HYDER ALASK ARMINE R
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HYDER. ALASKA, October 31, 1919.
JOHN T. REED’S VISIT
There is nothing like having a friend
in court. Hyder’s court lies in the ad
ministration offices at Juneau, and Hy
der’s friend is John T. Reed, Deputy
Clerk of the Court for the First Divis
ion of Alaska,
Mr. Reed's visit t? this camp will
mean much to the community. Anyone
who has talked with him, and he has
circulated freely among our citizens,
cannot help having been impressed with
the keeness with which he has grasped
the situation here. He is convinced
that this is the nucleus of a city, and
moreover, when he lays his report be
fore the government, he will speak with
the courage of his convictions.
Mr. Reed is of the virulent type of
men who have made Alaska what she
is today, one of the richest members
of the partnership known as the United
States of America. He is a sourdough
of sourdoughs, who knows what it is to
sweat under a whipsaw and pole a boat
through the white water- who has
mushed with the dogs through blinding
blizzards, and mixed his bannocks with
snow water under the flaming North
ern lights. Governor Riggs is also' of ,
the Alaska type, aud when Mr. Reed
presents Hyder’s needs for his consid
eration, the statements will carry the
weight which comes of being perfectly
understood.
No gold brick artists in town yet.
Dont forget to write that letter to!
the old folks.
Will there be a railroad started up
the Salmon next year? Will there!!!
Better get your coal under cover. It
has been known to snow in this district.
A few scowloads of lumber are a
^icai siiiuuiaiib iv uir sun aim uaimiitj
o ’chestra.
There are a few copies of last week’s
Hvder Alaska Mimr left. Send them
ojtside.
Wonder who will get the first big
mine on the Chlckamin and open up a
route from Hyder.
A knocker is the perfected product
of the Devil's workshop. Glory be,
there are none of the critters in Hyder.
Looks as if this would be a pretty
busy place all winter. Some of the folks
. who went out to wait for spring will
wish they hal stayed.
Of course, thirty-five million dollai's
worth of ore in sight in one mine isn’t
much, but it is sort of an inducement
to keep on working.
It is now certain that everything
within the range of human possibility
will be done to relieve Hyder of the
hand caps under which she is now lab
oring. t
Anyone who thinks that the mineral
of the Salmon river belt is confined to
the Canadian side, is as narrow as the
boundary line, and that has no width at
all.
Life is just one blessed thing after
another. The B. C. government is put
ting in a liquor store at Rupert just as
the Grand t'runk is pulling off one of
their boats and cutting down their ser
vice to a fortnightly drag.
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Salmon River
Section Active
THE great mineral area up the Salmon River valley will be
humming with development this winter. Practically all of
the operating companies will continue working. Next season
promises to be the banner one. The Premier, Bush, Forty
Nine and Big Missouri have extensive development plars to
start early next year.
Several mining companies intend to |
carry on development during the win
ter. Chief of these, of course, is the
great Premier mine, situated about 13
I miles up from the mouth of Salmon riv
er at Hyder. The Premier Mining Co.
which has had a large force employed
at road building all summer, will devote
the winter to mining, and it is reported j
that the program is an extensive one,
not only contemplating the early ship
ment of the $200,000 worth of ore al
ready on the dump, but the extraction
of more ore to be hauled to the beach
with snow motors, of which it is under
stood a number have been ordered. The
first of t ese new tractors is due here
any boat now.
However, in the event of the big deal
for control of the Premier having gone
through—and tht re is no official con
j firmation as yet -plans may be changed
| but it is believed that if there is a
, change it will be for more vigorous
j development. That will naturally mean
: an increased force of miners and act
ivity in general.
A compressor plant and other mach
i inery is to be installed at the mine and
I it is understood that this is to go in over
the snow early in the season.
Other operating mines this winter
will be the Big Missouri, Forty-Nine
Mineral Hil and Bush,and probably the'
New Alaska. On the Big ’Un the dja
mond drill crew has ceased for _ the
winter an 1 will renew in the spring.
During the winter months William
Noble will be in charge with a small de
velopment force, prosecuting work in
the crosscut tunnel on the E Pluribus
claim on which the high grade ore body
was found,
On the Forty-Nine Harry Howson’s
force will he continued with as large a
"Crew as the work will stand. Some ex
ceptionally good buildings have been
placed on the property, the builber be
ing Ed McLaren of Hyder. The dia
mond drill on this property has also laid
olT for the winter and will resume, ae
cordidg to'report, early in the spring.
On the Bush Mines Ltd., just to the
northeast of the Premier, development
is proceeding under direction of Harry
Tanner. The real high grade of the
district has been encountered and the
outlook is most encouraging. O.B.Bush
of this company and head of the com
pany formerly operating the Premier
is in from the south and intimates that
the development program at the Bush
Limited is extensive.
A1 Harris is continuing the develop
ment program on the Mineral Hill laid
out more than a year ago, the work be
ing done on the Joker claim. The Joker
has a fine ore body and bids fair to de
velop into one of the biggest mines of
the district.
A tunnel on the New Alaska is being
driven under contract by Angus Mc
Kenzie and his partner and it is report
ed that some fine looking ore is being
taken out. The head of this company
is Chas. F. Caldwell.
However, though the outlook for the i
winter is rosy enough, that for next j
spring and summer is even brighter. A
number of old properties may be ex
pected to show signs of activity, notab
ly the Indian, which was incorporated
in 1910 and from which some splendid
galena at that time attracted attention
Another dormant prop riy this season
has l>een the Hercules, and it has been
report, d that a deal for it is pending.
In the early days of the camp the Ind
ian was looked upon as onejof the best
showings in the Salmon river section.
This company owns four claims on
the west side of Cascade creek, oppo
site the Bush claims, on the south end
of Missouri ridge, between the Salmon
River glacier and Cascade crek. The
claims are Portland No. 1, Portland
No. 2, Big Dick, and Fritz, and are
Crowu-granted. They are at an eleva
tion of about 2,400 feet and fourteen
miles from tide-water.at Stewart. No
, work has been done on the property
since 1913.
Pevelopment consists of three open
cuts on the croppings and two tunnels.
The open-cuts expose a vein from 12
to 20 feet in width, which can be fol
lowed on the surface to the end of
the claims, about 2,000 feet. The vein
is quartz and appears to follow a wide
diorittc dyke which intrudes the green
stone-schists. The minerals included
in the quartz are galena, sphalerite,
and pyrites, in the order of importance
mentioned. THe first two open-cuts,
going up the hill, show very little gale
na; the values are about 910 a ton in
gold and silver for a width of 12 feet.
The upper or main open-cut discloses
the vein for a width of 20 feet, of
which 5 to 8 feet in the centre is solid
galena, with the same amount of zinc
and galena on the hanging wall, and
the balance of the vein on the foot
wall, of quartz and pyrites.
A tunnel has been driven about 150
| feet vertically below and following the
vein for a little over 400 feet, showing
each of the ore-shoots exposed on the
surface. The No. 1 shoot shows con
siderable galena at this depth, with
quartz and pyrites predominating, and
is about 35 feet in length. The No. 2
shoot is entirely of quartz and pyrites
and will average about $10 a ton, main
ly in gold values. The No. 3 or main
shoot, from the big cropping on the
surface, was struck at about 400 feet
in the tunnel and drifted on for 30 feet,
j The ore started from a seam on the
foot-wall and haB widened to 14 feet ,
at the face, as exposed by two cross- j
cuts. Tlirpa sectional samnles across <
the (ace averaged $2.40 in gokl, 3.5 oz.
silver, 10 per cent, lead, and 16 per
cent. zinc. The hanging-wall crosscut
at the face is still in heavy zinc ore.
Further work in driving this drift is
very important, as the foot-wall por
tion of the vein, carrying the galena,
is widening rapidly and has all the j
appearance of making into a good
shoot of ore.
The lower tunnel. 150 feet below No.
1, has been driven about 60 feet on the j
vein, in which there is from 1 to 3 feet
of good ore on the hanging wall. On
the upper end of the claims there is a
6-inch seam of ore on the hanging-wall
assaying as high as $120 a ton in gold.
There is a good cabin and a good I
equipment of all necessary tools, with I
a car and rails in the upper tunnel.
Adjoining the Indian group on the
north is the Boundary group, owned j
by D. J. Mclntominey and under bond j
to the Granby Company. East of this i
group and adjoining the Indian on the j
north is the Payroll group, owned by .
Bill Murphy, on which assessment- ;
work only has been done for the past
three years.
This group is situated on the east i
bank of Silver creek near its head, i
The vein has been exposed by three j
open-cuts, showing about 8 inches of
galena in a quartz vein which lies on i
a dip of 45 degrees. A tunnel has
been driven 40 feet on the vein from
Silver creek, 200 feet below the upper
cut.
North of and adjoining the Big Mis
souri group is the property of the
Hercules Mining Company, of Victoria.
B. C. No work of any account has j
been done on the property for some j
time.
This group consists of three claims— j
Yellowstone, >Butte, and Old Timer— I
owned by Bill Murphy and the Steven- i
son Estate, and under bend to C. F.
Caldwell and associates. The forma
tion is the Continuation of the Big
Missouri and the mineralization ident'
cal. Development-work consists of
seven open-cuts opening up a vein up
to 30 feet in width.
BIG MISSOURI
WILL CONTINUE
Work on the Big Missouri will be
continued all winter under direction of
William Noble, Chas. F. Styrtevant,
who has been in charge for several
months, departed for the south last
week A small force of men is now
employed. A first-class winter camp
has been established and the supply of
food is now going up the hill.'
Work will be continued in the cro-s
eut tunnel on the E. Pluribus claim, on
which the high grade ore was first dis
coveaed. A diamond dri'l under direc
tion of P. Hanley haf been working for
some weeks, and the contract for this
season will expire at the end of the
month, it is understood. More diamond
drillng is contemplated early in the
spring. It will be done on the Province
claim, on which there is a tremendous
showing of low-grade ore.
NABOB GROUP
CHANGS HANDS
Carrying with it a substantial cash
payment, the bond on the Nabob group
on Glacier creek was taken this week
by C. G. Skoning and associates of Lead
Point, Wash. Mr. Skoning went south 1
today and with reference to his plans j
in connection with the Nabob said he
expected to return in February and
bring machinery preparatory to open
jug the property up.
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