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HYDES, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10,1925
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WORK PROGRESSING ON
THE PORTER IDAHO
Work on the Porter Idaho
continues to .make excellent
progress, .according to the lat
est information from that high
grade property, and a stream
of ore will soon be coming
down the' hill enroute to the
smelter. Sinking operations are
continuing on the high grade
zone from- -which shipments
were made last year and the
shaft is now down about forty
feet The high grade is being
sorted andsacked in readiness
for shipment as soon as trail
condition* ^permit Work on
the.ftew tunnel has slowed up
some e4xtent during the past
weety owin^ to the contractors
encountering harder going.
The tunnel is now in something
over 170 feet, with approxi
mately two-thirds of that dis
tance yet to go before the vein
is encountered.
ADMIRAL line sailings
The Pacific Steamship Com
pany has announced the fol
lowing schedule of sailing
dates for the steamship Cura
cao during the summer, ef
fective June 5th. Stops will be
made at Hyder each trip.
Leaves Seattle, June 5, June
25, July 15, August 5, Aug
ust 25. The schedule, however,
is “subject to change without
notice,” according to the an
nouncement.
HYDER EVENS SCORE
f WITH STEWARTITES
The Hyder baseball team,
against whom old Lady Luck
seemed lately to have acquir
ed a deep-seated grudge, has
apparently regained her favor
and as a result the Stewart
ball club is wearing mourning,
over a 14 to 4 victory of the
locals on the Stewart grounds
Sunday. Thirteen of the runs
were achieved in the first half
of t}ie fifth inning, when the
Hyderites batted the Stewart
flinger clean out of the box
and romped around the dia
mond like spring lambs on a
holiday. The Hyder victory
again ties the score between
the two teams.
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WAGON ftOAD FOR
MARMOT SECTION
Miners of the Marmot fover
section are rejoicing in the an
nouncement of Hon. * ,Wm.
Sloan, chief of the B. C.‘De
partment of Mines, that the
department has approved the
construction of a wagon road
from the mouth of the Marmot
to the forks and will stairt cbn-''
struction work thereon at an
early date.
Mr. Sloan, who is at present
in the district made the trip
to the Marmot Monday and
visited various properties, see
ing for himself the transport
ation difficulties confronting
the men who are attempting
to develop that undoubtedly
rich section. After looking ov
er the country he announced
that the Installation of a wag
on road along the indicated
route was warranted by the
large shipments of ore from
the Porter Idaho last summer
as well as the ore now being
mined for shipment as soon as
pack trains can reach the
mine. The Department of
Mines will also repair the gov
ernment trail as far as the
er. Brown and Porter
WILL DEVELOP
OUTLAND GROUP
F. C. Outland, of Seattle, an
old timer of the district and
owner of the Outland Silver
Bar group.in.the upper Sal
mon section, arrived on the
Prince Rupert prepared to do
a large amount of develop
ment work 'with a view to
placing the property on a pro
ductive basis. Work will .con
tinue throughout the summer
with Mr. Outland personally
directing operations and a
crew of miners employed.
Although one of the earlier
locations and known to contain
excellent . potentialities, the
property-has been idle during
the past couple of years, ow
ing, Mr. Outland states, to
difficult transportation condit
ions combined with other de
terring. factors. Now, howev
er, with improved mining con
ditions and better transportat
ion at hand, Mr. Outland and
bis associates have decided to
go ahead and open up the
property. The summer pro
gram. includes securing crown
grants on what Mr. Outland
terms “the ragged edges” of
the group, which includes a
large block of claims, and a
large, amount of open cut
y/ork on the various surface
showings, some of which carry
exceptionally high values, with
a view to tunneling operations
when the character and trend
of the ore bodies is better de
termined. T&'evelopment work
done fa earlier years includes
a number of open cuts and a
short tunnel. The group is sit
uated near the junction of Sal
mon and Chickamin glaciers,
east of and adjoining the El
Dorado properties.
Ray Snyder and Dafl Wood
more are continuing their tun
nel on the Ninty-six group, on
Mineral Hill, having failed to
strike the vein as soon as ex
pected. The ledge, which ap
peared from surface indicat
ions to have dip of about 40
degrees east, has apparently
flattened out considerably be
fore reaching the tunnel level,
as they are now past the point,
where the vein would havt
been intersected had it main
tained the same degree of
pitch. They expect to pick up
the ore within ten feet or so
of the present face. The vein
at the surface is three feet ot
so in width and is heavily min
eralized, galena being the pfe
. dominating element.
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‘ The Admiral line steamer
! Curacao arrived from Seattle
| Monday afternoon with aboui
1100-tons of local freight and a
large list of passengers, a ma
jority of whom were men em
ployed by the Siems, Carlson
cunpany to work on the Sal
mon River road improvements.
The cargo included a com
pressor for the Mountainview
Gold Mining Company on Fish
Cree>:. a machine,, drill and
severf.l' hundred feet of pipe
; for the Daly-Alaska mine and
| a consignment of feed for the
Premier.
A machine drill and a quan
I dty of air pipe arrived on the
I Curacao for the Daly Alaska,
* indicating an increase of acfciv
on that well known prop
B. C. MINISTER
OF MINES A VISITOR
Hon. Wm. Sloan, Minister of
Mines for the Province of
British Columbia, arrived Sun
day on the Prince Rupert to
look into various matters con
nected with his department.
The noted visitor will spend a
week in the district for, the
purpose of securing data and
information which will be used
as a bafis for governmental
activities looking to the devel
opment of the mines on the
B. C. side of the line. This will
include not only measures di
rected toward assisting actual
mining operations but will al
so embrace road construction
and other activities calculated
to promote more extensive de
velopment. Among- the chief
matters in this line that will
be taken up by Mr. Sloan dur
ing his stay will be the pro
posed construction of a road
up the Marmot river.
CUTTING SCRAPE AT
STEWART WHARF
Two negro employes of the
steward’s department on the
steamer Curacao engaged in a
drunken altercation on the
Stewart dock while the steam
was discharging a quantity ofi
hay for the Premier Monday j
evening, with the result tbpt j
one of them stabbed the other ;
in the neck with a pocket
knife, inflicting a severe tho
not fatal wound. The injured
man was hurried to Dr. Stand
ard’s office where it was found
that the knife blade had pene
trated to withiH a sixteenth of
inch of the jugular vein. The.
wound was patched up and
the victim was able to return
to the ship. The knife wielder
was taken into custody by the
Canadian authorities but is
understood to have been freed j
when it was found that the j
other man’s wounds were not
serious.
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H. B. STONER IS
PAINFULLY INJURED;
H. B. Stoner, locator of the
Stoner Group on Salmon Riv-1
er and pioneer mining man,
sustained painful injuries to
his right foot and leg while at:
work on his property last
week and is confined to Stew
art Hospital. The injuries
were the result of a fall' oi
rock from the sides of an open
cut run last year. The foot
and limb are reported badly
bruised by the cavein and it
will probably be some time
before he can resume his act
ivities.
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| Dr. J. H. Carson, Premier!
j mine physician, left Monday
! for Vancouver on a vacation,
accompanied by Mrs. Carson
and baby Jack. On their re
turn the couple will be accom
panied by two young sisters
of Mrs. Carson, who will spend
the summer at Premier.
Mr. W. Beaton, of the Van
couver firm of Beaton &
Hemsworth, who spent the
! past week in the district in
I connection with the mining
! activities of his firm, left on
ithe Cardena. During his stay
Mr. Beaton announced the
{organization by his firm of a
new mining company which
has taken over the Georgia
River group and will com
mence the development of that j
MOUNTAINVIEW TRAM
IS COMPLETED
The new 1400-foot ore tram
of the Mountainview Gold
Mining Company has been
completed under the direction
of Manager Arthur Moa, who
is now on his way to Seattle
to arrange for the shipment of
the new mine machinery con
tracted for last winter. The
tram with its attendant tele
phone system runs from the
mine entrance on Skookum
Creek to a point about 1600
feet from the Salmon River
road.
The mine crew is now pre
paring to construct a new
building to house the big com
pressor which arrived on the
Curacao.
TEXAS CLAIM OWNERS
FORM ORGANIZATION
The Texas Creek Mine Op
erators’ Association was form
ed at a meeting held last week
in the Chamber of Commerce
building. The main object of
the association is to promote
in a legitimate way the devel
opment of the Texas Creek
section by working for roads,
bridges and other facilities,
but will not confine its activi
ties to that section alone when
its efforts will be of benefit
to the district as a whole.
Practically every claim owner
iA the Texas area was present.
Ernest Blue was elected presi
dent and J. A. Hall secretary.
The meeting was addressed
by M. D. Williams, assistant
district engineer of the Bureau
of Public Roads, who outlined
the functions of his depart
ment in road improvement
matters and called attention to
the fact that it is not associat
ed in the t^ail work of the For
estry Sendee except in an in
direct way. The Forestry de
partment builds only trails
opens the way for the real
road building activities of the
Bureau of Public Roads.
The Association, at Mr. Will
iams’ suggestion, is preparing
a report on the Texas Creek
area showing the advantages
that would accrue to that sect
ion through the construction
of a wagon road up Texas and
a bridge at the present cable
crossing. The data is to be
furnished by the mine owners
of that district. The associat
ion is working primarily for
the two projects. The report
will be sent to Mr. Williams
! and will probably be used as
a basis for such future con
i sideration as may be given the
road needs of that district by
| his department.
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W. H Tanner, father of Har
ry Tanner, well known local
mining man, arrived from New
York on the Prince Rupert to
visit his son and also to look
over the Alaska-Premier and
other local mining properties
in which Iffe is heavily interest
ed. Mr. Tanner is no stranger
to Hyder, having paid the
camp many visits in earlier
years, and is known to a ma
jority of the old timers.
Herbert F. Cromer, brother
in-law of W. R. McDonnell ar
rived from the outside Sunday,
accompanied by Mrs. Cromer.
Mr. Cromer will be associated
with Mr. McDonnell in the lat
PUBLIC ROAD BUREAU
CHIEF VISITS HYDER
M. D. Williams, who recent
ly succeeded C. W. Cheatham
as assistant district engineer of
the Bureau of Public Roads,
I arrived in Hyder on the Bur
eau boat Highway early Fri- '
day morning to inspect the ;
work done on the Salmon Riv- i
er road last year by Siems and <
Carlson and also to look over '
present construction and main-j
enance work. Mr. Williams;
stated that the Bureau’s re- i
cent allotment of $43,000 for
local road work does not mean ,
a new appropriation. The in
dicated amount represents the
sum appropriated to meet
the cost of the improvements
called for under the Siems &
Carlson contract, which will
be completed this year. No
funds are available for new
work this year. However, the
Bureau will spend approxi
mately $10,000 for the care
! and upkeep of the present
! road between the dock and j
| the boundary line. In addition :
a small sum is av&ilable which |
will be uped to survey an ex- ■
i tension of the road from the
vicinity of the bridge at Nine
j Mile to the boundary line.
Mr. Williams was accompan
ied from Juneau by Mrs. Will
: iams, R. C. Ingraham, engin
1 eer of the Bureau of Public
Roadss, who will be the resi
! dent engineer of the Bureau
! during the summer, and Mrs.
Ingraham, who will remain in
! Hyder with her husband.
Mr Williams expects to re
turn to Hyder in connection j
with his duties in about 30 j
; days.
Information received last
week by Postmaster Hill to tile
I effect that there would be no
! Grand Trunk boat last Sunday
was evidently much in error,
1 as the old reliable Prince Ru- j
| ne'-t put in her usv.al appear -j
ance. As Mr. Hills informat-:
! ion was drawn from a tele
gram from authentic sources,
| it appears that the message
must have developed sundry j
errors in transmission-a by no
means unusual happening in
the North, where communi
cation is still in the pioneer
stages of development. How-;,
ever, there will be a change
in the Canadian boat schedule
during the present week, com
mencing Wednesday, when
the Prince George will arrive
with a load* of Cincinnati
Shriners and their friends. The
j same vessel is scheduled to
| return next Monday, June 15,
and again on June 21 and!
June 27. The Prince Rupert;
will be withdrawn from the
Vancouver-Stewart run during
that interval and will not re
turn until July 4th. After that
date the Prince Rupert will al
ternate with the Prince
George, arriving on Saturdays
until fall. The service of the
company will also- be increas
ed by the addition of the new
steamer Prince Charles, which
is scheduled to appear for the
first time on June 30-and on
each successive Tuesday there- j
after.
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Mrs. Ernest Blue was a pass
enger on the Prince Rupert
enroute to Seattle, where she
will meet her mother, Mrs. R.
G. Brown of Minneapolis, who
will spend the summer with
TEXAS CREEK
CLEAR OF SNOW
Save for the remains of snow
slides in the gulches the Texas
Creek trail is practically free
of snow to within about, four
miles of the Chickamin glacier
' and conditions are in every
■ way favorable for a general
resumption of prospecting in
■ that locality, according to
Malcolm Smith, who returned
| Tuesday from a trip to the
head of the valley. Althougn
considerable snow remains in
■ome of the draws, it is pack
ed so hard that it can be safe
ly crossed by pack animals
and offers no impediment to
travel. The trail is said by Mr.
Smith to be in much better
condition than last fall and
has not been damaged to any
extent by the slides. Two pros
pecting outfits are already on
the ground preparing for sum
mer activities. Hewitt and
Carlson are engaged in bu ld
ing a pack trail from their
cabin, a short distance above
the government trail, to the
Homestake group, about 2500
feet up the slope. Frank Blrsh
er is packing in about a halx
ton of supplies to his proper
ties near the end of Chieka
min Glacier, where he will do
considerable prospecting.
NEW LEAD FOUND
ON INDEPENDENCE
Details of the recent strike
on the Independence disclose
[that the reported development
I includes the discovery of *
new or “blind” lead running
at right angles to the known
vein system and with no vis
ible signs of its presence on
i the surface. According to S. P.
Fitzgerald, managing director
of the company, the vein was
encountered in a cross cut
from the main drift about 475
feet from the portal and at a
vertical depth of 300 feet.
The ore differs widely in ap
pearance from any heretofore
found on the Independence.
The new ore body was found
as a result of drifting through
a dyke which runs along the
rim of a 3-foot vein of ore
that was being explored at
the time. The strike is appar
ently of considerable imoort
ance as opening a new field of
possibilities for the property
TITAN INCREASES CREW
Several more men were taken
on at the Titan this week to
assist in cleaning out the tun
nel and fixing the camp in
readiness for a resumption of
active exploration work, which
will start at an early date, ac
cording to S. P. Fitzgerald,
managing director of the Tit
an Gold Mining Company.
Mine manager Jack Fitzgei
aid left Sunday on a trip to
Seattle.
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One hundred and twenty
five merry Nobles of the Mysn
tic Shrine and their wives,
daughters and sisters, fro.n
far-away Cincinatti took poss
| ession of Hyder during the
stay of the Prince George to
day. The things the befezzed
t bunch did would fill a book
i and we will have to leave the
story until next week.
Duncan McKenzie, former
resident of the camp and o le
time employee at the Premie*-,
left for the south Monday aft
it of several weeks.