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HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon Rivet, Alaska • British Columbia, Mineral Area
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RYDER, Alaska, Feb. 28. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YJEA.R
Many Passengers Arrive
And Ore Shipment Leaves
Carrying 52 passengert and at
Exceptionally heavy cargo, th<
John arrived Sunday evening
hiding so low in the water tha
people on shore thought the shi]
had met with an aeeidont. Then
were very few “round-trippen
aboard, a large portion of th<
passengers- being residents o:
the district who Were returning
from temporary pleasure am
business trips, or leaving th<
stagnation of Outside cities b
participate in the greater oppor
tunities offered in a young, grow
ing mining camp. In additiot
there were a number of new
comers who expect to maketheii
homes here. The passengers
heport that the rush to the nortt
is already exceptionally heavy,
the Prince George being chuck
a-block when leaving Vancou
ver.
Tho John was in port 24 hours
unloading freight and taking or
over 600 tons of high-grade Pre
mier ore, which makes the fifth
shipment that the mine has mad<
this winter. The other ship
ments averaged about 600 tons.
Gen. Leckie
Takes Bond
General R. G. Edwards l<e«ki<
has recently secured an optior
from W. W. Rush and Arthui
Bagg on their claims Columbia,
Evening Sun, Sentinel and Sali
ent, known as Columbia Group,
also Excelsior and Eagle, knowr
as the Excelsior Group. Botl
groups are situated on the middle
fork of Glacier creek, eight miles
from Stewart.
According to the terms of the
option a considerable amount ol
development work is to be under
taken this season, to commence
not later than June 1, on th«
Columbia Group, and on the Ex
celsior work is to be commeneec
on or before July 15. Mr. Rusl
will superintend the^ork.
While the option covers botl
group, it is s • P awn that if aftei
spending $10,000 in devel- ■ > en
work the purchasers wish ' j tiro|
one group and retain the other
they may do so, upon making t<
’he vendors a substantial casl
payment on Decemder 31 1921.
E. E. CAMPBELL MOVES
E. E. Campbell, assistant gen
eral manager ot the Granby Con
solidated Mining, Smelting am
Power Co. has .resigned, am
leaves shortly to take a relpon
sible position with the Unitec
Verde Extension at Jerome,
Arizona.
All kinds of FRESH vegetablei
it Rosenstain's.
1 Tractors Are
Omnipotent
' In spite of over three feet of
> snow, accompanied by rain, hav
, Ins fallen early in the week, the
, tractors employed by the Premier
, continue to eome down with four
trail sleds and full loads of ore,
■ returning with machinery and
i mine supplies. They appear to
i have solved the transportation
, problem for this district.!
Prof. Bancroft
Goes to Granby
Professor J. A. Bancroft, of
McGill University, succeeds E.
B. Campbell as assistant mana
ger of the Granby Consolidated
Mining, Smelting and Power Co.
at Anyox.
Professor Bancroft is head of
the geology faculty at McGill and
is a Dominion wide recognized
mining authority. lie assumes
his new duties at the end of the
university session.
The Professor is well known
ia this district, having putin all
last summer hero in charge of a
geological party for the Domin
ion government who were en
gaged in mapping the ore bear
ing formations along their con
tact with the sedimentaries.
Beans, all kinds, also sice, 10 o
per lb at Rosenstain’s.
Get your Silver Springs at Tooth'a
Smoke Shop, Stewart.
Durant-Chierilo
Miss Myrtle Durant, eldes
daughter of Mrs. Fred Young of
Stewart was m arried in Seattle
! on the 18th of this month to Mr.
Chierilo.
The bride left Stewart on the
2nd of March 1920 to train for at
unrse in the Everett hospital.
The newly married couple will
leave shortly for Seward, Alas
1 ka, where they will take up their
future residence. On their way
‘ north they expect to visit Mrs.
C-hierilo’s mother in Stewart.
; Temperatures
As recorded by official registcre !
thermometer of Oren F. Hill at the
Hydes Drug Company.
Date Max Min
| Feb. 16.34. -4
17 .36. 4
18 .42.12
l 19.32. 8
20.33.-2
21....38. 8
i 22.40. 12
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meat me at the Mecca.
Send thia paper to year frieed.
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
Tommy Harrington left on the
John for Rupert
Fred Swanson came down Sun
day from the Premier.
Mure Graham has gone to Van
couver where his parents reside.
Axel Johnson, .of the Premier
crew, has been in town this week
Bill Murphy has returned from a
business trip to Ketchikan and Ru
pert
Wm. Dann of the Baldwin Hotel
went south by the last boat on bus
iness.
Ed Graham, formerly in business
in 9tewart no# hal a hotel in Van
couver.
James A.Lade h«s returned from
Vancouver where he spent the
winter.
SG. Benson is back flrotn a hur
ried business trip to Vancouver and
Victoria.
Mr. olid Mrs. R.W.Keith of the
Alaska Cafe returned Sunday from
Vaneouver.
Frank and D. Santobar, recent
arrivala from Vancouver have gone
to the Premier.
Mias Kate Ryan has gone to Ru
pert on business.. She expects to
return on the next boat.
Pete Lowe, who has been break
ing trail to the Spider with snow
shoed horses, came down Monday.
R.Beaumont, western superinten
dent of the Grand Trunk railroad,
was in camp during the stay of the
John.
Mrs. D. W. Pi*t and daughter
Elizabeth have returned after stv
eral months Outside visiting rela
tives.
Mrs. Helen McKay, who former
ly conducted the Lady wear store
here, arrived on the John from the
south.
Herman Nichols and Geo. Kinet
ley, oldtime Alaskans who arrived
in camp last week have gone to the
Premier.
Misses Billie LaHurr and Del
Nichols, proprietors of the Bunga
low. have returned from a visit in
Vancouver.
C-G.Burke, who was a resident
of Hyder last summer, is now pro
prietor of the Maryland hotel in
Vancouver.
Miss Anna Christopher of the
Scandia Confectionery, who hai
been on a trip to Vancouver, it
home again.
R.J.McDonell, one of the Alaskan
Hotel proprietors, has returned
from a business trip to Vancouvei
and Victoria.
Duncan McLean, who was well
k1; iwn as a carpenter in Stewart
Iasi summer, returned from th«
south by the last boat.
Joe Ulmer’s painting represent
ing the official button of the Pio
neers of Alaska is now a part of the
decorations in the Pioneer haU.
Miss Leatha Davis, formerly in
the cleaning and praaaing business
here, was another resident to re
turn this week from Vancouver.
Assorted jams, 4 lb &he, il.4l
per can at Rosenstain'4.
Min Mildred Harris of the Alas
ka Cigar Store, and Miss Marie
Vincent of the Nugget were amon^
the arrivals this week from Van
couver.
Andy and Dan Lindeborg hav.
tired of Honolulu and are attain iu
Sian Francisco. They are expected
home shoitly after the grouse start
hooting.
Johnny McMilian, formerly of
Anchorage, and a native of Van
couver where his father was once
postmaster, arrived this week from
the south.
Martin M. Smith has left for the
south on a somewhat extended bus
iness trip. Before leaving ha said
that ha expected to be away from
a month to six weeks.
Harry Howson is now in Vancou
ver and stated to Hyder people who
just returned from then that, he
would bo here this spring with a
big roll of money for development
work.
John McKnight, on the offioe
Staff of the Algunican Development
Oo., returned this week from San
Francisco. He met several resi
dents of this section in the south
ern c ity.
Jas. Cullins, founder oi th* Port*
land Canal News, ia now in the
Arm of Cullins and Rauk, doiag a
job printing business under the
name of the Dominion Press at 319
Pender street, Vancouver
Chi Dampeet is back on his old
shift at the Alaskd Cafe after spen
ding several weeks outside. Like
many others who were attracted
by the lure of the cities, he is glad
to get back to a good substantial
mining oamp.
D.W.McLeman, the building con
tractor, is back after spending sev
eral weeks Outside. His trip ex
tended as far as Spokane, and lie
says that apparently the latter eity
is as quiet as the cities of Puget
Sound.
These is a pretto little sorrel sad*
die horse roaming around Stewart
in worse than a half-starved con
dition, trying te eke out an exist
ence eatiag refuse from the stables
of more fortunate animals. The
owner of this victim of neglect is
south on a visit.
At a meeting of the Pioneers of
Alaska Tuesday night Ssnatov John
Ronan was elected delegate at large
and Jas. Pitcher and Alex Frazer
delegates to the meeting of the
Grand Igloo, which will be held in
Seward March 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bartholf, who
spent the winter in Auburn, Wash.,
have returned. Mr. Bartholf has a
number of promising mining prop
erties up the Salmon upon which
ha intends doing considerable devel
opment work next summer, talcing
his supplies In over the crust next
month.
Jack Adkins, of the firm of Frazer
and Adkins, has returned from a
business trip to Seattle which also
enabled him to meet his brother
from Nebraska who had just come
west Jiok aays that Seattle is
practically in the throes of an in
dustrial panic and the merchants
are in a wild scramble to unload
their stocks, irrespective of profits.
While Outside he purchased a quan
tity of new stock fo# ths Mecca.
Some Salmon Properties
Reported On By Clothier
Tho report of Gea Clothier,
C. resident engineer for this
district, is too voluminous to be
published in one issue of this
paper. Last week the introduc
tory remarks were published,
and this week w<i present the
first installment ef the report on
various properties. This system
will be continued until the re
port is finished.
Premier Gold Mining Co.,
Ltd. —This eompany has had an
extremely busy season, mainly
on construction, installations and
development work. Probably the
most noteworthy feature of the
whole section is the satisfactory
results obtained in underground
development and diamond drill
ing, proving the continuity at
depth of the high grade ore
shoots exposed in the upper tun
nel, and thus assuring the per
manency of the property and
section.
The management is vigorously
pushing an extensive program
of equipping the property; a
hydro-electric power plant has
been installed; a compressor and
mining machinery provided for
the opening-up of the mine from
the Plate tunnel; a 60-ton mill is
under construction and will be
completed early in the spring,
Transportation facilities are be
ing improved and everything is
being done as quickly as possible
to put the property in shape for
big production.
Winter haulage is the only
means at present of getting ore
down from the mine to the beach
and for this purpose two Holt
caterpillar tractors have been
taken in for this winter. It is
expected by this means to get
out sevesal thousand tone this
winter.
This year the shipments
amounted to 850 tons, which
yielded 2,701 oz. gold and 92,183
oz. silver, or an average of ap
proximately $176 a ton. The
property is undtr the manage
ment of Dale L. Pin, with Bert
F. Smith as assistant manager.
Bush Mines, Ltd,—This com
pany has been working in a small
way all summer, but work has
been closed for the winter. Some
spots of high grade ore were
found in No. 3 tunnel, but not in
sufficient quantity to be of im
portance,
B. C. Silver Mines, Ltd.—
I understand that the holdings
of this company are under bond
to Chas. A. Banks. The proper
ty adjoins the Premier on the
north, Good camps were erected
this summer and two short dia
mond drill holes put in that did
not prove very satisfactory. I
am informed that extensive dia
mond drilling is planned for i.txt
year.
International Group.—This
group is Ifttfated gouth of the
Premier and is owned by Pat
Daly in association with Trite
and Wood. Some further surface
work was dome this summer and
the tunnel extended toward the
vein. No now developments of
note are reported.
Silver Tip Mineng Syndi
cate, Ln>.—This syndicate wo*
formed last winter in Vancouver
with a capitalization of fifty
•hares at $500 a share. It took
over the Silver Tip group of
claims from the owners and did
considerable work en them this
summer on the recommendation
of P. W, Racey, II. E. The work
consists of open cuts, stripping,
and a short tunnel driven from
the bank of the creek on a small
high grade vein cropping on the
lower claims of the group. Re*
wilts here are reported % sating
factory. On the upper claims *
lot of deep trenching, open cut
ting and stripping was done, fol
lowing and exposing a coarse
brownish-grey dyke striking
north south. The dyke has been
crashed and shattered, the ce
menting quart*, forming small
veinlets, cutting for the greater
part diagonally across the dyke.
These veinlets are more or less
mineralized with galena, sphaler
ite, and silver sulphides, and
contain some very high grade
ore. The dyke rock itself car
ries no values; consequently the
average values depend on the
frequency and richness of the
quartz veinlets. I have later
been informed that average sam
ples give satisfactory milling
values. The concentrates should
be very high grade.
Bob Cameron, prospector and ex
plorer, has returned from Mexico,
with which country he is well ic
quail ted, and ha* a budget of int
erest tag information as to Condi*
tions in that revolution-ridden coun
try. Under Obrtgon, he says, the
government has become absolutely
stableized, and a Gringo has just as
good a chance there now as a Mex.
Bob visited Villa’s ranch, but the
ex-insurrecto, with whom he served
for some time, was not at home.
Villa, he says, is now doing great
work in establishing self-indepen
dence among the peones.
IN 7IE COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Teirtory of Alaska, First Judicial
Division, Precinct of Hyder, Bef<>-e
Hon. John T. Reed, Commissioner, m id
ex-officio Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the 1 No. 4, Pro i .ce.
Estate of William - Notice
Hamilton, deceased. ) to f reditors.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed administrator of the estar of
William Hamilton, deceased, to tin. >
itors of, and all persons having claims
against the said decedent, to file the
same, with the ■ essary vouchers, witna
in six months I...... the u i !
with the said admiuistra. ... nee
in the town of Hyder, Ai.-.sst,.
Dated this 27th .1st i.t J muary. Ii21,
James S. Pi: ....
Administrau..' u tb< U ,ta'.,- ».f
William H;.,ndtui‘. actc teed.
1'ate of liiai Publication, Febiu.rg
2nd. 1921.
Date of Last Publicat’oii, Feb-vf^
2 ltd, 1921.
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