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DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
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VOL 1, NO.46
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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCMB
DEVELOPMENTS ON
THE PORTER IDAHO
As reported in the Herald
last week highly important}
developments have occurred
on the Porter Idaho. Two ore
bodies, one of 7 feet, the oth
er of 8 feet width, have been ■
crosscut in the new tunnel. As
says have not been complet
ed but from the general
character of the ore there i>
no doubt that it is of practic
ally the same value as that
found in the old workings
which yielded such splendid re- *
turns last year. The tunnel
was in a distance of 273 feei
Monday morning, at which
time the last reports were re
ceived The first ore body was
struck at 240 feet from the
portal and is composed ol
about 7 feet of solid and well
mineralized quartz.
The strike was totally unex
pected as the vein does not
show on the surface. The sec
ond ore body, which is the
lower extension of a vein oi.
which a winze has been sunk
farther up the slope, was en
countered about 25 or 30 feet j
beyond the first and shows
7 feet of ore of apparently
good milling grade, with a 12
inch streak of high grade along
the foot wall. The latter Is j
very heavily mineralized with j
galena. The dip of both veins
is from 42 to 45 degrees and
the ore was encountered at a
vertical depth oi about zoo
feet below the outcrops. The
slope of the mountain is such
that by drifting a short dis
tance to the north about 40(
feet of backs are assured. Al
though the two strikes are oi
immeasurable importance, in
terest is now centered on the
main lead which will probably
be encountered within a dis
tance of 25 feet, judging from
its trend in the upper work
ings.
Shipments of high grade ore
are continuing steadily from
the upper workings, in which
the ore of shipping grade has
widened out considerably,
with depth. Drifts have nov,
run both ways from the winze,
one of which is expected to
tap the main vein within a
short time.
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J. D. Littlepage, manager oi
the Riverside Mine, left foi '
Ketchikan on the Curacao, ac
companied by M. J. StClair,
who has been connected with
the mine for some time.
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E. B. Fugier, of Montreal
who is associated with A. Line
ke in the. Gloria Group, on ;
Bulldog Creek in the Marmot :
section, returned last week ;
from a trip to the south.
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Mr. Arthur of the Boyles
Bros drilling company, arriv
ed on the Cardena enroute to
the Forty-Nine; where he will
join the diamond drill crew
now working on that property
and will remain here during
the remainder of the summer.
GOV’T DOCK
FOR MARMOT
Plans for the construction of
a government dock at the
mouth of the Marmot River
have been completed by the
British Columbia Public Works
department, .according to a
statement made by A. Halkett,
in charge of the work of that
department in Northern Brit
ish Columbia.
Mr. Halkett, who paid Hyder
a brief visit during the past
week, stated that the con
1 struction of the dock is fully
j warranted by present devel
! opment of the Marmot ana
will be of great assistance to
the miners of that section in
'acilitating ore shipments anu
transportation of supplies. Un
ier the proposed plan of con
struction, steamers will be
able to discharge supplies and
ake on ore shipments direct,
hus effectng a saving of both
time and money in the hand
ing of all freight traffic to
ind from that section.
The dock will be of the
floating type and will be lo
cated about 1000 yards farth
er out in the stream than the
log float used as a landing
jlace at present. It will com
mse a large float and ware
house of sufficient * size to
neet all present storage needs
>f the district. Mr. Halkett
;aid the plans need only the
Jinal approval of the board be
Tore work is started and tne
jock will probably be com
pleted within a period of six
weeks.
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F. C. Winkler, manager of
he White Heather Mining
Company, is making preparat
ons to resume drilling operat
ons on the company holdings
n the vicinity of Long Lake.
H. B. Stoner, owner of the
Stoner Group, has so far re
:overed from- his recent in
■uries, caused by a cave-in on
his properties several weeks
ago, as to be up and about
ance more.
Despite hard and fast play
ing on the part of the locals,
stewart again won the palm
>ver the Hyder ball swatters
lay afternoon. Althougheithsy
>n the Stewart grounds
Sunday afternoon. Although
leither side displayed a par
ticularly classy brand of base
ball, the game was full of in
;erest throughout the seven
nnings. Stewart had the edge
nost of the way and won
handily with 3 to spare. Score
Hyder 6, Stewart 9.
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Neal H. Stevens returned
last week from the Marmot1
lection, where he has been en
gaged for some time in pros
pecting his properties, com
prising several well located
daims on the east side of the
Porter Idaho group.
The Misses Taylor, sisters of j
Mrs. Dr. Carson, arrived on I
the Prince Rupert to spend j
the summer at Premier.
COMPLETES SURVEY OF
THUMB CREEK AREA
Mr. A. F. Buddigton, U. S.
Geological Survey expert, who
is gathering data for a second
and more exhaustive report
on the geology and minerol
ogy of the Salmon River dis
trict, has just completed a
survey of the Thumb Creek
section, which extended from
the mouth to the head of
Thumb Creek Valley and
along the west side of Salmon
River. He, will ne^t proceed
to the Texas Creek district to
continue the investigations
conducted there by himself in
the fall of 1923. Owing to de
partmental restrictions Mr.
Buddington did not divulge
the results of his findings on
Thumb Creek, beyond stating
that the geology of that sect
ion is practically the same as
that of the Texas Creek coun
try.
Mr. Buddington will spend
the coming three weeks in the
Texas section. During the first
week of that period he will
make his headquarters at the
Cable Crossing, afterward
proceeding farther up the
creek. It is Mr. Buddington’s
desire to make his repoVt of
the Texas country as com
plete as possible and he will
welcome such assistance as
can be given by the claim
owners of that section. Those
who ara in timing
him look over their properties
may find it to their advantage
to interview him during his
stay at the Cable Crossing.
Prof. J. M. Turnbull, M. E.,:
head of the department of
minerology of the University i
of British Columbia, who has
been in the district for some
days making an extensive ex
amination of the Dunwell for
outside parties whose indentity
has not been made public,
completed his task last week
and left for the south on Sat
urday.
Professor Utell’s trained bird ,
and animal show at Pioneer i
Hall Friday evening, proved a
decidedly novel and interest
ing entertainment. The vari
ous bird, dog and monkey act
ors presented numerous clev
er tricks which displayed in
striking manner the long and
painstaking training given
them by their aged master.
The entertainment deserved i
much better patronage than it I
received.
Mrs. Mushad, wife of J. A.
Mustard, superintendent ol
construction at Premier, left on
the Cardena for a visit in Van
i couver.
R. W. Woods, president of
the Premier Gold Mining Com
| pany, spent the past week in
| the district.
| Mr. Woods was accompanied
by his son.
L & L STARTS SHIPPING
The L & L Group, on Glacier
Creek, is the latest to add its
quota to the growing list of
ore shipments being forward
ed to the Outside. The initial
shipment of ore started down
from the mine Saturday and
will be followed by others at
later periods until enough Is
assembled to make up a smelt
er shipment.
The property has now reach
ed an advanced stage of de
velopment under the manage
ment of J. Frank Breeze, who
| has been directing operations
for several years, and is now
' ready to enter the productive
stage.
Fred Young has the con
tract for hauling the ore from
the mine to the Stewart dock.
Arrangements are being
made for a big Sunday School ■
| picnic in the upper Salmon
valley next Sunday, it was an
nounced during the week by
Rev. T. Hatten, pastor of Hy
der M. E. Church. Cars will
leave the church for the pic
nic ground at 11 A. M. Sunday
morning. After arriving there
Sunday School will be held,
followed by luncheon. The
i afternoon will be devoted to
a program of sports under
the direction of Miss Marian
Hunt, Dr. D. Standard and E.
W, Hinckley. Vesper services
.jfvill be held in _fche evening
aBd Mrs. Hatten will speak on ;
“The Community Church.” At
the close of the Vesper serv- i
ices the party will return to ,
town.
E. A. Holmes, representaive !
of the Canadian Rock Drill j
Co., of Vancouver, was a vis~;
itor between Saturday and
Tuesday boats, leaving on the ,
latter for Anyox.
Miss Lee, sister of Mrs. Mc
Kinley of Premier, left Satur
day for her home in Vancouv
er after a visit of two weeks.
According to late informat
ion received at Dawson from
Keno, the Treadwell Yukon,
Company is milling 110 tons
of ore per day recovering
from eight to ten tons of con- ;
centrates running about 600
ounces per ton silver and 5b
per cent lead.
One of the biggest quartz
clean-ups of the season was
recently brought into Fair
banks from Ester Creek claims
owned by Joe Henderson, Mc
Laughlin and associates. It
consisted of 24 pounds of
amalgam, having a value of
$4,600 in gold, and represent
ed a month’s run of the mill
on ore taken from the stopes
during the winter and spring.
The property is now develop
ed in the extent that from 12
15 men can be worke'd, and it
is hoped to keep the mill sup
plied with ore throughout the i
summer. The values in the
mine are showing better as
the work progresses.
FINE ORE BODY
OUTLAND BAR
F. C. Outland, director, of
operations on the Outlan<T Sil
ver Bar properties near the
head of Salmon River, was a
visitor in town during the
week and reports splendid re
sults from the development
program started last month. In
addition to a large amount of
open cut work to determine
the trend of the various sur
face leads, two short tunnels
have been driven, in one ol
which a three foot vein oi
! high grade ore has been en
countered. Samples of the ore
show a high degree of min
J eralization, including galena
and pyrites, wjth traces ol
ruby silver. Another discovery
of importance was made in an
open cut and consists of a ter
inch vein of high grade with
; several feet of milling ore
along the ^hanging wall. A
tunnel is now being run on the
latter to cut the vein at depth
Mr. vAitland states that pract
ically every foot of develop
ment work indicates that both
leads are true fissure vein; i
'that wi'l st.«nd the lost ol'!
powder.
In addition to the surface j
and underground work done j
on the property, a permaneni
camp is being constructed
for which Ernest -Bryson i;
hauling the lumber at present
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Dr. Sutherland, of Vancouv
er who is interested in the i
George Brown Marmot River
properties, arrived last week
to look over the ground.
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A most unusual accident oc- j
curred recently in Ketchikan 1
when a Ford truck driven by
“Red” Hill escaped contro
and catapulted over a blufi
and landed on the roof of i :
residence sixty 'feet below
The car struck upside dowr
on the roof, caving in a great
or part of the roof. Hill wa
thrown clear of the truck an< ■
landed in a clump of brush I
escaping injury.
The federal officials at Ket
chikan, in addition to clearini
Jhe community of a number o 1
undesirables, have made z !
considerable advancement ir !
the suppression of the liquor j
traffic. There were 17 prohib
ition violators convicted in the
federal courts in April and jai
sentences amounting to 990
days, and fines amounting to
$4,075 were imposed. Nine
places were abated and closed
up as nuisances, and one gas
boat was condemned and for
feited.
President Coolidge smoker
“cheroots.” He likes them, and
he stays with them. Recently
a friend sent him a box of very
fine cigars. Upon visiting him
several days after, he saw the t
box, and only three of the
cigars had been smoked. The
president likened himself to a
man who, attending >a church
festival, declined strawberries
and cream with the statement
that it might spoil his taste
for prunes.
! WORK ON GEORGIA RIVER
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Guy L. Thompson, M. E. ar
rived last week from Van
| couver and will assist in laying
: out a development program
| 'or the Georgia River proper
| ties controlled by Messrs.
, Seaton & Hemsworth, of Van
j :ouver.
Wellington Beaton, senior
j member of the firm, started
I oreliminary work on the prop
I orty last week, sending out a
, orew of men to open up the
I old trail from the mouth of
he Georgia River to the com
pany properties. The trail
will also be widened to the
dimensions of a wagon road,
to permit transportation of
mine machinery and equip
ment.
The property is considered
one of great promise, prelimi
iary .development work in
; oarlier years having demon
strated that the group contains
i number of ore shoots carry
! ing unusually high values.
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Thomas Powers is back from
an extended visit in the south,
i where he secured relief from
! he painful and serious eye
rouble with which he became
afflicted last winter and
which for a time threatened
he destruction of his vision,
jocal friends of Mr. Powers,
will be pleased to learn that
“he treatment received ha*
been efficacious and his eye
trouble is practically gone.
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! That X. B. Jones was murdcr
1 ed and his body thrown into
! the swift running Ugashik riv
! er, near his cabin, is the con
j elusion of the parties who re
[ covered the body. A deep
fash or cut was found in one
side of the head, one eye was
jlackened, and the entire
jody was a mass of bruises
rom the waist up. It appear
! id that he had been struck
i 'own by a blow on the head
nd then beaten and stamped
o death. A heavy bruise
*,cross the forearm looked as
f he had tried to defend him
elf. A broken club and an axe
handle were found near his
abin. There was no sign of
truggle in the cabin. A pot of
beans was found on the stove,
ind his rifle cleaned and oil
ed, with a ramrod in the bar
rel, was in one cornel’.
Mrs. Nels Jackson has
brought suit against the city of
Fairbanks, demanding $500
cor the loss of a dog which
was shot by a city official.
3he alleges that she wa3 not
properly notified that the city
intended to kill the dog after
taking the animal into custo
dy under the provisions of the
dog ordinance.
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Fred Miller, of .Anchorage,
claims to have captured the
biggest trout of the season.
He visited Sea Level recently
and hauled in a rainbow trout
which tipped the scales at four
and one-half pounds. It meas
ured twenty-two and one-half
inches in length.