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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 10.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1933.
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HIGHWAY PROJECT
BEFORE P. W. BOARD
A press di?patch sent froim
Washington to Alaska news
papers late last month said the
Public Works Administration
had been reported to have ap
proved an allotment of $18,
000,000 for construction of th^
International Highway,
although confirmation of the
allotment was not available,
says a statement from the of
fice of Alaska Delegate A. J.
Dimond.
Unfortunately there seems to
be no substantial basis for the
repoit. Once before funds
were said to have been set
aside for building of the road
which will connect Alaska and
continental United States, but
tipan that occasion, too, the
wish appeared to have been
father to the thought.
But it can be said that the pro
ject is before the PWA and its
adoption is being vigorously
urged by Delegate Dimond and
many other interested parties.
The administrative board has
before it much data bearing
on the subject.
Alaska Mining Attracts
Much Outside Interest
Numerous letters received
recently by the Hyder Cham
ber of Commerce disclose wide
spread interest in Alaska min
ing possibilites.
In a majority of instances the
writers have had no mining ex
perience and wish to be “put
wise” to some profitable mi
ning ground. Some are also
interested in trapping as a
sideline, and in a few cases
the writers inquire regarding
taking up land in the Territory.
Young men with college edu
cations or technical training
comprise a surprisingly large
portion of the inquirers, and
very few are of the distinctly
laboring class. A remarkably
small proportion appear tc
have jobs as their primary ob
jective, and “prospecting” is
the principal theme of at least
90 per cent of the missives.
One writer from back East,
carefully indicated that if he
failed to find a gold mine in a
year of prospecting, he would
net go on the list of unem
ployed and become a charge
to the Territory. To avoid this
possible contingency he inten
ded to deposit his fare “back
home” in a bank, so it would
be available when he decided
to back-track.
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Wm. Asseltine, chief of the
Premier mine mill forces and
recently elected representative
for the Atlin district in the
British Columbia Legislature,
returned home Thursday.
Visitors Like District
Messrs. J. R. O’Donnell and
E. E. Burchfield, Tacoma
mining men who spent some
daijts la?t week investigating
the mining possibilities of the
district, left Monday evening
for the south.
Although prevented by ad
verse climatic conditions from
eeing the local mineralization
aspects, both visitors were
much impressed by the diver
sified ore showings on display
and expressed confidence in
the development outlook
Mr. Burchfield was for 25
years head of 'the Burchfield
Boiler works of Tacoma but is
now devoting himself largely
to mining development. Dur
ing the past summer he invest
igated a number Ipf .mining
properties in the Ketchikan
and west coast districts.
Mr. O’Donnell is connected
with important* Puget Sound
lumbering interests and also
possesses considerable mining
experience.
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Hunters Report Few Deer
Louis Watkins, Roy McLeod,
Pat Stapleton and Nick Kris
tovitch returned Wednesday
evening from a two-weeks
hunting trip along the lower
reaches cf Portland Canal on
he KrMovitch gas boat. Al
though the trip extended as
car as Cape Fox, considerably
beyond the entrance of Port
land Canal proper, deer were
found exceedingly scarce and
their arch-enemies, the wolves,
/ery numerous, although but
jeldcm seen. The party
secured only four deer during
the trip and had to do a vast
amount of hunting to obtain
hem. Fresh deer sign was
carce everywhere along the
ooast and in virtually every
instance where deer tracks
were seen on the beach, the
animal had been followed by
wolves. Members of the party
tate that unless something is
done to check the depredations
of the wolves, the deer, which
have been growing steadily
scarcer in the past few years,
will be driven completely
away from the Canal
The party report seeing Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Hill at Lincoln
Channel, where they are get
ting along well, and Charles
“ Long Shorty” Carlson at the
Naket cannery on Hidden In
let, where he is watchman.
Carlson reported bagging one
wolf, after a vast amount of
shooting at the foxy and elu
sive beasts, and one deer,
which he shot virtually in the
do|orway |of his cabin, when
the animal strayed up to the
entrance.
PROGRESS REPORT OF
UNICORN MINES, LTD.
SHOWS FINE OUTLOOK
Development work on the
Unicorn property of Unicorn
Mines, Ltd., during the past
summer, .< although circum
scribed by financial conditions
incident to the depression,
was constructive and satisfac
tory, according to the annual
report to shareholders, issued
thi3 week by John Hovland,
president and managing direc
tor, and printed below:
Because of the financial
situation, our work this season
has again been quite limited
but results are constructive
and satisfactory.
For a clearer understanding
of this report you are referred
to the 1932 Progress Report
NO. 3 TUNNEL
Most of our work was con
fined to this tunnel during the
past season.
Starting at a point 135 feet
from the portal we have driven
another, utterly crosscut
(No. 301) to and across the
Unity Zone. The course of this
crosscut is S' 78 degrees 68
I minutes W.
After driving 35 feet we cut
an east-west vein with a
dip. We followed it to the
footwall of the Unity Zone.
The width varies from 2 to 4
feet and the mineralization
consists of pyrite and small
amounts of galena and sphal
erite.
When we had driven 43 feet
a 2 to 4 inch stringer was cut
which showed native silver.
It assayed two ounces gold and
40 to 50 ounces silver.
We reached the footwall of
Unity Zone after driving 72
feet. Here the Unity Zone or
Vein has a width of 22 feet.
We drove across it and two
feet beyond the hanging wall,
a total distance of 96 feet for
the crosscut. The dip is slight
ly westerly and the gangue
highly silicious. The mineral
ization consists of pyrite, some
galena, sphalerite, chalcopy
rite and occasional particles
of visible native gold.
The first 14 feet on the. foot
wall side is sparingly mineral
ized; but quite frequently
shows particles of visible na
tive gold. The average value,
obtained from % foot moiled
sections, is $2.40 gold and 1
to 2 ounces silver per ton.
Heavier mineralization oc
curs in the 8 foot section of
vein bordering the hanging
wall. Average values, from
moiled samples, for this sec
tion are $3.20 gold and 1 to 2
ounce ssilver per ton. A care
fully taken chip sample from
[ this 8-foot exposure assayed
Gold Producers Favor Silver
The Gold Producers’ Assoc
iation of America was formed
recently in San Francisco with
a membership of two thousand.
Although there were a scatter
ing of delegates from all the
Western states, the bulk of
those present at the organiz
ation were San Francisco res
idents or miners from the
Mother Lode Counties of Cen
tral California.
George Starr of Grass Valley.
Calif., was elected president
of the association. Dues were
fixed at three cents an ounce
for gold produced, while com
panies not in production are re
quired to pay one cent a da.\
for each man employed.
Reports of the meeting state
:he Association did not look
kindly on suggestions for a re
urn to the Single gold stan
dard when the present mon
etary crisis is corrected and a
resolution was accepted and
favorably considered by e
committee favoring bimetal
lism, or remonetization of sil
ver. The silver measure wai
not reported out, however, be
cause it was decided that the
association should not concern
itself with other matters than
the welfare of the gold mining
industry.
$4.80 gold and 1.6 ounces sil
ver. Bunches of solid sul
phides assaying $17.60 gold
are exposed. These were not
included in our average sam
pling and all gold assays given
in this report are based' on
$20.00 per ounce.
After crosscutting the vein
in No. 301, we resumed work
in Crosscut No, 201. We have
already exposed a vein width
of 16 feet and are not across
it. Values are improving as
we near the hanging wall.
SURFACE EXPLORATION
When weather permitted we
continued work on the area
westerly from No. 2 Tunnel.
We exposed an ore body 20
feet wide averaging $4.00 gold
2 to 4 ounces silver per ton.
Adjoining this deposit on the
east is a vein 2 to 3 feet wide,
which assays $8.00 to $40.00
gold per ton. This vein has
been traced a distance of 80
feet by surface cuts.
The above area (No. 2 Zone)
is slightly south of and 180 feet
above the heading of No. 2
Tunnel. We believe the tun
nel is just entering this zone;
but more work is needed to
prove the downward exten
sion of the surface values
SUMMARY
The outstanding feature of
the season is that work in No.
Continued on Page 4
DELEGATE TO FIGHT FOR
ALASKA HOME LOANS
Administrative delay in es
tablishment of a branch of
the Home Owners’ Loan Cor
poration in Alaska is causing
Delegate Dimond deep con
cern. It has proven to be an
unusually perplexing problem,
noli because of any legal ob
stacles, but because of unwil
ftngneefe, or inertia, lor some
other reason which can only
be guessed at on the part of
officials of the corporation,
according to a statement from
Mr. Dimond’s Washington of
fice.
That the law clearly provides
that distressed home owners
hall be taken care of, the
Delegate well knows, for he
aw to that himself. As origin
ally drawn the act applied
only to continental United
ond Mr. Dimond had inserted
provision for its extension to
:he territories and possessions.
Immediately after Congress
idjourned, Mr. Dimond asked
the Home Owners’ Loan Cor
poration to set up a branch in
Alaska. From time to time
during the summer he renewed
the request and each time—
:he last only a few days since
—was told that “no final de
cision has been reached.”
Believing that home owners
in Alaska are every bit a3 en
titled to* the financial assis
tance which the act extends as
those anywhere else, the Del
egate is planning to renew
forcibly his demand that the
terms of the act be literally
followed out and that a branch
be established in Alaska.
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S. S. Zapora To Visit Camp
The Wills Navigation Com
pany steamer, Zapora, will pay
Hyder a visit early next month
iccording to telegraphic ad
vices received by the Herald
Tuesday. The message indi
:ates that the vessel will sail
?rcm Seattle to Hyder, via the
west coast and Chatham Straits
on November 24 and will arrive
here about December 5.
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School To Give Entertainment
The pupils of the Hyder
Public School will present an
interesting public entertain
ment in the school house the
evening of November 29. The
program will include a diver
sified array of literary, musi
cal and vocal numbers, play
lets and physical culture exer
cises, on which the young folks
have been practicing assidu
ously for some time.
There will be no admittance
charge and everyone is invited.