HOTEL HYDER
M. R. JAMIESON Proprietor
at the Gatewa^to Salmon River
The Pioneer^jotel of Hyder
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Electric Lights ' Baths
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THE MIDGET EMPORIUM
79 N First Avenue *
H. H. HOWARD
BOORS CIGARS PATENT MEDICINES
STATIONERY TOBACCOS TOILET ARTICLES
MAGAZINES CHOCOLATES FLASH LIGHTS
NOVELTIES LEATHER GOODS LEGAL FORMS
CIRCULATING LIBRARY
DISTRICT MAPS and PHOTOGRAPHS
Hyder Agency
Morkill map of Salmon River
The
NORTH STAR
CIGAR STORE
“The Best is None Too Good for You”
Jack McCormack
Quick Lunch in connection
Specializing in SPANISH DISHES
Hot Tamales, Chilis, Enchilades, also Chinese Noodles
L. S. Bingham
Salmon River District Report
(Continued)
freight was landed by scows. Pro
visions can be purchased in both
towns, and more elaborate equip
ment can be brought from Ketchi
kan, with which there is communi
cation about twice a week by means
of gasoline boat. The distance from |
Hyder to Ketchikan is 155 miles by
the water route. Stewart has steam
er communication wiih Prince Ru
pert, Britisli Columbia, li)5 miles
distant.
Travel inland is difficult, except
along the few established roads and I
trails. The best road in the region
i is the one connecting Hyder and
Stewart (2 miles), which is suit
able for automobiles.
Salmon River and Texas Creek
are swift and practically impass
able streams, which effectually di
vide the country through which
they run. Texas Creek and Salmon
River south of Ninemiie flow in a
network of channels through a
broad valley bottom floored with
coarse gravels. A road has been
constructed up the east side of the
Salmon to Elevenmile, and thence
to the Premier mine, in Canadian
territory. Except at a few points
where it is forced to the valley side
by eastward swings of the river, the
road follows the bottoms and is
therefore subject to overflow and
washout, as was well shown in the
high-water stages of 1920. Above
Elevenmile the road is on the val
ley slope. From the road three
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pack trails branch off, one in Can
ada to the Big Missouri and neigh
boring properties, one at Eleven
mile to the New Alaska property
and one up Fish creek to the Wat
kins and Tonkin properties. -
The only crossing of Salmon riv
er is a foo> bridge at Ninemile. (This
has since been replaced by a sub
stantial heavy-traific bridge.—Ed.)
From this point a foot trail leads to
Texas glacier and thence by a low
saddle 3 miles above the mouth of
the creek to Sal oon Glacier. Most
of the prospecting of the region is
done by men who pack their outfits
on their backs through country
wiiete there is not even a foot trail.
The valley bott -ins and mountain
slopes up to 2500 feet are heavily
forested, chiefly witli hemlock and
spruce. In the valley bottoms and
on the lower slopes there is good
timber in sufficient abundance for
mining and other local needs.
As yet there has been no demand
for water power, and the possibili
ties of developing it have not been
closely scrutinized. Fish Creek and
jits tributary, Skookum Creek, the
largest of the small streams, de
scend rapidly and are worth con
sideration as sources of ..power.
There are no accurate records of
their flow, which is greatly dimin
ished in winter. The other streams
in Alaska east of Salmon River are
small and probably without, value
for power.
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Electric Lights - - J'f - , Baths
Soft Drinks - Tobaccos - Pool
Paddy Me Donnell* Proprietor.
HEe Silver Grill
The Food You Like, Cooked to Your Taste
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Private Dining Room
For Dinner Parties
Walter Blanton, Proprietor.
All the Comforts of a Home are to be had at
HOTEL STEWART
Steam Heated Rooms Comfortably
Furnished. Baths, Drying Room
and Dining Room.
Rate $1.00 per day. W. Dann. Prop. Phone, 2 long, 1 short.
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Since 1910!
KING EDWARD HOTEL
Where Mining Men Meet.
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