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VOL 6, NO. 49
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHICKAMIN GROUP
LOOKS PROMISING
S. C. Hibbard, Seattle busi
ness man, who is backing de
velopment of the Metcalf and
Fendley group in the Chicka
min Glacier section, left for the
south Monday evening after a
short visit in the district. M. C.
Butler, consulting mining en
gineer, of Seattle, who is in
charge of operations on the
Chiekamin popeity, accompan
ied Mr. Hibbard south.
Mr. Hibbard said before sail
ing that the results of the sum
mer’s development activities
have been most encouraging
but considerable work mu?
be done to fully determine the
possibilities of the ground.
Work has been directed prin
cipally to surface prospecting
a huge mineralized quart
zone which in places is over 90
feet wide and yields very high
gold assays in spots. The-ore F j
of free milling type and easily j
amenable to treatment. Samp j
ling of large quantites of the j
ore taken from cuts of variou
depths also indicates a gooc; I
commercial average in the rel ,
atively small area on which
prospecting has been done up
to the present time.
Absence of effective mean
of transportation from the Tex
as Creek highway amt acros
the high-fronted Chicka’mii
Glacier is the principal obstac
le to development in the Chick
amin section, which is at pres
ent devoid of either roads ot
pack-trails. This necessitate,
manual transportation of sup
plies and makes it extremely
difficult to maintain more thai
a small crew of men. The coun
try is also very rugged, making
prospecting slow and difficult
The projected construction o:
a government pack trail into
the district next year is expect
ed to help greatly in overcom
ing present difficulties. With r
view to expediting activities
next summer, Mr. Hibbard
plans to send in supplies and
equipment this fall, to be trans
ported over the snow when
conditions are favorable.
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Power Company Busy
Cn Davis Rive;
Late reports from Davis Riv
er indicate that tlie Portland
Canal Power Co. is erecting
a number of camp structures,
apparently with the intention
of doing considerable work
on the big power development
project this fall.
The engineering investigat
ions made so far are said to in-'
dicate ample water resource?
to meet the requirements of the
project as planned, and also re
vealed an additional source of
water supply in a good sized
lake a short distance from Dav
is River which can be tapped
by a tunnel.
Mr. Christie, surveyor, who
has been assisting Mr. Edwin
R. Wright, resident engineer of
the company, left for Seattle
Thursday owing to the illness
of his wife.
Mr. Willis T. Batcheller, pres
ident of the company, is ex
pected to arrive from Seattle
shortly.
More Free Gold
Found On Unicorn
Additional discoveries of free
mifling gold ore on the Unicorn
property, adjoining the Big
Missouri, were reported this
week by John Hovland, presi
j dent and managing director of
the Unicorn Mines company.
As reported earlier, free gold
was found at several points in
the No. 3 tunnel during recent
weeks, indicating the presence
in the Unicorn of extensions of
the rich gold veins located in
the Big Missouri.
Mr. Hovland informed the
Herald that the latest gold
finds were'made late last week j
n the face of the No. 3 tunnel
and some distance from the lo
cality where the earlier gold
discoveries were made.
A 2,4 foot lead in the face
jf the drift has now been
found to shows free gold, Mr.
Hovland said. In addition it
has also been found that there
s free gold in the porphyry
ormation adjacent to the vein
and through which the tunnel
is being driven.
A sample of the ore seen by
he Herald representative was
of approximately two ounces
weight and showed spots of the
i veuow metal considerably
larger than a pin head at sev
eral points, with a liberal
jpattering of finer particles
howing over a large portion of
the rock.
Despite apparent pleasure
| over the gold discoveries, Mr.
Hovland continues to maintain
an attitude of marked conserv
atism. He insists that the dis
covery of the metal shows only
hat there is some free gold in
he property but is far from in
dicating a bonanza mine.
“So far there has not been
enough of it found to get excit
ed about,” he said, “although
ts discovery is distinctly en
couraging.”
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Moose Dance Is
Fine Success
The dance given last Satur
day evening in Pioneer Hall by
he Moose lodge for the pur
pose of raising funds for purch
asing additional ground for the
Hyder school, was a most en
joyable event as well as a
pleasing financial success.
Ticket sales and door admiss
ions totaled $152.00. Expenses
amounted to only $12.50, as a
.esult of the donation of the
hall by the Pioneers of Alaska,
music by the Stewart orches
tra, and printing and advertis
ing by the Hyder Herald.
The proceeds will be devoted
to purchasing the Fernald lot
adjoining the school grounds
for $100.00 and the remainder
will, be turned into the Moose
Christmas Tree fund for the
kiddies of Hyder and Stewart.
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Wm. Archibald, mines mana
ger for the Consolidated M. &
S. Co., and M. M. O’Brien,
manager of the company’s
Coast mines, arrived from Van
couver Saturday evening to in
spect activities on the local
properties controlled by the
company.
Mr. O’Brien was accompan
ied by his wife and child.
GLOVER FAVORS
ALASKA AIR MAIL
Irving W. Glover, second
assistant postmaster general, u
personally favorable to the es
tablishment of regular air mail
service between Seattle and
Alaska, according to inter
views attributed to him in Out
side newspapers.
Mr. Glover visited Seattle re
cently expressly to investigate
the air mail question and was
quoted in one of the big dailies
as saying with reference to the
proposal: “It is a good route
and would do Alaska banks
and canneries a lot of good.”
Continuing, Mr. Glover said
he was “going to put it up to
the postmaster general” when
he returned to Washington and
“if it looks good to him, the
House will be asked to increase
the postal department’s appro
priation for the fiscal year 19
31, to permit initiating this
service about six months from
this time.”
Mr. Glover said the postmas
ter general’s office had been j
deluged with requests from j
Alaska and the Northwest for !
establishment of the service, j
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FIRE DESIROUS
MILLER RESIDENCE
Fire of undetermined origin hut be
lieved due to defective wiring, de
stroyed the 4-room residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe. Miller on Premier Ave.
last night. The blaze occurred be
tween 9 and 9:30 p. m. and involved
not only the complete destruction of
the builidng but practically the entire
contents, only a few articles of minor
value being saved.
Mr. Miller, who is employed by the
American Creek Mining Company, and
Mrs. Miller, were not at home when
the blaze was first discovered by pass
ers-by, who gave the alarm. Those
who arrived first on the scene were
without means to quench the flames,
which at that time appeared to be con
fined to the front end of the build
ing, and could do but little. Owing
to distance, the chemical cart was
long in arriving and by the time it
reached the scene the fire had gained
too much headway to- combat effect
ively, although a valiant effort was
made by a crowd of volunteer fire
fighters.
The burned structure was located
between the McGrew and Crawford
barns and formerly was owued by
Wm. McOrew.
The loss is estimated at approxi
mately S3,090.
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Riverside Owner Visits
H. C. Strong, Ketchikan bus
iness magnate and associate of
the Black interests of Seattle
in the ownership of the River
side mine, was a visitor here
Tuesday during the stay of the
Fairbanks. Mr. Strong’s vis
it was for the purpose of look
ing over the the Riverside
property, which is once more
under the control of the own
ers, Mr. E. E. Hall, of Vancouv
er, having relenquished the
lease and bond on the property
held by him since 1926.
Mr. Strong expressed confi
dence in the future of the prop
erty but said no resumption of
activities is contemplated by
the owners.
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A large movement of board
lumber and timbers from the
Hyder Lumber Co. mill to the
Premier operations on the Mar -
mot developed during the pres
ent week.
TEXAS CR. HIGHWAY
OPEN TO IBEX CO,
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The completion and opening
(of the second section of the
new Texas Creek highway was
announced this week by L. W
Turoff, supervising engineer of
the Bureau of Public Roads.
The completed project in
I eludes that portion of the pro
jected 12-mile roadway to the
| head of Texas Creek lying be
; tween the big bridge over the
j north fork of Texas Creek and
j Ibex Creek. The new section,
4.37 miles in length, was grad
ed last year by the Gardner
company, of Portland. Surfac
ing operations carried on this
year by the»Siems-Spokane Co.
were concluded a few days
ago. The latter company is al
so engaged on the construction
of the final unit of the high
way between Ibex Creek and
Chickamin Glacier at the head
of Texas Creek.
The newly finished section,
was given final approval and
accepted by the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads Wednesday and is
now open to travel.
In announcing the opening ol
the road, Mr. Turoff said the
new section cost in round fig
ures $30,000. The surfacing op
eration included the placing of
6,100 yards of crushed rock in
two layers of sufficient thick
ness to insure a hard and per
manent road bed.. An unusual
feature of the construction is
a splendid safeguard to traffic
provided by 2,400 feet of log
guard rail along the outer edge
of all potentially dangerous
curves. This is an innovotion
in local road construction that
will be appreciated by car driv
ers, as it will insure greater saf
ety and tend to prevent acci
dents.
Future surface maintenance
of the new section lias also
been provided for by placing
800 yards of surfacing material
in storage bins at several con
; venient points along the high
way.
Several who visited the com
pleted project late this week
| say it is one of the finest exam
1 pies of mountain road con
struction they have ever seen
and warmly praise the splen
did work of the contracting
firm.
Owing to being new, the road
is still a bit soft in places and
the public is warned by Mr.
Turoff not to drive ove r it at
more than moderate speed for
a time, until the surfacing has
thoroughly settled.
The last section of the high
way, from Ibex Creek to the
Chickamin Glacier, should be
fully completed not later than
October 5 if the present rate of
progress is maintained, Mr.
Turoff said. The work is now
. entering the final stages and
future progress should be rap
id. The big power shovel em
ployed with such excellenbsuc
| cess during the earlier stages
I has completed all necessary ex-1
cavation work and the rock
i crushing plant has been dis- j
mantled and removed to Hyder
j for storage. The surfacing of
the completed portions of the
grade was scheduled to start
today (Saturday). The surfac
ing materials for this section !
MINING NOTES
The Consolidated Mining and
I Smelting Co. has completed its
1 diamond drilling program on
the Tide Lake properties on
which it holds an option and
has suspended operations for
the present year.
A recent official statement of
Consolidated Mining & Smelt
ing Co. activities refers to de
velopment on the Big Missouri
as follows:
“Of the properties under de
velopment, a pilot mill with a
daily capacity of 100 tons (bin
with a bin capacity of 600
tons) is being built at the Big
Missouri.”
The No. 3 tunnel on the May
ou property on Bitter Creek i:
now in over 115 feet, with
Lhe face at a vertical depth ol
100 feet, according to Wm
Tompkins, manager. The tun
nel cuts two veins of good look
ing oi;e, one a copper vein 18
feet wide and well mineral
ized.
A very promising silver-lead
showing, with a width of from
10 to 12 feet and carrying alsc
zinc and copper values, was lo
cated during the past few
weeks by Mr. G. W. Clark cm
the Alice group of the Ben Bol
property on Bear River. Mr
Clark, w’ho is a widely knowr
B. C. mining man, also discov
sred a big vein of nice ore par
alleling the big fissure zone or
the Ben Bolt. The new vein
carries ore similar to that locat
9(1 on the Alice group and waf
stripped for 520 feet.
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Big Salmon Catch This Year.
Southeast Alaska’s salmor.
pack for the 1930 season ag
gregated 2,884,418 cases of al
varieties. This was 860,899
„ases in excess of the 1929
pack, which totaled 2.023,51t
:ases. A few more cases wil
be packed during the fall bul
will not greatly alter the above
figures.
The pack would probably
have been even larger had not
abnormally low prices in the
market kept it down.
will be obtained from a natural
gravel bed located a short dis
tance above Ferguson Glacier.
Relative to the Salmon Rivet
road improvement between
Eight-mile .and Eleven-mile,
Mr. Turoff expressed the view
that work will be started on
the project around October 1
and continue as long as weath
er permits. The contract, for
which the Gardner company
recently submitted the lowest
bid, must be signed by the sec
retary of agriculture but is ex
pected to be completed in am
ple time for operations to com
miefice as indicated above.
The bid of the Gardner comp
any designated a price of $66,
000, in round figures, for the \
work, while those of the
Wright Construction Co., of
Aberdeen, Wn., and the Seims
Sqokane Co. were respectively
$67,500 and $76,000 .
MIST EXPORTS
OVER MMOO
With salmon shipments val
ued at $13„322,123 heading
the list, Alaska exports in Aug
ust, including gold and silver, -
attained a total value of $16,
298,290, according t o the
monthly commerce statement
of customs collector J. C. Mc
Bride.
Gold and silver held second
place on the list with exports
totaling $956,916, of which
gold contributed $950,657.
Cured and preserved salmon
attained third place with a val
uation of $343,748 and fish oil,
usually a very humble item,
-swooped upward to fourth po
sition with exports amounting
to $206,497. Copper ore, usu
ally in second or third place on
the export list, fell to sixth po
rtion, with the lowest monthly
export in years and a value of
unly $111,979. Following is
he full list of exported com
modities and their value.
Animals. $ 205
Curios . 2,925
Fish:
Fresh and frozen ex.
cept shell-fish)
Halibut . 41,335
Salmon . 63,695
All other... 644
Canned (except
shell-fish)
Salmon . 13,322,123
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod . 897
Herring . 42,105
Salmon . 343,748
Shell-fish:
Clams .
Crabs .
Shrimps ..
893
1,775
21,886
Other fish porducts:
Fertilizer . 10,000
Meal . 121,765
Oil . 206,497
Furs and fur-skins:
Silver or black fox 150
Red fox . 960
White fox .. 40
Mink . 1,134
Muskrat . 3,765
All other . 1,893
Manufactured furs 1,000
Oil: whale . 130,806
Ore, matte, and reg
ulus:
Copper.:... 111,979
Lead . 14,074
Reindeer meat.. 55,282
Stone, marble, etc .. 15,580
Trophies, specimens 875
Wood, timber, lum
ber . 25,712
All other articles .. 38,562
Total value of prod
ucts of Alaska . 14,586,305
Products of United .
States returned .... 230,026
Total value of for
eign products . 525,043
Total value merch
andise shipments .. 15,341,374
Gold . 950,657
Silver . 6,259
Total all exports $16,298,290
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The Standard Oil Company
tanker Alaska Standard ar
rived in port Tuesday with oil
and gasoline supplies for the
local Standard Oil station.