fhe Salmon River District ia
>■ Marvelously Rich i.| Minerals
and llyder is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDCR ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
This Paper is to Publish «P
the Mining News. Keep Your
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it. Boost for jiyder all tfwe
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VOL. 1. NO. 47.
HYDER, Alaska, Qt .
6. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Big Boom
For Alaska
Next Year
All indications point to the year
1921 being the greatest year forde*
velopment along all lines In Alaska
that the Territory has ever exper>
ienced. Eastern papers, papers
that are read by millions of people,
papers that guide public thought
and determine the policies of the
Nation, are taking Alaska seriously
at last. Not only are they taking
the Territory seriously, but they
are, without exception, advocating
a wider freedom for the people
here, a release from a bureaucratic
government and from a tangle of
departments that duplicate each
others’ work when they are not ab
solutely antagonistic.
The Nation is being taught to re'
alize that Alaska is an asset of un
tal/1 narm onon t voitta inotnn/1 f n
flimsy treasure box to be looted as
quickly as possible and then desert
ed. The United States is beginning
to learn that the wealth of the Ter
riury will steadily increase if its
m.tur d resources are properly de
veloped and fostered.
People down east have, in the
past, thought of Alaska as they
think of Siberia. They know that
it exists, because the maps tell
them so, but they have had no more
personal interest in the one than in
the other. They are now learning
that there is opportunity here for
thousands—yes millions of settlers
and workers; that there are vast
areas of agricultural lands as fer
tile as the great grain-growing plain
(Continued on Page 2.)
LOST—Mackinaw coat. Five dollars
reward if returned to the Hotel liyder
Find Big Lead
Down Canal
What the owners believe will dej
velop into a big concentrating prop
osition has been located 18 miles
down Portland Canal from Hyder
and on the Alaskan side. The pro
perty, as described by Emil Davis,
consists of eight claims whioh are
crossed by an immense vein at
least 200 feet in width, and sam
ples brought to camp show a con
sideraWe amount of molybdenite
and give encouraging assay returns
in gold and silver; The big lead
lies only one and one-half miles dis
tant from tidewater, and all physi
cal features are favorable to its
economical development.
The property is owned by Emil
Davis and J. W. Marr. The former
j_* o_j_ c_...1__
uv<aiuv/
v iuci uuuuuj IV/l
he has financial connections which,
he believes, will result in vigorous
development being undertaken at a
Very early date. During his ab
sence Mr. Marr intends to do some
surface stripping ou the lead.
BILSON-KNIPPLE
Miss Nellie Bilson and Charles 0.
Knipple were united in marriage
last Saturday morning in St Mark’s
church, Stewart, by Rev. H. H. K.
Greene, with : r. aud Mrs. H. C.
GiOs^;; _u w t j. es. The groom is
a pioneer oi the district and one of
its most popular residents, and the
bride, an arrival this summer from
England, has become no less a fav
orite during her few months’ stay
in Stewart, They have taken up
housekeeping, and are being show
ered with well wishes and cohgrat
ulations, in which the Miner joins.
RESIDENCE FOR SALE—Ryder
Townsite and Improvement Company.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend.
C.B.Murphy has gone to Seattle for the
winter.
Several times this week it has looked
like rain.
Pat Daly and Pat Keys thave gone to
V ancouver
Mrs, Roy Moseley left Sunday for a
visit in Vancouver.
Mrs. Norman McLeod has gone to Se
attle for a short visit.
Mrs. J. L. Campbell was in Ketchikan
this week on business.
Dick Doherty left last Sunday for Mexi
co to do some prospecting.
U. S. Deputy Marshal J. K. Green is in
Juneau on official business.
Tommy Gordon pulled out Sunday. He
has caught the Mexico bug.
Fresh tobacco always on hand at the
Hotel Stewart tobacco stand.
Bert Smith, one of thr Premier engi
neers, is back from a trip outside.
Nurse Nichols has gone to Juneau far a
visit. She expects to return soon.
Jack Mullen has gone to Hazelton
where he expects to spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. O.E.Burke have gone to
Seattle and expect to go from there to
Mexico.
L.S.Whittaker, accountant at the Bank
of Montreal in Stewart, has gone south
on a vacation.
Hugh McGuire left Sunday for Seattle
and New York on business connected
with his mming irite:ests.
Win. Thornton, machinist on the gov
ernment road construction, has gone to
Kelchikan on a short visit.
The Goldenrod, Captain Bay, was' in
Tuesday with three horses and supplies
for the government road work.
A mask ball will be held on the night
of October 29 unde• the auspices of the
Stewart Citizens’ AssSe'ation.
Constable Scarlett of Alice Arm has
succeeded Constable I’.S. Jack in Stew
art, the latter having resigned.
Pat McBride who has been with the
B. C. Silver company for the past tew
weeks. Came down Wednesday*.
Miss Grace Ames, who Spent the Sum
mer here with her sister, Mrs. W.L, Batch,
has returned to her home in Seattle.
J.W.Davis of Prince Rupert, represent
ing the Canadian Explosives, has been
calling on the mining men this week.
Max Nelson left Sunday for Oklahoma
and said that he would probably round
up Mexico before returning to H>der.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Watson have re
turned to their home in Port Angeles
after spending the summer prospecting.
Bob Cam-ron, the veteran pro^pectf r
and explorer, is back from a trip t > tho
head of the Chlchamin and I.educ rivet'',
W. H. Johnston made a trip to Ketchi
kan this week to straighten up sola,"
property business, in which he was su"
cessful.
Brigadier General R.G Edwards Leckie,
president and manager of the Mercules
mining company, returned Sunday from
Vancouver.
Larry Footman has crone to Hood Riv
er, Oregon, to Vt his rheumatism against
the hot springs. ?t !s his first trip out
since 1910,
Sam Estes has gone t’ El Paso, Texas,
and expects to take a trip into Mexico
where there is reported to be a lull ;n the
revolution industry.
Canadian currency bought, dr ifts drawn
on Canadian hanks pnyab'e in Canadian
funds, sold at current fates -Salmon
River Banking Company.
H.H.Ifoward has raceived a collection
of photos showing the route from the
Bush mine to Tide lake. He secured the
films on a recent trip to the new dis'rict
and obtained some fine views.
The Prince Albert took the run of the
George last Sunday and was nearly
swamped with business, bringing in 40
tons of freight and a full passenger list,
and taking out about 70 passengers and
thsir baggage. She did not get away un
til Monday mo ning.
SUCKSMITH SHOP IS NOW
OWNED BY HUGH M DOUGAL
The blacksmithing firm of Smali
and McDougal have dissolved path
nership, Bobby Small selling out to
Hugh McDougal, who will continue
the business. Bobby has gone to
Ketchikrn, and from the»e expeOts
to visit Rupert and Vancouver be
fore deciding where he will locate
next.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF CO
PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the copart
nership heretofore existing at Hyder, Al
aska. between the undersigned, Robert
Small and‘Hugh McDougal, under the
firm name and style of Small and Mc
Dougal, is this day dissolved by mutual
agreement.
AH debts due ny tne said tlrm ot small
and McDougal will be paid by the under
signed, Hugh McDougal, to whom all
persons indebted to said firm are requsted
to make payment.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, October 1st,
1920.
Robert Small.
Hugh McDougal.
IN THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT,
Territory of Alaska. First Judici^ Div
ision, Precinct of Hyder, Before Hon. John
T. Ri’.u, Commissioner and ex-officio
Frubi.C Judge.
In lb.; .natter of thei No. 3 Probate.
Estate of, C arrie - Notice to
Stoner, I >eceased. 1 Creditors
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator of the estate of
Carrie Stoner, deceased to the creditors
of and all persons having claims against
the said decedent, to file them with the
necessary vouchers within six months
from the date of this notice, with the
said administrator at his office in the
town of Hyder, in the Territory of Alas
ka.
Dated this 25th. day of September.
1920
Robert N. Rogers
Administrator of the Estate of
Carrie Stoner. Decease d.
Date of lrirst Publication. September
29th. tpvo.
cut Last Publication, October 20th
1920
Developing
Alaskan Side
Mining interest is centering more
md more on the Alaska side of the
l:*ne on account of new discoveries
and good results obtained from the
development of older properties
On Fish creek it is now conceded
that there is more than an even
change th it at least three proper*
ties will become shippers. These
are the Titan group, owned by S, P
and Jack Fitzgerald and L. Jessen
upon which diamond drilling is now
proceeding; the Fish Creek Mining
Company’s properly, a Seattle cor
poration registered in Alaska, ol
which W.R. Tonkin is president and
manager, and the Lucky Boy group
owned by S. G. Benson and associa
tes.
At Seven-mile, Dan and And}
Lindeborg have been developing e
property, ana to aate nave ariver
more then 100 feet on a lead whicfc
is said to give values around $20C
per ton. This is right on the wagor
road.
The New Alaska has taken a new
lease of life and it is stated on gooc
authority that development will b<
carried on all winter. Over 20(
feet of tunnel was driven last win
ter, crosscutting 27 feet of gooc
milling galena ore, The owners
Dan Davis, Wm. McGrew and Chas
Knipple, all oldtimers, have made £
new deal with Chas. F. Caidwel
and Harry Howson, and just re
ceived a substantial cash payment.
The property is at Eleven-mile anc
is crossed by the wagon road.
Numerous locations have beer
made this season on Texas creel
and several outfits have worked all
summer. John Charles, Jas. Pit
cher and Max Nelson have a grouj
which shows a large lead of bornite
copper, and another of galena. The
Silver Horde, owned by H. H. How*
ard and associates and lying be*
tween Salmon river and Texa#
creek has been incorporated and
an extensive devr*' 'nment program
is being worked oui. 0. B. Bush,
H.H.Howard anc S.P.Fitzgerald are
the incorporators. There are 19
claims in ihe group,
The government Will Complete
the bridge this fall across Salmon
river at the mouth of Texas, winch
will give access to these properties
and also provide a much be'tef
route to claims on tne B.C. side than
that now followed. Such proper*
ties as the Forty Nine, Hercules
and claims on the west side of Sal*
mon glacier will be especially ben*
efitted.
RIRFA!I..U^R!$
Mrs. Leah Bibeau and Edgaf
Harris, both well known and popU
lar residents of Stewart, were un
ited in marriage at St Marks church
in that town last Sunday morning
by Rev H.H.K. Greene and boarded
the Prince Albert the same eve7
, ning for a tour of southern B.C. and
Puget Sound cities. The wedding
was very quiet, only immediate
friends of the couple being present
Miss Lois Comer acted as brides
maid, and the groom was supported
by J. Gray. H.C. Gibsoo perform*
ed the rite of giving the bride away
The Miner joins with their many
fiiends in wishing the newlyweus a
full measure of happiness.
NOTICE
All persons are hereby warned not td
remove gravel from my property. Lot 19.
Block 10, Lindeborg Townsite.
Mrs. W.S.Sullivan.
HOUSE OF HOBBERMN SUITS
Qrder
NOW from E.M.Jacobs. Best material. Right prices.
See Jake in Stewart or at the CM House Thursd i/s.