v T ' • Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
a'nd Hydei is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
1, the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDER
MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 3. NO. 25.
HYDER, Alaska, May 31. 1922
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
GMT SHOWING
ACROSS THE DIVIDE
G. D. B. Turner, mining engineer
o' Ne w York City and Victoria,
has taken an option and bond upon
tne Del Norte and Del Norte Exten
s-oii groups, comprising twelve ad
joining claims, situated on Porter
creek, a tributary of White river,
which heads across the range from
the head of Marmot river and emp
ties into Naas river. The property
is owned by Homer Ficklin, the or
iginal locator of the property, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Green of Hyder.
Mr. Turner, who represents large
financial interests in New York, ar
rived on the Prince Ilupert Sunday
find left yesterday for the Indian
mine with R. L. Clothier, the sup
erintendent, Mr. Turner,s princi
pals acquired control of the Indian
last winter and the property has
been under development since the
latter part oi March. Mr. Ficklin
leaves tomorrow for the Del Norte
to learn conditions as to the possi
bilities of taking horses in to the
property, and after his return Mr.
Turner will go in and make a thor
ough examination.
The Del Norte has been known
for years to carry one of the best
surface showings of ore in thispait
of the country. An immense min
eralizeu body is easily traced from
the creek to near the summit of the
mountain, a distance of 4,500 feet.
Tliis zone is split laterally by a
greenstone dyke, apparently mak
ing two lodes, though they hre un
doubtedly closely related. The
width of the minsral-bearing zone
is at least 200 feet, with the con
tacts on both walls clearly defined,
the formation on the west being
tire Bear river formation, described
b> McConnell, and on the east the
Naas river argillites. Ttje strike of
the zone is roughly northwest and
southeast, with an apparent dip to
the east.
Mr. Ftcklin has secured numer
ous assays from the property, 24
samples yielding an average value
of $40.80 in gold and silver. These
samples were from a portion of the
lode carrying antimouial silver and j
gold. In addition, he has sampled ■
across 80 feet showing little min
eralization txcept fine-grained iron j
pyrites, and obtained from $12 to:
$18 in gold. This appears to be '
I
a iar ;e cyaniding proposition.
Ti c entry of-Mr. Iurner and as-'
b -ciates into this section will mean :
much for the exploitation of other
properties and the extei sion of the
mineral area now considered avail
able fir operators.
Pure, clear, spring-wat . r ICE!!
Order from Potts or Traversy, j
Tomorrow night, June 1, is
the . date for the regular
monthly meeting of the Hy
| der Commercial Association.
| a p, rjfSals
. SETTLE LOCATION
OF HYDER DOCK
Concrete action has at last been
taken on the construction of a dock
in Hyder. Last Wednesday night
C.W. Cheatham, senior highway
engineer for the Bureau of Public
Roads, and L. F. Vaile, supervisor
of roads within the Tongass nation
al forest, arrived on the Carmen
and put in the week preparing plans
for the dock approach and the river
protection project. They leave in
the morning for Juneau, where es
timates will be prepared and bids
called for the construciion which, it
is anticipated, will commence soon
after July 1.
Meanwhile, Lee Balch and Fred
Dorey, who will build the dock,
have notified Chris Sorenson of Ket
chikan, who has the contract for
piling and capping, and he is ex
pected to arrive within a week to
start the work.
The approach will extend from
the end of Premier avenue straight
out to deep water, a distance of
abjut 2600 feet.
FISH GREEK PRESIDENT
AGAIN ON THE GROUND
W. R. Tonkin, president and gen
eral manager of the Fish Creek Min
ing Company, arrived Sunday from
Seattle and will spend considerable
time on the property. Asked about
the development program for this
year, Mr. Tonkin replied that he
will continue the policy of employ
ing as many men on the work as
conditions would warrant, and that
the finances of the company are in
good condition. As to the report
that the Thane—Jackson interests
had secured control of the Fish
Creek company, he said that while
they h d bought a large block of
stock, the company as originally
constituted is still in control.
FIND FIE FREE MILLING
Jens Peterson and Jack Webster
have returned from Cleveland pen
insula, where they did some work
on a group of claims discovered
last fall. They have an immense
showing of free milling quartz, in
some of which the gold is plainly
visible, and are sanguine of opening
up a rival of the Treadwell, being
in the same geological belt, and
having similar surface showings.
Fine business snap. One-half interest
in Bitter Creek roadhouse, Ask Joe Green
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Meet me at the North Star.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the North Star
Mrs. Dale L. Pitt rode down from the
Premier Monday.
W. R. Reid left Sunday on a short bus
iness trip to Rupert.
A. A. Frazer left on the Prince Rupert
for a business trip to Seattle.
Ole Olsen returned on the Prince Ru
pert from a business trip to Rupert.
Father Rivet, who has been in camp
for a week, returned Sunday to Rupert.
T. J. Shenton, mine inspector for nor
thern British Columbia, arrived on the
Prince Rupert.
F. F. Folsom, formerly in ths_teaming
business here, returned on the Prince Ru
pert from Seattle.
Bert Frisbee, who has been with the
Premier for some time, left Sunday for
the Yukon country.
Jack Fitzgerald and Bill Williams left
Monday for the Independence to do some
more development work.
Harold Bong, for many months a mem
ber of the Premier office staff, left on the j
Prince Rupert for Seattle.
Oren F. Hill killed a bear Sunday but
did not get the hide, as the animal fell
onto an inaccessible ledge.
The freighter Anyox arrived last eve
ning and is loading Premier high-grade
ore for the Tacoma smelter.
There is to be a dance in the Ocean
View on the night of June 9 tor the ben
efit of the Stewart hospital.
The Carmen arrived from Ketchikan :
at 4 o’clock this morning and left on--the
return trip at 6 this evening,
James Wickersham, famous Alaskan 1
jurist and politician, was in camp today j
during the stay of the Carmen.
D. McPherson and K. Mclnuis, hard
rock miners, arrived Sunday from Anyox.
They are oldtimers of the Kootenays.
The Vlarmion arrived from Anyox last
Saturday and loaded 300 tons of Premier
second-grade ore for the Granby smelter.
P. C, Beaudreau, who has been fishihg
for tha past six weeks on the Naas, came
up Saturday for a short visit with his
family.
A. M, Durback, the Los Angeles mining
engineer, went up Monday with John
Hovland to look at the latter’s property 1
on Fish creek.
Harry Tanner, superintendent of the
Fish Creek Mining Company's property,
and Bert Edmonds, came down from the j
camp Saturday.
Bob Cameron and Al Sweeny came!
down Sunday from the Fish Creek Min
ing Company’s camp to have their B. C.
miner's licenses renewed.
Last Sunday Charlie Lund shot a mon
ster black bear across the river from Hy-1
der. The skin measures seven feet from
tip to tip and is exceptionally well furred
Dan J. Hickey of Tacoma and Ed Mc
Donald of Vancouver arrived on the Prince
Rupert and have gone down the canal
with Emil Davis to examine the Com
monwealth.
Pat Daly and Eddie Hambleton, with
a crew of eight men including Charlie
Knipple, who is to be foreman, left Mon
day for the Daly Alaska to start devel
opment work.
Chas. Bishop, who has been a press
man on the !few York Times, arrived
Sunday and intends spending the sum- |
mer in the district. He became acquaint
ed with Benny Erickson and wife in the .
metropolis and came wed with them
Captain J. Brown, a veteran of the
■ world war and holder of the military
I medal with bar, arrived from Rupert this
week in a small rowboat. He was five
days making the trip.
Wm. McGrew, superintendent of the
I Alaska Premier, came cown Saturday fcr
j the mail. He. says the crew have put the
j camp in shape and started development
on tfie ore showings.
I>an Lindeborg returned on the Prince
Rupett from Vancouver where he spent
most of the Winter. While outside he
wa5 successful in making dea)$ on the
Big Missouri and Riverside groups.
Yesterday was Decoration I>ay, a holi
day which in the eastern states ranks
second only with the Fourth of July. In
Hyder the day was observed by Customs
Collector Stivers, who flew his flag at
half mast
Homer Ficklin and Angus Kennedy re
turned Monday from a successful trap
ping expedition to the Meziadin lake sec
tion. They overstayed their grub limit
and lived 12 days on beaver meat with
no trimmings.
Howard I). Cameron, managing engi- j
neer for the Silverado, left on the Prince
ltupert for Rupert and Terrace. He is :
supervising oil well drilling operations at
the latter place for Captain Jas. Ander
son and associates.
J. u. otenbraten, “Mampede John," re
turned Sunday after having visited The
Pas and Cedar creek districts. He says
the Portland Canal section looks better to
him every time he gets away and sizes
Up other mining sections.
All British Columbia miners' licenses ;
expire at midnight tonight. Last year !
Mining Recorder Scarlett kept his office
open until that hour for the benefit of
belated applicants for renewals, and it is
expected that this practice will again be
followed.
II. A. Guess, vice president of the Am- ;
erican Smelting and Refining Company
and managing director of the Premier I
Gold Mining Company and A. B. Trites,
one of the heaviest shareholders in the '
Premier, left on the Prince Rupert after !
spending a week at the mine.
Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Erickson returned !
Sunday after spending the winter in the |
States, Last fall they went east, and
Mr. Erickson underwent an operation for
cancer which was entirely successful.
They expect to spend the summer on
their mining properties up Bear river
Wm. Sloan, assayer and -mill expert,
who is an oldtimer in This district, as
well as at Anyox and Alice Ann, arrived !
on the Marmion Saturday and went up
to the Daly Alaska Monday to look into
the requirements of that property when
the milling stage shall have been reached
John and James McNeill, known local
ly as the “Millionaire Prospectors,” who
own considerable mining property in the i
Bear rive.- basin, returned on the Prince
Kupert from Vancouver, where they spent j
the winter They brought along a team
and buckboard to take supplies to their j
camps.
Jim Bovard returned Sunday from a
trip to the Cedar creek district in the I
Cariboo country, where a snow stampede
was star ed early in the winter. He says \
there is nothing there to interest any old
sourdough who has taken part in real
placer excitements. Tne chechacos there
are making a living by stealing one an
other*’ outfits.
For quick action. House and lot in
best residential section at snap price. If
you w.mt a little home ask Joe Green
ibout !his light away as sueh a snap
need not go begging.
Edward G. Mrrrissey, editor of
the Ketchikan Chronicle, has been
appointed United States Commis
j sinner to succeed Commissioner
| Fox. The words of the well-known
j Shakespeare seem appropriate:
i “Alas, Poor Yorick!”
PfiOTECTllir
TOWN HIST
At a public meeting held last
Monday night in Pioneer hall plans
were laid for protecting the river
bank to prevent further damage to
the town from floods, C. W. Cheat
ham and L. F. Vaile, of the Bureau
of Public Roads, and T. H. Evans,
local road foreman, were present,
and the first named outlined the
government’s position in regard to
the project, which is that of build
ing two wing dams, approximately
400 and 600 feet in length, which
wiil provide protection from the
rock cut to the old sawmill site, and
the citizens are to provide the nec
essary protection below that point.
Jas. S. Pitcher, Lee Balch and
Ed Snider were elected as a com
mittee to take charge of the work
and raise funds, and are already on
the job, with sufficient money in
the bank for present requirements.
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND
SAID TO BE COMING
According to a report emanating
from Stewart, the entry of John
Hay* Hammond into this district is
forecasted by a deal said to have
been made on the Prince John
group whereby Mr. Hammond- has
acquired the property from the
owners, Jas. Nesbitt, Andy Archie
and Wm. Irwin.
John Hays Hammond is accred
ited with being the leading mining
engineer of the world. He was a
classmate of C. A. Mackenzie, prin
cipal owner of the M. C. group, lo
cated not far from the Prince John,
and it is said to be through Mr,
Mackenzie's representations that
Mr. Hammond became interested
in the latter property. Last March
Mr. Mackenzie came up from Vic
toria and secured an option to pur
chase the Prince John.
Mrs. Helen Bell, of the Style Shop, re
turned on the Prince Kupert, Sunday,
accompanied by Mrs. Elmo Smith of Se
attle. They have just returned from an
extensive buying trip east, and will have
on display one of the most up-to-date
and complete ladies' ready-wear stocks
ever seen here. They wish to extend to
the ladies of Stewart and Hyder a cor
dial invitation to call and inspect the
new stock. -
Don't go home hungry. Get a lunch at
the Ocean View.
One-half interest in a lot on Premier
avenve, Lindeborg addition, for sale for
one-half the original cost Ask Joe Green
OFF STEWJRT STMS
Hyder turned the tables on Stew
art Sunday and took ample revenge
for their defeat of the 24th by wal
loping the Canucks to the tune of
13 to 8. The trick was turned on
the home grounds in ideal baseball
weather, Old Sol making a regular
feller out of himself and shooting
down rays that would fry an egg
on a rock—maybe two eggs. The
play was much snappier than the
score implies, the visitors scrapping
all the way and gathering in half
of their runs in the last half of the
7th, which was as far as the game
went. Hyder piled up a lead of 4
in the first-frame and blanked Stew
art, which was a peach of a lead
for a seven-inning game.
A feature of the game was the
discouraging (to them) regularity
with which Bill Raines, the Hydei
catcher, pegged out the Stewart
runners at 2nd. Following the
time-honored custom of bush-leag
uers to run from 1st on the first
pitched ball, they simply found
Ray Carrol waiting at 2nd to tap
them enthusiastically with the ball
while His Umps politely waved
toward the bench. Many tried this
steal, but none got away with it.
O'Neill for Hyder and Smithferin
gale for Stewart both pitched classy
ball for the start of the season, but
the former had the stronger sup
port. Big Hearted Eddie Harn
bleton umpired the home plate and
Hew To The Line Joe Green bossed
the field. Thejine-up was as fol
lows:
Stewart
Hyder
Graham s s
Carrol 2 b
A. O’Neill 1 f
Raines c
Fry 3 b
Blanton 1 b
E. O’Neill p
Tyler c. f
Smith r f
Score
McDonald 1 b
Maloy c f
Wigley 2 b
L. Benson 3 b
Gray s s
Crawford c
Pat Benson r f
Smitheringaie p
St. Clair 1 t
By Innings
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Hyder 4 0 2 2 0 ;> 2-13
Stewart 0 0 3 1 0)4 -6
For Rent-Business lot < Interna
tional Avenne, Lindeborg Adi’, lion, $10
a month or will arrange terms Address
XX, care Miner.
Lawrence. Watchmaker.
Russian steam baths $1. II. J. Scott.
For sale, lease or rent. Lot No. 11, Block
No. 6. and Lot No. 18, Block No. 4, Linde
borg Townsite. For information address
VV. H. Thwaits, P. 0. Box 2132, Portland,
Oregon.
Roadhouse for sale at a bargain. Ash
Joe Green.
Rainier draft on ice. Hotel Hyder.
Shoe shine stand, Alaskan’llotel, Rube
Miller. Professional bath rubber.