The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1921
Published Saturday at the Herald
Building, Second Ave., Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
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postoffice at Hyder, Alaska, under the
act of March 3, 187S1.
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MANY CLAIM OWNERS
ASK FOR EXEMPTION
A total of 294 local min'ng
properties were represented in
notice..: of desire to hold mining
claim? filed this year in the Re
corder’s division of the U. S.
Commissioner’s office in con
formity to the ac.t of Congress
providing exemption from the
performance of annual assess
ment work on mining claims
for the year ending July 1.
Up to the close of the filing
period at noon last Sunday, a j
total of 46 claim holders had j
registered their desire to hold j
properties under the act. The
proper.ie - for which the notic
es were filed ranged from one
to a dozen claims, with the av
erage for each filer slightlv ov
er six claims. Individual own
ers were permitted to fils on
net to exceed six claims, while
co-partnerships, aosociat'jns
and corporations were allow vl
twelve claims.
Visually all the properties
represented last year under
the assessment suspension actj
1933 were included in the fil
ings this year, although the
total number of claims applied
for was somewhat less 1 his
year. This was due, apparent
ly to claim owners abandoning
seme of their ■ less desirable
holdings, owing to the limitat
ion in the number of claims for
which exemption could be
asked under this year’s enact
ment.
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Dimond To Ask
Vctes for Delegates
The right to vote on matters
of importance to their Terri
tories will be sought by Alaska
Delegate A. J. Dimond for
delegates to the House of Rep
resentatives from Alaska and
Hawaii, according to Washing
ton reports.
A bill with this object in view
will be introduced in the Sev
enty-fourth Congress by Mr.
Dimond. who has discussed the
proposal with several House
leaders and believes there will
be but slight difficulty in get
ting the measure through, so ;
long as ift limits voting to pure
ly Territorial mattei’s.
NEW COMPANY
TO OPERATE ON
OLD L. L. & H. GROUP
A newly organized company
known as the Playfair Gold
Mine?, Ltd., will undertake de
velopment of the old L. L. & H.
group on the south fiork of Bit
ter Creek, according to an
nouncements made in Stewart
last week.
The new organization, cap
italized for $1,000,000 is head
ed by W. J. Jancowski, well
known mining man, as presi
dent and Alan Carolan and W.
D. Smith, prominent Stewart
business men are among the
directors.
The property was bonded
last April by Vancouver inter
ests represented by Mr. Jan
cowski and has been the scene
of extensive development in
earlier years, which included
over 500 feet of tunneling on
three levels.
The ore carries a good gold
content, in addition to other
meiais, anu presents mgmy at
tractive development possibil
ities.
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Juneau Unions Form
Central Labor Council
Juneau trade unions organ
ized recently a central labor
council composed of three
members fr(om each of the
crafts represented in the vari
ous unions of the capital city
affiliated with a labor organ
ization known as the Alaska
Laborers’ Association.
Unions represented at a re
cent meeting of the association
included laborers, carpenters,
electricians, ipainters, meat
cutters, beer and liquor dis
pensers, clerks,, waitresses,
longshoremen and taxi-drivers.
The association comprised six
members in February and is
said to number over 400 at
present.
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Big Quartz Project
For Klondike Area
The famous Klondike area
will be the scene of renewed
mining activity this summer
with the launching of a big
quartz development project on
Bear Creek, nine miles from
Dawson, by the Klondike Gold
Quartz Mines. Ltd.
Engineers now claim that the
placer gold came originally
from adjacent l'ode veins on
which the Klondike Mines
property is located.
The company plans to install
a 30-ton mill and it is estimated
that $30,000 in gold will be re
covered during the first year
of operation
The company property is des
cribed as a mountain or mass of
gold ore with a well defined
vein system running (through
it. Assays from exploratory
tunnels are said to range from
$15.43 to 23.86, with gold alt
$20.
JUNE MERCHANDISE
EXPORTS LOWEST
IN PAST DECADE
Shipments (of merchandise
from Alaska to the United
States in June were valued at
$292,915, according (to the
monthly statement olf Collector 1
of Customs J. J. Connors. Gold
and silver exports during the
month were valued at $766,300 ;
and brought the total of all ex
port values to $1,059,261.
The merchandise figures were
the lowest for any month in the
past decade and represent a
decline of more than 40 per
cent compared to those of
June, 1933.
Due doubtless to the shipping
blockade at Seattle, fish ex
ports declined widely in all
lines except cured or perserved j
salmon, which showed a gain
of $74,441 compared tlo< June
last year. The itemized list i
follows:
Curios
Fish:
50
Fresh and frozen
Halibut .
Salmon .
All o/ther.
Canned
Salmon .
Cured or preserved
Cod .
Herring.
Salmon .
Shell fish:
Clams .
Crabs .
Shrimps .
All other fish and
fish products .
Furs and fur-skins
Blue fox .
Silver fox..
Red fox.
Mink.
Muskrat .
Beaver .
All other.
Manufactured furs ....
Ore, matte, regulus
Lead .
Trophies.
All other articles.
7,285 |
13,154
14!
55.345
673
10
103,345
16,576
8,697
7,715
1,323
330
1,800
233
1,427
1.548
25,669
2,112
450
9,506
3,650
410
$261,322 |
Total value pro
ducts of Alaska .
Products of United
States returned . $31,593
Total value ship
ments merchandise .. $292,915
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Gold . $760,629 I
Silver . 5,717 j
Total . $1,059,261 .
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Hibbard Sells Local Interests
C. L. Hibbard. Seattle cap
italist has. sold his interest in
the former Metcalf and Fendly
property on Chickamin Glacier
to W. J. Thompson of Seattle,
according to an instrument
filed this. week in the recording j
division of the U. S. Commis-1
sioner’s office.
Additional conveyances dis
close that Mr. Thompson later (
transferred portions iof his in
terest to twto* other parties.
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