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VOL 2, NO. 16
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCKTH
REMARKABLE ORE BODY
ON B. C. SILVER
Probably the richest large ore ,
body so far opened up in the
district is now being mined on
the B. C. Silver. As it is the
company’s policy to give out
no information concerning the
mine operations save through
the head office, full details
could not be obtained. It is
known, however, that the big
vein is remarkable in many re
spects. It is said to average be
tween 10 and 14 feet in width
and is of shipping grade
throughout, although a large
part carries extraordinary val
ues. Native silver is viable in
practically every foot of the
rock across the width of the
vein, while lenses carrying
both silver and free gold are
said to be common. So far as
can be learned the vein is not
an extension of the Premiei
mine vein system, and is lo
cated a considerable distance
from the north boundary line
of Premier. The ore is being
extracted and sacked for ship
ment, without sorting, practic
ally every ounce of it being of
shipping grade. Reliable in
formants state that the ore is
so rich that it would not be
difficult in the least to sort
large quantities that would
run into six or seven hundred
dollars per ton. The general
average is said to run from
around $130 to $180 per ton.
SRif>ments of ore are coming
down from the mine in lots of
about 10 tons daily. About 100
tons is now at the dock await
ing transportation to the smelt
er. As previously announced,
the company plans to continue
shipments at the rate of about
300 tons per month through
out the winter.
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A bunk house capable of at
commodating a crew of 100
men is in construction on the
B. C. Silver. A new office*
building has also .been erected
and is providing temporary ac
commodations for the crew.
A large quantity of lumber
is being hauled to the National
Silver (Bush) properties in an
ticipation of early activities.
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Unauthenticated reports from
the upper valley say the Indian
mine is being sampled by rep
resentatives of the Premier. A
considerable quantity of Indi
an ore is being accumulated at
13 Mile for shipment to the
smelter.
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Hector McDonald, mine sup
erintendent at the Premier
was among the number leaving
Thursday to spend the holi
days in the south.
Louis Anderson is temporari
ly filling the place of Mr. Mc
Donald as mine superintendent
at the Premier, while the latter
is away in the south. Gus An
derson was originally slated to
take . Mr. McDonald’s place
during his absence but be
came ill, theerby leaving the
came ill, thereby leaving tho
brother. ' u ? ■»- •
big values on
THE PORTER IDAHO
Ore of far greater average
value than any heretofore
found on that noted property
is being mined on the Porter (
Idaho as a result of the recentj
discovery of an hitherto un- j
known vein in the 300 foot,
tunnel run last summer. A j
cross cut run on the new vein j
has revealed an ore body 20
feet in width with a high
grade vein 8 feet wide which
carries exceptional values over
its entire width. Three samples
taken across this section of
the vein this week gave assay
returns of 504 oz. silver, 29
per cent lead; 740 oz. silver,
21 per cent lead; 540 oz. silver
| 9 per cent lead, while a fourth
; sample taken from a vein of
zinc ore 8 to 10 inches thick
i along the foot wall gave assay
of 144 oz. in silver, in addition j
! to the zinc, the percentage ol
which was not determined.
The remaining 12 feet of the
ore body carries ore of good I
commercial grade. In addition j
to the above an assay of the j
lead carbonates in one of the 1
ore samples mentioned—that
showing 740 oz. silver—show
ed silver values of 220 ounces.
Owing to its exceptional size
managing director Clay Portei
! sxpects to break down and
store enough ore from this
body during the winter to keep
i the pack train going all sum
mer.
A crew of five men is employ
i ed, taking out ore and extend
ng the cross cut to tap at
depth the rich ore body on
‘ which a winze was sunk last
1 summer.
A good sized crowd attended
he dance given Saturday night
at Pioneer Hall by the Premier
orchestra. As is always the
:ase where that talented or
ganization is concerned, the
music was splendid. A fine
luncheon was served during
the evening and keenly enjoy
ad by everyone. A large num
ber came over from Stewart
and helped to make the dance
a financial success.
J. O. Lyon, who has been in
charge of the local meat mark
! 3t of P. Bums & Co. since
the latter became the local
purveyors of fresh meats, has
I decided to go into business foi
; himself and will establish a
; meat market of his own some
time in February. Jack Scott,
who has also been in the em
i rloy of the Burns Companj
; for a long period and in charge
of the Stewart branch, will be ‘
' associated with Mr. Lyon in
' the new enterprise. They also
plan to establish a market in
| Stewart .which will be in
charge of Mr. Scott. The latter
establishment will be started
eary next month. The new
firm will be known as Lyon &
Scott and plans to give im
proved service and handle the
j best in their line. Whether oi
n<?t the local Burns market j
will be maintained after Mr.
Lyon’s retirement as manager
is not known here at present.
SUTHERLAND AFTER
TEXAS CREEK ROAD
In a communication addressed !
to the Chamber of Commerce
and read at the last bi-month
ly meeting of that body Tues
day evening, Delegate Dan A.
Sutherland stated that he is al
ready at work on the Texas
Creek wagon road proposal,
which formed the principal
theme of discussion during his>
recent visit and which he'
promised to bring before the
governmental agencies hand
ling such matters.
Mr. Sutherland’s communicat-!
ion states that he has placeo
the matter before several of
the departments and they are !
looking over the data sub- |
mitted.
He says, however, that he
had not received any assm
ances that the road would be j
built, up to the time of wirit
ing.
Inaugurating a new expen- J
mental policy as to service on j
Christmas day, the Postmaster j
General has issued instructions j
to postmasters throughout the
United States to suspend all
work at 12 o’clock midnight
December 24, except to retain
on duty on Christmas day only
such employees as are required
to make the regular holiday !
dispatches of first class mail j
to trains and to receive but not
distribute, incoming mails from i
trains. The order suspends city j
deliveries, village deliveries 01
rural deliveries on Christmas
i Day, although special delivery
mail will be handled and de
livered as usual.
In a statement accompanying
the order Postmaster General
New says that the experiment
is being tried for the dual pur- |
pose of furthering its “mail
early,” campaign to insure the
delivery of all mail before
Christmas Day. and to place
the postoffice on a holiday
basis with other businesses on
Christmas Day.
In keeping with th^ above Oi j
der, the local office will not
make deliveries between mid
night December 24 and mid
night on the 25th.
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Preliminary reports from sal
jnon packers in the first divis
ion of the territory, indicates
a total .pack for Southeastern
Alaska of 2,676,693 cases for
season -of 1925, This total is
111,096 cases less than the
1924 pack. Final reports, it is
expected, will virtually wipe
out this shortage, as some .can
neries have not been heard |
from, and some of the earlier
rigures submitted to the Bur
eau of-Fisheries, will probably
be under the actual pack, it is
said.
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Frank Fisher, superintendent
of the Premier tramway, left
Monday evening for Ketchikan
on the power boat Elsinore to
spend the holidays with his
family.
James Ledlin of the Premier
forces was a southbound pas-!
senger on the Cardena.
DUNWELL PLANNING
ORE SHIPMENTS !
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High grade ore shipments ap
proximating 300 ton3 per
month are contemplated by the
frunwell company during pres
ent winter according to reli
able reports from Stewart. The
shipments are to be inaugu
rated soon after the first of I
the year and arrangements for
handling the ore are already J
under way. Around ope hun
dred tons of ore is reported
sacked and ready for the first
shipment, which will be sent
down as soon as means of
transportation are provided 1
between the mine and wagon
road. This will be obtained by
the construction of a short
tram from the mouth of the
tunnel, where the ore is stored, '
to the wagon x-oad terminal.
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Mrs. Rome G. Brown, mother
of Mrs. Ernest Blue, who has
been seriously ill for some
time, as a result of the devel
opment of a blood clot on the
brain several weeks ago. was
so improved last week as to be
able to proceed to Vancouver
where she is now undergoing
treatment in a hospital.
Mrs. Brown was accompanied
south by her son, R. G. Brown,
who arrived from Minneapolis
two weeks ago, and Miss Resse
Bruton, professional nurse who
came from Seattle recently to
nurse Mrs. Brown.
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The work of repairing the |
mammoth oil storage tank ot i
the Premier Gold Mining Com- j
pany near the Premier dock
is now in progress. Three
shifts are employed at the ,
task of mending the leak
which recently developed as a
result of the springing of the
bottom plates under the tre
mendous weight of the nearly
one million gallons of oil then
filling the huge reservoir.
Chas. Goldberg is in charge of
the repair crew.
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The new community hall at
Premier has been completed
and was formally dedicated
Monday night, according to;
visitors from the mine.
The new structure is 30 b> \
80 feet in size and forms a
splendid addition to the camp’s
fine array of buildings, as well
as providing ample accommo
dations fqr entertainments, |
dance, etc. ^
The first of the festivities to
take place in the new building
was the annual Christmas
tree held Tuesday evening in
conjunction with an entertain
ment by the Premier school
children.
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W. Forester, geologist at the
Premier mine, left Thursday
for New Westminster, B. C.,
where he will pass the holiday
period.
Wm. Orr, manager of the |
Indian and J. Fred (“Happy”)
Ritchie Jr. were southbound !
passengers on the Cardena.
TACOMA CAPITALISTS
SHOW INCLINATION FOR
MINING INVESTMENT
Interest in mining develop
ment may soon be revived in
Tacoma, recalling a quarter
of a century ago when the en
tire Northwest found the topic
of prime interest, according to j
Pat Daly, late superintendent ■
of the Big Missouri and wide
ly known local mining man, in j
a recent statement to the Ta
coma News Tribune.
Mr. Daly points to a dozen oi ;
more prominent Tacomans who j
are associated in the recently !
organized Big Missouri Mining |
Co. and the purchase of that
noted property as evidence ot \
the revival of interest in min- I
ing ventures on the part of Ta
coma capitalists. Among the
number named by Mr. Daly as I
interested in the Big Missouri i
are: George II. Osgood, presi-1
dent of the company; J. T.
Gregory, Frank D. Oakley, II. j
A. Henton, K. B. Kellogg, W. i
E. Wilmot, G. A. de Haseth
Commander J. W. Woodrum. ;
W. Carr Morrow, Stanton War
burton, W. L. McCormack and
A. R. Watson.
“I estimate,” he is reported
as saying, “that there is be- '
tween §30,000,000 and $50,
000,000 in gold and silver in
that mine. I expect it to be the
one wonder mine in the
world.” ,
“I have just returned from
the mine. The camp is provis
ioned until June. We have
two machine drillers working i
two shifts a day and five drill
compressors. At present all
work is confined to drifting on
different ore bodies and by the
first of June we will have!
blocked out 2,00,000 tons of
ore.”
The article states that in a
director’s meeting called im
mediately after Mr. Daly’s ar
rival in Tacoma he reported
the results of the past season’s
operations and informed the
officials of the progress that
has been made.
In this connection it may bt
stated that Mr. Daly is an im
portant factor in the newly or
ganized Big Missouri Mining
Co.
According to a message re
ceived by the Herald from the
company headquarters at Ta
coma, and signed by the presi
dent, Mr. Daly was called to 1
Tacoma expressly to receive, j
and accepted, an official posit
ion with the new company.
The comtnunication states i
further that future develop- i
mnt on the Big Missouri will
be carried on under the com
bined direction of Mr. Dai>
and Harry Townsend, the not
ed mining engineer.
The News Tribune article ro
ferred to says that the new
company plans to install a mill
of 1,000 tons capacity at tht
mine, but when this will be
started has not been determin
ed. Mr. Daly expects to remain
in Tacoma until after the holi
days, when he will return to
the Big Missouri, according to
the same authority^”
THE GREAT
COEUR d’ALEMZj
Net earnings of the six ch’ef
lead-diver producers in tne
Coeur d’Alene district of Ida hi
total $102,021,981 since 190b
a period of twenty-three yeiu»,
or an average for each of those
years of $4,435,733—acoorci
to sworn statements filed un
der the laws of 1902, says the
Southwest Mining New:*.
Blinker Hill & Sullivan, the
greatest mine of its kind in the
world, is credited with $30,
300,352; Federal Mining At
Smelting Co., owner of the
Morning mine, with $20,313,
195; Hercules, owned by tno
Day family and exhausted as »
big producer last year, $21,
609.149; Hecla still producing
at even higher levels than in
the past, $15,525,752: Tama
rack & Custer. $6,570,727 (all
since 1914) : Interstate Calla
han, $7,402,304, practically
all paid during war year^,
when zinc, its principal pro
duct, stood at high levels.
These figures by no means
represent the total profits won
from this great district. For in
stance, mines which have
since passed to other ownei
•hip or have been abandoned,
ire credited with approxi
nately $12,000 000 net earn
ings, while many other pro^e.
ties have benefited stoekho'ci
ers in various amounts, such as
California, $4,382 863:
art, $2,043,296: Success, $!,
040,000: Gold Hunter, app.ux
;mato!y $1,000,000 and several
others in lesser amount. It i3
entirely safe to add $30,000
OGO to the profits of the
six of the district, thus brie
ing total net earnings up to
ever $130 000,000.
The really impressive part of
he wonderful history cf the
Couer d'Alene district l'e^ in
he fact that after <10 years,
ts greatest mine chows no si
)f exhaustion: in fact geolo
gists have predicted jthat tne
lay cf the formation is cu.h
that it may well go 5000 feet
deeper without losing its gre t
orebodies. The depth so far
attained is more than 4 00O
feet from the original showing,
high up above the old town or
Wardner. Hecla has rea hed
the 2,800-foot level, with ou
bodies as big and as rich as at
higher levels; Morning is down
nearly 4,500 feet and Star, a
new mine, developed by phen
nomenal deep work, through
a 9,000-foot crosscut from the
2,000-foot shaft level of Hecia,
shows a very impressive or„
body at about the same depth
as Morning which it adjoins.
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Preparations for the annual
Community Christmas Tree foi
the children of Hyder have
been practically completed by
the capable committee header
by Rev. C. T. Hatten. The en
tertainment will be held in Pi
oneer Hall Christmas Eve,
December 24, and will include
a program.