The Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
and Hyder is the Gateway in
Con -quenceof Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDES ALASKA MIMES
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 1. NO. 43.
HYDER, Alaska, August 25. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Fish Creek Co.
Has Good Ore
While most of the interest tc
thite has centered on mining oper
gtions on the Canadian side of the
tiue, because of the facts that prop
erties there were the first to be lo
cated in the district and have, in
consequence, been more thoroughly
developed and more widely adver
tised, owners of property on the Al
aska side have been doing a large
amount of work this season, and
when a resume of the year’s opeea
tions is made it will furnish a plea
sant surprise to dwellera in the
Territory,
One of the most highly developed
Alaskan pioperties in this district
to date is that owned by the Fish
Creek Mining Co. of Seattle. The
company have a group of 17 claims
on Fish creek and have done 1,000
feet of development work, opening
up four veins which are true fiss
ures, cutting through granite and
porphyry. Two new yeina wer*
discovered this season and eurface
work is being done upoa them, strip
ping and crosscutting, and about
100 feet of additional tunnel is also
being dirven.
The main tunnel, on the Olympia
claim, is in 240 feet, and is being
driven on the ore. Fifteen inches
in the bottom of the drift assays
$16.80 in gold and 598.40 ounces in
.silver, and about 50 tons of this high
grade has been sacked ready foe
shipment. W. R, Tonkin, president
of the company, says that with the
construction of two miles of wagon
road connecting with the Salmon
valley road, the property could ship
regularly. Mr. Tonkin has been
here most of the summer personal
ly supervising the work and will
continue development until late lp
the fall, and possibly all wipter.
However, ore storage is difficult
and the high grade should be ship,
ped as it is extracted,
Some work is being done this
season upon the Starbocd vein and
some on the Nevada, and open cut-f
ting is being done on the Montreal
and Mountain View. A new vein
on the Single Rose is being opened
up, and four feet of galena has been
crosscut on the Olympia Extension.
The veins in this series vary from
18 inches to four feet in width.
The Fish Creek Mining Co. is a
Seattle corporation, registered in
Alaska. Mr. Tonkin Is president,
as before mentioned, and J.A. Hall,
president of the Hyder Townaite
and Improvement Co. and the Sal
mop River Bank, is secretary. Mr.
Tonkin is an oldtimer in the dis
trict, being associated with W. G,
Tanner in the ownership of the Bear
River Mining Co., and with Senator
John Ronan in the Anaconda group
adjoining the Forty Nine,
Big Missouri
Presenting
Conundrum
The camp is indulging in consid.
erdWe speculation as to the out
come at the Big Missouri from
which the diamond drills have been
taken and development work dis
continued. The property is under
bond to the Pacific Coast Explora.
lion Co„ of which Sir Donald Mann
is the head, and it is reported that
a heavy payment is due Sept 1.
Opinion is about equally divided ag i
to whether the company propose to
throw up the bond or whether they ,
are bluffing for an extension of time, i
Ot-e thin:' is certain, that from 1
the maga the surface show
ing, which covers practically the i
whole of the 18 claims in the group i
the amount of work done is entire. <
ly inadequate to enable anyone to
form the slightest opinion as to the •
real value of the property.
Meanwhile it is rumored that <
ether interests are waiting and anx
ious for the bond to expire so that ,
they can secure a chance at the \
ro perty, l
PERSONAL AI
Meet me at the Mecca.
Joe Connors has gone to Ketchikan.
Eddie Krause went to Juneau Satur
day.
Vernon Evans and family have gone t<
Ketchikan.
J.lt.McDonell has returned from a tri|
to Victoria.
Nine work horses arrived Sunday foi
the Premier.
Angus McKenzie came down from the
Bush Saturday.
George Westinan is a recent arriva
from Ketchikan.
Frank Rogers has returned to his otd
home in Nenana. _
All the creeks running into the oanal
are full of salmon.
H.P,Gibson, “mayor" of Stewart, paid
Hyder a visit Monday.
P.A.Jenns has taken charge of the
Hercules essay department.
Fresh tobaoco always on hand at the
Hotel Stewart tobaoco stand.
Mrs. A.S.McFadden, proprietress of
the Beach Hotel, has gone to Petersburg,
T.D, Smith’s interest In the Silver Grill
has been purchased by his former part
ner. Chas. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs, H-C.Shough were up Tues.
day from their mining property about 18
tnllea down the canal,
The government tractor has broken
down and Wm. Thornton hag gone to
Ketchikan for new parts,
Ernie Behlin?, who spent last winter
tiera and has been on the Prince of Wales
ill summer, says be is coming hack to
itay,
S.M.Newton, editor of tlie Prince Ru
pert Daily Empire and ox-mgyur of the
:ity. has bean visiting the camp this
negk,
There ig a good crop of huckleberries
»nd high-bush cranberries this year and
flyder housewives are busy picking and
reserving them,
Canadian currency bought, drafts drawn
ip Canadian banks payable in Canadian
unds, gold at current rates. Salmon
liver Banking Company,
H, B.Price, a director <jf the Premier
iold Mining Company, arrived Sunday
rom New York, Mr, Price is also ipter
sied in the Forty Nine,
W H Nattress, rgute agent for the Cam
idian Express Co., with headquarters at
idmontqp, was in Sunday looking after
he express requirements qf Stewart.
Wm- lrwin> formerly foreman at the
’render, returned Sunday from a trip
utside which took him as far south as
-os Angeles, and has gone up tq tuu mine
sTD PERTINENT
The Mecca has purchased Bobby Tay
lor’s stock of goods in the Beach Hotel
cigar stand, and Bobby has gone to Juneau
Axel Johnson came down Sunday from
, the L. L. and H. up Hitter creek, lie
says the property has a wonderful ore
showing, and that it is a fine place to
' work.
Chas. Barnes, who opened Cunning
ham's store in Hazelton 88 years ago, has
been in town this week in the interests
of Resources, a Prince Rupert monthly
publication.
Wm, Tonkin Jr, who has been spending
the summer with his father at the S’ish
Creek Mining Company’s camp, has re.
turned to Seattle for the opening of the
school term.
Scotty Patterson’s Buster and Harry
Raid's Dick are having the time of their
lives catching salmi-n in the creek which
flows through town. Both dogi are be
coming expert at landing the big fis'i
Apdy Archie of Htewart fell and broke
a leg Tuesday at the Prince John prop
erty up Bear river. He was prospecting
around a cliff and slipped, A party went
out and brought hifU to the Stewart hos^
pita!.
John Moore, an oldtimar of Dawson and
Fairbanks, arrived this week from the
Dease lake oounfry where he has been
dping some prospecting for placer, He
says there is not much mining being done
In that district this season.
The Prinpe of Wales oame In *tyesday
with seven passengers and seven ton* of
freight- Captain Neill made the trip for
the first time Ip several weeks, having
been on a visit to Seattle. He says it Is
pot likely that the boat will maka anoth*
fr trip this season op this run.
Mr. and Mrs, W.H.Lovelace came in on
the Prince of Wales Tuesday, having
grossed the range from Anyox and caught
the boat at Swamp Point, Mr. Lovelace
|s connected with the Dqminion telegraph
service and is inspecting the lines. They
had a hard mush over the mountains,
Change Program
On B. C. Silver
The diamond drills havi been
pulled from the g. C, Silver and
Stored, it ia unofficially stated, for
thereaBon that they have not suf*
ficient depth capacity to accomplish
the work desired, It s said that
hand work wifi continue however
throughout the winter.
Mobile Group
Shows Good Ore
Work is progressing op the Mo
bile group of six claim?, adjoining
the Portland Capal group up Bear
river and owned by H.P.Gibson aqd
associates. Some fine looking ore
is being brought down from a 12
foot lead which ia one of three leads
showing on the property. The ore
is steel galena and oocurs beneath
an iron capping.
Government
Officials Here
John F. Coffey, assistant United
States attorney stationed at Ketch
ikan, and N.H.Castle, special agent
in charge of investigation for the
Bureau of Justice, with headquar
ters in Juneau, spent two days in
camp this week, and before leaving
expressed themselves as highly
pleased with conditions here and
the potential possibilities of Hydef
becoming a thriving city. Both are
pioneer Alaskans and met many of
their northern friends here.
Summit Lake
Showings
Dr. W.T.Hoyes came down from
the head of the Salmon valley Fri
lay night, accompanied by Pat
.vIcBride, with whom he is associa
ted in the ownership of the Invinci
ble group at the northern end of
Summit lake. He expressed him
self as more than pleased with his
visit here, and especially with the
mineral showings which he exam
ined. He went north as far as Tide
lake and returned from there to
Hyde* in one day, carrying a pack
through to Fieven-mile, which is
going some, even for a hardened
musher
Dr, Hayes made an examination
for Dr MoKechnie of Vancouver,
of the Mother Lode group, located
across the glacier from the Forty
Nine and purchased by Dr. Me
Kechnie hist winter from A.W, BaU
zimer. and speaks highly of the
property. He brought down a sack
of samples showing galena and iron
pyrites whioh h® took from a lead
30 feet wide, which is only one of
five leads showing on the property.
There have also been five leads
uncovered on the Invincible group
of three claims, and these were thor- ,
oughly sampled, One of the sam- ,
pies, taken from a two-foot lead,
shows galena and carbonates, ap. 1
parently of shipping grade. One 1
lead 16 feat in width shows princi- '
pally iron capping, but with some <
very good massive chalchopyrite, ,
and another 30 feet wide is very (
much the same in chaaacter. On
another lead only the fqotwall is ‘
exposed, with six feet in sight of s
Steel galena and quartz, There are
six stringers cutting into this lead,
averaging two feet in thickness and
aJl carrying mineral, principally ga
lena. A new lead was found which
a bear uncovered while digging for
groundhogs in a slide. i
Dr. Hoyes says that if the Texas
creek trail were completed it would
be possible to reach the claims from
the Hercules north by a much eas
ier route than that now traveled.
The new route would take straight
up the Salmon glacier, which is
comparatively smooth and with a
gentle slope all the way from the
boundary. The distance from Hy
der to the Hercules is about twenty
ntiles, and from there to the Invin
cible about seven miles.
Listening to
Ketchikan
Everything Is ready for testing
out the wireless except cofinectift^
up with the Alaskan Hotel electric
plant, end this will be done immed=
iately, the gas engine whjeh wag
shipped from Seattle August 12 not
having arrived. The masts, 100 feet
n height, are set and the antennae
itnjng, and Emery H, I, Lee, the ra«
110 engineer who is installing the
)lant, can receive messages, In
act he has been listening in on Ket.
ihikan since last Sunday by means
>f a wire which he strung from the
oof of the office, Catching message
is by this crude method removes
111 doubt as to the efficiency of the
ystem when completed,
RESIDENCE FOR SALE—Hyde*
’ownsite ami Improvement Company.
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