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VOL 6, NO. 4
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 2 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEASON'S WORK ON
THE ENGINEER GROUP
GIVES GOOD RESULTS
Work done during the past |
summer on the Marmot River
properties of the Marmot Engi
nerr Mine Company has proved
decidedly encouraging, accord
ing to managing director Geo
rge H. Bunn.
A large amount of work
of surface character was done
during the season but operat
ions were directed principally
to extending the main tunnel
to crosscut the big copper vein,
which forms the principal sur
face showing. The vein was
encountered shortly before op
erations were temporarily sus
pended a few days ago owing
to the necessity for overhaul
ing the compressor and install
ing various new parts.
Mr. Bunn attempted to cross
cut the vein before closing
down but was unable to reach
the farther wall. The failure
was due mainly to the tunne
striking the vein at an angle
for although the vein is be
lieved to be something over 10 '
feet wide, the tunnel was still
in ore after 20 feet of driving
diagonally across the vein. Tht
pitch of the vein was found tc
be about 70 degrees at the tun
nel level. It was also discover
ed that the mineralization it
considerably wider in the tun
nel than at the surface, indicat
ing that the ore body is widen
ing rapidly. The ore is a white
quartz carring heavy dissemi
nations of chalcopyrite and
some galena of the massive
or large grained type. The lat
ter mineral is also said by Mr.
Bunn to be more prevalent in
the tunnell than in the surface
ore. An interesting feature of
the ore found in the tunnel is
that it carries considerable
quantities of lithium in the
quartz.
Mr. Bunn said it is the intent
ion to fix up the compressor
and extend the tunnel on the
vein to cut an extensive por
phyry belt carrying a high
grade copper lead. This is lo
cated between 70 and 80 feet
beyond the present face and
promises to develop ore of
shipping grade, as indicated by
assays of the surface ore show
ing over 25 per cent copper
and up to 31 ounces of silver.
The company has on hand a
large reserve of oil, coal and
other supplies with which to
continue operation later in the
season.
The first snow of the present
season to reach sea-level fell
in the Salmon and Bear River
valleys Tuesday morning, but
failed to linger more than an
hour or two before dissipated
by succeeding rain.
The fall occurred nine days
later than last year, when the
first fall snow hit the level
areas during the evening of
October 20th, according to the
records.
COMPANY FORMING
TO DEVELOP THE
PEERLESS GROUP
The Peerless Mining Comp
any is being formed in the
south to develop the Peerless
group of eight claims, located
in the upper Salmon basin be
tween the Premier and B. C.
Silver and the M. C. Mining
Co. property along the crest of
Bear River Ridge, according
to press announcements from
Vancouver.
The company will have a capi
talization of 5,000,000 shares
of no par value. One of the prin I
cipals of the company is Jos
eph Salter, former Rossland
mining man. Malcolm Mc
Kenzie, local miner and form-;
er superintendent of the Wood-;
bine, and R. H. Lyons are inter
ested in the ownership of the
property.
The Peerless group possesses j
a number of promising mineral |
showings on which sufficient;
work has been done to indicate
marked possibilities for devel-;
oping a mine.
LOCAL CENSUS WORK
NOW COMPLETED
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Excellent progress has been I
achieved by Census Enumerat- j
or George Kooman in the work
of enrolling the names of the j
residents of the Hyder district
In connection with the fifteen-1
h national census and the act
ual enumeration is fully com- (
pleted.
Mr. Kooman’s work covered ;
the district from the upper i
Texas Creek section to the vi
cinity of Tombstone Bay, about
55 miles down Portland Canal, |
from which point he returned
last Saturday after a two-day
trip in Ed. Schneider’s power
!ooat.
Owing to a provision of the
ensus laws forbidding enum
erators to divulge the results
jf their enrollment work, the
number enrolled locally will
probably not be made public
intil the territorial census is
fully completed.
Mr. Kooman informed the
Herald that he was given all
possible assistance in his work
by the local public and is keen
ly appreciative of their cooper
ation.
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MOOSE SMOKER
BIG SUCCESS
The Moose smoker, held in
Stewart Monday'evening in ob
ervance of Mooseheart Day, is
declared by the considerably
more than 100 persons present
o have been the most enjoy
able event of i+s kind ever held
'n the district. The program
included speeches, stories, an
ecdotes and other interesting
features and was topped off by
a splendid luncheon. Dictator
G. W. Smith presided and the
display of talent presented was
worthy of a professional show.
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W. A. Holmes, mining engin
eer, visited the camp during
the stay of the Prince Rupert
Thursday.
EARLY MORNING
FIRE WIPES OUT
SULLIVN BLDG,
The W. S. Sullivan building
at the corner of Premier Ave
nue and International Way be
came a victim of the fire fiend
early Thursday morning and
ihe large, two-story business
and residence structure was
burned to the ground with
practically all its contents; to
gether with the adjoining gar
age building.
The origin of the blaze is nbt
definitely known. The fire
was first discovered by Mr.
Sullivan about 1:30 a. m., after
he had been awakened by the
loud barking of his dog outside
the building.. Some passer-by
is also believed to have detect
ed the blaze about the same
time, as loud cries of “fire,” j
apparently in a lemimne voice,
were heard by persons in the
neighborhood shortly before
Mr. Sullivan gave the alarm.
Mr. Sullivan found his bed
room on the upper floor filled
with smoke and hastened to
discover the source. On open
ing the door leading to the rear
of the building, he was nearly
overwhelmed by a wave of
smoke and flame. Hastily
closing the door, he threw a ;
few articles out of the window
and made his escape in his-'
night clothes, as he was unable
to find his attire, owing to tile
electric lights being cut off, ap
parently by the fire. Mean
while George Devine had ap
peared on the scene and at
tempted to enter the building
but found the doors locked j
and hesitated to break in ow- i
ing to the prospect of starting
a draft. The fire at that time ;
was apparently confined to a ,
relatively small part of the up
per story. Within a few min-.
utes the alarm had spread and |
others were arriving to lend
their aid. The large chemical
cart was hauled to the scene
hut could not be brought into
play for some time, apparently
I because no one present knew
| how to manipulate the valves.
As a result of this development
j many valuable minutes were i
lost before it was finally placed 1
in action, principally through
the efforts of N. M. Traversy. j
Observers state that there
. was a good chance for quench
I ing the fire had the chemical
; been available when the appa
I ratus first arrived on the scene.
I Regardless of the merit of this
• opinion, the incident provides
i a startling example of the need
for some sort of volunteer fire
: fighting force or at least the
necessity for instructing a num
i per of persons how to operate
the chemical, so that some one
will always be available at
such critical times.
Meanwhile a bucket brigade
had been formed and was lab
oring valiantly to check the
fire,by this time had gained
great headway. Their efforts
were of slight avail, however,
as, even tho assisted by the
chemical, were of littl^ effect
NEWSY JOTTINGS
BEARING ON LOCAL
MINING ACMES
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The Tacoma Mining Syndi
cate has been formed in Stew
art to develop the Tacoma
group of six claims on the east
ern slopes of Mt. Rainey, ad
jacent to the Porter Idaho,
Prosperity and Melvin proper
ties.
The syndicate possesses a cap
italization of $300,000, divided
into 60,000 units of $5 each.
The property is said by con
servative mining men to be of
considerable promise. It is be
lieved to contain extensions of
the ore zone found on the Mel
vin group, which lies directly
south of the Tacoma.
Trustees of the syndicate in
clude H. D. Rochfort, presiding
trustee, R. W. Kennedy, secre
tary, and L. E. Bigham, who
was the original owner of the
property.
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The Blackhill Mining Co., i
Ltd., is engaged in erecting
winter camps on its properties
in the Bear River area and
plans to continue work during
the winter period. Activities
will be directed to opening a
series of promising lodes which
are said to carry a foot of ship
ping grade ore, in addition to
considerable milling ore. It is
also the intention to start ship
ing the highgrade when devel
opment is more advanced. The
company is controlled by the
Northern Metals Holding Syn
dicate, which holds an option
on a major portion of the treas
ury stock.
Since the above was written,
word comes from Stewart that j
a first shipment of 10 tons of j
Blackhill ore was brought to j
town this week for shipment ■
to the Selby smelter. The ore is
said to assay over ?100 in gold, |
silver, lead and zinc.
against the billowing rushes of j
smoke and fire. The bucket- i
wielders kept valiantly to their j
task and continued to pour '
water on the building and also
on the McKenzie residence, a j
few rods north, despite the
scorching heat and the danger
of falling walls.
Those who devoted them
selves to this task deserve the
utmost praise for their labors
and their heroic disregard for
personal comfort and safety.
It was due entirely to their
splendid efforts that the Mc
Kenzie cottage was spared, as
the brigade managed to keep
the nearby north wall of the
I Sullivan building wet enough
to stand as a bulwark between
the fire and the cottage, mean
i while keeping the latter struct
ure drenched with water. With
the subsidence of the flames,
’ the wall was caved inward by
j means of long ladders and was
soon consumed. The blaze
lasted nearly two hours before
the last wall was down and the
danger fully over.
The destroyed building was
one of the oldest two-story
PROSPERITY MINER
CRUSHED BY CAVE-IN
Caught by a mass of falling
rock in the Prosperity mine of
the Premier Gold Mining Co.,
on the east slope of Mt. Rainey,
Herman Petzold, a miner, aged
27 years, sustained a broken
left leg and other injuries, in
cluding a possible fracture of
the spine, while at work in a
drift Friday evening, last week.
The accident occurred about
8 p. m. in a stope on the north
side of the main drift, while
Petzold was engaged in setting
up a drill. The cave-in is said
to have come with scarcely any
warning and partially buried
the unfortunate1 young man.
He was extricated without dif
ficulty by fellow employees
and later was transported over
the tram to the mouth of the
Marmot River and thence by
boat and stage to the Premier
mine hospital, where he was
made as comfortable as poss
ible by Dr. James Robinson,
mine physician. It was found,
however, that the spinal injury
was of such character that the
exact nature could not be de
termined except by careful X
ray examination and he was
sen t to Vancouver on the Sat
urday evening boat.
Petzold had been employed
at the Prosperity property for
eighteen months prior- to the
accident.
STEWART EDITOR
STROKE VICTIM
W. R. (“Rube”) Hull, editor
of the Stewart News, was
stricken by paralysis about 7 :
30 a. m. yesterday morning.
The stroke affected his left
side from the shoulder down
but his condition is such that
hopes are entertained for his
ultimate recovery. The Herald
joins with his many local
friends in their deep regret
for his unfortunate affliction
and hopes with them for an
early recovery.
structures in town, having been
built by Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan,
who is now in the States,about
nine years ago and with its con
tents was valued at about $6,
000. The lower floor was used
by Mrs. Sullivan as a tailoring
establishment until her depart
ure for the south some months
ago and was unoccupied. The
adjoining garage building was
used by immigration inspector
D. J. Mulcare for sheltering
his car, which was saved by
prompt action on the part of
deputy U. S. Marshal Don. E.
Martin, assisted by others. On
ly a very small part of the con
tents of the Sullivan building
were saved and the few art
icles salvaged consisted mainly
of bed clothing. The loss is par
tially covered by building in
surance of $2,000, with an ad
ditional $500 on personal ef
fects and furniture.
Mr. Sullivan wishes the Her
ald to express his grateful
thanks to those who assisted in
trying to save his property.
ELLIOTT IS TO
MEET PREMIERS
IN CONFERENCE
At the invitation of Premier
Tolmie, of British Columbia,
Major Malcolm Elliott, presi
dent of the Alaska Road Com
mission, will go to Victoria this
month for a conference with
Or. Tolmie and Premier King
of the Dominion government
regarding the proposed Pacif
ic-Yukon-Fairbanks highway,
according to an announcement
by the Alaska Road Commiss
ion headquarters in Juneau.
The conference is scheduled
for November 12. Major Elliott
is now in Washington and will
make a special trip to the coast
for the meeting. Premier King
is due for a visit in Victoria at
that time and all the facts rel
ative to the great highway pro
ject will be laid before him and
Premier Tolmie by Maj. Elliott.
Interest in the highway pro
oosal has now reached a stage
where it is attracting nation
wide attention and there is ev
;ry indication that the project
will reach a tangible stage at
no distant date if the scheme
s found to be practicible. Two
bills are now before Congress
authorizing investigations and
the British Columbia authori
ties are apparently taking a
very keen interest. They see in
the project a splendid oppor
tunity for opening up the now
isolated northern portions of
the B. C. province and also the
lower portions of the Yukon
Territory.
Such a highway will bring to
British Columbia and Alaska
thousands of auto tourists, who
will leave millions of dollars
behind them in course of time—
mostly in Canada. Hyder and
Stewart will also profit im
measurably if the B. C. author
ities can be induced to build a
branch road from the main
highway to Stewart.
It is expected that the Domin
ion will authorize members of
an international commission
to study the feasibility of con
structing such a highway.
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C. of C. MEETING
NEXT WEDNESDAY
The monthly meeting of the
Hyder Chamber of Commerce
will be held in Chamber of
Commerce Hall next Wednes
day evening, November 6, it
was announced Friday by Sec
retary E. R. Stivers. The sess
ion was scheduled for the pre
ceding day but will be post
poned owing to the desire of
members to attend the concert
to be held in Stewart Tuesday
evening.
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The Norco was scheduled to
leave Seattle for Ketchikan
and Hyder yesterday, accord
ing to advices received recent
ly by the Hyder Dock Co. In
the event that no delays occur,
the vessel should arrive here
Tuesday evening or Wednes
day morning.