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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 5.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 19;M.
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PITTMAN FORECASTS
HIGHER PRICES FOR
GOLD AND SILVER
Senator Key Pittman of Ne
vade, in an address before the
western division of the Ameri
can Mining Congress in San
Francisco last week, declaied
a belief that the price of both
gold and silver will advance,
the latter as a result of the
government’s present silver
buying policy.
The price of silver would be
raised to $1.29 an ounce by
gradual progress, and 'the price
of gold will advance to $41.34
an ounce, he believes.
Pittman said his prediction
is based on the belief that the
price would have to be bid up
in order to get the amount of
silver the President is required
to purchase under the silver
purchase act. One reason for
the President moving slowly in
the purchase Of silver and the
raising of the price is because
it stresses the importance cf en
couraging world trade, Pitt
man said.
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Unuk Prospectors Return
By Boat Monday Night
Nine prospectors, composing
the two prospecting parties
sent by airplane into the Unuk
River district in August by the
Unuk River Gold Syndicate
and Unuk Valley Gold Syndi
cate, both of Premier, returned
Monday night on the power
boat Betty S.,owned and cap
tained by J. S. Pitcher.
Members of the two groups
reipprt that after f impending
their activities |ipr the season
they walked for three days to
reach the main Unuk, where
they embarked in George
King’s river boat and proceed
ed to'the mouth of the Unuk at
Burroughs Bay, some 45 or 46
miles from the international
boundry, where they were met
by the Betty S. and taken to
Ketchikan. Messrs. King and
Thomas McQuillan accompan
ied them as far as Ketchikan.
The two parties included
W. A. Prout, H. Noble, Ed. Ed
wardson, H. CarLson and J
Krug of the Unuk River Gold
Syndicate, generally known as
the MacKay syndicate, and R.
E. Swartfiguer, J. Storey, H.
Kay and O. Bjorke, of the Un
uk Valley syndicate, more gen
erally known as the Kay
Swartfiguer syndicate.’
The results of the season’s
activities were reported by
members of both groups as en
tirely succesful and included
a considerable amount of de
velopment, both by open cut
ting and diamond drilling.
! Premier Examining Mining
Group In Fish Creek Area
The Premier Gold Mining
Company started Wednesday
an examination of the Liberty
and Last Chance groups in the
Fish Creek section, formerly
included in the holdings of the
old Fish Creek Mining Comp
any and now held by Sidney
Anderson, Wm McGrew, P>. B.
Smith and John Ronan.
The examination will be un
der the direction of Engineer
Derone of the Premier staff.
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Nome Citizens Plan
Improved Business Center
A new and vastly improved
city will arise phoenix-like
from the ashes of Nome’s fire
razed townshe, as a result of
ac'.ion taken this week under
the direction of the federal
emergency relief administra
tion committee to remodel the
new town.
With the relocating of loti in
the fire area completed, plum
have been prepared to move
the main business artery, Frpnt
Street,50 feet farther from the
sea beach and to create new
streets 90 feet wide. All main
thoroughfares are also to be
straightened out and cross
avenues are ‘to be made wider.
The plans are especially de
signed for lessening future fire
hazards as far as possible.
Cleaning up of the debris
from the great conflagration
was completed Sunday under
the emergency relief adminis
tration and merchants are pre
paring to erect temporary
structures for doing business
until .spring, when permanent
buildings are 'to be constructed
along modern lines.
So far there have been 30 ap
plications by N.ome families for
Red Cross assistance in build
ing homes in which to live dur
ing the winter.
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The Canadian National steam
er Prince George has replaced
the ss. Prince Rupert on the
Vanaouver-Stewart run for the
winter schedule and made her
first appearance of the season
Thursday morning. The Rup
pert is scheduled to tie up at
Prince Rupert until spring.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hans Bunzel
returned Wednesday from
their honeymoon trip to Ketch
ikan and have taken up resi
dence in the Evans cottage on
Premier Avenue, where they j
will be at home to their num
erous local friends.
i DEVELOPMENTS IN
HAUPTMANN CASE
The following chronological
fummary of developments in
connection with the arrest in
New York of Bruno Richard
I Hauptmann as alleged receiver
of the $50,000 ransom paid by
Col. Charles E. Lindbergh for
the return of Ids kidnapped
son, little Charles A. Lind
bergh, nvo years ago, is pre-1
| sented in response to- requests
from local readers who have |
been unable to follow the case !
in ladio and newspaper re
ports.
Sept. 20—- New York police j
! announced holding of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, German
alien carpenter, as man who
received Lindbergh ransom
paid two and a half years ago!
through Dr. J. F. Condon, who
negotiated with the kidnap
under the non tie plume of j
“Jafsie.” Su picion directed
against Hauptmann, who ar
rived as a stcwaway 11 years}
ago, when he tendered a $10 j
gold certificate to a gas stat-i
ion keeper for ga - dine for his
' car. As possession of gold
certificates now illegal, gas
station proprietor called police,
who discovered note bore ser
ial number cf bill in Lindbergh
ransom money.
Search of Hauptmann home
and garage resulted in finding
$13,750 of ransom money con
cealed in holes bored in walls.
Hauptman claimed money giv
en him for safekeeping by man
named Fi-ch. who later died in
Germany.
District Attorney Foley cf
the Bronx declared state had
clear case against Hauptmann
for extortion.
Sept. 22— Hauptmann con-i
nected with ladder of peculiar:
wood used to bring Lindbergh '
baby from second story .of the)
Lindbergh home at Hcpewell, j
New Jersey.
New Jersey officials an
nounced considering charging
Hauptmann with the kidnap
ping and homicide, after New
Jersey handwriting expert de
clared himself positive all the j
Lindbergh kidnapping notef
were written by Hauptmann.
Dr. Condon indicated belief j
that Fisch and another man i
aided Hauptmann; said invest-!
igation showed Fisch, another j
man, and a woman wen1: to
Germany, only las: two re
turned, Fisch having died. Of-,
l'icals recalled footprints of
woman were found in oil be-'
neath windows of Lindbergh j
home after kidnapping.
Sept. 23— Warden of Col
umbus, Ohio, penitentiary, re-|
ported George Paullin, a pris-j
Continued on Pago 2
Same Output Value la
Expected From Premier
Indications are that the value
of 1934 production of the Pre
mier mine will approximate
that of 1933, according to fig
ures released at Ottawa show
ing that from 91,850 tons of
ore milled in 'the first half of
1934 the recovery was 21.696
ounces of gold and 357,730
ounces of silver. The .estimat
ed value of the output was
$758,794, appi oximately $8.26
per ton of ere treated.
Comparison with the results
for 1933 indicate that the ad
vance in the price of gold and
silver have offset tin1 her de
cline in the output of tho-’c
metals per ton of ore treated.
Duiing 1933 the company
milled 185,421 tons of ore,
which yielded 54,863 ounces of
gold and 1,145,043 ounces of
silver.
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Georgia River Planning
Further Development
The present situation with re
spect to the Georgia River
Gold property is indicated in
the following from Western
Canada Mining New -:
“Thi« company with all its
shares issued was taken over
by the Helena Gold Mines,
which financed operations car
ried out las; sea on. It was
hoped that Georgia River share
holders would ;urn in their
share? for transfer, getting one
share of Helena for four shares
shares cf Georgia, but the
shareholders have held back.
Thi has delayed matters, but
further financing is being ar
r a n g e d, announcement of
which will be made shortly.
The mine itself hag consider
able promise. Downward ex
tension of one surface show
ing has already been cu. in the
tunnel on the 400-foot level
and i. is proposed to let a con
tract to drive the tunnel an
other 200 or 300 feet to cu: un
der another outcropping. Ex
cellent values give encourage
ment.”
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Famaus Wcrid Flyer
Is Visiting Alaska
Wiley Post, whose world
girdleing exploits have placed
him in the front rank of the
world’s greatest aviators, i? a
visitor in Alaska, where he is
hunting with Joe Crosscn, not
ed Alaska flyer.
Post, who is described by the
Ketchikan Chronicle as a sort
of retieen , shy person, despite
hi; dare-devil -pint in the air,
wants very much to shoot the
largest brown bear to be found
in the north.
FLOOD CONTROL WORK
NOT CONTEMPLATED
BEFORE NEXT APRIL
Nothing is likely to be done
on the recently authorized Sal
mon River flood protection pro
ject until April next year, de
pite urgent pleas for early in
auguration of the w,ork as a
means of relieving the serious
local unemployment situation,
according to a letter received
: by Representative J. K. Green
from Lt. Col. C. L. Siurdevant,
district engineer of the War
j Department Engineers’ office,
under whose direction the
I work will be carried on.
Further outlining the c'on
lemplaticns of the department,
Col. Sturdevant’s communica
tion states that existing in
structions require that his of
iice shall solicit bids for per
formance of the work by con
tract. However, in the event
ihat a satisfactory bid is not
received, the work will be done
by the army engineers wi.h
rented plant and hired labor.
In the latter event, local labor
will receive preference in the
matter of employment, the
letter says.
In the event that the work is
done under contract, local la
bor will be utilized under a
preference provision contained
in the contract, the letter
states. The terms of this pro
vision as qucted by Col. Sturd
evan't are as follows:
“Preference shall be given,
when they are qualified, to ex
servicemen with dependents
and then in the following or
der: (1) To citizens of the
United States and aliens who
have declared their intention
of becoming citizens, who are
bona fide residents of the po
ll.ical subdivision . . . in'which
the work is to be performed. ”
The communication indicates
that authority has not yet been
given to advertise for bids fior
performing the work.
Huge Nugget Found In B. C.
A gold nugget weighing 221/s
ounces and claimed to be the
biggest taken out of a British
Columbia property in 33 years,
is now in Vancouver. The big
chunk of geld is valued at $700
and was found on the property
(.a the Germansen Mines, a
placer holding in the Omineca
district, 150 miles north of
Vancouver.
The only larger one found in
British Columbia was discov
ered in 1901 at a placer mine
in Blue River canyon at Atlin.
It weighed 36 ounces.
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Alex. Frazer left last week on
a visit to Vancouver.