BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Attorneys—
Ernest Blue, Hyder
Automobile Supplies—
Hydet Machine Shop
Hyder Garage
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shops—
Traversy’s Barber Shop.
Northern Pool Hall Shop
Bakery Goods—
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
The Silver Grill Restaurant.
tslacksmitrang—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Civic Associations—
Hyder Chamber of Commerce
Curios—
Boundary Gift Shop
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Traversy’s Cigar Store
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Boundary Gift Shop
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Explosives—
Hyder Fuel Co.
Hyder Dock Company.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Hyder Dock Company
General Mdse.—
Edgar Provinse
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Edgar Provinse
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Lumber—
Hyder Lumber Company.
Laundries—
Portland Canal Electric
Lodges—
Loyal Order of Moose
Masonic Club
Machinery—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hyder Garage
Meat Market—
Edgar Provinse
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Chas. F. Sandford
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hyder Garage
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Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Frank A. Metcalf, Surveyor
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Boundary Gift Shop
Rubber Stamps—
Hyder Herald
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Silver Grill Restaurant
Smokers Supplies—
Boundary Gift Shop
Traversy’s Cigar Store
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyder Drug Co.
Boundary Gift Shop
Steamship Agencies—
Hyder Dock Co.
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T ypewriters—
Hyder Drug Co.
Boundary Gift Shop
' Steamship Lines—
Noyes Boat Company e
Toilet Preparations—
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Hyder Drug Co. d
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
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LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged li»l
of active and semi-active min
ing organizations operating in
the Portland Canal Mining Dis
trict.
Nota: In compiling tha following In
dex of local mining concerns tha
publishers have bean unable In soma
Instances to secure much desired In
formation; owing principally to in
ability to locate the offioe address
es of various companies. As a result,
the list falls to Inolude tltlea or
other data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list as fast
as the necessary information can be
secured.
Companies not represented in the
listing are requested to advise this of
rice.
Adanac Mines Company of Alaska:
Cap. $750,000, Par $1.00; properties
Fish Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear R. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining & Milling Co: Cap.
13.000. 000, Par $1.00; properties Fish
2r. Hyder district. American reg.
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
-ap. $5,000,000, no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines, Inc., properties
rexas Cr. Hyder district. Amer.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
•00, par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadlan Consolidated Mining
Jo. Ltd: prop. Salmon R. diet. Can.
Atlas Gold-Copper Company, Inc.:
Jap. and roserves $1,200,000, par $1;
>rop. Bear River dist: Can.
layview Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $3,
100.000, par .25; prop. Bear River
listrict. Can.
Iritish-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Jap. $1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon
listrict. Controlled by Selukwe Gold
dining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Jan.
1. C. Bonanza Mining Co., Ltd.:
’rop. Salmon dist. Can.
leaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
00. 000 units, par $10; prop. Bear
t. dist. Can.
lear Valley Minas, Ltd: prop. Bear
1. dist. Can.
limetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15,000
nits par $10; prop. Marmot R. dls
rict. Can.
Ilg Missouri Mining Co.: Cap. $5,000,
00, par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Liner. (Controlled by Buena Vista
lining Co. )
litter Creek Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
00,000, par .60; prop. Bear R. dis
rict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
letals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Hack Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop,
lear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by
Iarmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.
iridgeport Syndicate: Cap. 20,000 un
s, par $10; prop. Salmon R. Hyder
istrict. American.
iritish Dominion Mining Co., Ltd.:
'rop. Salmon R. Dist. Can. (Controll
d by National Silver Mines, Ltd. )
luena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,
00. par $1; prop. Salmon R. district;
an. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.)
ush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
ap. $6,000,000, par .50; prop. Salmon
dist. Can.
utte-Hyder Mining Co., Inc. Cap. $1,
1)0,000, par $1; American,
assiar Gold Mines, Ltd.: Properties
almon R. district. Canadian,
entury Mines, Incorporated: Cap.
5.000. 000, no par val., prop. Salmon
... Hyder dist. American.
hief Metals Mining Co.: Property
almon R. dist. Amer.
onsolidated Mining and 8melting
o: Controlling George Gold-Copper
•., Bear R. dist.; Buena Vista Min
lg Co., Salmon R. dist. Can.
ommonwealth Mining Co.: Prop,
ascade River. American,
rest Consolidated Gold Mining Co.,
td.: Cap. $2,000,000, par .50; prop,
almon R., Hyder dist. Can.
alhousie Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop,
ear R. dist. Can.
andy-Star Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Bear
.. dist. Can.
aly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $2,000,
00, par $1; prop. Salmon R., Hyder
istrict. Amer.
unwell Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
ar $1; prop. Bear R. dist.
mperor Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,600,000,
ar $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
xtenuats Gold Mines, Ltd.: Prop,
almon R. dist. Can.
orty-Nine Mining Co. Prop. Salmon
.. district. Can.
eorge-Enterprise Mining Co., Ltd.:
rop. Bear R. dist. Can.
eorge Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
ap. $1,500,000, par $1. prop. Bear R.
1st. Can.
eorgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
1.000. 000, par $1; prop. Georgia R.
an.
lacier Girl Mining Co., Ltd.: prop,
ear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by Mar
tot Metals Co.)
old Standard Mining Co., Ltd: Cap.
3.0000. 000, par .25; prop. Texas
reek, Hyder dist. Amer.
lyder Lead Mines Inc.: Cap. $2,
)0.000 par $1; prop. Texas Creek,
[yder dist. Can. (Controlled by
raalgamated Mines, Inc.)
idependence Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:
ap. $3,500,000, par $1; prop. Bear R.
1st. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
onsolidated Mines, Ltd.)
idlan Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3,000,000,.
ar $1; prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
i International Morale Exploration Co
I Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. diet. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mine*, Ltd.
Cap. $500,000, par .26; prop. Bear F
diet. Can.
Lakeview Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,00(
par ..2G; prop. Bear R. diat. Can.
Last Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. diet. Can.
Marmot Metala Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. fl,600,000, par .60; prop. Marino
R. diet. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate, Glacier Girl Mining Co., Blacl
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap
91,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot R
diat Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 16,000 units, par |10; prop. Mar
mot R. diat. Amer.
Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. 16,000, 000, par »1; Marmot R
diat Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
Prop. Marmot diat. Can.
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. diat. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .60; prop. Bear R. diat
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. diat. Can.
I M. C. Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
I R. diet. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
units, par $5.00; prop. Marmot R. dist.
Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountalnview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Fish Cr. Hy
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Georgia R. dist. Can.
Ninety-Six Mining Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; American.
North Country Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$2,000,000 par $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot dist. Can.
Northern Light Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
000,000 par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
Northern Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dist. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Canadian.
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Amer.
Pat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd.: Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. diat. Can.
Pedro-Georgla River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd. Cap.
$2,000,000, par .60; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Geld Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $2,500,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder dist. Can. (Also is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$6,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600,
000, par .20; prop. Barney’s Gulch,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $2,000,00, par $1; prop. Bear R.
diat. Can. (Controlling Independence
Mining Co.)
Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$350,000, par 61; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Rufus-Argenta Mines, Ltd.:Cap. $3,000,
000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal-!
mon R. dist. British..
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $500,000,
par $1; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist.
(Controlled by Premier Gold Mining
Co.) Can.
8ilver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Salmon R. dist,
Can.
Silver Belt Mining Co„ Ltd.: Prop.
Mt. Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek,
Bear R. dist. Can.
anvcr nvityc nonsonaaico mines,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot It. diet. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Rainey,
Bear R. diet. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr.,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; prop.
Glacier Cr., Bear R. dist. Can.
Terminus Mines, Ltd.: Cap $1,000,000,
par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
dist. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500,
000, par $1; prop. Pish Cr., Hyder dist.
Amer.
United Empire Gold A Silver Mining
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Ameri
can Cr. Bear R. dist. Can.
White River Placer Syndicate: Cap.
20,000 uni ts, par $5; prop. Nass R.
dist. Can.
Woodbine Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $5,000,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
• «
■ Fairbanks has suffered
heavy loss in population sine
last fall, reports the Anchor
’ age Times. A single trainloa*
recently took out more thai
$100,000 in savings.
Fifteen women enrolled fo:
the second term of shor
course work in home econom
ics at the Alaska College re
cently
There is a vast area of grourn
on the upper reaches of th<
Kobuk River which remain!
to a great extent unexplorec
by gold seekers, and whicl
some day will be one of th<
best mineral producers in th(
entire territory. Such is th«
word brought from there bj
William James, who returned
recently from a prospecting
trip into the country which
lasted eight and one-hali
months. The region is de
scribed as an ideal prospecting
field, but Mr. James would
advise no one to go there un
less he has made adequate
preparations. It is a hard coun
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE JUNEAU LAND
DISTRICT, AT ANCHORAOE, ALAS
KA.
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In the Matter of the Application ol
B. GUGGENHEIM, of New York,
N. Y., for patent to the Ready Money
No. 3, Alaska Premier Fraction, Alas
ka No. 2, Alaska No. 8, Alaska No.
1, Ready Money No. 4, Ready Mon
ey No. 6, Ready Money, Tauraa No.
2, Tauras No. 4, Tauraa No. 3, and
Tauras No. 5 lode mining claims,
embraced In Mineral Survey No.
1550, situated in the Hyder Mining
and Recording District and Precinct,
First Judicial Division, Alaska, and
forming one contiguous group.
Serial No. 07086
AMENDED NOTICE OF APPLICA
TION FOR PATENT TO THE
READY MONEY LODE CLAIM.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
B. GUGGENHEIM, a citizen ef the
United States, whose post office ad
dress is 1115 Broadway, New York,
New York, has filed an amended ap
plication in the United States Land
Office at Anchorage, Alaska, for
patent to the Ready Money Lode
Mining Claim contained and men
tioned in the above entitled group
of contiguous mining claims, includ
ed within Mineral Survey No. 1550.
situated in the Hyder Mining Dis
trict, Territory of Alaska, and about
eleven miles north of Hyder post
office, Alaska, and on the south
bank of Salmon River, and more
particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
READY MONEY LODE
"Beginning at corner No. 1, thence
U. S. L. M. No. 1418 previously de
scribed, bears N. 9 deg. 35 min. W.
2745.66 feet; thence N. 73 deg. 45
min. E. 1500 feet to corner No. 2;
thence S. 20 deg. 30 min. E. 547.53
feet to comer No. 3; thence S. 73
deg. 45 min. W. 1500 feet to comer
No. 4; thence N. 20 deg. 30 min. W.
547.53 feet to comer No. 1, the
place of beginning, containing an
area of 18.803 acres, conflicting with
King No. 1 lode, unsurveyed, 1,643
acres. Eleven Mile Lode, Survey
No. 1418, 2.110 acres, and Tauras
Lode, Survey No. 1519, exclusive of
its conflict with Eleven Mile Lode,
Survey No. 1418, 2.092 acres. Con
„ 2*1. m ___ ini. t_a __i_a
ed. All other conflicts included. Net
area claimed 16.693 acres.”
The amended application is made,
and this notice is being re-posted
and re-published for the purpose of
giving the correct description of
said claim which is as hereinabove
described.
United States Location Monument
No. 1418 to which this survey Is
tied, consists of a granite rock 24 x
10 inches, showing 6 inches above
the ground, in latitude 56 deg. 02
min. N„ and longitiude 130 deg. 03
min. W.
The names of owners of conflict
ing claims are not known to appli
cant. The total area embraced in
said above described mining claim
is 16.693 acres.
The magnetic variation is 30 deg.
east.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above described
veins, lode, or premises, or any por
tion of said mining claim, are rd
uired to file notice of their adverse
claims with the Register of the Unit
ed States Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska, within the period of publi
cation or eight months thereafter,
or they will be barred by virtue of
the provisions of the statutes.
J. Lindley Green
Register
First Publication Dec. 15, 1928
Last Publication Feb. 1«, 1929.
i try to #et in and out of and
i the prospector must have on
- hand supplies to last at least
1 several months. As far as op
1 portunities are concerned, Mr.
James said hundreds, and ev
en thousands of men might
r prospect without molesting
t one another.
The halibut boat Sherman,
Captain Andrew Johnson, was
the high boat of the Petersburg
I fleet for the 1928 season. The
, man share on the vessel
' amounted to $2,969.35, or
about $20 more than was
| shared on Captain L. P. Sun
, derland’s Sentinel of Ketchi
’ kan, the high boat of the Ket
c-hikan fleet. The Sherman is a
' five-man boat and fished for
16 trips, bringing in 137,525
pounds of halibut. Martin
Enge’s Augusta was the next
high in the Petersburg fleet,
with a per man share of
around $2,500.
The Territorial capital build
ing at Juneau will be complet
ed within one year, according
to advices received by U. S.
Marshal Albert White recent- j
ly. The structure which will be
erected at a cost of $750,000,
is to be started early this year
and pushed to completion. The
federal district court will also
be housed in the building. The
present federal building, the
department said, would be en
tirely remodeled.
H. J. Raymond, 57, a resident j
of Alaska for 31 years, mostj
of which was spent in Juneau,
died a few days ago in St.
Ann’s hospital in that city
from blood poisoning, the re
sult of a slight injury received
ten days before. Enroute from
Juneau to Baranof, his home,
he fell down three steps on the
motorship Virginia IV, and
slightly injured one of his
knees. He considered the hurt
of no importance and neglect
ed to dress it. Infection set in
after he reached home. He is
survived by his widow
Influenza, which hit Nenana
harder than any other city in
the railroad belt in the epi
demic of ten years ago, has
passed the community by this
time advices from there indi
cate. Despite the fact that
there were many cases of the
disease in both Fairbanks and
Anchorage, Nenana has not yet
reported a single case.
Constantine Beaver, 24-year
old son of the chief of the Ho
holitna tribe, is being held
without bail at Bethel. Beaver
is charged with causing the
death of another native by
firing three shots from a 22
calibre rifle, all of which
lodged in the head of the man,
with whom he had quarreled.
The shooting is said to have
occurred in the presence of
the wives of the slain man and
Beaver.
Dr. John Venters, noted phy
sician and surgeon of Seattle,
and Alaska, died in tht former
city recently from pneumonia.
Dr. Venters distinguished him
self in 1924 when he flew 1,100
miles by plane over the Arctic
wastes to put down an epi
demic sweeping through the
villages of the upper Kusko
kwim country. Dr. Venters was
55 years of age and came to
Alaska in 1918 to take charge
of the Akiak hospital; in 1924
lie assumed charge of the Nu
lato hospital and also served
at Norvick when the natives up
the Koyukuk were stricken
and dying by the scores from
Bating infected caribou meat.
It was then he flew to their
assistance and ended the epi
demic.
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