HYDER ALASKA MINER
W. R. Hull - - - - Editor
A newspaper whose purppse is to tell
the world about the newest and bus
iest town in the northland, and the
native resources which are responsible
for its existence.
Application made October 25, 1919, to
have the Hyder Alaska Miner enter
ed as second-class matter at the post
office at Hyder, Alaska, under the
act of March 3, 1879.
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HYDER, ALASKA, November 7, 1919
CURSE THE CROW
The»brain stormer who writes the
heavy editorials and peddles the papers
for the Hyder Alaska Miner is up ag
ainst it. He had a piece of fine smelly
soap, with his private brand, G.T.P.,
stamped upon it." This prize reposed on
. the window sill of the window which
opens out X>n the back porch. Immed
iately under it was an inoccuous box
labeled: ‘ Ex, lo-ives—Dangerous,” and
on the box was an enameled wash basin
with a pretty blue border all around the
top- all the way around.
Just across the porch sat, or stopped
as our aboriginal natives would say, a
galvenized iron tub full, more or less,
of wet rain water. More or less full
according as to whether it was raining
or not. Generally it was running over.
But to slip back to the soap. This
soap has become the victim of a covet
ous, unregenerate crow. Now what the
Helena that crow wants with a piece
of soap is beyond the comprehension of
a mining camp newspaper editor. We
doubt if even a human being could fig
ure it out. It smelled good enough to
eat, but we know it wasn’t, and if the i
crow were endowed with half the brains !
that God gave geese, he would have j
known it too, and left it in peace, so i
that when the editor laved his grimy
front feet he would have had something
to lessen the shock from using water.
Well, when the discovery was made
that the soap was capsw llowed, (Chi
nook for swiped,) there was weeping
and wailing and gnashing of teeth, cat
agorically speaking. A still-hunt was
instituted for a first-class curse with
which to plaster the vile remnant of a
degenerate race who committed the
felony. But the:re wasn’t anything in
that line but curses of the common gar
den variety lying around the office.
Now the editor of this paper wants a
real, fully developed, honest-to-good
ness curse to stick on that crow, and
will give a year’s subscription free to
the man, woman or child who furnishes
the one best suited to the purpose. The
contest will remain open until the first
time the Rupert boat comes in on time.
All packers are barred from this con
test. They are needed to sit on the
committee to judge the curses.
SOUR GRAPES
A couple of hundred miles up from
Ketchikan the people are all excited
over a galena strike and towns and
t amps are springing up on both the
American and Canadian sides' of the
line. For several years the coast smelt
ers have been in need of “Wet” ores
and there has been a steady demand for
all ores of this class. But there is no
need of going to Canada. In at least
three localities in this vicinity there
are splendid galena showings and but
little work is being done on any of them.
In the Ohio creek section of the Broad
pass there is the very best kind of
showings, in fact a lot of ore will be
ready for shipment as»soon as the rail
way is constructed a little farther in.
Besides this big showing there are
abundant indications of this class of ore
within a few miles of Anchorage. So
if you want to go after galena dont go
to Hyder, bat look around home.—An
chorage Time*.
Come, coma, brother. dont knock.
Knocking oarer got anybody anything.
And read up a little on the situation.
There are DO “coast smelters” for the
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treatment of galena ore3. Perhaps one
will be built before long and if so we
hope that Anchorage will have galena
to ship, oodles and oodles of it. Hyder
will also have some galena ore to ship,
as a side issue, but Hyder is not pri
marily a galena camp. The principal
wealth of the camp lies in the immense
bodies' of comparatively ‘‘dry” ore,
carrying high values in both silver and
gold. f
These ores could be treated in either
a lead or copper smelter, and we are in
hopes that a sufficient tonnage of gale
na ore can be developed here to war
rant the conctrU' tion of a lead smelter
here. This would materially benefit the
Anchorage district—in fact it would be
a God-send to every field in Alaska,
the Yukon and northern British Colum
bia where galena is produced.
Seasons pass, tides ebb and flow, day
light succeeds the darkness, chechacos
arrive, old-timers hit the long trail and
their faces are Seen nevermore, but the
crows we have ever with us.
Just think of it! There are still some
folks on this earih so densely uninform
ed they dont know Hyder is in exis
tance. Sand the Miner out to them.
Show them that if Hyder isn’t on the
map yet it ought to be.
The finest specimen of the genua ho
mo extant is the fellow who slips the
editor a piece of news and a nice five
dollar bill for a year’s subscription.
S jch noble specimens assay in the high
grade class.
We have been told that the Miner is
“different.” Well if everyone always
followed the blazed trail there would
be no new discoveries made.
The Idatarod Pioneer has been re
established by George M. Arbuckle, a
pioneer newspaperman of the territory
who has been connected with papers in
Skagway, Dawson, Cleary, Chena, Hot
Springs and Tanana^ He first estab
lished the Pioneer in 1910 and it has
run ever since with the exception of a
rest or two. George always gets out a
good paper.
The Miner is five dollars a year.
GRANT MAHOOD
MET ACCIDENT
Grant Mahood, a pioneer of the dis
trict and heavy owner of mining prop
erty and real estate, met with a severe
accident in Prince Rnpert a few days
ago when his clothing caught in the
engine in his launch. He was stripped
of his clothes and received a broken
wrist. This was the second time he
tangled up with his engine in the
space of a few days. Mrs. Mahood
returned from Prince Rupert 'ast week
and says Grant is making a speedy re
covery. "
Alaska Will Exhibit
The Alaska bureau, Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, will co-operate with the
department of the interior in providing
an exhibit of Alaska for tne conven
tion of the American Mining Congress
to beheld in St.Louis from November
17 to 22 inclusive. The exhibit will con
sist of enlarged photos, illustrating Al
' aska’s mining industries. This will be
supplemented by a collection of photos
prepared last summer by J.L.McPher
son, secretary of the bureau.
Joe Baronovich, captain of the May
flower, is fishing for herring in Wran
gel and Petersburg harbors. While
seining near the city dock at Petersburg
he caught $900 worth of herring in one
haul.
Assays received from Seattle on the
drill tests on the piatinum deposits at
Mile Eight show but little values, al
though pans taken from certain spots
on the surface show high values. The
Seattle assay office advises the operat
ors that the mineral mnst lie in pockets
close to the surface, and it is with this
belief that Arthur Silverman will start
sluicing the ground. W.R Millard, one
of the original discoverers, is still very
optimistic over the proposition and wil
give the grouud another trial before
abandoning hope. — Valdez Miner.
The body of John Trinko, the trappei
who was missing for so many months
from McCarthy, and for wl om a search
party hunted without success a yeai
ago, was found by Bill Lang at the
head of the Chitina river early this
summer. Lang was on a prospecting
trip and found the body in a deserted
cabin near Chitina,
It is reported that Pete Annisket,
mayor of Bay view, is agitating raising
the tax on dogs to $5.00.
‘‘Some Hyder citizens who think we
are going to hibernate this winter are
due for a big surprise,” said a local
business man and heavy property hold
er this week. ‘‘I have authoritative
information which satisfies me that the
town wdl be so busy all winter all
the daylight hours will resound with
the music of hammer and saw.”
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