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VOL 2, NO.5
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCKT
RICH ORE BODY
ON B. C. SILVER
A large body of high grade
ore has been encountered in
one of the tunnels on the B. v.
Silver, according to reliable
information received in town
Tuesday.
Details of the strike could
not be obtained beyond that
the ore is of much higher val
ue than any hitherto encount
ered on the property.
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MACHINERY FOR
BIG MISSOURI
Preparations for increasing
the scope of present develop
ment operations are under way
on the Big Missouri. The com
pressor and other machinerj
equipment lately in use on the
Forty Nine, is being trans
ported to the Big Missouri,
where it will be used in the |
further exploration of the huge I
ore zone recently uncovered by
manager Pat Daly, and which
promises to develop into a i
source of vast ore production
under commei’cial exploitation.
Late visitors to the properly
report that the big ore boa>
is said to be showing up better
every day as the tunnel pro
gresses and is unquestionably j
erf tremendoun potential value. 1
Mr. Daly also has a crew at
work on a newly discovered
lead of gold ore which is said
to carry high values in the
yellow metal.
FINE SAMPLES FROM
BORDER GROUP
Lon Doggett, came into town
during the week with some
fine looking samples of silver
lead and quartz-porphyry ore
from his Bolder Group prop
erty at 13 Mile, on which he
proposes to work during the
winter. The ore was obtained
from the outcrops of a huge
ore zone that runs through
the group from the direction
of the Premier and is appar
ently of much the same char
acter,as the ores found on that
famous property, which lies a
short distance to the east
ward. Lon is driving a tunnel
to cross cut the big lead at
depth and expects to hit the
ore in another forty feet or so
at a point about 80 feet from
the portal.
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A fine specimen of high
grade ore from the Porter
Idaho mine is on display at
the Hyder Drug Co. store. Tne
sample, taken from one of tne
several ore shoots encounter
ed in the new tunnel, weighs
about 125 pounds and is said
to assay between $700 and
$800 per ton.
WINTER WORK ON
PORTER IDAHO
Winter work on the Porter
Idaho will be inaugurated this |
fall and will continue through
| out the closed seaspn, accord
ing to present contemplations j
of the management. Managing \
director Clay Porter has al- j
ready started taking winter1
supplies up to the piine on the j
return trips of the pack train j
engaged in bringing down the ;
ore shipments. Several tons of j
fuel and other supplies have |
been taken up the hill during
' the past few days and will be j
followed by quantities of fuel
oil, powder, steel, provisions
and other necessary commod-:
ities sufficient to last until;
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spring, or such time as fresh ,
supplies can be sent over the j
trail. As no ore shipments can
be made during the winter
period, the closed season will
be devoted to the further ex
ploration of the already ex-1
tensive underground workings,
ouch high grade ore as is ex
tracted during the process will
be stored in readiness for early i
shipment in spring.
The mine has achieved an
I ixeellcnt production record
during the present season. The
pack train has not missed a
single day since early spring
and a steady stream of ore has
poured down to the beach
since the latter part of June.
Total ore production figures
for last year have already been
passed by the shipments sent
to the smelter this year and j
an additional 800 sacks is now
at the mouth of the Marmot
awaiting transportation, with
more coming down daily.
Returns received from the
first shipment of high grade
sent to the smelter this sum
mer, amounting to 60 odd tons,
show a profit of $105 per ton
after the payment of all ex
penses, incident to extraction,
transportation and smelting.
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A lively and vociferous al
tercation over the tenancy of
a tide flat lot at the corner of
Main Street and First Avenue
created an unwonted diversion
for the habitues of that section
for an hour or two Monday
morning. After a vast deal of
wrangling in which many of
the bystanders participatedI
with vim and vigor, the con-1
tending claimants agreed on a
compromise, whereby one of
them paid the other for his
“Costs and disbursements in
curred therein,” to quote the
legal sharps, and quiet was
once more restored*
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WORK RESUMED
ON RIVERSIDE
Operation of the Riverside
mine was resumed late last
j week by J. D. Littlepage and
M. J. St Clair, who are the
controlling factors in that wen
l known property under a leas
ing and a purchase .arrange
| ment with the H. C. Strong
1 interests. The present working
force is small, only five or six
men being employed in the
mine and mill, but will be in
creased as conditions warrant
later in the season.
The renewal of operations on
! this promising property is a
| matter of considerable grati
! fication and everyone in the
! district is earnestly hopeful
! that Messrs. Littlepage and St.
i Clair will achieve the highest
j degree of success in their ef
; fort to again place the min<:
I on a productive basis.
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Dr. Dan E. Standard, whose
services as a physician have
been of highly appreciated
benefit to the community since
, his arrival here last spring,
| has decided to leave the local
| field for the present in re
sponse to an urgent call foi
[ a physician at Sitka, where a
much larger population than
Hyder has been bereft of meo
j ical assistance through the ill
! ness of Dr. Goddard, the
town’s only physician.
In a statement to the Heralu,
I Dr. Standard said that while
he is leaving the community,
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his absence may be considereu
1 as temporary, as it is his in
tention to return here when
the real “step up” comes in tne
camp’s progress.
“There is urgent need of a
physician and surgeon at Sit
ka,” Dr. Standard said.
“There are over fifty elderly
people in the Pioneers’ Home
and the city and community in i
general is without a physician
as a result of the resident phy
sician, Dr. Goddard, having
suffered a stroke of paralysis
which necessitates his leaving
the field. “His place is being
temporarily filled 'byr the doc
ter from one of the govern
ment boats in Alaska waters
but he cannot remain and so
I have decided to go there for
the present.”
“However,” he added “while
I am going over there to fill
the urgent need, I expect to
come back to Hyder when the
real “step-up” comes, which I
think will be next spring.”
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Mrs. Green, mother of Mrs.!
Edgar Provinse, was a pass-!
enger on the Curacao for Ket
chikan, where she will visiti
friends.
1 ORE COMING DOWN
FROM CANTU GROUP
Several pack train loads of
ore from the Cantu Group of
Messrs. F. A. Cronholm and
T. W. McDonald have arrived
; in town enroute to the smelter
and will be followed by others
until a total of about 30 or 35
I tons has been assembled,
i The ore is a heavy grained
galena in a grayish quails
gangue and carries a large
lead content. Picked samples
of the ore seen by the Herald
| include handsome specimens
of nearly pure lead an inch or
so in thickness and a glittering
array of pieces of solid galena,
' Lhe sight of which would de
light the heart of the toughest
old prospector in the country.
The ease with which the orb
is extracted is one of the most
note worthy features of the
property, several tons of the
rock having been taken out
and sacked without the use of
powder. According to the own
ers several hundred tons of
; the ore could be extracted at
a cost of very little greater
than the price of the; labor
employed.
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Advices received by the post
al officials during the week
announce that the motorship
Prince of Wales will not ar
1 rive from Ketchikan Thursday.
According to the message the
i vessel’s departure from the
First City will be delayed 24
hours, which should bring it
here Friday morning. The
reason for the delayed sailing
w'as not indicated in the mess
age.
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Two new terms of the Dis
trict Court of the First Divis
ion have been designated by
Judge T. M. Reed in ordei’s
signed September 12th.
The first of the orders pro
, vides for the convening of the
court at Ketchikan on October
; 15 and the other at Juneau
on November 18. It is expected
that grand juries will be em
| panneled at both places.
Mrs. Oren F. Hill left on the
Cardena on a buying trip for
the Hyder Drug Co., which
will include visits to Seattle,
Portland and San Francisco.
Mrs. Hill expects to be absent
from Hyder for a month or six
weeks and will personally se
lect the holiday goods to be ;
displayed later in the season,
as well as the latest staple
J commodities in the various
lines handled. i
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Mrs. Ernest Blue,., and her;
mother, Mrs Brown, were pass- j
engers to Prince Rupert on tne I
j last trip of the Prince George. ’
GOOD HEADWAY
ON MOUNTAINVIEW
Development work on the
Mountainview Gold Mining
Company properties on Fish
Creek is proceeding in excel
lent manner, with the newly
installed mine, power and
tram equipment working in
fine shape, according to man
ager Arthur Moa. The mint
is now fully equipped with
machinery and future develop
! ment will be conducted on a
j much increased scale as com
I pared to earlier periods.
' Unlike a majority of local
development operations, the
work of opening up this fine
property has been carried to
completion, not only in re
markably fast time, but also
■so quietly, that few are aware
of the really vast amount of
i labor that has been accomp
lished by Mr. Moa and his as
assistants. Fewer still realize
the fact that the property has
practically reached the pro
ductive stage and will soon be
adding its wealth to the dis
trict’s output, .
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Postal money orders stolen
from the Cartersville, Mont.,
postoffice June 29th last are
being forged and cashed along
the Pacific coast, according to
an announcement made by the
postoffice department in which
the public is warned to beware
of accepting unverified money
orders. The theft included 1,
170 of the blank orders, which
are being cashed by the for
gers, in sums ranging from $20
to $50.
A man, presumably H. C.
Hill, and a woman are known
to have cashed some of the
orders, the victims of their
operations being drug stores
and stores dealing in women a
apparel. The operators have
been traced from eastern
points to Seattle, which was
the last place reporting their
presence.
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D. B. Patterson, old timer of
the North and known in pra*.
tically every placer camj,
from Dawson to Nome, left
Sunday for Seattle after a
stay of several months in con
nection with the affairs of the
Hyder-Jumbo and Hyder-Skoo
kum mining companies, in
which he is interested.
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Mrs. C. E. Hill, sister of Mrs.
J. L. Campbell, and well
known locally as a result of
visits to the camp in earliei !
days, is reported in letters
reaching Mrs. Campbell, as
contemplating a winter’s stay
in California owing to impair
ed health.
L & L MAKING
FINE SHOWING
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With a steady stream of on
; coming down the trail \
loading station on the i _
j -i.ivi.-i' iOilCi cilia With Al. p ii.l':it.
; ;oing forward to the snu 1 i
; .it regular intervals, the L &. 1
on Glacier Creek is achieving
a record for ore roduction tha
i3 bringing the property inti
relief as one of the leading
mineral producers of the dis
vrict. During the past tw«
months, the mine has produe
:;d and started on its way r
the smelter app: oximately
| tons of ore. Two .shipments av
eraging 20 tons each wen
| shipped in August and Se p
| tember and an equal amoun
is in transit. In addition clos<
! to a ton a day is coming dowi
from the mine for later dis
patch. The shipments whT<
small carry a grade of ore tha
is said to yield a good profi
over the costs of extraetioi
: and shipment. As there is sai<
to be ample quantities of thi
ore in sight to continue ship
ment during the winter then
is every prospect that the mini
: will have a decidedly impos
ing production record pilet
up before the snow is gone.
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The Curtis seaplane whict
left Kodiak recently pilotei
by Russell H. Merrill an.:
with Gus Gelles, an Anchoij
j age merchandise broker, wai
forced to land shortly aftei
leaving Kodiak, and was coinj
pletely wrecked by breake
on the beach at'East •Ch'igal
island. The boat Austin P., en|
route from Bristol Bay, fount
the airmen on the beach sail
I vaging what they could fror
the plane. Shortly after leavj
ing Kodiak the airmen er»|
i countered bed weather accoml
panied by heavy rain. Thej
rose above the clouds and fle\
in the direction of SeldoviJ
, for about an hour, and theil
; came down to get their bi.ar|
ings. The first thing they sav
j was a mountain unfamiliar til
them so they rose again ant|
changed their course a lilt!
to the westward. During thl
time the weather was grovi
ing worse rapidly and final) |
their feed pump developed
trouble, compelling them t
make a landing. They canid
down near East Chugak i lund|
headed for a spot that looke:
to the pilot to be reasonably
smooth water. When the,
reached it, however,
found breakers ten feet
Unable to turn back
headed for the shore wi
possible speed and who i ii|
plane grounded both moil
jumped just as a big breakei
rolled in upon them, and thJ
plane was ivrecked beyond re|
pair.
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The second annual fair ol
the Tanana Valley Agricultl
ural Society was held in Fair]
banks the first week in Sei
tember, and was an unquali|
fied success, the exhibits be-nj
more numerous and of wide!
varieties than heretofore. Thd
fair drew a large attendance!