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VOL 2, N0.3
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1925
FIFTY CENTS AMCMH
WORLD TO SEE HYDER
DISTRICT IN FILMS
Combining: a spectacular pub
licity campaign for the bene
fit of the Troy group of the j
Northland Mining Company
with a vast amount of highly
beneficial advertising for the |
entire Portland Canal district,
through the medium of the j
motion picture camera, Robert
L. Forrest, president of the J
Northland Mining Company,!
of Vancouver, staged several
novel picture stunts in Hyder
and Stewart last week and al
so filmed a large number of
the more important mining J
operations, including those of
the great Premier. Included in
the list of “staged” pictures j
taken was a pictux-esque pack
train scene in Hyder which in
cluded a string of 30 pack
horses from the McGrow
stable, each loaded with a j
number of sacks of high grade j
ore from the Spider group, j
followed by a truck bearing
several tons of the same oi'e.
Led by Fred Thurman, the
long cavalcade wound its way
through towui to Premier Ave.,
where the pictures were taken,
with the bulk of the local pop-1
ulation for a background. Mr.
Forrest also filmed a “stam
pede” scene in Stew'art that
was decidedly' reminiscent of
the early days and included
everything from pack trains to
dog ieanw »nd “mutthent” with •
with huge packs and equip
ment on their backs. The bust
le and rush and the indescrib-,
able confusion of men, ani
mals and supplies, rushing hel
ter skelter for a new gold
sti-ike were reproduced with
a realism that made some of
the old timers almost forget
that it was only “play acting” j
and not the x'eal thing.
Mr. Forrest also took pictures
of the loading of a shipment
of Porter Idaho ore, the Dun
well mine, Rivei-sidc, Premier
Extension, the Premiei*, inside
and out, the Big Missouri and
the Troy group, and other
prominent properties, as well
as a large number of scenic
views showing the remarkable j
vistas of mountains and glac-!
iers observable from the tow
ering heights w'here the Troy
properties are located. Prac
tically' every interesting feat
ure of the district is portrayed
in the sevei’al thousand feet of
film exposed.
Mi*. Forrest personally direct- j
ed the taking of the scenes,!
with the actual “shooting” be
ing done by Roy Peake, a pro
fessional camera man from the j
Frank Jacobs studios, Seattle, j
A large number of views were
also taken along the inside
passage between Vancouver
and Hyder on the trip up the
coast.
Mr. Forest’s idea is to com
bine the pictures in a form of
travelogue, which will repre
sent a trip from Vancouver to
Tide Lake and carry the eye
witness through the scenic
beauties and points of interest
between Vancouver and Port
land Canal, show the mining
camp life of Hyder and Stew
art; the mining activities of
the Salmon and Bear River
valleys, and culminate at the
DRIVING CROSSCUT ON
THE BIG MISSOURI
Visitors to the Big Missouri
continue to wonder at the re
markable ore body recently
uncovered by manager Pat
Daly along the border of Silver
Creek. The huge vein has now
been uncovered for a consid
erable distance and is disclos
ed to be one of the most won
derful silver-lead mineral de
posits so far found in a dis
trict where massive mineral
showings are as common as
stringers elsewhere.
Mr. Daly is continuing tht
No. 2 cross cut on the silver
lead showing and is also build
ing a trail to the fine gold ore
showing partially explored by
the Trites interests some years
ago and whir*' is know to car
ry high go r. 'lues.
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A. F. Buddington and W. B.
Jewell, representatives of the
U. S. Geological Survey, who
spent the greater part of the
summer investigating the geol
ogy and the minerology of
the district, completed their
labors last week and left for
he south Saturday. During
the course of their survey,
Messrs. Buddington and Jew
ell visited practically every
ection of the Hyder mineral
belt and personally examined
a majority of the more promi
ii«nt mineral l»e»ti«n». Hayec
ial attention was devoted to
the Texas Creek section, where
they made an exhaustive study
if the minerology and petro
graphy, which were found to
be of peculiar interest. Con
siderable attention was also
given to the Salmon river min
eral zone and Mr. Jewell also
made an extensive survey of
the Chickamin river area,
which has been visited by but
few prospectors and is practic
ally an unknown region. Mr.
Buddington also visited the
Cascade River section duying
the latter part of his visit.
The results of their investi
gations will be embodied in a
U. S. Geological Survey report
to be issued next year and
which should be a complete
axposition of the geological
and minerological forms of
the district, if we may judge
>y the thoroughness of the in
vestigation made by them.
Mr. Buddington will proceed
to Princeton, New Jersey,
where he holds the position of
I Professor of Geology at Prince
on University. Mr. Jewell will
return to his home at Provi-1
dence, R. I.
When completed the film
will be loaned to schools and
theatres and to the Chambers
of Commerce throughout Brit
ish Columbia, Washington and
Oregon, as well as the B. C.
Chamber of Mines. Mr. Forest
states that tentative arrange
ments have also been made to
place the film on the Orpheum
theatre circuit, where it will bs
witnessed by tens of thousands
and become a source of in
estimable advertising value to
the district.
The project is being financed
by Mr. Forest and his associ
ates in the Northland Mining
STANDARD MINES
OFFICIALS PLEASED
George J. Osgood, of Ta
coma, vice president of the j
Standard Mines Corporation, ]
recent purchaser of the Big j
Missouri properties, and D. j
MacVichie, a prominent min- j
ing engineer, who is also inter-1
ested in the corporation, ar-!
rived last week on the Wales
to make a personal inspection
of that noted property, on
which extensive development
work is now in progress under
the direction of that noted
veteran of the mining game,
Pat Daly. The visitors were
the first members of the cor
poration to see the property,
which was purchased purely
upon the representations made
by Mr. Daly to H. A. Henton,
of Tacoma, president of the
company, who was himself un
able to come to Hyder at the
present time. Mr. Osgood, who
came as the official represent
ative of the corporation, is a
member of the firm of Wheel
er, Osgood & Co., of Tacoma,
one of the biggest sash and
door factories in the country.
Mr. MacVichie is also a man
of wealth.
Following a. two day visit to
the Big Missouri the visitors
expressed themselves, as more
than pleased at what they had
seen and the work so far ac
complished by Mr. Daly and
also voiced astonishment at
-the remarkable extent of' tfie
mineral showings found on the
property. Both were outspok
en in the view that the prop
erty is a wonderful one and
will become a great mine with
proper development. Respect
ing the company’s development
contemplations, Mr. Osgood,
said that nothing could be said
at this time, as. until his visit,
the officials knew very little
concerning the property aside
from the information given by
Mr. Daly and were, therefore
not in a position to formulate
any definite development pro
gram until the facts were fully
ascertained and placed before
the board of directors.
Although declining to commit
themselves as to the future,
the enthusiasm of Mr. Osgood
and his companion, who is a
mining engineer of long and
varied experience, warrants
the view that the outlook for
future development is very
favorable.
The visitors remained in
camp over the week end be
fore returning to Tacoma.
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Arrivals from Texas Creek
repoi't that Fred Nothiger is
industriously pegging away
single handed on his claims
near the tip of Casey glacier.
Fred is said to be working on
a promising lead and has driv
en about 50 feet of tunnel all
by his lonely during the sum
mer. Like the majority of Tex
as Creek prospectors, he be
lieves that digging is a more
efficacious way of developing
the district than following the
old practice of merely staking
claims and then proceding to
town to wait for a '’live one”
to develop them. With the live
wire bunch now active in that
section, Texas Creek will as
suredly come into its own.
OLD TIMER PASSES ON
Ross Patton, aged 73, pioneer
! of the North and one of tiie
earliest settlers of the Portland
Canal district, passed to the
Great Beyond in Stewart Sun
day afternoon as a result of
j heart disease superinduced by
j old age. Death called the old
j timer while he was walking
on the street in company with
J. A. Stephens, B. C. govern
ment engineer, between 1 and
2 o’clock. Mr. Patton had just
eaten a hearty meal in one of
restaurants and was on his
way bade up town when strick
en. Mr. Stephens helped him to
: a seat in front of the opera
house. The ambulance was
summoned and he was remov
ed to the hospital, but it was
found that life was practically
extinct and nothing could be
done for him.
The deceased was a native
of County Antrim, Ireland but
came to the United States j
in 1872, settling at Philatlel-1
phia. In 1884 he came to Alas
ka and located in Juneau for
a time but later moved to var
ious interior points. Until he
; came to Stewart in the winter
! of 1919, the deceased was
j never out of the Alaska terri
! tory after his arrival. He was
; a carpenter by trade and fol
j lowed that occupation practic
ally throughout his career. He
i was a member of Nenana Ig
Hmr'rrtmwrrs or Alaska, and !
| also a member of the Arctic
I Brotherhood, Masons, and
also a member and one of
the organizers of the Hyder1
Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska.
He was a man of fine per
sonality, staunch integrity, and
was highly esteemed by all
who knew him.
The remains were interred in
i the Stewart cemetry Tuesday
afternoon under the auspices
of the Masons and Pioneers,
after services conducted by
Rev. Ashley in St. Mark’s
church, which were attended
by a large number of people,
by a large gathering of friends
! of the deceased.
M. J. St Clair, associate of
J. D. Littlepage in the new
Riverside mine company, re
turned on the Gardena from
an extended business trip to
the States, made for the pur
pose of financing the effort of
Mr. Littlepage and himself to
again place the mine on a pro
ductive basis.
As the financing arrange
ments had not been fully com
pleted up to the time he left
Seattle, Mr. St. Clair is not in
a position to announce the fut
ure contemplations and defi
nite announcements will prob
ably not be forthcoming until
the return of Mr. Littlepage.
Pending his arrival, Mr. St.
Clair will be occupied in put
ting the mill in shape for op
eration.
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Lon Doggett, owner of the
Border Groups situated along
the international boundary
line at 13 Mile, is planning to
continue prospecting work on
his property during the winter
and has built a fine new cabin
on the ground in which he.will
WILL PLACE DUNWELL f
ON PRODUCING BASIS
Immediate resumption of op- j
orations, the extension of the
present workings to further
explore the ore bodies reveal
ed in previous operations, and
the construction next spring ol
a concentrating mill to handle
the immense tonnage of mill
ing grade ores existing or. .
the property, are lire outstand
ing features of an announce
ment regarding the future oi
the Dunwell mine given out ]
last week in Stewart by Iiob
ert Stewart, president of the
Dunwell company.
The news, of decidedly pleas
ing import to Stewart in par
ticular and the district in gen ,
2*. yvas given out following
■ liree day inspection of the
property by the new board o
r'i’ ectors, during which every j
phase of the development sit
uation was given full consid
eration and the ultimate con
elusions resolved into decis- I
ions right on the ground. Thi
new board of directors to a
man were deeply impresses
by the evidences of the mine’s j
/alue as a potential producei
and resolved to proceed with
development without furthei
delay.
A small crew of men has al
ready started the work of plac
ing the power plant and equip
, auint in shape and others will j
be employed as soon as thi. |
is completed.
According to Mr. Stewart it it !
the intention to extend the j
lowest, or No. 4 tunnel to cross
cut all the ore bodies located
in the three upper tunnels !
This done, it is planned to en
large the north drift in No. 3
tunnel and extend it to cros.
: cut the highly mineralized
j ore body found this summei \
on the Sunbeam claim. The No.
4 tunnel will also be connect
ed with No. 3 tunnel by a raise
This proceedure will open foi
operation the entire knowr
vein system and enable the ul
timnte of production.
It is also the intention to ship ;
such high grade ore as ma; j
be broken during the devel ;
opment processes, as tonnagi j
is accumulated during the Win- j
ter months. The work of ful '
ly opening the mine is expectec
to last until spring and will b<
followed by the constructioj
of a mill of such type as ma\
be found by tests throughou.
the winter to be best suited t' ,
handle the ores. The mill i !
planned to be of from 75 t<
100 tons capacity.
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A fire occuring Sunday oi
Forty-Nine properties, destroy
ed the tent structure used a.
an office, according to report
brought to town Monday ev
ening. Full details of the un
fortunate incident were not
obtainable. It is said that the
most serious damage resulted
from the destruction of a
i quantity of field notes and
other data relating to the dia
mond drilling and other op
erations rceently conducted on
the group by the Premier Gold
Mining Company. It was also
currently reported that Gus
Anderson, who has been in i
\NOTHER WILD CAT
COMPANY EXPOSED
Continuing the recently in
augurated policy of exposing
through the press the mis
leading or openly false repre
sentations of British Columbia
mining concerns, the B. C.
Minister of Mines has late'v
tui ned the searchlight of truth
upon the statements contained
n the advertising literature
ssued by the Silver Slipper
Mining Company, Ltd., the
Properties of which are locat
ed directly across the bound
ary line from Hyder on the
•Silverado Mountain. Pursuing
he same method used in the
recent exposure of the Gold
Ore Mining Company, Ltd.,
Mininster Sloan proceeds to
how the falsity of the com
pany's claims by comparing
ts statement with a report on
he properties made by the
Resident; Mining Engineer of
the district. Included in the
:tems which are proven false
>r misrepresented is the com
pany’s assertion that its prop
jrties are located “between
he Porter Idaho and Silverado
Troup.” whereas they are a
ong way south of the Sil
verado and on the opposite
ide of a massive peak from
he Porter Idaho; that the
| values carried in its “No 1
vein” are “up to $20.00 per
on in gold, silver and coo
I oer,” whereas the engineer’s
1 report shows the vein to be
“barren white bull efuartz,”
n which he could find “noth
ing worth sampling” and
which he characterizes as
1 ‘worthless;” that its “No. 'I
i vein is a high grade vein from
T4 to 24 inches” in width,
with values “up to $85.00 oer
on” and is “exposed for 300
j eet.”
Respecting the latter claims
he engineer’s report assels
hat the alleged “high grade
ein,’’ will “average about 3
nches in width along an ex
'ored length of about 50 feet”
nd that a sample gave assays
'f “S3 cents per ton” instead
>f ?83. The report also dis
proves a number of other
daims made by the company,
ill of which are of a charac
ter to entice and deceive the
unwary into exchanging their
money for nicely engraved !:ut
probably worthless stock cer
tificates.
An interesting feature o" the
expose is that it reveals that,
me man, whose identity r
vealed to the public under lie
picturesque title of “John the
.’inn,” is featured in advert! v
ing literature of the lately ex
posed Gold Ore Mining Com
pany, as well as in that of the
3ilver Slipper Company, as
the original owner and pres
! ent manager of the two prop
erties.
The failure of the Grand
Trunk steamer Prince Cha irs
to put in her usual appear
ance Tuesday evening, u
closed the error of earlier 'e
ports that the fall chan''
the Grand Trunk ached i
would not affect that vessel
for the present.
No definite information co' 1
be obtained regarding the fut
ure activities of the steamer