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VOL 1, NO.38
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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27,1925
FIFTY CEN1S AKCMH
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BUDDINGTON REPORTS
ON HYDER DISTRICT
The long desired government
report on the geology and
minerology of the Ilyder
mining district has been is
sued by the U. S. Geological
Survey in the form of a bulle
tin embracing investigations
made last year by A. F. Bud
dington. Copies received on
the last mail disclose that Mr.
Buddington has covered the
geological characteristics of
the district in comprehensive
manner, devoting one chaplet
to the mineral types found
in this locality on both sides
of the boundary line, another
to the geology and a third to
the topography. In addition
he also devotes a consider
able portion of the work to
detailed description of the
Texas Creek area and a geo
logic sketch map of the dis
trict. The remainder of the
work is given over to de
scriptions of the better known
mining properties of the Sal
mon Fiver and Texas Creek
basins .
Although far from being as
complete as might be desired,
the bulletin is nevertheless of
extreme value' as a text book
on the geology -and mineral
ogy of this region.
As the work is the roost com
plete description of the vari
ous features of the district'
that has appeared from any
source and also because of
the fact that it provides an in
timate view of practically all
the more prominent local
properties, the Herald will
commence next week the pub
lication of the report in serial
form, excepting only such
parts as are embraced in
charts or technical tabulations.
These are few, however, and
their omission will not affect
the general materiality of the
report.
Watch for the first install- •
ment next week.
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In response to an invitation i
extended by the Hyder Cham
ber of Commerce, business
men of Ketchikan are plan
ning an excursion to Hydei
during the coming summet,
according .to a statement to
the Herald by W. K. Spauld
ing, of the Salmon River Dock
Company, during his recent
visit in Hyder.
Mr. Spaulding stated that the
contemplated visit will prob
ably occur during the early
part of July. No definite idea
of the number participating
can be had at this time, he
said, but there are many Ket
chikan people who are keen
ly interested in Hyder and are.
anxious to visit the camp,
hence there will probably be
a good sized crowd. Mr.
Spaulding will be among the
visitors when they come, and
will probably act in the capac
ity of official guide for the
party.
. Lon Doggett comes down
Friday -night to prepare that
big Mulligan (watch your
chickens.)
•sterling CO EXPLORING
FRASER GROUP LODE
Thomas Campbell, president
and general manager of the
Sterling Silver Lead Mining
! Co., Ltd., arrived from the
active direction of develop
ment work on the company b
properties in the Marmot Riv
er section.
According to Mr. Campbell,
no definite program of sum
mer activities has been decid
j ed upon as yet. Work for the
oresent will be devoted large
ly to the Fraser group, where
i a crew of men, in charge of
Gus Hedlund, is engaged at
present in extending an ola
crosscut tunnel. This work
will be continued until the
hanging wall of a large and
well mineralized ore zone
trated is reached. Drifts will
also be run from an old shaft
on the same ore body to de
termine the extent of a vein
of high grade ore lying alon*
the foot wall which gives ev
ery indication of widening om
considerably with depth.
Tiie tunnel, is in at present
290 feet and is expected to
'.each the hanging wall at an
imo. The ore body through
which the crosscut is now 1 <
ng extended is unusually wide
• nd carries a good grade of
•nilliiiEr fire.
Mr. Campbell says the af
fairs of the company are in ca
cedent posture. Financing ac
tivities following the incorpor
ation of the company during
he past winter were success
fully concluded and the finai.
dal status is satisfactory in
every way. Among the mote
mportant developments in the
company affairs during the
winter were the conclusion of
arrangements which insure
retention of the two Fraser
groups among its permanent
holdings. The properties in
question are considered by lo
cal miners to be the' most
promising of the large number
of groups and claims bonded
by Mr. Campbell last fall,,
hence their permanent acqui
sition is an important factor
in the company affairs
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Displaying an exceptionally
good brand of baseball, the
Stewart base ball team turned
the tables on the Hyder ag
gregation on the local grounds
Sunday afternoon and won
handily by a score of 4 to
nothing. The victory, com
bined with the winning of a
second game by Stewart
during the Victoria Day cele
bration at Stewart Monday,
placed the Stewartites on an
even footing with the locals,
each team having two games
to its credit.
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After nearly 21 years of con
tinuous service, the Arthui
Yates hospital at Ketchikan is
closed. The hospital was under
the jurisdiction of the Epis
copal Board of Missions.
The ladies will be there with
cak-3 and pie too—Memorial
Day.
PORTER-IDAHO
GOING AHEAD
Work on the ne'w 300-foot
Porter-Idaho tunnel is making
splendid progress, according
to the latest available infor
mation from the mine. The
crosscut was in something ov
erdo feet last week and cpn?
tractor Gus Erickson and his
associates are going ahead
rapidly, five feet a day being
the general average progress.
Manager Clay Potrtefr also
has a crew of men at work on
the high grade in the ol<!
workings which yielded suqh
excellent returns from operat
ions carried on last year. As
the trail is not yet in condition
for packing, the ore will be
sacked in readiness for ship
ping as soon as conditions are
favorable..
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Recent visitors to the Texas
Creek area report that the
snow is fast disappearing anu
conditions are rapidly becom
ing favorable for a resumption
of mining activities. Several
i outfits are making preparai
| ions to take in supplies during
! the next few days and work
| will soon be in full swing
on several properties. Frann
lilasher, Charlie Murphy N. H
Stevens, Carlson and Hewitt
and several others are expect
ing to start active operations
within a few days.
Local friends of J. A. Kline,
former general Alaska agent
for the Pacific Steamship
Company, will learn with re
gret that he is believed by Se
attle police officials to have
committed suicide last week.
According to Seattle news
paper reports. Mr. Kline dis
appeared suddenly after tak
ing a revolver and telling &
friend of financial difficulties
and expressing an intention to
“end it all.” Three days be
fore his disappearance he
tendered his resignation to the
Pacific Steamship Company,
by whom he had been employ
ed for the past eight or nine
years. Mr. Kline spent a week
or so in Hyder shortly before
the inauguration of the pres
ent Seattle-Hyder service of
the Pacific Steamship Com
pany and is known to practic
ally every business man ,in
town.
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The Granby Consolidated
Mining, Smelting and Powe»
Co., in 1924, produced 36,231,
187 pounds of copper, against
32,562,459 in 1923. Silver pro
duction came to 404,98o
ounces, against 442,604 ounces
in 1923, and the gold output
was 8004 ounces, compared
with 8139 in 1923. Average
cost of. making copper wa»
10.6 cents a pound in „ 1924,
compared with 11.809 in 1923.
The company sold 36,745,96a
pounds of copper last year.
The company in 1924 mined
1,051,810 tons of ore from its
Hidden Creek mine, 17,868
tons from the Rambler anu
128,010 from the Outsider mine,
making a total of 1,097,638
tons.
COMMONWEALTH CO.
PLANS DEVELOPMENT
ON CASCADE RIVER
Prospects of extensive devel
opment on Cascade River, 1*
miles below Hyder, are con
tained in reports from the
south that the Commonwealth
Mining and Exploring Com
pany, with extensive holdings
in that area, is preparing to
undertake large scale develop
ment work during the sum
mer.
The company^ which was 01
ganized several years ago,
! holds title to more than a score
i of claims in that locality,
| some of which carry extensive
surface showings, according to
reliable witnesses, while prac
ically all appear to be wen
mineralized. The company al
so owns several mill and pow
er sites in the same locality,
in addition to a warehouse
and other buildings. Although
considerable surface work has
ben done on the property dur
ig the past two years, very
; little underground work was.
| attempted until last year, the
! owners preferring to thor
| oughly determine the extent 01
! the various ore zones on the
j surface before undertaking
i costlier development work. A
small cross cut tunnel was run
on one of the more prominent
| showings last summer and- win
i be extended to cut the ort
j body this year if present plans
j mature. Emil Davis, who is in
i terested in the company, is
on the ground preparing foi
operations and it is under
stood that one other man i»
also employed.
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Dr. J. T. McQueen, Superin
tendent of the work of the
Methodist Episcopal Churcn
in Alaska and widely known
i Western churchman, arrived
in Hyder Sunday on his annu
al tour of inspection of the
Northern outposts of the
church. After leaving Hyder
Dr. McQueen will proceed as
far north as Fairbanks before
returning to headquarters. The
visitor occupied the pulpit at
Hyder M. E. Church Sunday
.evening, delivering a highly
interesting discourse to a ca
paciy audience, and also pai
ticipated in various church ac
tivities during the week.
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Edgar Provinse and Deputy
Marshal T. W. McDonald are
preparing to help fill up the
unsightly hole along the north
side of International Way op
posite the Lawrence proper
ties. A large bulkhead has
been built and will be filled
with earth later, thereby add
ing to the width of the road at
wisdom of filling the unsight
ly holes along other sections
of the thoroughfare.
The improvement is a most
commendable one and it is to
be hoped that other property
owners will be able to see the
unsightly holes along other
sections of the thoroughfare.
I PEACE RIVER R. R.
j NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
! That the Peace River raii
| road proposal is making prog
| ress despite the failure of the
C.P. and C. N. R. heads to at
! rive at a solution of the prob
i lem of a rail outlet for that
important section, is indicated
by the following press dis
oatch reprinted from the May
, 15th issue of the Vancouve
, Sun:
Premier Greenfield of Ai-1
berta confirmed the report
that he had received a prop
osition from Sir Henry Thorn
j ton regarding the leasing by
1 the Canadian National of the
Edmonton, Dunvegan and B.
C. Railway.
| “I have such a proposition
from Sir Henry,” he saia,
“and within a few hours I eA
pect to have one from Mr.
Beatty, president of the Can
adian Pacific, but there is>
nothing I can say as yet be
cause nothing is definite.” Mr. j
Greenfield added, howevei,
that the proposal of Sir Henr^
Thornton in connection witn
the building of an outlet to
the Pacific contemplated -
land grant.
He said no decision as to the
disposition of the road wouju |
be reached until the different j
propositions are fuilly consid-1
ered. Members here interested !
in the Peace River develop
ment cog/acU^ the Edmonton,
Dunvegan and 'B. Ci line to be
the key to the situation anu
see no probability of a move
in other directions until its
disposition is settled.
Stewart residents celebrated
Victoria Day with customary j
fervor Monday and with two
thirds of the populace of Hy- j
der on hand to witness the fes- j
tivities. The program for the j
day consisted mainly of sports, j
including a football contest be-;
tween Stewart and Premier, j
in which the Premier proved J
the victor by a score of 3 to
0: a baseball game between j
Stewart and Hyder, won by
the former, score 6-5, and a j
boxing match in which Har- j
old Blanton, the local boxer,
matched his skill against that
of “Red” Skinner, of Prince
Rupert. The result was a draw.
The day was rounded out
with a dance under the auspi- <
ces of the United Services
Club.
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The lumber industry repre
sents investments totaling ovei
$12,000,000,000, employs 800,
000 persons and indirectly ,
about 500,000, and its annual
output has a value of more '
than $3,000,000,000. Annually
through destruction of forests
by fires left by careless camp
ers or smokers it and the nat
ion are subjected to losses ,
which aggregate millions of
dollars.
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NOTICE
The Riverview Cemetery As
sociation will hold a public
meeting in Pioneer Hall Thwrs- '
day at 8 p. m. All citizens in- ,
terested in improving the cem
etery are requested to attend
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BIG TURNOUT FOR
IMPROVEMENT OF
CEMETERY EXPECTED
Encouraged by promises of
assistance from the mine op
erators and citizens, the Riv
erview Cemetery Association
expects to have the cemetery
in first class shape by the
time the sun goes down on
Memorial Day, Saturday nex .
The committees in charge of
the association’s activities
have interviewed the various
mine operators with a view
to enlisting their support
and assistance in the move
ment to improve the burial
ground and have received as
surances that they will lend
their aid, financial or other
wise. As practically every
able bodied citizen will be on
hand to share in the work,
the outlook is exceedingly
favorable for accomplishing
practically all that remains to
be done toward making the
cemetery a credit to the com
munity.
The program for Memorial
Day has not been fully laid
out as yet and final arrange
ments will be made at a meet
ing of the association at Pion
eer Hall Thursday evening
and which all citizens who
desire to take part are re
quested to attend. Portions
of the day’s program already
decided upon include a big
“mulligan” feed at noon, fol
lowed by a short memorial
service. Lon Doggett, who is
said to be the greatest “mulli
gan” chef this side of the
North Pole and whose con
coctions possess a savor that
is declared to be incompar
able, has volunteered to take
charge of the cooking prep
arations,, while the ladies of
Hyder will provide cakes and
other dainties to round out
:he feast.
The Boy Scouts have abo
oeen delegated to provide
'lowers for decorating the
graves.
The work of fixing up the
cemetery will start as soon
«Ka sufficient number arrive
>n the ground and the corn
nil tee asks that everyotu
.urn out bright arid early
rhe cemetery association held
ts annual election Tuesday
evening and the following
.vere chosen to direct its aetiv
ties during the coming year:
H. H. Howard, president; C.
F. Hatten, secretary; E. D.
Saddon, treasurer; trustees J.
\. Hall, Merl F. Thomas and
L D. Lyons.
Title to the cemetery tract
las been received by the as
sociation from the Forest
Service and will be retained
>y the body in its own name
intil such time as Hyder is
ncorporated, when, in accord
mce with the directions of the
Forest Service, it will bo turn
ed over to the city.