■file Salmon ?lvcr it
"Marvelously lliet ip Minerals
^nd ll.vder is tfee Gateway in
(Consequence ot Wihich ijyder is
it he Fastest Growing: Town in
itlie North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
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VOL. 1.* NO. 4fi.
HYDER, Alaska, Sept. 29. 1920
7
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
B. C. Hyder
New Town?
Speculation '3s rife in the catnj
ire -iarding the establishment of £
i t w townsite on the Canadian side
of the line adjoining Hyder. It has
become common knowledge that a
party of Grand Trunk officials have
secured the tide flats between Hy
der and the Stewart wharf, conpris
ing in the neighborhood of 100 acres
and also the mountainside above
the road which belonged to the
Harry Smith estate, and rumor has
it that both areas are to lie survey
ed and plotted into town lots with
in the very near future.
^ FTyder residents are quite well
satisfied with this turn of affairs
but Stewart, which was left more
than one and one-half miles from
the wharf, is said to have quite a
different feelipg in the matter. In
tact there is talk of injunctions
v> hioli, however, have not yet ma
terialized.
The fact that most of the mining
activity appears to be up the Sal
mon valley, added to the fact that
tht government, when it built the
wh arf, favored the mining interests
r her than the town of Stewart,
has evidently made the establish
ment of a Canadian town adjoining
the boundary line appear attractive
to the promoters.
What will be the name of the new
town has not yet been made pub
1 • someone has suggested “fliyu"
B. C.
Stick, the most picturesque of Hydec’s
canine population, has cashed in his
checks. He took a dislike to .lack Lam
bert and bit him twice, the second time
tearing two long gashes in his leg, so
•lack shot him. Dick was a big mala
mute with one white eye, and whii ■ ap
parently friendly enough with most peo
ple, like all malamutes he disliked being
handled. He belonged to Harry Reid.
Prince Rupert
Wrecked At
Swanson Bay
The Prince Rupert, sister ship to
the Prince George which has been
coming here ah summer, is at the
bottom of the channel opposite
Swanson Bay, according to reports
just received. Details of the sink
ing are lacking, but it is stated that
the vessel struck an uncharted rock
and shipped off into 60 fathoms of
water, a total loss but with nu loss
of life.
This will be a serious blow to the
coastwise service of the Grand
Trunk company and it is thought
here that this community will have
to depend hereafter on the smaller
boats, the Prince Albert and Prince
John for service from Vancouver
and Prince Rur.vrt.
LOCAL LADIES CLIMB TO
SUMMIT OF MOUNT DOLLY
The distinction of being the first
ladies to climb Me unt Dolly falls to
Mrs. S.G. Benson and her sister, Miss
Macdonald, and their friends here
have been congratulating them on
their neb < v« . i t, which is an ath
letic i ii most members
of Tie s.er; s sex might well feel
proud. The mountain is on the
boundary line between the head of
Fish creek and Bear r*ver and is
capped with eternal snow and ice.
The ladies nu.de the ascent from
the Fish creek side. They say the
view from the summit is magnifi
oent, the principal mines of the
Salmon basin and a vast vista of
Portland cgnal being plainly vis
ible.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meet me at the Mecca.
Dan Campbell left Sunday for Prince
Tlupert.
John Gillespie left last Sunday Tor Al
abama.
Joe Rpnson is in the flazelton country
cooking at the Delta.
Bill Crawford left last Sunday for Se
attle and Vancouver.
Bill Murphy has installed a new pomp
in the Hyder Bath House.
Rerhert Thorson of Anyox has been
spending a week in Hyder.
Fresh tobacco always on hand at the
Hotel Stewart tobacco stand.
.loo Collier is down from the Unicorn
and has gone outside for a trip.
F.R. Butler has sold his residence on
Premier avenue to Clyde Hager.
Winfield Hubbard has gone to SeattV
to work for the Port C< mmission.
F. E.Butler left on the Taku last Sun
day for Ketchikan and outside points.
W. 'i\ "ahoney, former commissioner
at I- etchikan. paid Hyder a visit this
week.
Commissioner Reed has received a safe
from the government. It weighs 2.S00
pounds.
Andy Archie, who was seriously hurt
by falling from a cl'ft e few weeks ago,
is able to be around again.
Mrs, Milo n Broadwell is in Tacoma
where she arrived just in time to he at
the death bed of her brother
Miss Clothier, sister to R. L. and Geo.
Clothier, has returned after being in Vic
toria since the first of the year.
. The big tractor belonging to tint gov
ernment and used for hauling the road
grader, is again out of commission.
0
Mrs. W.S.Sullivan made the round ttip
to the Bay View one day this week and
established a reputation as a musher.
Jack Mullen and Danny Hume have re
turned from theDeas' lake country where
they put in the summer prospecting for
placer.
The Pioneer hall is rearing comple
tion. A tare-' force of Pioneer carpen
ters is employed, with D. W. Me Leman
directing the work.
Canadian currency bought, drafts drawn
on Canadian banks payable in Canadian
funds, sold at current rates. Salmon
River Banking Company.
A1 Blackburn is back again as day chef
at the Alaska Cafe after spending a cou
“■ple of weeks in Stewart demonstrating the
culinary art at the Baldwin.
Winnie Gromm has left the road crew
here and gone to Broad Pass, north or
Anchorage, where there is some heavy
bridge work which will last all winter.
The Canadian and Atnercan engineer
Who have been re-ma-'itu' the boa d;<’ •
line between Hyder arid the head of tb
Unuk, have finished their season’s work
and left for the outside.
R. J.McDonel! and W.R.Reid have pur
chased the Fortv N'ne building on Inter
national avenue frem Harrv Howson. and
Mr. Reid and family have moved nto it
for a winter res’denee.
S. G. Benson. Airs. Benson and Mrs-.
Macdonald left Sunday for Vancouve:
where the ladies c j ect to spend the win
ter. It is probable that P-t will return
in the course of th- e w ok .
Captain Tom Neery, one of the best
known oldtimerg of Alaska, spent several
days in canrp tIris week renewing ac
quaintences. He came from Ketchikan
on the launch Von .hi i. Mr. and Mts.
John Wilson were the party.
C W.Cheatham. senior engineer for the
Alaika Bureau of public roads, has been
inspecting the work done here tfcis sum
mer. lie was arcompan:ed h> his niece.
Miss I.ewis, of Kansas. The party came
from Ketchika n the launch Goldenrod,
Captain Bob Toy.
Albert Lind has been renewing adquain
tenees in town, having come over from
Ketchikan on the Goldenrod. Albert was
one of the first argonauts to laud in Daw
son, having necked it from Circie and
reached the coming metropolis of the Yu
kon when there were only seven cabins
in the camp.
0, N, TUBMAN FINISHES
SEASON UN L L AND H
RESULTS SATISFACTORY
Having practically finished his
work on the L L and H group on
Bitter creek for this season, C. N.
Tubman is leaving foi Victoria on
the Sunday boat. A number of
veins are exposed on the property
and a crosscut tunnel giving a depth
of 200 feet on No. 2 vein has inter
sected 45 feet of ore giving good
assay returns. This lead can be
traced for 1,000 feet on the surface.
Mr. Tubman plans to drive a new
tunnel in u different place next sea
son and says that 600 feet of work
should crosscut five veins and give
1,«C0 icc-i of backs on the fifth.
OUfLAND CLAIMS SHOW
HIGH GRADE GALENA ORE
F. H. Bartholf has gone to his
home in Auburn, Wash., after spend
ing the summer prospecting here
and doing some work on the claims
he located last season. Ke brought
down some fine galena from the
Outland group on the west side of
the Salmon glacier, in wnich he is
interested with F. C. Outland of Se
attle. There are four claims in tiie
group, with very promising surface
siiovs.! 0s. Assays as high as $540
in gtivui hove been obtained.
Spider Mine
Makes Good
Juneau Man
Talks About
M!nes Here
That the development work or
trv i Red Top group of claims on t lie
Bear riv* r is progressing ama'/ 'y
well and ;> it the whole future ol
the mines and district in the vicini
ty of Stewart and Hyder looks prom
ising is the word brought to ti hty
by J. J. Connors, who returned last
night from that section of the coun
try, says the Juneau Kitipire.
Mr. Connors, in company with
Mrs. Connors and Ja nes J. Connors
Jr., made the trip f: ora Stewart to
be Red T > > >kij, a ihnais >f 21
miles. The last part of the trip was
over trails, and almost straigh' up
but they all made it in safety. At
uit: r\t:u luj-i, winuu i© uciijg iiiiciiu:
ed by a group of Juneau men, they
found that the two tunnels, one driv
ing for a copper ledge, and the oth
er toward a galena ledge, (The Em
pire uses the word “ledge.") were
progressing favorably and it was
quite certain that the ledges would
be struck by October 15.
Gustav Seiffe’t, promoter of the
company, was on the ground in
charge of a crew of twelve men - in
the tunnel work. Although a seri
ous freshet in the whole district had
washed out bridges on both the Sal
mon and Bear rivers and trails all
through the vicinity so that for two
weeks it was difficult to pet sup
plies to the mines, the work was go
ing ahead on schedule.
Mr. Connors found that the Al
gunican Development Company was
doing considerable work on the
George group of claims on Bear riv
er near the Red Top. 'me company
has twenty men budding trails that
will be used in bringing hi supplies
The Premier mine, the greater!
mine in the district, is working 25C
men in various capacities. Some
are on trail work, some are oil con
struction and some are mining ore
that will be freighted to Hyder in
the winter /or shipment.
While the two towns are rather
quiet riirht now it is because all the
men are in the hills, either working
the various claims or prospecting
Mr. Connors said that business in
both places is good. There was nc
boom but a steacy growth which
he expects to see continue.
OWL IS liiuGH OLD BIRD
D.W. Me.email and W. . Harris
have deci^e^ thai u>n.g to tame
an owl is a tough proposition. One
came into their bedroom window
and stayed ior close to a week. But
ia the daytime he was too sleepy
to atten to his lessons and ai nighl
thuy ..e.e too sleepy to give them
So they heaved hum u to tne
cruel wosld agan .
More and better ore is being err
countered right along in the Spido?
according to information com ini'
down the bill, and it looks as though
this property could now be called a
mine. An adit urn.,;:! has been rift
on the property since early in the
summer and the latest report, nol
confirmed officially, is that the full
face of it is now in high grade s;l\ t
ore. Without being authorized by
the management to make the air
nouncement, the Miner has it iiom
a reliable source that the Spider
will continue to operate all wintet
and that a large shipmem . .. sup
plies is now on thv v» \ from tIre
outside. It is urd . stood that fif
teen men will be en.pl ,ytd.
If the Spider tr: il >s kept oj eu A
is more than pr< liable that t he Fort y
Nine will ship ore thit winter. I here
are known to be in the neighbor
hood of 200 tons of high grade. 1 ro
ken and stacked in the drifts, d
upwards of 1,000 tons additional ip
sight which can be easily stoped
The Forty Nine and Spider are onIX
a short distance apart, and by co
operating on the trail this expense
can be reduced to a point which
will permit a nice margin of profit
from ore shipments.
RESIDENCE FOR SALE -Hyde:
Townsite and Improvement Company.
LOST—Mackinaw coat. Five dollar*
reward if returned to the Hotel Ilyder '
IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COFRT,
Territory of Alaska, First Judicial Div
ision, Precinct of Ilyder, Before Hon. John
T. Reed, Commissioner a..d ex-offieie
Probati Judge.
In the Matter of the^ No. 3 Probate.
Estate of, ( arrie Notice to
Slot er. Deceased. ' Creditors
Notice is hereby given by tin under
signed administrator of the estate of
Carrie Stoner, deceased to the creditor*
of and all persons having claims against
the said decedent, to Hie fh il with the
necessary vouchers wit’•;>u six months
from the date of this notice, with the
said administrator at his oh e in the
town of Ilyder. in the Territory of Alas
ka.
I'a'' i tir 2'th. day of Septea her,
1920
Robert X. Rogers
Ndministrator of the Estate of
Carrie Stone.-. Deceased.
I >a; ■ of ^irst Publication, Se;t. : let
29th. 1020.
Dat of Las. Publication, Octobet '.0th
1920.
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