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VOL 2, NO. 39
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26,1926
FIFTY CENTS AKCKTH
IMPORTANT FIND
ON MOUNTAINVIEW
Despite the fact that the
Mountainview Gold Mining
Company properties on Fish
Creek have been under devel
opment for several years, dur
ing which they have been sub
jected to numerous surface ex
aminations, the discovery a
few days ago of a splendid
new lead of ore within a short
stone throw of the power dam
has revealed that the mineral
possibilities of the group are
still far from being known.
Owing to a heavy overburden,
the presence of the lead was
not heretofore discovered. At
the present time it has been
*i-aced for a distance of 75 or
80 feet. The width has not
been fully determined but ap
pears to range from 3 to 4 feet
or more . The ore is solidly
mineralized with steel galena, ,
grey copper and pyrites and
also shows small quantities of
zinc.
i he discovery is an important
one, as it discloses not only an
apparently valuable ore de-1
posit but is also an unexpected
addition to the present vein
system.
Manager Arthur Moa has a
crew of 4 men employed at
present. Activities are confin
ed entirely to surface work of
a character to best determine
future operations.
Since renewing operations
some days ago, Manager Moa
has stripped the promising up
per vein of grey copper, ex
posing the ore something over
500 feet, with an average
width of about 4 feet. Mr. Moa
states that the new lead was
discovered during efforts to
trace the grey copper vein
through the ridge between
Skookum Creek and Fish
Creek, to which it is believed
to extend. The vein is said to
carry very good gold and sil
ver values, as well as galena.
This vein has been found so
far to be practically free from
zinc elements.
Mr. Moa expects to start
work on much increased scale
about July 1, employing a com
pressor and machine drills.
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Next Saturday, May 29th, is
the date of the presentation
of the farce-comedy, “Poor
Married Man’’ by the enter
tainment committee of Hyder
M. E. Church.
The date of the performance
was given in a previous issue
as May 28th, as a result of an
error on the part of the Her
ald’s informant, who somehow
got a day ahead of time in an
nouncing the entertainment.
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The motorship Fairbanks is
expected to arrive from Ketch
ikan about noon Thursday,
with a load of ice and the
weekly mail. As the Fairbanks
is replacing the Taku for the
trip there will be no other ves
sel from Ketchikan this week.
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Development work was re
sumed this week on the prop
erties of the Gold Cliff Pre
mier Company, where Harry
Tanner, local representative
of the company, has a crew of
men employed.
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General Manager Dale L.
Pitt of the Premier Gold Min
GOOD RETURNS ON
B. C. SILVER ORE
Net returns of close to $123
per ton were received by the
B. C. Silver Mines from the
recent shipment of high grade
ore mined from the No. 3 lev
el during the course of devel
opment work on the B. C. Sil
ver, according to the Mining
World and Engineering Rec-!
ord, (London), in commenting
on a report read at a general
meeting of the Selukwe Gold
Mining and Finance Co. Ltd,
held in London April 26th.
The journal asserts that net
returns of close to 7,000
pounds were received from a
total of 276 tons of ore ship- j
ped, and also shows that the j
existence of) large bodies of j
rich ore is proved and partly
developed over two consider
able areas.
The report in question places
he total footage of develop
ment work done on the prop-1
M'ty to March 1 at 23,589 feet, ’
jf which 8,665 feet is tunnel
wid cross cuts and 14,799 feet
diamond drilling. The remain
der consists of 120 feet of raise
ind 15 feet of sinking.
Respecting the results of de
velopment the report says:
“The most important mining
achievement is that we have
definitely proved, close to the
center of the property, a re-'
mrrence in the ore zone of
high grade chutes, similar in !
character to the high grade
chutes existing in the Premier
mine ****** we may claim ,
that a run of ore will be ulti
mately opened up along the
whole length of the Oakville
Fraction boundary, where it
adjoins the Premier’s Simpson
claim and for at least 50 feet
beyond this ground *****
a total of 800 feet, if we may
add the ore disclosed in blocks
C and D, we get a total run of
pay chutes of well over 1,000
ft. of exceptional width and
value.”
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Steps looking to the organi
zation of a local health dis
trict and the appointment of
a board of health, under the
i provisions of Chapter 35,
session Laws of Alaska, 1919,
are under consideration by the
i School Board. Although no
formal action has been taken,
he board has already formu
i lated it’s plans in that direct
i ion and will meet Wednesday
! evening in Chamber of Cohi
: merce Hall to select the per
j sonnel of the health board,
which will look after matters
affecting the public health
1 during the coming school year.
. The boards of health provided
for by the act include the pres
1 ident of the school board and
two citizens of the school dis
trict, one of whom shall,
wherever practicable, be a li
censed physician.
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Harry Tanner, local repre
sentative of the Gold Cliff Pre
mier Mining Company, and
manager of operations, is back
from a visit of several months
in the States, which included a
trip to New York and other
I eastern points.
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W. S. Orr, former superin
tendent of the Indian mine,
and widely known old timer,
i has accepted a position with
ithe B. C. Silver Company at
WORK STARTING ON
THE CANTU GROUP
With the return of general i
manager Dale. L. Pitt of the
Premier, preliminary work
has been started on the Cantu
and Francis properties, recent
ly bonded by the Premier Gold
Mining Company:
Reports from the upper Sal
mon say a crew of Premier
men are putting up a camp on
the property, which will be
first used by Frank Metcalf,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor, and
his assistant, Art Beaudin, who |
have been engaged to survey s
the ground preliminary to
more extensive operations. It
is understood that the Premier
company has ordered a new
compressor and other equip
ment , which will be placed i
on the property on arrival.
Concluding a period of more
than two weeks duration, it be
came known last week that
two well known Stewart
people, Mrs. Nellie Murray and
Mr. J. P. Hawkinson, had been
quietly united in marriage on
May first. The wedding oc
curred in Hyder, the nuptial
knot being tied by U. S. Com-1
missioner Sandford.
The groom is one of Stewart’s
most widely known and enter
prising business men, being the
proprietor of the Portland!
Canal Electric Laundry and
Exchange Grill and also presi
dent of the International Elec- '
trie Company, three of the j
most important business enter
prises in Stewart, where he |
has resided for a number of
years.
Mrs. Hawkison is a lady of
charming personality and af
fable manner, who has made a
host of friends during the year
or so in which she has been a
resident of Stewart.
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Following receipt of a tele
gram from Territorial School
Superintendent Lester D. Hen
derson stating that the Board
of Education cannot provide
more than one teacher for the
local school and advising that
in the event that a high school
is desired, it will be necessary
to incorporate a school district,
a petition to Judge Reed is be
ing circulated requesting him
to call an election on the
question of incorporation.
At the time of going to press
a large part of the necessary
fifty signers had been secured.
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Roy T. Newton, genial co-pro
prietor of the popular Quick
Lunch, returned Thursday
from Prince Rupert accom
panied by a bride, formerly
Mrs. R. M. Aldous, of Terrace,
B. C., to whom he was wedded
Wednesday morning.
The nuptial ceremony was
performed in the chapel of
the Church House, with Rev.
Fr. McGrath officiating. The
witnesses of the event were
David E. Murphy and Mrs.
Arthur Beale.
The bride is well known in
the Terrace section where
she has resided for a numbei
jof years on a property ownea
j jointly by Mr. Newton ana
herself. Mr. Newton has been
prominent in local business
: circles for several years and
has made numerous friends to
; whom his marriage will be a
j matter for sincere congratu
llations. in which the Herald
TO WORK ON
SILVER TIP
John V. Clegg, one of the
leading owners of the Silver i
Tip group, arrived on the Car-!
dena prepared to start devel- j
opment operations as soon as >
snow conditions permit haul- j
ing of supplies to that at pres
ent almost inaccessible region.
The group is located a short •
distance northwest of Long:
Lake and adjoins the Unicorn ■
group on the north and east, i
Work done on the property in ,
earlier years has revealed an
extent of mineralization which
warrants the assumption that j
it will ultimately become a,
producer.
During his absence in the
south last winter, Mr. Clegg I
took unto himself a bride, who 1
will join him here later in the
season.
Despite local rumor to 'the
effect that an Associated Press
dispatch had announced the
rejection of the nominations of
Federal judges T. M. Reed, El
mer E. Ritchie and District At
torney Arthur G. Shoup, the
Senate sub-judiciary commit
tee has apparently taken no
further action with respect to
Alaskan appointments since
the Qonfirmation of Marshal
White of the First and Judge
CecU Clegg of the Fourth div
isions. The rumor in question,
like so many others circulated
in this locality, was based up
on nothing at all, as every ef
fort to trace it to a definite
source has failed.
Recent Washington dispatch
es indicate that President Cool
idge is growing out of patience
with the long continued politi
cal squabbling and has issued
a statement to the following
effect:
Following a fight in the Sen
ate over President Coolidge’s
nominations for Alaska posit
ions, it is announced at the
White House that Coolidge is
convinced his appointments
are the best possible. If Con
gress rejects them he will go
outside of Alaska and fill the
offices.
President Coolidge believes
that the constant rowing fact
ions in Alaska place almodt
any appointment there under
attack.
The President is impressed by
the fact that one of the chief
sources is the income of Alas
ka government employment
which he believes offers a
motive to those not employed
by the Goverment, to seek to
displace those holding office.
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Heavy commitments on other
properties, combined with oth
er deterrent factors are given
by the Premier officials as
the basis of a late decision by
the company which will pre
clude either the taking over or
operation of the Indian.
The announcement that the
deal had fallen through came
as a great surprise, as it was
generally believed that Pre
mier had secured a strong hold
! on the property and would
ultimately come into full con
trol as a result of the recent
negotiations.
As a result of the announce
; ment that the deal is off, In
dian stock is showing a dis
position to drop to lower lev
els. Present negotiations are
around 7 cents, against 8 to 10
TOUGH GOING ON TEXAS j
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Adverse snow conditions con-!
tinue to hamper the efforts of i
the Hyder Lead Mines, com-;
pany in getting supplies to
the company properties on !
upper Texas Creek. Up to a
day or two ago the crew of
men sent out about two weeks
by managing engineer R. G. |
Mellin to open up the trail,
had not succeeded in getting
the supply outfit beyond the
old Texas Comstock cabin. The
cabin is situated about a half
mile or so below the group
on the government pack trail,
with considerable snow be
tween, through which it will!
be necessary to cut a trail be
fore the outfit reaches its des
tination.
Present indications are that •
active work on the property is
not liable to commence for
another week or so.
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Mrs. Ernest Blue and baby
left hurriedly Sunday morning
enroute to Minneapolis, fol
lowing receipt of a telegram
Saturday evening stating that
her father, Rome G. Brown,;
had passaway suddenly after:
a brief illness. Mr. Brown, j
who was the senior member of !
the firm of Brown and Ge's
mer, attorneys at law, was ap
parently hale and hearty up tc ,
four days of his death, which
resulted from an acute attack
of diabeteq. Mr. Brown had :
practised law in Minneapolis i
since 1880 and was one of the !
most widely known attorney! ;
in that section. He was aged
about 67 years and is survived j
by a widow, a daughter, Mrs.
Blue, and a son, Edwin C.
Brown. The unfortunate de
mise of Mr. Brown is given
added pathos by the fact that
his widow, who was stricken
with a form of apoplexy while
visiting her daughter in Hyder
last year, has not recovered :
and has been confined to a j
hospital since her return to
Minneapolis late last fall.
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K. Pond, 180 pounds; lost to
G. Haggerty, 200 pounds, in j
the main event of the boxing
tourney held in Stewart Mon-!
day evening. The battle went I
7 rounds and was fast and
furious throughout. Pond lead
in the earlier sessions and had .
his opponent down 3 times, for
a count of 7 or 8. Haggerty
managed to weather the storm
however, and by the 6th round
had turned the tables, sendingJ
Pond down for a long stay in
that round and finishing him
in the first round of the 7th.
Hennessey of the Riverside
mine kayoed Fleet in the 4th
round of the preliminary, after
winning all the way.
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The Hyder base ball team
won a snappy seven-inning
game from Stewart on the lo
cal grounds Sunday afternoon.
The score was 6 to 5 in favor
of the locals. The game was
decidedly interesting, with
both sides playing excellent
ball. The contest was merely
I a practice game and will have
! no bearing on the trophy ser
| ies, to be played dyring the
summer, with a handsome sil
ver cu.o as a reward to the
winning team. . . ■
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The Moose lodge w.iU meet in
regular session in Stewart
JULY FOURTH
MEETING CALLED
Initial steps for the arrange
ment of a program for. Inde
pendence Day, July 4th, were
;aken at a mefttirig of the
Chamber of Commerce Tues
day evening.
After some discussion it was
decided to hold a public meet
ing in Chamber of Commerce
hall at 8 p. m. next Tuesday
evening.
All citizens who are interest
ed in a proper celebration of
the national birthday , are re
quested to attend.
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Joseph A. Mills, prominent
Northwestern-mining engineer,
and representative of the
American Mining & Milling
Co.,‘ arrive'd last week to di
rect projected operations of
the company on its Fish Creek
properties. Mr. Mills declined
to discuss the company’s con
templations ... beyond stating
that they expect to undertake
active development work.
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James Freeburp. noted north
ern mining man and former
owner of the Chichagoff m’ne,
arrived on the Cardena to in
spect properties in the Bear
river section in which he is in
terested. ' .
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Prank Metcalf, of the firm of
Metcalf and Grefe, well known
Juneau civil engineers and
deputy U. S. mineral surveyors. ~
arrived on the Taku, to survey
a number of properties Co
patent purposes, in which work
he will be assisted by Art
Beaudin, who accompanied
him from Juneau.
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E. JI. Terwilliger, metallur
gist and assayer, who was as
sociated with J.R. McDonald
in the development pf the Uni
corn group some years ago re
turned last week in connection
with the projected, develop
ment of the American Mining
& Milling Co. properties on
Fish Creek.
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Alex. McDonald came down
from the Independence Tues
day and reports development
work proceeding under the di
rection of mine superihtendeni
Jack Fitzgerald and things
looking very good in the mine.
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Stewart celebrated Victoria
Day with accustomed enthusi
asm Monday, with many Hy
dent’es ’participating in the
festivities.
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John Hovland, treasurer oi
the Chamber of Commerce
pioneer mining man and one
of the district’s most widely
known citizens, returned from
an extended visit in Seattle
Thursday, accompanied by his
fanfily. Mr. Hovland says that
his long stay among the flesh
pots of the big outside did not
wean him away from Hyder in
the slightest degree and he is
glad to be back again. Mrs.
Hovland, whose health was
greatly impaired at the time
of her departure last fall*- is ~
now much improved and on
the road to complete recovery.
Wm. R. Tonkin, former head
of the Fish Creek Mining Com
pany arrived from Seattle lit
week to look after his local