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VOL 6, NO. 32
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 17,1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ANNUAL REPORT OF
RC.SILVEF-SEBAKWE
The annual report of the Sel
ukwe Gold Mining and Finance
Company on the B. C. Silver
and Sebakwe operations in
this district, a copy of which
was received from a London
correspondent on the last mail
gives the following interesting
data relative to development
progress on the two properties
during the year ending March
1st, 1930.
B. C. Silver
Development, which proceed
ed continuously throughout the
period under review, was con
fined to the North group o
claims. During March, 1929
15 feet of sinking was done be
low the No. 7 level, to be usee'
as a shaft station sump. In ad
dition, a chamber was cut and
the timbering of the shaft com
pleted. Short drifts were ad
vaneed from both ends of th
shaft. This work was mainly ii
green porphyry. A great dea
of difficulty had been experi
enced in handling the heavy in
flow of water, and at the 1st o
April, instructions were re
ceived to stop work on No. ri
level and permit the shaft tc
fill. Since that time vigoreu
development has been carried
out on No. 6 level, with encour
aging results.
A long drift, No.631, was driv
cn to the South-West, with thi
object of cutting the down
ward extension of the Premie
orezones in our ground. Thi
met with success. At 210 fee
South-West of the shaft, an on
body was exposed for a lengtl
of 45 feet, with an average as
say value of $13.00 across i
width of 8 feet. This zone doe‘
not appear to be connecte.
with the main Premier zones
Four hundred and fifty fee';
South-West of the shaft an im
portant orebody was encount
ered. Drift 636 lias exposed the
zone for a definite length ot
120 feet. This will average
$22.00 across a width of ter
feet and is undoubtedly the
downward continuation of the
Premier 4-H stope. The zone
will likely extend further tc
the northeast than our present
tunneling has exposed it. The
indications are favourable fo.
the existence of a substantial
orebody, which should connec
with the Premier4-H stope lOt
feet above, and will likely ex
tend to a considerably lower
horizon.
The downward continuation
of the Premier 4-H stope wa:
encountered at roughly' 55C
feet from the shaft. This zone
is too close to the boundary tc
show much possibility of ton
nage above the No. 6 level
Good commercial values were
encountered and one cross-cut
averaged $30.00 across a width
of 15 feet. A short drift war
driven to the North-East on this
zone, showing good commer
cial ore for 25 feet.A longcross
cut was driven into the hang
ing wall at roughly 500 feet
from the shaft. This will be
used later as a diamond drill
pocket, when the zone may be
prospected at a lower horizon.
The North-Easterly drift on
the zone was advanced to 1,
3(70 feet from the shaft. Should
this heading be continued to
the Sebakwe shaft at the same
.
FINGER FRINTS OF
EVERYONE ARRESTED
ARE ORDERED TAKEN
Fingerprints of all persons
arrested by agents of the de
partment of justice, including
United States Marshals and
their deputies, will be taken
hereafter under a new depart
mental order issued by the at
torney general of the United
States. The ruling applies to all
arrests, regardless of whether
j the crime charged be a felony
or misdemeanor. The finger
prints are to be sent to Wash
ington, where a clearing house
‘ )f criminal records will be
maintained by the bureau of
| investigation and the prints
will become a part of the re
j cords of that bureau.
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iniform grade, the elevation of
lie sill floor would be right
.‘or connecting with the Sebak
,ve No. 6 level at the shaft
tation. The main North-East
erly drive, Drift 637. was in
‘avourab»e porphyry up to 550
.'oet from the shaft. The bal
ance to the face was in green
uff. Up to 450 feet North
Easterly from the shaft spotty
/alues were found throughout,
md one heavily metallized
;one developed for a length of
100 feet and a width of ten
eet. No. commercial values
At 450 North-East of the
haft, a strong orezone was en
countered. This shows a chute
if commercial ore 45 feet long
jy 7 feet wide, which averages
i .115.00. This has no connection
[ vith anything previously en
! countered by Premier and is a
j eery important orebody and
las great possibilities During
January some diamond drilling
i was done from the main North
| ^easterly drive. This exposed a
tiong silicil'ied and mineral
' zed zone 25 feet wide, and
oughly 500 feet long, lying
larallel to the main North
I aastef'ly drift, and 150 feet
N'orth-West of it. Spotty values
vere obtained throughout the
:one. One 2 ft. section of core
' assayed $12.00 in gold. This
cone merits further investigat
on by cross-cutting and drift
, ng along it.
No lavourable country was
encountered in the two dia
mond drill holes to the South
east of the main drift. The
following footage was aceomp
ished during the year: Drift
ng, Cross-cutting and side
iwiping ,4,449 feet; Sinking, 15
j eet; Diamond drilling, 911 ft.
: Total 5,375 feet.
Uebakwe—
i During the year, main south
i westerly drive on 5th level,
j liift 532, was advanced 77 ft.
i o 474 ft. from main crosscut.
This was mainly in favourable
I
ilicified porphyry, but no com
! mercial values found. Present
'ace of this heading in heavily
faulted country and appears to
be close to large granite dike
known to cut through at that
point. Drift 531, the north
easterly drive on the zone, ad
vanced short distance in green
tuff. Crosscutting south-easter
ly from close to the face of
I this drift did not give encour
I aging results.
Instructions received in April
to discontinue work on 5th lev
el and continue sinking No. 1
: shaft. Shaft deepened further
169 ft., at 150 ft. below 5th
level, chamber cut, and No. 6
j level opened up. Crosscutting
j southwesterly on 6th level en
'ELECTION RETURNS
SHOW NO CHANGES
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Election reports this week in
I dicate no important changes in
the standing of the various pri
mary candidates. Reports from
the more remote precincts of
the territory have in most in
stances only increased the ma
jorities of the leading candi
| dates as shown in last week's
! report.
! Judge Wickersham is conced
' ed the victor in the race for re
| publican candidate - for dele
| gate to congress and will op
| pose the democratic candidate,
| Grigsby, i n the November
! election.
W. G. Smith has unqestion
ably landed the nomination for
j treasurer over Frank L. Knight,
and the wide lead of Cash Cole
over Elmer Reed for auditor
insures him the nomination.
T. E. Gardner has beaten W.
A. Steel for the senatorial nom
1 ination in this division and
Grover C. Winn, J. E. Johnson,
Walter Scott and Wm. L. Paul
are the nominees for represent
atives, according to the unof
ficial returns. R. J, Som
mers has a well estiblished lead
over Wm. A. Hesse in the dem-!
ocratic primary race for terri
torial engineer and his nomi- j
nation appears assured.
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Rumors arc again rife of a
merger or consolidation of the .
B. C. Silver, Sebakwe and j
Northern Light interests butj
could not be traced to a respon
sible source.
countered strong silicified zone
at 375 ft. from shaft. One sam
ple here assayed $11.30 over
width 5 feet, but mineralizat
ion not persistent throughout
width of zone exposed. Some ,
commercial values encount- j
ered for distance of 25 ft. in
the southerly drift on zone, up j
to point where large fault en
countered. No silicification or
mineralization found beyond
fault. Face of drift at roughly j
150 ft. from main crosscut is on ;
edge of same broken and fault
ed country previously encount
ered on 5th level. No favorable
country located on north side
of 601 crosscut.
The zone on this level appar
ently the downward extension
of main orebody exposed on4th
and 5th levels, but at this low j
horizon lateral extent of zone j
decreased a great deal and i
may be offset by fault men- j
tioned above.
A total of 1,380 feet of drift-j
ing, crosscutting and side swip
ing during period of operation, I
March 1, 1929 to January 15,'
1930. Operations suspended on
that date under cabled in
structions and mine closed
down.
The report gives no indication
of the company’s attitude re
garding future development
nor of any prospect of an
agreement with Premier or
others for future operation,
aside from quoting from the
recent annual report of the
Premier Gold Mining Company
to the effect that recent nego
tiations had yielded “no basis
acceptable to the Selukwe Gold
Mining and Finance Company
had been found that would at
the same time be beneficial to
Premier.”
PREDICTS BRIGHT
FUTURE FOR SILVER
A decided improvement in the
present silver situation and an
■ exceedingly bright future is
predicted for the white metal
| by Robert N. Bell, former Ida
ho state mine inspector, in a
| Spokane report. Mr. Bell be
lieves that the impending gold
shortage will boost silver pric
es to a degree that will prove :
; a boon to silver producers thru-'
out the world.
“Gold production is apparent
ly at its peak in the world,
which means frozen credits.,
according to able economists,
and the situation is a menace
to the industrial progress of the
world unless some substantial
respect is maintained for the
white metal as a basis of ex
change,” Mr. Bell said.
“Silver, next to gold, has been
a money metal since early Bi
ble times and still is the prin
cipal basis of exchange among |
half the population of the j
earth, especially among orient
al races. The present unrest |
among these peoples and the
disastrous consequences to the
world at large would be only
emphasized by a further de
gradation of silver.”
To Be First City Dads
Howard Campbell, Wm. R. i
Tooth and John Campbell have :
been recommended by the;
Stewart Board of Trade as tem- j
porary commissioners to hand-1
le the affairs of the new munic
ipality of Stewart until an
election is held in January.
Cornerstone of Alaska Capitol !
Laid in Juneau
With several hundred people
witnessing the ceremony in a
heavy downpour of rain, the
cornerstone of the new Alaska
capitol building was laid in
Juneau on April 29 under the
supervision of the Juneau Ma
sonic lodge. The official ad
dress was delivered by Govern
or George A. Parks, who de
tailed in interesting manner j
the progress made by Alaska 1
and its people.
DAWSON ICE POOL
Ice moved at Dawson Satur-*
day, May 12, 6 :43 p. m. Near
est guess, 6:42 p. m.; prize
$5,670 split three ways.
Second-nearest guess, 6:45 p
m. .prize $1,143, split 4 ways.
Third nearest, 6:40 p. m., won
by Fairbanks man, prize $756. |
Much Snow on Texas Creek
Frank Blasher came in from !
the head of Texas Creek Tues-1
day and reported that difficult j
trail-conditions still prevail in!
that section There is still about
4 feet of c .dw over most of the
valley a. .i about 8 feet at his
camp on Emerald Lake. Mr.
Blasher has nearly completed
the erection of a large log cab
in on the lake for the accomo
dation of the increasing num
ber of travelers and visitors
during the summer period.
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A large shipment of ore from
the Marmot River properties of
the Premier Gold Mining Co,
left for the south this week.
HERALD TO PUBLISH
RADIO PROGRAMS
Commencing with the present
issue, the Herald will publish
each week for the convenience
of local radio owners the after-;
non and evening programs of j
radio broadcasts of KOMO,
Fisher’s Blend Station, Inc., of
Seattle.
The new department will pre
sent each week the full after
noon and evening program ofj
broadcasts, commencing with !
the first number scheduled for I
broadcast on and after 4 p. m.
Eailier numbers will not be in
cluded owing to the fact thati
local reception is seldom good j
before 4 o’clock.
An effort will also be made j
to present the date and time of!
broadcasting of especially in-1
teresting programs by other'
stations when such programs j
can be obtained and are not in- j
eluded in the national broad- j
casting system with which KO-1
MO is associated..
By consulting the Herald’s
weekly program, local radio
fans will be able to determine
before hand the day and hour
of any number broadcasted
over the KOMO and NBC nat-1
ional broadcast systems and se
lect such numbers as may ap-;
pear attractive.
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Public Schools Closes Monday
The Hyder public school will
close Monday for the annual
vacation period after a "highly
successful term under the cap
able direction of Miss Gerald
ine Torrance. The concluding
exercises will be held in the i
school house Monday evening,
commencing at 8:30 p. m. The
children will present a com
bined exhibition and concert,
lo which everyone is invited.
The program will include the
following numbers:
1. The Tarantell Peggy Reid
2. “The Dearest Dolls’’ Fran
ces Sandford
3. “The Littel Voice” Kenneth j
Legge.
4. “Dr. Wise’s Advice” Billie
Reid, Peggy Reid, Frances
Sandford, Kenneth Legge, Bil
ly Bigham.
5. “The Wish of the Small Boy’
Billy Bigham.
6. Dance Peggy Reid
7. “The Pied Piper of Hame
lin,” The School ‘
8. “Springtime in the Rockies,”
Brie Lindegaard.
9. “Japanese Love Song,” Peg
gy Reid, Billy Bigham, Jewel
Rice, Catherine and Sarah Fin
layson.
10. “Vacation Song” School
Accompanists, Mrs. Reid, Mrs
Johnson.
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HOSPITAL NOTES
Donations totaling $68 were
received by the hospital on
Hospital Day, Monday, when
many persons from Stewart
and Hyder visited the hospital.
Visitors were received by Mrs.
Matheson, matron, and Miss
Johnson, nurse, assisted by a
number of Stewart ladies. Tea
was served during the after
noon and a progressive whist
party was also held.
The hospital board acknow
ledges with thanks a gift of
$20 by the pastor and congre
gation of Hyder M. E. Church.
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G. R. Bancroft, E. M„ was an
arrival on the Sunday boat. .
(IP TO IKMGE
Shipments of Alaska merch
andise to the United States in
April, although more than
$300,000 less in value than for
the same month last year, were
well up to the average for that
month with a total value of $1,
330,423, according to figures
shown in the monthly report of
Customs Collector J. C. Mc
Bride.
Compared with the export
figures for April 1929, last
month’s merchandise exportis
how a large gain in canned
salmon shipments, in addition
to slight gains on other fish
and fish products. Fur ship
ments, however, were consider
ably behind those of April 19
29, with total exports of $59,
344, as compared to $211,858
in the preceding April.
Copper and lead also showed
a marked decline, with ship
ments valued at $521,038,. com
pared with similar exports val
ued at $990,638 in April 1929.
Combined with gold and sil
ver exports valued at $311,
054, compared with $313,793
in April 1929,"the grand total
of all territorial exports for the
month was $1,641,477, as
against a grand total of $2,
248,794 in April last year.
Following is the list of export
ed commodities and their val
ue :
Animals . $ .100
Curios . 325
Fish-(fresh and froz
en, except shell-fish)
Halibut. 60.510
Salmon . 34.490
All other.>... 278
Canned-(except shell
fish)
Salmon . 496,707
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod . 354
Salmon . 9.715
Shell-fish
Clams . 1,689
Crabs . 1,414
Furs and fur-skins
Silver or black fox 2,685
Blue fox. 1,485
Red fox . 16,995
White fox .. 3,400
Mink . 9,787
Muskrat. 686
All other . 24,326
Ore, matte, regulus
Copper . 509,802
Lead . 11.833
Stone, including marble 6,507
Trophies, specimens .. 500
Wood, timber, lumber 20,750
* All other articles .... 27,525
Total value of products
sf the United States 1,241,863
Products of United
States returned. 88,560
Total value of ,shipments
of merchandise. 1,330,423
^Items included in
“All other articles.”
Hairsel skins . 25
Paintings. 200
Sheep hides. 300
Gold and Silver Exports
Gold . $294,260
Silver . 16,794
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Mail Boat Changes Schedule
The weekly Ketchikan mail
boat will arrive on Tuesday,
instead of Wednesday, until
futher notice, according to ad
vices received by Postmaster
Hill this week.