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T'»e Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
and Hyder Is the Gateway in
Con -equenee of Which Hyder is
the Fastest (trowing Town in
the North.
HYDEH ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 1. NO. 40.
HYDER, Alaska, August 4. 1020!
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Geo. B. Grigsby
Visits Hyder
Alaskan Delegate
to Congress In
terviewed on Lo
cal andTerritor
ial Questions
"Hyder has certainly given me a
pleasant surprise and I have thor
oughly enjoyed my visit here,” said
Hon. George B. Grigsby, Alaskan
delegate to Congress, just before his
departure for Ketchikan. Mr. Grigs
by spent nearly a week here, visit
ed a number of the mines, was in
itiated into Igloo No. 20, Pioneers
of Alaska, shook hands with scores
of acquaintences from all over the
Territory and made many new
friends. lie was surprised at the
growth already made by-the young
est town in the Territory, and pre
dicted that with the continued de
velopment of the mines behind the
town, the success of which is no
longer in doubt, the town would ex
perience a sane, healthy growth
which would, within the space of a
very few years, place it among the
leading cities of the Territory in
population.
“Speaking in mining terms,” he
said, "I would call Hyder a camp
ox*' concentrates—human concen
trates. You have here some of the
m>st energetic citizens from every
camp in Alaska. It seems as though
the populace of the Territory had
beet) run through a concentrator
and a portion of every camp depos
ited in the Hyder high-grade box.
“I expect to see this a town of
substantial and comfortable homes.
I can say without reservation that
there is no more attractive spot in
the Territory for the establishment
of a home community. The broad,
level valley of the Salmon river
provides ideal building 6ites, and
the gardens I have seen convince
me that old High Cost of Living
will be given a body blow when
more of the land is cleared and
brought under cultivation. The
home garden is a great ally of the
dining table, as I see a great many
of your residents already know.
“The Territory as a whole is ex
periencing a revival of business.
Traffic north-bound is far in excess
of that south-bound, and all indus
tries are prospering. If we could
be given self determination as to
the disposal of our natural resour
ces, Aldska would witness a wave
of prosperity which none of the
States has ever equalled We keep
hammering away on this subject
down in Washington, have already
seoured some valuable concessions,
and hope before long to secure what
everyone in Alaska wants, the right
to develop that which naturally be
xm& to u»,"
Regarding the political situation
as to his re-election Mr. Grigsby
said that in Dan Sutherland he has
an opponent of undoubted strength
and popularity, but that he is not
afraid of the outcome. “Sutherland
is handicapped,” he said, "by having
an Alaska plank In the Republican
platform upon which to stand. The
Republicans sav they stand for
‘conservation.’ I s,.y we have had
too much conservation.' What we
need is not ‘conservation’ but a
chance to reap the benefits from
our wood-pulp forests, our mines,
our fisheries and our farms. We
need better transportation facili
ties so that the miners of the inter
ior can ship out their products and
bring machinery In without paying
out all the profits of the ore on ru
inous freight charges. This an; lies
also to the farmers, who arc- in a
position to ship vegetables to Seat
tle cheaper than they can be ob
tained elsewhere, if they could get
them to the market.
“The Aiaska plank in the Demo
cratic platform was adopted as pre
pared by the Territorial delegation
to the convention and covers ail the
points I have mentioned, and more.
Upon this plank I am willing to
stand, firm in the belief that the
good sense oi the Alaska voters will
guide them in voting for their own
interests, whieh are the interests of
the great Territory they have adopt
ed as their home.
Bear Runs
Cvor H ills
With Pack
The Salmon basin hears seem to
have a grudge against Harry Sco
vill. A few weeks ugo they clean
ed out the camp which he and his
partners have at Tide lake, and last
week one stole his pack from prac
tically under his nose at Indian
lake. Harry wa» up with Bill Jao
cowslii to look at some property
and all their supplies for the trip
were tied up in a silk tent. They
laid the pack down for a few min
utes while they went away a shuit
distance to look at an outcropping,
and the bear came along and stole
the pack. With yells of rage and a
bombardment of rocks, Harry drove
the despicable brute across the
range, but couldn't force him to
drop the outfit. The men were
forced to return to camp without
accomplishing their object.
Association
Meeting
The Hyder Gommtrcial Associa
tion will hold their regular monthly
meeting next Monday night: Mat
ters of importance will come up
tor discussico;
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meet me at the Mecca.
Charlie Wheelin is a recent arrival
from Valdez.
Mrs. T.J.Marks and daughter Irena
have gone to Seattle.
Fresh tobacco always on hand at the
Hotel Stewart tobacco stand.
The Pioneers of Alaska meet on the
first and third Tuesdays of each month.
M. J. Wood, representing the Prince
George Mercantile (,o„ was a recent vis
itor.
E.L.Meyer and family have gone to
San Francisco. They expect to return
next spring.
Last Friday the Ilyder post office han
dled the largest outgoing mail in the hii.
tcry of the camp.
P 10. Rees was in this week from the
Marmot where he has some very promn.
ing mineral showings.
T. Johnson, who formerly conducted a
roadhouse at Deadhorse hill on the Broad
Pass trail, is a recent arrival,
Captain E.J.Fader of New York, owner
of tlie Premier Extension, is in camp and
expects to spend the summer here.
Dr. I!.N.Rogers has had his first exper
ience with western trout, bringing in 80
of tlie speckled beauties from Fish ereen.
Canadian currency bought, drafts drawn
on Canadian banks payable in Canadian
funds, sold at current rates. Salmon
River Banking Co
Carl Olson, Martin Anderson, Juno Ol
son, Anton Anderson ami Gus Holden ar
rived this week from Prince George. They
are hard rock miners.
F.P. McCurdy of Ketchikan, Mrs. F. I...
Lake’s father has been in town for a few
days. He is superintendent in Ketchikan
for the Standard Oii Co.
George Clothier, examining mining en
gineer for northwest B. C., made an ex
amination of the Marmot river section
the latter part of last week,
A group i f Grand Trunk officials in
cluding Captain Nicholson. R. Beaumont
and G.A.McNichol have acquired a group
of ten claims on the Marmot.
After weeks of serious cogitation and
consultation with friends, Joe G.accio
and Eddie Krause have finally named
their cigar store the Malamute.
The Stewart-Hyder baseball team went
to Ketchikan on the Prince of Wales
Saturday, returning yesterday. No game
was played because of the rain.
Mr. and Mrs Wm. Bunting left Sunday
for Mr. Bunting's old home in England
and expect to be gone until next Febru
ary.. Mr. Bunting has been away from
home for 20 years.
Blondy Charlton has leased the Junction
building at International Ave. and Vol
unteer Drive and has entirely remodelled
and redecorated it. He will conduct a
modern cigar store there.
A jitney danee was held Monday night
in the Ocean View Cabaret for the ben
efit of rhe Stewart fire department which
is paying for a pump and 100-gallon chem
ical tank on wheels. The department
has decided to hook the chemical to an
auto and coma to Hyder any tirtli this
tottn needs assistance.
Ed Helm, who was here last fall, has
returned after spending the winter with
relatives on the prairies. He is an exper
ienced tram man and will investigate the
Bayview with a view to installing a tram
there.
United States Deputy Marshal Walter
Sharpe of Ketchikan came over with a
number of friends in his launch Sunday,
returning the same night. Phil" Elliott,
of the Chronicle reportorlal staff, was one
of the party.
Jas. McClusky and son Eugene of Ju
neau spent several days in camp and
were initiated into igloo No. 20, Pioneers
of Alaska as honorary members. Mr.
McClusky is proprietor o'' the Alaskan
Hotel in Juneau.
H.C.Shough, a rent,,t arrival from An
chorage, has brought in some nice looking
ore from 18 miles down the canab It
shows steel ga'ena and chalcopyrite finely
disseminated through a quartz gangue
and Mr. Shough says that the lead is
strong and well defined.
I Job Andrews and Max Nelson iiave
returned from a trip to the Chickamin,
going in over the glacier and being away
from town ten days. They say the for
mation of that sectio i is mineral-bearing
and brought back samples from a num
ber of leads which they discovered.
liyder’s First
Movie Show
Someone said that the advent of
a movie show in Ryder marked an
epoch in the history of the oamp.
Be that as it may, the movies have
been here for two nights and resi
dents of both Stewart and Ryder
thoroughly enjoyed again watching
the statuesque hero finally circum
vent the vill-yuu and rescue the
fair damsel from his nefarious toils.
The movies were brought here by
W.B. Woodworth, composer of "Nell’’,
"Babyland" and other popular songs,
who is known all over Alaska, and
who is putting in th summer trav
eling arouad the coasts with a port
able outfit, showing principally in
canneries. Here the lobby of the
Alaska Hotel was utilized for u
show-house and was comfortably
filled at each performance, seating
over 100 people.
Traveling with Billy is Monk
Lillie, southern entertainer and gui
tar specialist, They came in Billy’s
launch, the Sea Breeze.
Juneau Skipper
Visits the Camp
Billy Dickinson, captain-owner of
the launch Santa Rita of Juneaui
returned to Hyder last week with
Jean Vanopin and party who have
been inspecting the Jualin mine,
owned by the Aigunican Develop
ment Co., of which Mr. Vanopin is
president. Wright Wenrioh, min
ing engineer of Juneau, came over
at the same time and returned with
Captain Dickinson Saturday after
covering as much of the field here
as was possible in the short time
at his disposal. He expressed him
self as being well pleased with Um
mineral mowings ne examined.
Death From
Explosion
Vernier Has
Stupendous
Possibilities
THAI the great Premier ore
body extends to reasonable
depth has at last been estab
lished, or a second high grade
ore body has been found, accor
ding to news fr ; n the mine con
veying th information that the
No. 2 tunnel has encountered
the ore. If, as is most likely,
the ore body is the same as has
been opened up by N->. J tunnel,
approximately 600 fnet of depth
has already been established.
The No. tun iul is about 300
feet lower than the portal of the
number one which is about the
same depth below the upper
showing. The highgrade body
is almost unbelievably wide,
judged from the surface, and
there has always been an “if”
where the possibility of the con
tinuation of the ore to depth was
discussed.
Victor Dolmage of the Domin
ion geological staff, recently
published a report of his studies
Premier ore, and he expressed
the opinion it was of primary or
igin and, therefore, the chanees
favored depth. While that was
heartening to old timers, the
striking of the ore in No. 2 tun
tunnel causes downright re
joicing.
And “if” they strike it at
fifteen hundred, general condi
ditions still persisting, well, the
thing will be almost too stupen
firms tn PAnfpmnlnto
Good Ore Found
Down the Canal
Morris Pederson and Albert John
son brought in about 100 pounds of
fine looking ore recently from their
new discovery near the Georgia
river. They have located five claims
and have uncovered three leads,
one showing grey copper, one a
mixture of steel galena and chalco
pyrite, and the other principally
bornite. On their last trip down
they took along some new explosive
which is being highly advertised
and were unable to make it explode
or even burn. This caused them
to lose four days time and row 36
miles. Morris says hereafter the
good old dynamite will be good
enough for him;
Going into the Red Top tunnel
half an hour after they had fired a
sound of holes, early Thursday mor
ning, Onoratd Dagastini lost his life
and Marco Vial received injuries
which are ifow being treated at the
Stewart hospital. The round con
sisted of six holes, one of which
failed to go with the rest. The men
waited until the smoke had cleaned
from the tunnel and then went in
to investigate. The missed hole
was a lifter, and Dagastini was
standing over it when the charge
exploded; blowing him against the
roof and terribly mutilating him.
Vial, who stood a few feet away,
was knocked down and his face and
hands were shot full of pieces of
rock. He crawled to the inouth of
the tunnel and called for help which
was forthcoming from the camp,
only a short distance away.
Dagastini was removed from the
tunnel and was conscious until his
death, conversing with the men ar
ound him. Vial was <J firs; thou i.t
to be blind, but it was learned laic?
that his eyesight is not affected.
He walked several miles to where
a conveyance could be secured. The
men are both Italians and Dagi.ot,
ni was an experienced tunnel man.
having worked underground for 20
years.
The Red Top is being developed
by a Juneau syndicate, of which
Gus Seiffert is the head; and person
ally managing the property. Jas.
McClusky of Juneau, one of the
syndicate, was visiting the camp
when the accident occurred.
Will Develop
She Bay view
Operations on the Bay view, at
the top of the hill back of Stew
art, are to begin at once, camp
having been established at the
property this v e?k. Work on
the trail, which required consid
erable blasting, has been going
on for several weeks. The Bay
view was bonded last fall by
Will and George Cameron to R.
H. Th impson of Everett, Wash.
Some very high assays in silver
have been returned from ore in
narrow veins exposed on the
property. Assays from a new
vein during progress of assess
ment work a few days ago.
Vigorous developm e n t i •
planned this season under direc
tion of J. L. Stamford of Vie:
torn;