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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 21,1929.
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Driving through quartz-porphyry
such as contains practically all the
ore bodies of the upper Salmon
basin, the main tunnel of the
Premier Border Mining Co., oper
ating on the Northern Light group,
has been advanced 8S0 feet and
values are becoming more encour
aging, a zone having been entered
at 820 feet that averages $9.20 in
gold and silver. The tunnel is. being
driven in a southerly direction to
ward the Premier mine, the
boundary of which will be reached
at 1800 feet from the mouth of the
Premier Border tunnel.
Taking the present workings of
the Premier, Premier Border, B. C.
Silver and Sebakwe into consider
ation, an interesting situation is
disclosed. All four properties are
drifting on ore, all in quartz por
phyry, and all toward a common
centre. The old lessons in mining
about “strikes, dips and angles”
have to be forgotten so far as min
ing on this hill is concerned. If
these drifts are continued until
they meet, what sort .of a condition
will they find? A center like the
hub of a wheel with ore shoots
radiating in all directions? Here is
a puzzle for the mining engineer,
metallurgist and geologist to solve.
$22.00 AVERAGE ACROSS
SEVEN FEET OBTAINED IN
DRIFT AT B. C. SILVER
The July report, Just Issued by
the B. C. Silver Mines, limited,
contains the following information
r as to work done:
"Work was confined entirely to
No. 6 level.
"Drift 636 was advanced 130 feet
in the same general southwesterly
direction. The zone persisted -ior
30 feet; the balance of the work
was partly in heavily faulted
country, and partly in green por
pryry. To date, this drift has dis
closed a length of 120 feet of ore,
averaging $22.00 across a sampling
width of 7 feet. Short crosscuts on
each side indicate a probable
stoping width of ten feet.
"Drifting will be continued, and
a crosscut into the hanging wall
has been started.
Drift 633, the northeast drift on
the zone, was advanced 120 feet,
making the face 252 feet from the
main 606 crosscut. This work was
partly in slllcified porphyry, and
partly in tuff and green porphyry.
"Drift 637 was commenced at 230
- feet from, the main 605 crosscut. <
This was advanced 28.5 feet in a
general easterly direction, to pros
pect a mineralized zone encount
• ered in Drift 633. This.work was all
in highly silicifled porphyry, show-:
ing some heavy sulphides. Some
values were obtained from samp
ling, and this .drift Is being, pushed
ahead.” j
RESIDENT FOR A DECADE
'* PASSED AWAY SATURDAY
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David McGuffle, a resident of
Stewart for the past nine or ten
years, died last Saturday night at
about 10:30 in. the Stewart hos
pital, the cause of his death being 1
pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at
Legion hall at 2:30 Wednesday \
afternoon, being conducted by the
Rev. C. J. Lee of St. Mark's church,
. and graveside services were con
ducted by Father Leray, chaplain
of the Stewart branch of the
Legion, under whose auspices the
* funeral was held. Patt bearers were
J. O. Lyon, H. C. Bennett, M. Mur
phy and Mattie McLean. A large
gathering attended, the funeral,
and there was a profusion of.floral
mementos.
McGuffle had no living relatives.
He was bom in Scotland, was in
Canada when the war broke , out,
„ went to England, and Joined the
Royal Artillery, . with1 whom he
served till the close of hostilities.
Hear the New Victor Radio af
the Hyder Drug Co., (The Rexall
Store), at the Post Offlice.
RYDER, B. C TO BECOME
. RAILROAD TERMINUS?
Considerable interest has been
occasioned here by the publication
in the Financial News, Vancouver,
of an article pertaining to the sale
of waterfrontage at Hyder, B. C.
Both Stewart and Hyder have been
endeavoring to have Hyder made
the ultimate terminus of the rail
way, the advantages of an Alaskan
connection being so obvious as to
need no reiteration at this time.
R. Beaumont and associates, who
own the Hyder, B. C., towlnsltc,
have evidently started negotiations
for selling to the Canadian North
eastern.
The row of lots fronting on the
main street of Hyder, B. C„ which
is the road between Hyder, Alaska,
and Stewart, is now practically all
owned by private parties, but back
of them are three whole blocks and
three half-blocks belonging in the
townslte, upon which there has
been no building done and which
are all covered with water at low
tide. In fact, the whole of the
Hyder, B. C„ townsite is tide land.
The Item in the Financial News
says:
“Negotiations are under way in
volving the disposal of the entire
holdings of the Portland Canal
Maritime Company, which com
prises a subdivision of business
property and acreage on the
waterfront between Stewart, B. C.,
and Hyder, Alaska. The townsite
adjoins Hyder, Alaska, and extends
to the Government wharf, Premier
ore bunkers and tram aerial. The
area is generally known as Hyder,
B. C.
“It has been suggested that were
the Canadian Northeastern Rail
way Company in possession of this
parcel of land, they would have
water frontage on both sides of the
canal and would have the key to
international wharfage facilities
whieh might be very valuable.
“News that the entire British
Columbia delegation to the Cana
dian Chamber of Commerce at
Edmonton is prepared to accept
the most feasible, economical route,
whether it be by way of Stewart,
Prince Rupert, or Vancouver, for
the Peace outlet, is perhaps one of
the factors entering into this deal,
as Stewart is expected to have
early railway construction follow
ing present surveys.”
More Montreal Money
For Investment Here
W. A. Trethewey, mining engin
eer of Vancouver, who has become
well acquainted in this district the
past two years through his con
nection with the Red Top and his
activities on American Creek, ar
rived Saturday in company with
Stewart Troop, mining engineer
representing Montreal interests,
and Hugh Gillis, a well-known
.resident of the district who has
been south for the past four years.
With Duncan Munroe, they went
up to American Creek on Monday
to examine the Maybe, Louise,
Blue Jay and Ruby claims which
Mr. Trethewey bonded last fall
and which the Montreal people
have taken over subject to exam
ination. The Maybe and Louise are
among the oldest locations in the
district, having been. staked in
1903, and have been crown granted
many years. Like most of the
claims in the American Creek sec
tion, they are extremely difficult to
prospect or examine because of
precipices and gullies.
PEACE RIVER RAILWAY
TO COAST IS URGED
Calgary, Sept. 14.—A resolution
stating the Peace River country
ought to be recognized as a
national asset, and its development
assisted and encouraged by the
whole of Canada, and that a direct
railway outlet to some port on the
Pacific Coast should be constructed
without delay, in addition to an
adequate system of branch lines
in the district, was passed by the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce,
which held the concluding sessions
of its annual convention here yes
terday.
Silver Tip Mine
Promises Much
Have Not Yet Reached Objective,
But Operations Please
Geo. E. Winkler, managing di
rector of the Silver Tip Mining
Development Co. Ltd., operating on
the Salmon River above the Big
Missouri, who has been up at the
property since early in August,
came down shortly after the com
pletion of Patsy Hogan's contract
and left for Victoria on Thursday’s
boat.
While the operations this season
did not reach the objective aimed
at, Mr. Winkler expressed himself
as well pleased with the work
accomplished.
Nothing further will be done in
the Winkler tunnel this year,
which is now in 558 feet, but a
small crew under Supt. J. V. Clegg
will continue work for a few
weeks driving a crosscut from the
tunnel on the “B” vein.
This tunnel, driven some years
ago on a vein 17 feet wide, received
some attention this season, as a
result of which further surface
work was done. Some exceptionally
fine ore was found in the out
croppings.
Mr. Winkler concluded that the
tunnel had for the greater part
of its length been driven In the
footwall of the vein, and decided
to do some crosscutting in order to
determine this point.
Mr. Winkler, when he came off
the hill, turned in two samples of
ore for assaying. Both were select
ed samples and that from the
Butte zone went 1067 ounces in
silver; that from the “B” vein 0.56
ounces gold and 143 ounces silver.
N.P. Syndicate
Suspends Work
Adverse Weatber Prompts Men to
Abandon Interior Trip
The Northern Prospector Syndi
cate prospectors, Weldon and Wir
rola, returned last Monday from a
trip to the interior, going in by the
Western Airways plane to Tide .
Lake two weeks ago, and returning
on foot. i
Their objective was to prospect
the country in the vicinity of a
lake lying west of Mt. Knipple, but
owing to the height of the mount
ains surrounding the lake, prevent
ing manoevering for a safe landing, '
Pilot Gilbert decided not to at- '
tempt it, and turned back to Tide
Lake where a landing was made.
After three days hard hiking 1
over a rough country with risky 1
travelling over glaciers, and fogs '
and snow flurries to contend with, :
the difficulties of reaching the 1
lake at this season of the year :
were realized, and the men turned ]
back.
Large Quartz Ledge Staked
On their way out they discovered •
a large quartz ledge on which they .
located eight claims. The ore is j
similar to that at Tide Lake and \
is on the same line of strike, about
fourteen miles north-west of Tide (
Lake. With bad weather threaten- ,
ing, they had no time to prospect!’
their And, which is apparently
extensive. (
Owing to the lateness of the (
season, the Northern Prospector <
Syndicate will not send any other i
parties into the interior this year,
but will continue their explorations j
early next summer, and although
the results achieved have not been
so successful as was anticipated, a
large amdunt of data in connec
tion with the lay of the country
has been obtained, which can now ,
be utilized in rediscovering the
ore bodies originally found by .
placer miners in 1885, the reloca
tion of which is the main objective
of the syndicate.
Mrs. Arnold,, wife of the U. S.
Commissioner at Ketchikan, left
for her home Saturday after a visit
with friends in Hyder, where she
formerly resided.
Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Jancowskl left
last Saturday for Vancouver.
Briny Gives Up
Diving Truck
Wfs Lying In Sixty Feet of Water
^taunting on either side the well
known Crawford slogan, “What
ever it Is, wherever it goes, we can
move it,” the coal truck which last
week fell to a watery grave from
thi Crawford dock, was towed
through the streets of Stewart on
Wednesday and deposited in the
Central garage.
The work of raising the truck
was no mean feat, as it was lying
In sixty feet of water. Several
times it was caught by the grap
pling hooks and partially raised,
on)y to slip back again when the
hoiks became disengaged. Finally
a secure hold was got on the front
axle, and the powerful steam hoist
onjlhe S.S. Anyox had no trouble
ln|liftlng the truck right back on
to {the wharf.
| The old model T Ford seems
no{ie the worse for iti unpre
meditated bath in the cold waters
of the canal. She will be given a
thorough overhauling, the salt
taken out of her cylinders and
carburetor, and in no time will be
back on the Job—moving things, no
matter what, no matter where. She
has had a long and varied career
and will be chugging faithfully
along long after the taste of salt
water In her lungs is but a dim
and distant memory.
W. M. Archibald, mine manager
for the Consolidated Mining and
3melting Co., and Duncan Mc
Vlchle, consulting engineer for the
Big Missouri Mining Co., arrived
yesterday and went up to the Big
Missouri mine.
Drove Tunnel
in Record Time
Pour Men Averaged 115 Feet Per
Month
Patsy Hogan, with his crew of
lard-rock miners, came down from
he Silver Tip on Monday after
completing a tunnelling contract
>n that property on which they
rave been engaged since the first
)f May.
In four and a half months, with
i crew of four, a total footage of
>15 feet was driven, an average of 1
rearly 115 feet per month. As 170 1
'eet of this was through a hard
juartz-porphyry which made diffi
cult hand drilling, the record made
vas an excellent one.
The tunnel was a continuation ,
>f the one started last season on .
he Bella Coola claim of the group,
vith the object of reaching the 1
Butte and Abbey zones. It is now ■
n 556 feet. A crosscut 55 feet in 1
ength was driven north from the 1
end of it towards the Butte zone. 1
rhis will have to be continued an- I
ether 85 feet through two quartz- '
jorphyry dykes and 20 feet of tuffs '
n order to reach a depth of 300 1
eet directly under the high-grade :
lilver shoot exposed at the surface '
>n this zone. 1
It will also be necessary to cross- :
cut about the same distance to the '
couth in order to explore the 1
Vbbey zone at depth.
In the crosscut numerous seams :
>f calcite were cut, some of which 1
contained a little lead, zinc and '
;rey copper. Pyrite is abundant in •
he tuffs, but carries only small •
ralues unless the other sulphides :
ire present.
i
Notice
.As a result of conditions ere- ;
ited by the death of Mrs. C. F. ;
iandfprd> the Herald finds i
Itself compelled to appear for 1
* short period in.the present 1
Form and somewhat devoid of
the usual news, interest.
The kind indulgence of pat* ;
cons is requested until such
time as publication in the usual 1
Form can he resumed.
--o
M. J. St. Clair, of the Georgia i
Hiver Mining Co. staff, returned :
yesterday from a trip outside. I
TOLMIE ASKS AID TO
BUILD YUKON ROAD
OTTAWA.—A grand plan for an
international highway extending
from the border of Mexico away
up through British Columbia to
the Yukon and Alaska was dis
cussed at an interview here today
between Premier Tolmle of British
Columbia and Hon. Charles Stew
art, minister of the interior. The
Provincial Glvernment is favorable
to the plan, but it is of great mag
nitude, and federal aid will be
necessary.
It is understood that Mr. Stewart
was preared to have the Dominion
build the Yukon part of it, but did
not commit himself on the other.
There are some 460 miles of new
road in British Columbia, and
about 125 miles in the Yukon re
quired to carry out the scheme.
The lure of American tourists to
the Land of the Midnight Sun in;
Canada, just as Sweden and Nor
way in like latitudes are the great
attraction of Europe, is the par
ticular object of the plan.
Premier Tolmle explained that
the highway would run from Ti
juana, Mexico, up the whole
Pacific Coast to the international
boundary of British Columbia,
connecting there with the roadway
to Kazelton, B. C., and afterwards
going on to connect with the
Yukon and Alaska systems. “It
would give United States people,”
he said, “ an opportunity of visit
ing Alaska by road through the
richest scenery in the world. It
would give Canadians access to the
Yukon without going through the
United States.
It is a very large enterprise," Mr.
Tolmle continued, "and our satis
factory talk today was necessarily
of a general or preliminary char
acter, but our Pacific Coast people
are deeply interested in this plan
and we are very hopeful of it
ultimately going through.”
rea Morris ana Dave aranam
returned Monday evening from a
prospecting trip to the headwaters
if the Unuk river. They had a
rough time on account of bad
weather, but saw some interesting
country. They went in by way of
ride Lake.
Barrie Blue left Saturday for
3eattle to re-enter the University
)f Washington.
Stewart Resident Died
Suddenly on Monday
Ernest Austin McDonald, son of
3ovemor Austin McDonald of
’rince Edward Island, and a resid
ent of Stewart for the past ten
fears, died suddenly at about ten
i’clock last Monday night, of I
eerebral hemorrhage, being strick- :
m as he was part way up the stairs
roing into the Marmot Hotel. He
vas heard to fall and assistance
vas immediately at hand, but by
he time the first man reached
lim he was beyond help. He was
veil and favorably known in the
llstrict,. and a large number of his
'riends attended the funeral which
vas held from the Catholic church
it two o’clock Thursday afternoon,
;he services being conducted by
lev. Father Leray. He was remem
>ered by many beautiful floral
offerings. Pallbearers were Jas.
McGillivray, Jack Cousin, John
McCormack, Hugh McDonald, Dan
McKenzie and Sam McPherson.
Deceased was bom in Montague,
?rince Edward Island, 48 years ago.
He is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
Dr. R. J. McDonald of Prince Ed
vard Island, Mrs. Bagnell of
irooklyn, N. Y., and Mrs. Stoltea
>f Battleboro, Vt.; and two broth
ers, Louis, of P. E. I., and Frank S.,
if Montreal. George I. McDonald
if Stewart is a nephew.
R. Fisher and L. Fisher, sons of
•'rank Fisher, superintendent of
,he Premier tram, left Saturday for
Seattle to enter college.
Col. and Mrs. Perkins arrived
’rom Seattle yesterday. Col. Perk
ns 4 well known here, being heav
ly interested in the Vancouver
(roup on American Creek.
DOING ASSESSMENT
WORK AT 6AYVII
Neglect of the Bayvlew property
by the company owning It has
been a source of wonder to local
residents, who can see the prom
inent vein outcrops from the
streets of the town, and this
wonder has been increased by
samples of the ore brought to town
this week by George Cameron, one
of the original owners, who put a
small crew to work last week.
Since this work started two
additional veins have been located
and traced out, making five known
veins that traverse this property.
Of these, two are parallel and at
least 1,000 feet apart and strike
practically north and south. These
veins all lie Just north of the main
contact between the coast range
granodiorite batholith and the
Bear River formation in which
occur the Premier and most of the
other prominent properties of this
section. One of the veins is on the
contact and is seven feet in width,
with IS inches of solid galena and
pyritic iron which carries values of
200 ounces of silver to the ton.
High Silver Content
The other north-south vein is
about 15 inches in width, is solid
galena mixed with grey copper,
and values run from 400 to 1000
ounces of silver to the ton.
The east-west veins have also
excellent showings, and taken as
a whole the Bayview is as pretty
a mining proposition as can be
found outdoors, but it has suffered
from long-distance management
or no management at all.
Large samples of the ore have
been added to the Stewart News
ore exhibit.
The Bayvlew group consists of 12
claims, seven of which are crown
granted. It is to perform the
annual assessments for the other
five that the work is now being
done.
Should be Shipping Ore
If the company had expended
the money it expended on the
Arlington property in the Slocan
district in putting in a short,
direct tram from he Bayview to
the Bear River wagon road, the
district would now have another
shipping mine. There is enough
ore opened up to keep a tram tun
ning, and with this accessory the
mine would belong to that class
containing very few members—a
grass-root proposition. .
MONTHLY REPORT OF
SEBAKWE MINE ISSUED
Work done at the Sebakwe and
District Mines, Ltd., during the
month of July, is given in the
regular report as follows:
“Sinking operations were com
pleted during the month, No. 1
shaft being deepened 29.5 feet, thus
putting the bottom 319 feet below
the sill of 4 level, or 169 feet below
the sill of 5 level.
“The country passed through was
all green porphyry. There has been
no change In the water situation.
"The cutting of the 6 level
chamber was completed during the
month. The sill floor of this new
level is 303 feet below the sill of
No. 4 level.
“601 crosscut was advanced 21.5
feet in a north-westerly direction
from the shaft. The country passed
through was all green porphyry.
“602 crosscut was advanced 17.5
feet in a southerly direction from
the shaft. The country passed
through was all green porphyry.
“During the month, a total of
112.5 feet of work was done; this
Included 29.5 feet of sinking, and
the equivalent of 831 of croscutting
and drifting."
Old Timer Visits
Edward Q. Brown, one of the
real old-timers of the district,
having landed here with a row
boat in 1903, arrived Saturday and
Is now looking at some properties
up American Creek. He still has
various holdings in this camp, in
cluding a bond on the “Ankh”
property near Georgia River, and
Is also Interested in the Babine
section.