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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 26 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEVELOPMENT AT
HYDER LEAD GIVES
EXCELLENTRESULTS
Despite the considerable cur
tailment of activities, result
ing from unusual snow condi
tions, operations on the Texas
Creek properties of the Hyder
Lead Mines, Ltd., were during
the past season the most grati
fying in the history of the
company, and give every
ground for the belief of com
pany officials that the property
will develop into a good mine.
The tunnel on the Jo-Jo lead
was extended from 196 to 285
feet during the season and a
number of cross-cuts ranging
from 5 to 10 feet long were
driven to determine the width
of the ore from wall to wall.
The interesting feature of this
development was that the
drift was driven through 65
feet of ore from which assays
ranging $20 to $45 were ob
tained. Along the entire dis
tance driven, the ore maintains
an average width of three to
four feet. The face of the drift
is now well beyond the upper
limits of the famous Castle out
crop and has reached a verti
cal depth of 113 feet.
Another interesting feature
of the findings in the tunnel is
an apparent marked increase
in the width of the vein be
tween the roof and floor of the
tunnel. Examination has dis
closed that the ore ranges up
to nearly two feet wider at
the bottom of the drift than at
the top.
An excellent ventilating sys- j
tern was installed in the tun
nel during the season. This is
operated on the suction system
and is so effective that the air
at the face is clear within 15
minutes after a round is fired.
Tne device is the resu'~. of
pirns worked out by Ernest.
Blue, local attorney and sec
retary of the company, win
has a penchant for mechanics.
The system is worked by a
small gas engine and the cost
of oDerations is very low, only
4 cases of gasoline being t >
quired during the entire
season.
Prerent plans of the company
are to extend the upper tunnel
next year to cut the lower ex
tensions of an important out
crop of the Jo-Jo lead situated
from 125 to 150 feet beyond
the Castle outcrop.
The face is now within ap
proximately 30 feet or so from
being vertically under this
showing. An indication of its
proximity is provided by the
vein widening considerably
during the last days of activ
ity.
The amount of work done on
the lower or No. 2 tunnel was
relatively slight, but the re
sults were highly gratifying.
The tunnel, was started in the
adjacent country rock, which
alter the first few rounds was
found to be mineralized. After
being extended about 20 feet
the course was turned to cut
SPECIAL ACT CONGRESS
NECESSARY FOR AIR
MAIL IN ALASKA
Until congress can be pre
vailed upon to enact special
legislation, it will not be poss
ible to award any contracts for
carrying air mail between Se
attle and Alaska, according ao
a recent announcement by W.
Vandervoort, superintendent
of the U. S. railway mail ser
vice, with headquarters in Se
attle.
Mr. Vandervoort said his de
partment had hoped to estab
lish a special service between
Seattle and Juneau, supple
mentary to the steamer service,
but it was found that mail car
ried by airplane on a regular
schedule cannot be handled by
other than regular air mail
rates. The plan was to dis
patch mail by airplane from
Seattle each Monday morning,
48 hours after the departure of
the Alaska Steamship Comp
ony steamers on Saturday. This
would include all accumulated
first-class mails for southeast
ern Alaska towns, for those
| westerly and for the Interior.
Mail destined for points west
of Juneau would catch the boat
at Juneau.
j Mr. Vandervort said it will be
necessary to ask congress to
amend the present law and
this will be done during the
coming winter. If favorable
action is obtained there is a
possibility that the supple
mentary service may be in
augurated during the coming!
spring.
The proponents of incorpora- j
tion in Stewart again saw
their plans for a brand-new ,
municipality go down to de
feat by the small margin of 3 i
I votes in the poll taken on the
question last Saturday.
The vote was 51 for incor-;
poration to 54 against.
It is said, however, that ow
ing to certain discrepancies in
the voters’ list, the poll did not |
rep”epent a true expression oi
sentiment and a movement is i
now under way for a new
election.
the vein. Two feet of good
milling ore was encountered
before work was suspended, j
without reaching the hanging
wall.
Another important result of:
the season’s activities was the I
picking up of what is believed j
to be the lower extensions of j
the Jo-Jo vein near the lower |
border of the property and I
approximately 2700 feet ver- ;
tically below the Castle out
crop. The find is exactly on the
strike of the Jo-Jo and has
revealed 4 feet of well miner
alized quartz. In the event j
that it should prove to be the
j lower reaches of the Jo-Jo
1 vein, the discovery indicates
that the vein goes down to a
possible depth of 2700 feet
j below the Castle showing.
| A large number of samples,
J taken with the view of deter
i mining the average of the ore
i in the upper tunnel, are now
j being assayed and results will
be published in a later issue.
IWSY JOTTINGS
BEARING ON LOCAL.
MINING ACMES
i The following reports on de
i velopment progress on the B.
i C. Silver and Sebakwe proper
ties were announced by the,
London office of the Sebakwe,
company September 28:
Sebakwe and District: Whole
work confined to No. 6 level.
601 cross-cut, which is being
driven in a south-westerly dir
ection towards orezone on thi\
horizon advanced 178 ft., thus
bringing face 199.5 ft. from
i shaft. This advance mainly in
medium coarse-grained green
porphyry; some green tuff also
encountered.
Selukwe Gold: Cablegram,
Hyder, Alaska, Sept. 21: 6th
level; new make of ore. Drift
637 at station 628 plus 98 ft.,
10 ft. of $8. Face at 110 ft. in
dyke. 638 drift north-east off
621 cross-cut at 30 ft from
boundary line, 10 ft. average
assay of ore 815, width 5 ft.
S. P. Fitzgerald wag re-'
elected a director of the Inde
pendence Gold Mining Co. at
the annual meeting in Van
couver a few days ago.
Work on the Independence |
has been suspended for the
winter by the Revenue Mining j
Co., which controls the prop-!
erty.
DAN. WOODMORE
OBSEQUIES SUNDAY
; The mortal remains of the late
Dan. Woodmore, pioneer min
! ing man who died suddenly on
I the 96 group last week, were
i laid attest in Riverview ceme
tery Sunday afternoon follow
ing impressive burial services
j in Pioneer Hall with Rev. Hen
; ry C. Cross, pastor of the M. E.
| Church, officiating.
The ceremtfhies were attend
ed by a major portion o/ the lo
cal population and the floral
offerings were numerous and
beautiful. Many from Stewart
I also paid their final tribute of
respect to the deceased old
| timer.
. In addition to an eloquent and
| thoughtful sermon by Pastor
| Cross, who chose as his text
j the lines from first Samuel, 23;
! ‘‘There is but a step between
! me and death,” the services in
! eluded a number of beautiful
sacred song numbers by a choir
consisting of Mesdames Har
old Johnson and Louis Legge
and Mr. E. D. Haddon, with
| Mrs. W. R. Reed at thv pi;.no.
I The remains were then escort
! ed to the cemetery by a con
siderable number of friends
and were laid in the sheltering
bosom of mother earth after a
short service. The pall bearers
included John Ronan, P. R.
Wilson, W. R. Tooth, Hugh
McDonald, George Brown and
Louis Watkins and E. E. Charl
ton officiated as funeral di
rector.
FLOOD PREVENTION
MEASURES PROVE
VERY EFFECTIVE
! The flood prevention im
provements installed on the
Salmon River under the plan
devised by Territorial High
way engineer Robt. J. Som
mers, are living up to the
fullest anticipations and there
is every reason to believe that
with adequate attention they
will effectively protect the
town against future floods, ac
cording to Thos. H. Evans,
supervisor of the project.
In a statement to the Herald
this week, Mr. Evans said the
improvements have stood the
iset of the recent high water
in excellent fashion. A small
crew of men was employed
for a few days removing
drifting stumps and falling
trees along the channel which
had been undermined by the
high water and threatened to
create trouble.
A large quantity of debris
was brought down by the high
water but was handled with
out great difficulty, although
some blasting was necessary.
The dam, which forms the1
principal obstacle to the water
invading the upper sections of
the townsite, has stood the
test in excellent manner, and
is now prnctically a perman
ent structure as a result of
sand filling in behind the
original brush and timber
structure. Mr. Evans said the
high water gave the dam an*
excellent test and he feels i
confident that it will stand up j
against ordinary flood condi
tions in good shape.
It will be necessary to keep
the channel clear, however,
until such time as the river
scours out and there is less
fioa'ii g debris As mril amount
of funds will be needed for
this purpose annually and can
probably be raised by legis
lative appropriation until such
time as it wiT be rm longer
required.
Mr. Evans believes that if
proper precautions are taken
to keep the channel clear, the
river will gradually work its
way farther west until the
stream will be far beyond its
present location. This is indi
cated by the fact tint it is
steadily moving westward at
present and the farther bank
is now close to 100 feet beyond
the point where it was prior to
the high water period. This
movement has occured practi
cally all within the past three
weeks.
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Library Election Postponed
The annual election of offi
cers of the Hyder Public
Library Assoe:ation scheduled
to occur at the meeting called
for last Tuesday, has been
j postponed until November 12,
when a special meeting will
be held for that purpose:
WAR VETERANS MUST
APPLY BY JANUARY 1
Alaska World Whr veterans
who have not yet applied for
adjusted compensation must
do so before January 1 or run
the risk of losing it altogether,
according to a statement to
veterans sent out recently by
Territorial Service Officer Le
Roy J. Vestal of the American
Legion. The statement says in
part:
Figures compiled on June 30,
1929, showed that there were
approximately one million war
veterans who had failed to ap
ply for the adjusted compen
sation certificates.A
campaign on the part of the
Legion resulted in the extens
ion of time set in the original
act to January 1, 1930.
The average adjusted com
pensation certificate is for
$1,000. This certificate, grant
ed the veteran on a basis of the
time he was in the service and
whether he served overseas, is
similar in many respects to a
twenty-year, paid up endow
ment, insurance policy. It is
payable on death to the bene
ficiary of the veteran or to the
veteran himself if living at the
time of maturity. The certifi
cate has & loan value that in
creases with the years.
Veterans who have not made
application are warned to act
very promptly, as it is consid
ered that congress may not
again extend the time of filing.
SENATE BILL PROPOES
HIGHWAY COMM’N.
Further impetus has been giv
en to the proposal to build an
international highway from the
United States through Canada
to Alaska by the introduction
of a bill in the Senate by Sen
ator McNary, of Oregon, auth
orizing creation of a commiss
ion for the study of the propos
al. The measure differs in
some respects from that recent
ly introduced in the lower
house of Congress. It provides
for three members instead of
two , and prohibits them from
receiving additional compen
sation As provided in the
house bill, it designates that
one member ofthe commission
shall be an official of the In
terior department, one the
president of the Alaska Road
Commission, and adds a third,
to be an official of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, who shall
! be named by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
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The Moose lodge will hold a
smoker for members and their
| friends in Service Club hall,
Stewart, next Tuesday evening.
The function is scheduled to
1 start at 9 p. m. sharp
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1 Arthur Hall, asistant cashier
of the Bank of Hyder, left last
Saturday for Vancouver to vis
it his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Hall.
k W, FOX RESIGNS!
WILL TXKE SIMILXR
POST IT JUNEAU
A. W. Fox, United States Com
missioner for the Hyder pre
cint has been tendered the po
sition of Commissioner for the
important Juneau precinct and
will leave this evening enroute
to the capital city, it was an
nounced by him this week.
Commissioner Fox te|dered
his resignation of the local of
fice several days ago. He has
Len in charge of the Hyder of
fice since last March, at which
time he succeeded W. C. Arn
old, who was transfered to the
commissionership at Ketchi
kan. Judge Fox will succeed
in the Juneau office Frank A.
Boyle, who is understood to be
retiring on account of poor
health.
So far there has been no an
nouncement regarding Judge
Fox’s successor in the local of
fice, which will probly remain
closed until a new appointment
is made.
A lone caribou swam across
the Yukon at Dawson recently
and landed in the town at the
barracks. He ambled leisurely
down Third Avenue to the B.
and F store, where he became
slightly alarmed at the crowd
which had gathered and decid
ed to turn back. Finding his
way between the buildings on
the opposite side of the street,
the animal cut through the
schol house grounds and saun
| tered out Fifth Avenue to the
Klondyke River.
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After escaping from the
Momingside sanatarium, Chris
Rice, who was committed from
Petersburg, was found recently
on a fox island of the Third
Division and was taken into
custody. The expense of return
ing Rice to Morningside will
have to be borne by that insti
tution.
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The Piggly Wiggly chain of
grocery stores, which invaded
the territory at Ketchikan last
year, and has since expanded
to Juneau, Petersburg and Cor
dova, will establish another
store in Anchorage, according
to late announcements. Still
another store.will be estab
lished in Fairbanks as soon as
the Anchorage store is started.
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The Ketchikan seine boat
George A. was found in a sink
ing condition off Baranoff Is
by two trolling boats recently.
There was no sign of life on
board and the whereabouts of
the crew had not been deter
mined up to the last reports.
The vessel was towed to Port
Alexander, after temporary re
pairs had been made.
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James Roberts, skillful carver
of steaks and chops at the
Provinse market, was among
the number leaving for the
south last Saturday evening.