
ed to be finished within the
present month.
The Bureau of Public Roads
! crew completed the installat
■ ion of the new bridge at
Boundary Creek on the Salmon
River highway Thursady night,
! somewhat earlier than antici
■ pated. The bureau also re
■ placed a smaller bridge in the
-1 same locality during the week.
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G. A. Bancroft, E. M., was an
arrival from the south this
’ morning.
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: Dan Woodmore returned
, this morning from a visit of
several weeks in the south.
STAR-POINTER GROUP
SHOWS PROMISE
The Star-Pointer group, situ
ated in the vicinity of the
“shake” cabin on the old Tex
as Creek trail, gives excellent
promise of developing valu
able ore bodies, according to
W. S. Sullivan, who returned
to town a few days ago after
spending nearly two months on
the property doing develop
ment work.
The property, which includes
a considerable extent of
ground, displays a number of
strong surface ore exposures.
Work done during the period
of his stay on an extensive
quartz-porhyry zone, is said
by Mr. Sullivan to have dis
closed a wide extent of min
eralization that yields very
promising looking ore.
A silver-lead showing some
distance below also presents
indications of being a possibly
extensive ore body. The vein
is about 18 inches in width at
the surface and is well min
eralized with galena of the
massive type, in addition to
sparse chalcopyrite. The vein
also contains small stringers of
an unidentified formation of
greenish hue and somewhat
slatey appearance showing
numerous very fine metallic
particles throughout its struct
ure. As no assays have been
made, the values contained in
the several showings have not
been determined, although the
galena vein indicates high lead
values.
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GOLD STRIKE REPORTED
IN KOYUKUK SECTION
The gold strike on the Bet
ties rijer, about 30 miles from
Wiseman, has occasioned con
siderable excitement in the
Koyukuk, according to Aviator
Ed. Young, who returned to
Fairbanks a few days ago, in
an interview accorded the
Fairbanks News-Miner.
Claims have been staked
right from the landing field to
a point five miles up the river,
but there was plenty of ground
still open.. Young took a few
pans of gravel at random and
found colors in all of them.
High water prevents much
prospecting. Prospectors are
getting in supplies and the
ground will be thoroughly
prospected by next spring,
Young said. Last fall, shortly
before the freezeup, when
water was low, ?50 was ob
tained from three pans in the
river channel. Both the chan
nel and benches farther up
the river will be prospected.
Ivan F. Winsor, of Juneau,
associate highway engineer of
the Bureau of Public Roads,
arrived Sunday on the motor
ship Highway to inspect the
local road building activities
of the bureau. Mr. Winsor re
mained until Thursday before
sailing on the return trip to
Juneau.
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An illustrated lecture, feat
ured by beautifully colored
and highly interesting pictures
will be given by Mrs. Warren
at the M. E. Church Sunday
evening.
DRIVING MARMOT
ENGINEER TUNNEL
Development activities on the
Engineer Group of the Mar
mot Engineer Mine Syndicate
on Marmot River are now pro
ceeding in a satisfactory man
ner after a somewhat extended
delay due to various hindranc
es which could not be fore
seen. Trail difficulties and bad
weather at the opening of the
season’s operations were im
portant factors in delaying
the start of active mining al
though considerable time was
lost as a result of sand get
ting in the compressor while
enroute to the property. This
necessitated taking - the ma
chine entirely apart This
somewhat difficult task was
performed successfully by
managing trustee George Bunn
and the compressor is now in
fine shape.
Mr. Bunn informed the Her
ald this week that mining now
is going forward in an entire
ly satisfactory manner with a
crew of four men employed.
Work is directed at present to
driving a new working tunnel
on the chalcopyrite vein, which
carries a large silver content
and should develop into a
large and valuable ore re
source. The new tunnel is lo
cated about 100 feet above the
old tunnel driven by Mr. Bunn
in earlier years and was in
25 feet Friday and timbered
practically throughout.
Mr. Bunn says the tunnel is
making as good progress as
can be expected and is expect
ed to reach the big vein about
125 feet from the portal.
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VANCOUVER BOARD OF
TRADE MEMBERS
VISIT DISTRICT
A large party composed of
members of the Vancouver
Board of Trade arrived Satur
day on the steamer Princess
Alice to look over the district
and confer with the Stewart
Board of Trade with a view to
furthering the development of
the Stewart section.
The visitors were entertain
ed by the Premier Gold Min
ing Company with a splendid
luncheon and also visited the
famous Premier mine, in ad
dition to other points of inter
est Saturday afternoon and
were guests of the Stewart
Board of Trade at a dance in
the evening. The members of
the Stewart Board were also
the guests of the visiting del
egation at a dinner on board
the Princess Alice during the
evening.
M. R. (“Bob”) Jamieson,
widely known former resident,
who was taken sick suddenly
while returning home from
Vancouver recently, is report
ed progressing favorably in
Stewart hospital, following
several operations performed
by the local medical fratern
ity.
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The Misses May Thompson
and Edna Unger arrived this
morning from Prince Rupert
for a short visit.
SALMON RIVER
AGAIN THREATENING
RESIDENCE SECTION
The encroachments of Salmon
River along the west border of
the residential section are con
tinuing to disturb household
ers in that area, despite the
costly effort made last^spring
to divert the flood-threatening
stream into a new channel.
During the past week Ernest
Blue and Frank Fisher, whose
properties have been seriously
threatene'd by the stream, have
been engaged in an attempt
to blast away an obsturction
in the channel which caused
a diversion of the swift rush
ing waters toward their resi
dences.
The effort to protect their
property cost a considerable
sum for powder, in addition
to several days of labor, and
provides another outstanding
example of the need for gov
ernmental assistance in curb
ing the unruly and ever threat
ening stream before it does ir
reparable damage to the town.
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TEXAS BRIDGE WELL
UNDER WAY
Construction work on the new
government bridge over the
north fork of Texas Creek is
oroceeding steadily and the
structure will be ready for
traffie'in the near future, ac
cording to arrivals from that
section.
The concrete piers, on which
work has been proceeding for
some time, have been complet
ed and activities are now be
ing directed to the construct
ion of the upper sections of
the bridge structure.
The conclusion of this work
will leave but little to be done
before the first section of the
n..w Texas Creek highway will
be ready for traffic.
The graveling of the first
section of the new highway is
nearly completed. The work
will be finished in about three
days, according to present ex
pectations.
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MAYO PROPERTY
VERY RICH
Recent arrivals from the
Mayo district state that the
Lucky Queen, the claim that
was purchased last fall from
Hector Morrison, by the
Treadwell Yukon Company, is
one of the richest producers
on the hill. Morrison was paid
$60,000 for the property, and
it is understood that the com
pany has already taken Glut
over a million dollars worth of
high grade ore from the Lucky
Queen this year, the ore run
ning in assay value anywhere
from $500 to $700 per ton.
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Rev. S. V. Warren, pastor of
the M. E. Church, left this
morning to attend the annual
Puget Sound Conference of
M. E. Churches, starting in
Tacoma on September 12. Dr.
Warren expects to be away
until about the last of Septem
ber. During his absence church
services will be conducted by
Mrs. Warren.
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