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VOLUME NO. 8, NO. 43.
IIYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932.
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GEORGIA RIVER GOLD
RENEWS ACTIVITIES
An extensive program of un
derground and surface devel
opment will be carried on this
summer by the Georgia River
Gold Mines, Ltd., on their
properties on Georgia River, it
was made known this week by
Wellington Beaton, president
of the company.
Mr. Beaton arrived from Van
couver last week, accompanied
by Bert. Shermer, mine fore
man, to launch the new pro
gram, which will be carried on
under his personal direction.
The development program
outlined includes the extension
of the cross cut started last fall I
to cut the ore body exposed in 1
the No. 1 tunnel on what is
known as the south-west vein.
Ore from this shoot is said to
assay up to $40 per ton in gold.
The cross cut extension will
give 260 feet of additional j
depth on the vein, or a total
depth of about 400 feet below
the surface. i
It is also proposed to extend
the cross cut from the No. 3
tunnel to cut the main vein
south of the Bullion vein. This
vein is of such size that a'
nominal increase in the values
will permit profitable operat
ion. Surface exploratory work
will also be done on the Sum
mit vein, located near the top
of the mountain, on which but
little work has been done so
far, and which displays excell
ent indications for developing
an important ore body.
A small crew is employed at
present getting things ready
for later activities.
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Ottawa Conference May
Discuss Silver Question
Despite early announcements
that the silver question would
not be discussed at the Imper
ial Conference, in session at
Ottawa, press reports indicate
that there is a strong probab
ility that the question will be
presented to the conference in i
connection with the plan to j
create a stable unit of ex
change within the Empire.
Advocates of silver remone- i
tization were reported to have !
linked the bimetallism scheme
for the British commonwealth
with the idea of a super-Em
pire Bank, which is strongly ■■
advocated as a means of cur
rency and exchange stabilizat- j
ion.
The question, however, is!
said to involve many intricate ;
angles and is still in an un
official stage. So far no state- i
nrent has been made regarding :
the progress of either silver or:
the Super-Empire Bank idea. ;
Mr. and Mrs. George Ney-!
smith, who have been honey
mooning at Nanimo, returned
last Saturday.
High Grade Shipments
From Dunwell Planned
William Younkin and Own
ey McF'adden, who recently ob
I lained a lease on the Dunwell
: property, have encountered a
| shoot of high grade ore carry
i ing gold and silver values of
sufficient size to warrant ship
I ment in spite of present low
metal prices. They have al
ready mined and sorted about
ten tons of the ore, which they
plan to sack for early ship
ment.
Samples of the ore brought
to Stewart by them last week
caused something of a sensat
ion there. The ore was locat
ed on the Sunbeam claim and
there is said to be enough of it
in sight to indicate possibilities
of maintaining regular ship
ments.
Gipsy Dance Provides
Novel Entertainment
The Gipsy dance given Sat
urday evening in Pioneer Hall
by the Friendship Culb was
one of the most picturesque
and interesting entertainments
ever held in the Hyder district
auu auraciea a large garnering
:fiom both sides of the bound
i ary line.
With a large majority of those
attending clad in the tradition
gipsy manner, the gathering
presented a decidedly quaint
and colorful aspect and many
unique gipsy characters were
presented. Mr. Louis Legge
was easily the most appropri
ately costumed gentleman and
was awarded the gentlemen’s
best costume prize, while Miss
Helen Hall, clad in an excellent
replica of a Romany costume,
received the ladies’prize. The
prize winners were selected by
a vote of the assemblage.
The gipsy supper, both in
character of food and manner
of serving, was a most interest
ing feature of the entertain
ment. The dining room was
decorated with boughs and
greenry to suggest a forest en
campment, while the gipsy]
“stew,” a most delectable and
savory concoction, was served -
from a large cauldron hung ov
er a most realistically simulat j
ed camp-fire, the diners being
seated on the floor around it.
Those in charge of the pro
gram are justly entitled to >
praise for a most ingenious and
diverting entertainment.
Nome Beach Mining
Showing Revival
Alaskan gold production in j
the first six months of this j
year amounted to $2,635,131, |
a slight decrease from ship- j
ments for the same period of j
1931, according to informat
ion received by the Depart
ment of Commerce. According
to the report, beach mining at
Nome, which produced several 1
million dollars worth of gold J
in the gold rush of 1898, is be- '
ing revived. Although no big
pay has been reported, miners
are said to be making from $4
to $5 a day with hand rockers.
SEN. KING AGAINST
FURTHER FUNDS FOR
ALASKA RAILROAD
That Senator Howell is not
; the only stumbling block to
;the granting of appropriations
I for maintenance of the Alaska
: Railroad is disclosed by Wash
i ington reports this week stat
ing that Senator King, of Utah,
i has gone on record as being op
posed to granting of further
funds for the operation of the
road and has also declared
his intention to not only resist
appropriations, but also said
that it is his intention to intro
duce a bill at the next session
for the sale of the road.
Senator King’s attitude was
disclosed in the Senate on July
15, when he ended a criticism
of the railroad with the follow
ing statement:
“I give notice to the com
mittee, and to my able friend
( Senator Howell), that I shall
oppose any further appropri
ations for the Alaska Railroads
and I shall offer a bill, if no
I one else ctoes, at tne December
session of Congress, calling for
J the sale of the railroad.”
; With the earnings of the
| railroad being shot to pieces as
a result of the “investigations”
land interferances of Senator
1 Howell and his self-nominated
j committee, and with so power
jful a figure as Senator King
i opposed to further government
| assistance and determined to
: close down or get rid of the
: railroad, it is clear that Alas
kans will have to put up a bit
ter fight if that overwhelming
ly important aid to Alaska’s
development it to continue to
exist.
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..Ketchikan Radio To Resume .
The new 1,000 watt radio
station at Ketchikan, KBGU,
is expected to be in operation
within a few days and will
provide additional entertain
ment for local radio fans,
j Equipment for the station
left Seattle recently and is de
scribed as the last word in
modern broadcasting apparat
us. It will replace the equip
ment destroyed by fire some
; months ago and was especially
[constructed for the Ketchikan
company by Doolittle & Falk
ner of Chicago. It is designed
especially to meet the require
ments of long distance broad
casting.
Programs will be broadcast-;
ed daily from 10 a. m. to 2 p. ■
m., from 5 p. m. to 7 p. m., and |
from 9 p. m. to 3 a. m. For the
present the station will be op
erated on 500 watts and on a
frequency of 900 kilocycles. i
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O. B. Bush, well known min
ing man, arrived this morning
from Vancouver to look after
his local interests.
BILL INTRODUCED
TO SUSPEND 1332
ASSESSMENT WORK
About a month ago the pres
ident signed a joint resolution
suspending assessment work
on mining claims for the year
from July 1, 1931, to noon of
July 1, 1932, says a report
from Washington this week.
There was very little opposit
ion to this measure but after it
was passed many mine owners
claimed that the assessment
work had already been per
formed for the fiscal year
indicated and as a result no
benefit would accrue to them
by reason of the resolution.
Some few complaints were re- J
ceived from Alaska, alleging ■
that the resolution would prove |
a detriment because many min- ■
e r s usually employed t o J
do the work for large claim j
holders would be denied em- j
ployment. Others wrote to |
the Alaska Delegate that if
they were compelled to do the ;
required yearly assessment i
work they would be compelled i
! to torteit their claims. But
! from mining states like Calif
' ornia, Arizona and Colorado,
| demands have come for the
I passage of a resolution that
would suspend the annual ass
| essment work for the year end
ing July 1, 1933. As a conse
j quence, on July 12, Represent
I ative Eaton of Colorado intro
duced a resolution providing
“That the provisions of section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States which re
quire on each mining claim lo
cated, and until a patent is is
sued therefor, not less than
$100 worth of labor be per
formed, or improvements ag
gregating such amount to be
made each year, be, and the
same is hereby, suspended as
lo all mining claims in the!
United States, including Alas-j
ka, during the year beginning
at 12 o’clock meridian July l.:
1932, and ending at 12 o’clock
meridian July 1, 1933.”
The author of the resolution
made no effort to secure its
passage at the session which
has just adjourned. He states,,
however, that he has no doubt
about its passage soon after the 1
next session in December.
Alaska miners who oppose
the resolution should write
iheir protests to Hon. Joe L.
Smith, chairman of the House
committtee on Mines and Min
ing.
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Lead Hits Record Low
Through a reduction of five
cents July 18 in New Yoi*k,lead
reached the lowest price on
record, being quoted at $2,65.
The previous record low price
of $2,67 Yi was quoted in 1896.
The latest New York quotat
ion was $2.95.
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Thousands Seek Placer
Gold In Northwest
Literally thousands of men
and many women, finding
themselves unemployed in the
large cities, are engaging in
prospecting for placer gold as
a means of gaining a liveli
hood, according to the Outside
newspapers. Approximately
3,000 persons have registered
in free mining classes estab
lished by the University of
Washington in Seattle and Ta
coma and thousands more have
| received information by mail
from various schools in the
northwest, as well as from the
United States bureau of mines.
One Seattle journal reports
that hundreds of prospectors,
many of them mere amateurs,
are making their way finan
cially and some of them are
said to be making as high as
$4 and $5 a day working the
streams flowing down both
slopes of the Cascade Mount
ains.
As an evidence of the great
increase in prospecting it is
pointed out that more gold lo
cations have been discovered
in the Pacific northwest states
and British Columbia this year
than in all preceding years. j
Court Orders Sale of
Local Bank Surety Bonds
The Juneau Empire of July
27 reports that on that day in
the United States District
Court, Judge Justin W. Hard
I ing signed an order for the
sale' by Receiver E. D. Haddon
| of the Bank of Hyder of $15,
000 worth of securities depos
| ited by that institution to guar
antee a cash deposit of $10,000
: by the Territory of Alaska.
It was estimated, the report
said, that the bonds would
bring about 50 per cent of
their face value. The bends
j include American and Canad
ian railway issues and one oil
! corporation. Included in the
list published are $3,000 in
Missouri Pacific five per cent
first and refunding mortgage,
$4,000 Erie Railroad five per
ce.nt refunding and improve
ment mortgage; $3,000 of
Shell Union Corporation, and
$5,000 in Canadian National
Railway Company five per cent
guaranteed bonds.
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Shipping Magnate Visits
Capt. James Griffiths, head of
the Coastwise Steamship Co.,
arrived Monday from the south
on his palatial 117-foot diesel
powered yacht, the Sueja III,
accompanied by Mrs. Griffith
and other members of his fam
ily and a party of friends.
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George Clothier, resident en
gineer for the B. C. govern
ment has had his territory in
creased to include District No.
3, which takes in the Bridge
River district.
GD-DIW SHOOTING
SEASON ALLOWED
The annual open season on
ducks, geese and brant in Alas
ka, curtailed last year to 30
days, has been extended to 60
days this year, according to
advices from the department of
agriculture received by the
Alaska Game Commission.
The season this year will ex
tend from September 1 to Oct
ober 31 over the entire Terri
tory. The daily bag limit on all
ducks, except wood-ducks, rud
dy ducks and bafflehead
ducks is fixed at 15 in the ag
gregate, but not more than
five eider ducks and not more
than ten of any one or of the
aggregate of the following
species: canvas back, red head,
greater and lesser scaup, ring
neck, blue winged, green
winged and cinnamon teal,
shovelers and gadwalls.
Possession limit are fixed at
30 ducks in the aggregate of
all kinds, but not more than 10
eider ducks and not more than
20 in the aggregate of all the
varieties mentioned in the pre
ceding sentence. Not more
than 25 live duck decoys may
be shot over but there is no re
striction on the use of live
goose decoys in Alaska.
Nothing is said respecting
daily bag limits on geese and
brant While not specifically
indicated in the presidential or
der, it is presumed by H. E.
Terhune, executive secretary
of the Alaska Game Commiss
ion, that the snipe season will
be the same as for ducks, geese
and brant, annd the bag limit
the same as prescribed in regu
lation 12 of the game laws.
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Alleged Forger Committed
Carl Kalis, a gentleman of
Russian ancestry but natural
ized in Canada, was committed
for trial in the county court at
Prince Rupert by Stipendary
Magistrate J. P. Scarlett in
Stewart this week, following a
hearing on three separate
charges of forgery. The ac
cused was charged with pass
ing several money orders which
appear to have formed part of
the plunder of a recent robbery
in British Columbia. Kalis is
said to have signed his own a?
well as fictitious names to the
orders, one of which was
reported to have been cashed
by a Hyder merchant and oth
ers in Stewart and Hyder, B. C.
After cashing the orders, Kal
is apparently made no attempt
to make a getaway and seems
to have spent the money freely
in having a good time. The ac
cused was employed by the
Premier company on the Pros
perity group in 1930 and is
known to many local residents.
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Miss Blanchett, R. N., arrived
from Vancouver last Saturday
to visit Mrs. Bert Smith at Pre
mier.