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jftarveiomly Rich in Mineral*
»h4 Iljr4tt U lh« Gateway in
Qwtaeqaene* «f Which Hyder i*
the {vastest Growing Town in
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HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska * British Columbia, Mineral Area
This P*P«r is Out to publish sH
the Mininr News, Keep Your
Friends Posted by Sending them
the Paper after You Have Read
it. Boost for Hyder all the
Time,
VOL. 4. NO. 12.
HYDER, Alaska. Feb. 28. 1923
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
BIG FREIGHTER
BRINGS HEAVY
CARGO HERE
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s big freighter, Latouche, the
largest vessel to dock at the Hy
der wharf up to the present time,
discharged about 250 tons of ma
chinery and supplies of various
kinds here last Tuesday afternoon,
first calling at the B. C. wharf and
unloading 80 tons of hay and ma
chinery for the Premier mine.
The Latouche, Captain R. Han
son, is 300 feet long and has a
gross tonnage of 2500. On this
trip she carried about as mixed a
cargo as could be imagined and
was loaded to full capacity, both
hold and deck. In the deck load
were included four cedar piles,
105 feet in length, for Juneau; a
boiler for the Hyder Lumber
Company and one for Petersburg;
a large shipment of gasoline in
drums for Kanalak, and heavy
timbers for the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, Seward. In the
hold were 425 piles and 500,000
feet of lumber for the Commission;
2500 cases of powder for the
Kennecott mines, and various con
signments for Petersburg, Juneau,
Cordova, Valdez, Latouche, Sew
ard and Hyder, including 100 tons
of coal for this port.
The ship carries a crew of 28.
H. M. Parker, the purser, cleared
here with Customs Collector E.R.
Stivers for all Alaskan ports of
call. Both Mr. Parker and Cap
tain Hanson have seen many years’
service in the Alaskan maratime
trade.
HYDER LUMBER COMPANY
Preparations are being made by
tn3 Hyder Lumber Company for a
summer of unprecedented activity,
and to handle the business in sight
the canacity of the sawmill is to be
greatly enlarged and additional
m ichinery installed. The Latouche
last Tuesday brought in a new 125
h. p. boiler, an edger, ph rtr, stack,
loo,-haul, sawdust conveyor and
electric light plant, all of which
Manager Pete Wilson expects to
have installed by April 1. The
boiler, which weighs 15 tons, was
unloaded from the steamer onto a
big log float and rafted to the mill.
PifCHER GAME WARDEN
J. S. Pitcher returned Thursday
from a trip to Ketchikan and Ju
neau. While away he was appoiiv
ten game warden for this distiict
to succeed Sam Bartholomew, re
signed, and will take up his duties
next week, going to Ketchikan to
reside. Mrs. Pitcher < xpeets to
remain in Hyder until May. The
game district extends from Hyder
> Frederick sound, nor ill of Pet
ersburg.
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LIBRARY BENEFIT
SHOW II SUCCESS
“Out in the Streets,” the corn
| edy-drama staged by local talent
Friday night in Pioneer Flail, gave
I enjoyment to about 125 residents
of Hyder and Stewart, and netted
| a snug sum as a nest egg for the
library fund. The play is replete
with dramatic situations, interspers
ed with just the right seasoning of
humor, and gave good scope for
displaying the talents of the var
ious performers, who each and all
carried out their parts with a con
fidence and finish that would do
credit to professionals.
The stage fittings showed the
work of past experience, a street
scene on the drop cuitain, and two
interior scenes being appropriately
displayed, and a draw curtain com
pleting the stage effect. One of
the greatest treals to the audience
was the music rendered by Will
C. Cameron, pianist and J. P.
Scarlett, violinist, of Stewart. Res- j
idents of the district seldom have i
the opportunity of hearing classical!
selections, and welcomed the de-j
parture from tintinabulated fox-1
trots and one-steps.
Two important, though unseen
performers were Mrs. Mehlfeld as
prompter and Bill Raines as prop
erty man. How well they played
their parts was witnessed by the
smoothness with which the perfor
mance proceeded.
Since it has been discovered in
this, the first amateur play pro
duced in Hyder, that the town
possesses talent of exceptional abil- j
ity, residents are hopeing that “Out
in the Streets” is but the beginning
of a series of such entertainments.
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MOOSE ELECTION
Portland Can: I Moose, at their
meeting in Stewart last Monday
night, elected officers as follows:
Dictator, P. S. Jack, Stewart; vice
|dictator,S. Pitcher, Hyder; pre
late, F E Reddick, Hyder; treas
urer, W. H. Watson, Stewart; trus
tee, Df. W. D’Arcy Chace, Hyder.
The hold-over officers are: Tt ue
| tees, W. R. Tooth, Hyder, 8. C. and
J. Grey, Stewart; secretary, W. S.
lOrr, Hyder, B. C.
i After the meeting an enjoyable
dance was held in the ballroom of
the Stewart Hotel, to which friends
j of the members had been invited.
FOR SATE
For Three Hundred and Fitly Dollars,
i Late Model Ford Touring Car. In A-ONE
j Shape. Just been painted. Good rubber
and a good self-starter. .Mechanically
perfect. See GROVEIt FRAME.
Lawrence, the Watchmaker.
Russian steam baths $1. II. J. Scot
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn’t to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
It’s time your Easter Cards were
mailed.
Bill Irwin left Thursday for a visit
in Seattle.
Chris Gallagher left Thursday
for a visit in Vancouver.
George Bunn has gone to work
for the Premier at Nine-mile.
Easter Cards at The Midget Em
j porium.
I. Jacobson, a fur buyer, came
| over on the Prince of Wales from
| Ketchikan.
The International Service Club
will meet Thursday night, March
8, in Moose Hall. Hyder.
Walter Blanton, proprietor of the
Silver Grill, left on the Jefferson
for a business trip to Seattle
Harry Zeffert, the Stewart dry
goods merchant, left Thursday on
a business trip to Vancouver.
The Prince of Wales, Captain S.
J. Hooper, brought eight passen
gers from Ketchikan Thursday.
J. R. Sheahan is now' night chef
at the Silver Grill, having arrived]
bn the Jefferson from Anaoorte9.
Bill Saunders, of Stewart, has
gone on a visit to Vancouver, leav
ing on the Prince George Thursday.
Pat McBride, owner of promising
mining property up the Salmon,
left Thursday on a business trip to
Seattle.
Dr. C. C. Carter announces that
he will open his dental office on
International avenue for business
March 14.
C. A. Banks, manager of the B.C.
Silver, accompanied by Mrs. Banks
left Thursday on a business trip
to Vancouver.
Charlie Anderson, a brother of
Gus Anderson, one of the Premier
mine foremen, arrived Thursday
from the Outside.
Jack Littlepage, manager of the
Riverside, reiurned on the Prince
of Wales from a short business
visit in Ketchikan.
Nathaniel (Shorty) Ernst is
down from Eleven-mile for medi
cal treatment. He is staying at the
Golden Gate rooms.
John Hatnson, an uldtimer of the
i interior who went Outside in 1915,
is a recent arrival and is doing
the baking at Bing’s Lunch.
John Dibhaven, Scandinavian
consul and member of the city
council in Rupert, was a round trip
passenger on the Prince George.
Mrs. Chace, wife of Dr. W. D’Arcy
Chace, was u passenger on the Jeft
; erson. She was on her way to Ju
neau from Seattle, where their son
is attending school.
1
Early in the week there was four
j feet of water on the Salmon valley
road at Seven-mile bar, and ail;
stages and freight teams were held 1
j up for a day or two.
Two stilson wrenches and two;
1 pairs of pliers have been borrowed j
1 from Sam Potts’ plumbing shop;
! and not returned. Sam would like I
i to have them back.
Captain Moorehouse, who has
; been on a vacation, being relieved j
by Cantain Donald of the Prince!
( i
Rupert, was on the bridge of the
i Prince George again Thursdry.
| F. Dibb, manager for Rose, Cowan
& Lntta Ltd., Prince Rupert’s lead
ing printers, was in camp during
I the stay of the Prince George and
paid the Miner a fraternal visit.
Rex Cox, former night chef at
the Silver Grill, returned Thursday
j from a trip to the Westward as far
j as Seward. Since leaving here he
also paid Smithers, B. C., a visit.
The freighters Amur and Anyox
of the Coastwise Steamship Com
pany’s fleet, took cargoes of Pre
mier high-grade ore and concen
trates to the Tacoma smelter this
j week.
The S. S. Jefferson, of the Alas-1
ka Steamship Co., arrived Monday 1
at 9 p. m. and cleared at midnight.
She brought in four passengers,
and 55 tons of freight for local
merchants and mining operators.
An?tis McLeod, superintendent!
of the Fish creek mine, came down
for the mail Thursday. He says
that during the past week there
has been an exceptionally heavy
fall of snow and that the mushing !
is poor.
Mrs. J. Yohn of Burns Lake, B.C..
has leased the two upper floors of,
the Salmon River block in Stew-;
art, now owned by W. R. Tooth- j
and will open a first-class rooming ;
I house as soon as certain necessary !
i i
alterations have been made.
George Frizzell, the Rupen meat i
! merchant, was in camp during the j
! stay of the Prince George, greeting
j oldtime friends. He says he is
planning to return with a party on :
1 a launch in a few weeks and stnv
long enough to organize a dance'
and have a real visit.
Mrs. Fred Young returned Thurs-;
day from Seattle, where she ac-:
companied Godfrey Anderson, who
I went Outside for medical treat-;
ment. She reports that the patient |
is on the high road to recovery,!
which is good revs to his many
friends in this district.
Bernard M. Srone, well-known
newspaperman, took passage on
! the Alameda for the Cold Bay oil
fields He is making a short trip
there to look the ground over, and
i is planning on returning to Ketchi
kan on the return trip of the Ala
l nie la.—Ketchikan Chn r ’cle.
It is reported that Thco. Col
lert, Belgian consul at Rupert,
who has an option on the Spider
group until March 15, intends to
exercise it, and that this high-grade
property may witness considrable
activity during the corning summer.
Mr. Collert visited the Spider in
the summer of 1920 with Jean
Vanophem, who at that time was
developing it under bond for the
Algunican Development Compa
ny, a syndicate composed of Bel
gian capitalists. The existence of
a strong vein of exceptionally high
grade silver ore was determined
at that time by diamond drilling,
and a tunnel was being driven to
tap the ore body at the time oper
ations were forced to suspend on
account of the high rate of ex
change against Belgian money.
The tunnel was following a cross
vein, and a considerable tonnage
of shipping ore was taken out.
Samples brought to town show
quantities of native silver and ar
gentite. The Spider is owned by
Wm. Hamilton and Chas. Larson.
INDIAN MINE
A large shipment of powder for
the Indian mine arrived this week
on the Anyox, and the Chilcoot
brought in 2)5 barrels of oil. The
steel storage tank arrived on the
Prinee George and is being hauled
up to where the double-ender trail
leaves the road. The large curved
plates, five feet wide and 12 feet
long, each weighing 600 pounds,
impress the uninitiated as being
somewhat of a problem for taking
over a trail, but Superintendent
Clothier says he anticipates little
difficulty in this respect. Six four
horse teams have been engaged
from the Premier to move Indian
supplies up the road before the
spring break-up.
CAPTAIN COLE SELLS
Captain P.. L. Cole, partner of
Captain W. J. Neill in the owner
ship of the Prince of Wales, told
the Miner Thursday that he has
sold his interest to Captain Neill
and intends retiring from the trans
portation business. Captain Cole
will be missed from this run by
passengers and other patrons of the
ship, as he has the faculty of mak
ing friends, which is an invaluble
asset to anyone in public service.
Cabins to rent. Blondy Charlton.
Don't go home hungry. Get a lunch a
the Ocean View.
Large coal heater, now in Salmon
Uivcr Store, for sale. Ernest Blue,
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MINERAL BASIN
GROUP BONDED
01W, A, NOBLE
The Mineral Basin group of six
claims, lying between the Indian
and Northern Light groups, and
on the determined strike of the
formations in which the Premier
ore bodies occur, was this week
bonded to Wm. A. Noble by Wm.
McGrew, Ed Bronson and W. L.
Duff, the consideration being given
as $50,000, and duration of bond
18 months. Work is to begin as
soon as practicable in the spring
and the agreement calls for the
claims to be crown granted.
Besids being in a strategic [ o
sition for carrying a continuation
of the Premier veins, the Mineral
Basin forms an excellent power
and mill site, as the west fork of
Cascade creek passes through it.
B. G. SILVER
Major C. B. North, superinten
dent of the B. C. Silver, was down
Thursday He said that v.oik is
progressing steadily and with sat
isfactory results in the drift on the
big vein recently crosscut, follow
ing the footwall of the ore body.
A second compressor and too!
sharpener are being installed, and
a new bunkhouse and compressor
house constructed. Recent ships
! have brought in a large amount of
1 lumber and other building material,
and supplies for this property.
VIRGINIA-ALASKA
Andrew G. Larson, E. M., mana
ger of the Virginia-Alaska Mines
Co., has wired to Win. Bunting that
he expects to arrive here next week
| and that he is sending in the nec
! essary building material and sup
! plies for getting the camp started
1 on a substantial basis. Albert John
| son and Morris Pederson, who have
| been driving a tunnel on the Vir
| ginia all winter, were down this
' week and report that they are now
: in 100 feet and that the full face
is well mineraliued.
INDEPENDENCE
Owney McFadden and Eli Wat
i land are down from the Indepen
dence, having finished the contract
for 150 feet of undergroud work
that they started early in the win
j ter. The tunnel is in about 155
feet, in good milling ore practically
all the way, and a fifteen-foot
crosscut at the face failed to dis
close a wall to the ore body.
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CARD OF THANKS
The sponsors of the amateur theatrical
entertainment given in benefit ot the
public library, wish to thank all those
who contributed their time and talent to
ward making it a success, and espec
ially Messrs Cameron and Scarlett for
their kindness in providing excellent mu
sic, and Messrs. Lyon and Provinse for
material and supplies donated.