LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged list
of active and semi-active min
ing organizations operating in
the Portland Canal Mining Dis
trict.
Note: In compiling the following in
dex of local mining concerns the
publishers have been unable in some
instances to secure much desired in
formation; owing principally to in
ability to locate the office address
es of various companies. As a result,
the list fails to include titles or
other data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list as fist
as the necessary information can be
secured.
Companies not represented in the
listing are requested to advise this of
fice.
Adanac Mines Company of Alaska:
Cap. $750,000, Bar $1.00; properties
Fish Oreek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear R. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining & Milling Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par $1.00; properties Fish
Cr. Hyder district. American reg.
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
Cap. $5,000,000, no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines, ine., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Amer.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000. par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadlan Consolidated Mining
Co. Ltd: prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Atlas Gold-Copper Company, Inc.: I
Cap. and reserves $1,200,000, par $1;
prop. Bear River dist: Can.
Bayview Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $3,-]
000,000, par .25; prop. Bear River
district. Con.
British-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.: i
Cap, $1,500,000. par $1; prop. Salmon |
district. Controlled by Selukwe Cold j
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
B. C. Bonanza Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
600,000 units, par $10; prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bear Valley Mines, Ltd: prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bimetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15,000!
units par $10; prop. Marmot R. dis
trict. Can.
Big Missouri Mining Co.: Cap. $5,000, j
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist. :
Amer. (Controlled by Buena Vista !
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,-:
500,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dis
trict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
Metals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Black Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.
Bridgeport Syndicate: Cap. 20,000 un
its, par $10; prop. Salmon R. Hyder i
district. American.
British Dominion Mining Co., Ltd.: !
Prop. Salmon R. Dist. Can. (Controll
ed by Natioual Silver Mines. Ltd. ) j
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,- ;
000, par $1; prop. Salmon U. district;
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co. )i
Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $6,000,000, par .50; prop. Salmon j
R. dist. Can.
Butte-Hyder Mining Co., Inc. Cap. $1,
000,000, par $1; American.
Cassiar Gold Mines, Ltd.: Properties ,
Salmon R. district. Canadian.
Century Mines, Incorporated: Cap.
$6,000,000, no par val., prop. Salmon
it., Hyder dist. American.
Chief Metals Mining Co.: Property
Salmon R. dist. Amer.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Copper
Co., Bear R. dist.; Buena Vista Min
ing Co., Salmon R. dist. Can.
Commonwealth Milling Co.: Prop.
Cascade River. American.
Crest Consolidated Gold Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $2,000,000. par .50; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder dist. Can.
Dalhou3ie Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can.
Dandy-Star Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Daly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R., Hyder
district. Amer.
Dunwell Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Emperor Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,500,000,
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Extenuate Gold Mines, Ltd.: Prop.
Salmon R. dist. Cun.
Forty-Nine Mining Co. Prop. Salmon
R. district. Can.
George-Enterprise Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
George Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1. prop. Bear U.
dist. Can.
Georgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$3,000,000, par $1; prop. Georgia It.
Can.
Glacier Girl Mining Co., Ltd.: prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by Mar
mot Metals Co.)
Gold Standard Mining Co., Ltd: Cap.
$3.0000,000. par .25; prop. Texas
Creek, Hyder dist. Amer.
Hyder Lead Mines Inc.: Cap. $2,
60H.000 par $1; prop. Texas Creek,
Hyder dist. Can. (Controlled by
Amalgamated Mines, Inc.)
Independence Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $3,500,000, par $1; prop. Bear H.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3.000,000,.
par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
International Metals Exploration Co.,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot It. dist. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .25; prop. Bear R.
(list. Can.
Lakevlew Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000,
par ..25; prop. Bear R. dlst. Can.
Last Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dlst. Can.
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par .50; prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate, Glacier Girl Mining Co., Black
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot R.
(list. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15.000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. dist. Amer.
Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. ?5,000, 000, par $1; Marmot R.
dist. Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
Prop. Marmot dist. Can.
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
M. C. Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
units, par $5.00; prop. Marmot R. dist.
Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Kish Cr. Hy
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Georgia R. dist. Can.
Ninety-Six Mining Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; American.
North Country Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$2,000,000 par $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot dlst. Can.
Northern Light Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
000,000 par $1; prop. Salmon R. dlst.
Can.
Northern Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dlst. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Canadian.
(Jutland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
31.500.000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Amor.
Pat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd.: Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. dist. Can.
Pedro-Georgla River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd. Cap.
32.000. 000, par .50; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Cun. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $2,500,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder dist. Can. (Also is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Go'd Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$5,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600,
000, par .20; prop. Barney’s Gulch,
Boar R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $2,000,00, par $1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlling Independence
Mining Co.)
Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$350,000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Rufus-Argenta Mines, Ltd.:Cap. $3,000.
000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal
mon U. dist. British.
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $500,000,
par $1; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist.
(Controlled by Premier Gold Mining
Co.) Can.
Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Salmon R. dist,
Can.
Silver Bell Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Mt. Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Range Consolidated Mines,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dlst. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Rainey,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr.,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; prop.
Glacier Cr., Bear R. dist. Can.
Terminus Mines, Ltd.: Cap $1,000,000,
par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
dist. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500,
000, par $1; prop. Pish Cr., Hyder dlst.
A mer.
United Empire Gold & Silver Mining
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Ameri
can Cr. Bear R. dist. Can.
White River Placer Syndicate: Cap.
20.000 uni ts, par $5; prop. Nass R.
dist. Can,
Wuodbine Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $5,000,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon ft. dlst. Can.
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Geology of Ryder and Vicinity
By Prof. A. F. Buddington
Department of Geology, Princeton'University
FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 807
Seventh Installment
H&zelton group (continued)
A tuffaceous graywacke for
mation, which very locally is
conglomeratic, appears to ov
erlie the greenstone on the
American side and to occupy
a position stratigraphically
similar to that of the Salmon
River conglomerate of British
Columbia.
Schifield and Hanson describe
their Nass formation as consist
ing “mainly of argellites which
in many places, especially near
the Coast Range batholith,
show a slaty cleavage. Beds of
sandstone and fine conglomer
ate occur here and there
through the formation.” Fos
sils of probable Jurassic age
are found near the base of the
formation. It seems probable
that the slate and fine quartzit
ic beds of Mineral Hill and the
slate and argillite of the region
near the head of the West Fork
and Chickamin Glacier ai’e the
equivalent of the Nass format
ion of British Columbia.
The slate in the American
part of the Salmon River Basin
is so completely infolded and
interbedded with garywacke
that the writer was unable to
map the beds separately with
out further and more detailed
work. the graywacke and
slate are therefore mapped and
treated together in this report. I
In the absence of fossils and
the lack of exact knowledge as
to the structural relations it is
not known whether the gray
wacke should be grouped as a
separate formation, or wheth
er it is the equivalent of one or
more of the formations found
on the Canadian side. The ev
idence at hand seems to indi
cate that the graywacke for
mation is not the equivalent of
the Bear River formation but
overlies it and that the gray
wacke is in turn overlain by a
formation characterized by
slaty argillite.
.. Greenstone and Associated ..
Rocks
East of Salmon River, along
the international boundary,
norHi of the Mountainview
property, there is a belt of
lock consisting predominantly
of more or less schistose green
stone. The dominant type is a
soft green and gray fine-grain
chloride rock of indeterminate
origin. With it are associated
locally bands of thin-bedded
dark slate with layers of
quartzite or graywacke. On
the slope of Bear River Ridge,
just west of the international
boundary and east of the Titan
property, between altitudes
4,500 and 4,750 feet, there is a
bed of coarse purplish to
green-gray andesitic volcanic |
breccia several hundred feet1
thick, striking a little west of.
north and dipping steeply west.
Tuff, clearly recognizable as
such, both in the field and with
the microscope, is also found
in the vicinity. Large boulders
of the breccia are abundant
along the lower slopes of the
mountains. Rarely^ a bed is
found that consists of angular
fragments of greenstone in a
matrix of slate. This format
ion continues north across the
international boundary into
and Hanson describe it as lof
lows:
This group of rocks is almost
entirely of volcanic origin, and
the name “greenstone” com
monly applied to it is suitable
in a general way. The lower
members are largely fragment
al rocks of agglomerate char
acter. Their constituent frag
ments are angular purple and
green masses of andesite in an
andesitic matrix. They vary in
size from minute particles to
pieces a foot or more across. In
thin section they show pheno
crysts of a plagioclase, * * *
probably an andesine, scat
tered through a highly altered
matrix in which hornblende
and plagioclase are the main
constituents. The rock is high
ly altered, and many secondary
minerals, such as calcite, epi
dote, and chlorite, are present
***** The agglomer
ates are overlain by fine
grained tuffs that form the up
per part of the Bear River for
mation. The tuffs are massive
in appearance and, as a rule,
green, but purple bands occur
at irregular intervals in the
green. * * * * Under the
microscope the rock is seen to
be highly sheared and altered.
The minerals are chiefly sec
ondary and consist of sericite,
calcite, chlorite, quartz, al-;
tered plagioclase, rutile, py-I
rite, and leucoxene.
Westgate thus describes the j
greenstone on the American
side:
Throughout most of the area
* * * * the greenstone is
a gray or green fine-grained
soft calcerous rock, indistinct
ly banded and speckled with
minute grains of pyrite. Thin
sections show aggregates of
quartz, calcite, sericite, chlor
ite, and feldspar, and usually :
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PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
pyrite and leucoxene or gam
ular titanite. The micas are
not abundant enough to give a
foliation. The rock is rather
uniform overconsiderableareas
and ordinarily does not show
any structure in the outcrop.
Neither in the outcrop nor in
the thin section is the original
character of the rock to be
seen. A real variability in
some thin sections suggests a
tuff. There is nothing to sug
gest sedimentary origin. The
uniformity of the rock and its
mineral character indicate that
it is probably either an altered
tuff or lava.. *. * * * As it is
difficult to destroy the struct
ure of a porphyry completely,
the general absence of any re
cognizable porphyritic struct
ure in the greenstone is taken
to mean that most of them are
tuffs.
Graywacke-Slate Division
The grayvvacke-slaty argill
ite division of the Hazelton
group occupies most of the
country along the upper part
of the West Fork and around
Chickamin Glacier and its
branches. It forms the roof
over the Texas Creek batho
lith, which here plunges to the
west. The mountain ridges
are usually composed of the
graywacke-slate series, but the
valleys at many places have
been cut below the roof of the
batholith and into the underly
ing quartz diorite, so that the
lower part of the slopes and
the valleys usually expose the
Texas Creek batholithic igne
ous rock. Near the contact
with the batholith there are
dikes of granodiorite porphy
ry in the sediments, and within
500 feet of the contact aplite
dikes are common. Dikes of
pink to white granodiorite por
phyry that are offshoots from
the Ilyder quartz monzonite
and the Boundary granodiorite
are common at most places
throughout the bedded rocks
and the Texas Creek batholith.
Continued Next Week
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