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VOL 5, NO. 33
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 25,1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEBAKWE REPORT
GIVES GEMS OF
1928 DEVELOPMENT
The annual report of the So
bakwe and District Mines on
its local activities north of the
B. C. Silver, contains the fol
lowing interesting details of
development operations up to
March 1 of the present year.
During the year the main
drift, No. 432, fourth level,
which was being driven in a
general northeasterly direct
ion on the orezone, was con
tinued 65 feet to 2,226 feet
from the main crosscut, where
the ore was first encountered.
An additional 200 feet of cross
cutting was also done on this
level toward the face of 432
drift. The report says no val
ues were encountered in this
work, which may be useful lat
er for underground diamond
drilling. The two compart
ment, vertical underground
shaft started last year in the
hanging wall of the orebody
and close to the main crosscut
on the No. 4 level, was sunk to
a depth of 150 feet; at which
horizon No. 5 level was opened
up. The report states that the
shaft passed through a wide
sliicified and mineralized ar
ea,which, though not commer
cial as a whole, carried in one
place $15.75 across six and a
half feet.
Crosscutting on No. 5 level
encountered a silicitiod and
mineralized zone 90 feet from
the shaft. This zone, the report
says, was about 50 feet wide
and up to March 1 had been
drifted on 80 feet in a north
erly direction and 414 feet in
a southerly direction, roughly
500 feet in ail. No values
were encountered in a north
erly direction but in the south
erly extension ore was exposed j
by three crosscuts over an ap
proximate length of 150 feet.
According to the report, suf
ficient work had not been done
to determine the average value
of this orebody, but sampling ■
indicated good milling grade, j
In the best place, Crosscut;
502, ten feet of S?20 ore was'
exposed, while 100 ft. south of;
this crosscut 20 feet of $11 ore
was encountered.
Water met in sinking necess
itated the operation of a pump
on No. 5 level, but no serious
flow was encountered.
Total development for the year
amounted to 1,730 feet of cross
cutting and drifting, 160 feet'
of sinking or raising. Equip
ment installed was confined to
an air hoist and cage in the
shaft.
The motorship Norco arrived
from Seattle and Ketchikan'
early Wednesday morning
with 95 tons of local cargo and
16 passengers. The cargo was
composed largely of merchan
dise for local business firms
and included two motor trucks
for the Bureau of Public Roads
and a car.belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. F. S. Hill, of Tacoma, who
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John
Campbell.
Alter discharging, the Norco
proceeded to Stewart dock and
unloaded 14 tons of supples for
the Premier company. Outgo
ing passengers included Ed.
Blecfelt, Erling Bly and B. B.
Green.
ROAD COMMISSION
TO RANDLE RYDER
FLOOD CONTROL
Speculation regarding the
manner fixed by the Territor
ial Legislature for the employ
ment of the Hyder flood relief
fund was set at rest this week
with the arrival of copies of
the bill, which reads as fol
lows:
Section 1. The sum of Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Dol
lars ($7600.00) or so much
thereof as may be necessary,
is hereby appropriated out of
any moneys in the Treasury of
the Territory of Alaska not
otherwise appropriated, for the
immediate performance of
such work, labor or construct
ion as may tend to restrain the
Salmon River from encroach
ing upon the town of Hyder,
Alaska, now in imminent dan
ger therefrom.
Section 2. The sum of this act
appropriated shall be expend
ed under the direction of the
Territorial Board of Road
Commissioners, using such oth
er means or other organization
as it may find necessary at Hy
der, Alaska, and shall be paid
by the Treasurer of the Terri
tory of Alaska upon warrants
drawn on the Treasurer, speci
fying the purpose for which
such warrants are drawn.
Section 3. An emergency is
hereby declared to exist and
this act shall be effective im
mediately upon its passage
and approval.
Approved April 16, 1929.
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LEGISLATURE NAMES
ALASKA HOLIDAYS
The following days were des
ignated by the ninth territorial
legislature as legal holidays in
Alaska:
Sunday; January 1, New
Year’s Day; February 12, Lin
coln’s Birthday; February 22,
Washington’s Birthday; March
30, Seward’s Day; July 4th, In
dependence Day; the first
Monday in September, Labor
Day; October 18, Alaska Day;
November 11, Armistice Day;
December 25, Christmas Day;
any day designated by public
proclamation by the President
or Governor of Alaska as a le
gal holiday or day of thanks
giving; Memorial or Decorat
ion Day and the day on which
a general election is held thru
out the Territory.
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The Hyder Baseball Club has
greatly improved the grand
stand at the local ball park by
installing a roofing of wire net
| to protect spectators from the
dangerous foul ball.
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The Stewart ladies’ basket
ball team trounced the local
aggregation of basket tossers
in a hard fought contest Wed
! nesday evening. The score was
3 to 18 in favor of the visitors.
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Harry J. Wells, vice-president
of the Fletcher-Wells Lumber
, Co., Ltd., of Burnaby, B. C.,
i was a visitor in camp between
Monday evening and Thursday
morning. m
ft C, SILVER REPORT
ESTIMATES SEVEN
MILLION IN SIGHT
That the ore chutes devel
oped in the B. C. Silver proper
ty up to the present time
should, in the opinion of the
consulting engineer, C. A.
Banks, yield approximately
$7,000,00 worth of mineable
ore, is the salient statement of
the annual report of B. C.
Mines, Ltd., a copy of which
was received on the last mail
from a London correspondent.
The report, which includes a
comprehensive key map of the
B. C. Silver workings and also
of the adjacent Premier prop
erty, gives the following de
tails of development work dur
ing the year ending March 31,
1929. The report fully con
firms development reports
published by the Herald dur
ing the same period.
Work was concentrated on
exploring the property in
depth through No. 2 under- i
ground shaft, sunk from the!
No. 3 level at a point 55 feet j
from the northerly corner of!
the Simpson claim of the Pre-'j
mier group. The shaft was!
deepened during the year 425
feet to a total depth of 560
feet. From 220 to 375 feet it
passed through a hig hly silic
ified and mineralized zone, de
scribed in the report as the,
“main zone,” carrying low val-!
ues. Formation then changed
to tuff. At 360 feet a chamber j
was cut and No. 5 level driven j
600 feet southwesterly along
the Premier boundary. The
report says that practically
the whole of this drifting was
in silicified porphyry and
“good spotty values occurred
over a length of 300 feet. Num
erous crosscuts were driven to
explore the extent of these val
ues. Crosscut 505, at 400 feet
from the shaft, showed 17 feet
of $27 ore, and crosscut 404, at
370 feet from the shaft showed
10 feet of $14 ore.
Concluding the above details,
the report summarizes as fol
lows:
“No 5 level was disappointing,
as the values did not live up to j
what we had a right to expect
from the diamond drilling”;
but, “a careful survey of ttfo. 5 |
level, in relation to the substan
tial orebody which has since
been stoped on the Premier
side of our boundary, shows
conclusively that this level
was driven slightly too high :
to catch the continuation of j
the main part of the orebody.!
We were mislead as to the ex
act position of the orebody,
due to our diamond drill holes
j having migrated about 10 de
J grees and having, in conse
j quence, indicated its position
as being somewhat higher than
it actually is.”
No estimate of tonnage could
be made from the work done
on 5 level, “though the results,
taken in conjunction with the
Premier stoping, indicate a
substantial orebody in this
place.”
After driving No. 5 level, in
cluding a connection with the
Premier workings, only six
feet away, No. 2 shaft was con
tinued to a depth of 460 feet,
or 100 feet below No. 5 level,
and No 6 level was com
menced. The report adds that
a crosscut 150 feet long on the
TEXAS HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION IS
AGAIN UNDER WAY
Work on the second section of
the projected government road
to the head of Texas Creek
was resumed Thursday, fol
lowing the arrival Wednesday
of Curtis Gardner, of the John
son-Gardner Company, of Port
land, with a crew of station
men and laborers. Mr. Gardner
arrived on the Fairbanks and
his men were divided between
the motorships Norco and Fair
banks.
Activities were launched
with the dispatch of a small
crew to the road camp near
the Texas bridge to place it in
shape for the coming construct
ion operations, which will em
ploy, according to Mr. Gard
ner, about 65 men during the
summer. These will be divid
ed into about fifty stationmen
; and a dozen or so laborers and
i other workers. Fourteen of the
I former arrived with Mr. Gard
j ner and will be followed by
! others as the work progresses.
■ Work will be carried on from
two camps, the old one, locat
ed on the north fork of Texas,
and a new camp to be estab
lished in the vicinity of Ibex
creek on the west fork and
a mile or so from the point
! where the Johnson-Gardner
| contract terminates.
Stewart is making progress
toward metropolitan status. A
local auto agency is advertising
a sale of used cars, with sever
al offerings at bargain prices.
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Local friends of Fred. J
Hughes, former resident eng
ineer of the Bureau of Public
Roads, will hear with regret
that he will probably not re
turn to Hyder this year. It is
reported on reliable authority
that Mr. Hughes has severed
' his connection with the Bureau
of Public Roads to engage in a
private enterprise.
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Three very distinct earth
quake shocks were recorded in
Anchorage recently but no1
damage was done.
latter level had entered 40 feet
into the ore zone, “which is sil
icified, well mineralized and
apparently over 40 feet in
width at this place.”
Values proved low, however,
but, “ more, work in a south
westerly direction will almost
certainly find commercial val
ues.” The shaft was later
deepened a further 100 feet
to permit the opening of No.
7 level, 100 feet below No. 6.
i The latter work was slow, ow
| ing to considerable water; 2
I sinking pumps, working 24
! hours per day being required
i to handle the flow. Drifting
and crosscutting during the
year totaled 1,578 feet, with
428 feet of sinking, a total of
2,006 feet.
The report discloses that ad
vances of funds by the Seluk
we company to the B. C. Sil
ver corporation amounted to
£145,949 12s. 9d. at the time
of the report.
HIGH VUES FOUND
IN WOODBINE MINE:
OUTLOOK GOOD
Ore of, exceptionally high
grade character has been locat
ed in the Woodbine mine dur=
ing recent days, according to
an announcement in Vancouv
er by company directors. The
announcement is said to have
been based on a telegram from
Malcolm Mackenzie, mine sup
erintendent,, in which he re
ported that three big samples
taken by blasting from a 15
foot space in the roof of the
main drift gave returns up to
$385 per ton. One sample
yielded returns of $336.80 in
gold, the reports say, with ad
ditional values totaling over
$49. Another showed $115,
with $76.80 gold and a third
$302, with $271.20 in gold
Careful inspection is said to
have disclosed the presence of
a big body of ore for 100 feet
at the point.
The reports say it is under
stood that the provincial gov
ernment will be asked to verify
the discoveries made.
A small quantity of ore was
shipped to the Trail smelter re
cently and it is said that the
board of directors plan to
raise $50,000 to continue pro
duction in an effort to ascer
tain the true value of the prop
erty.
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CANADIANS EXEMPT
DEPORTATION DRIVE
A recent announcement by
the commissioner general of
immigration said that there
will be no wholesale deportat
ion of Canadians illegally resi
dent in the United States, when
the new deportation statutes
become effective next July.
Instead a vigorous drive will
be launched against aliens
from other countries “who
slipped into the United States
illegally over the Canadian
border.”
At the same time the commis
sioner advised Canadians not
legally residenced in the Uni
ed States to return to Canada
at once and come over to the
United States again immedi
ately under the non-quota visa,
to avoid discomfiture.
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The Gold Chord mine in the
Willow Creek district is pro
ducing some very rich ore at
the present time, according to
recent reports from the prop
erty. Operations were sus
pended at the mine last fall
after several shipments of ore
| had been sent to the States for
i smelting, but activities were
! resumed several weeks ago,
| with very gratifying results.
Samples of the ore brought to
Anchorage carried very high
values, the rock being heavily
impregnated with gold, visible
to the naked eye.
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Fulfilling a threat he had ut
tered frequently over a period
of three years, August R. Ut
berg, a widely known old-tim
er of the Interior, committed
suicide recently by drinking
cyanide of potassium in the
home of a friend at Fairbanks.
PLANE SHORTAGE
POSTPONES VISIT
KETCHIKM LEGION
Inability to secure the serv
ices of enough seaplanes to
transport the large number de
siring to make the trip has re
sulted in the postponement of
the expected visit of officers
and members of the Ketchikan
post of the American Legion,
who were scheduled to arrive
here Friday morning.
Wire advices received by lo
cal Legion members Tuesday
said that the Ketchikan Leg
ionnaires could not get enough
planes to accomodate the party
and it had been decided to
postpone the trip to a later
date. Hope was also expressed
that the trip can be made in
the very near future.
The following committes have
been named by the local
branch of the Legion to assist
in the reception and entertain
ment of the visitors when they
arrive:
Hotel accomodations— C. J.
Davis, Holger Johnson.
Plane moorings— Axel. Wah
sdahl, Holger Johnson, J. Jack
son.
Reception and escort— C. B.
Hager, Ben. Oien, Donald E.
Martin,
Hall— Clyde Hager.
Baseball— Holger Johnson.
Communications- E. L. Dale.
The Canadian Legion, of
Stewart has arranged to hold
a smoker in honor of the visit
ing comrades.
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R. L. Hanna, a young news
paper man of Juneau, plans
leave that city this month in a
13-foot Evinrude propelled
boat of his own construction,
bound for Olympia, Washing
ton and hopes to establish a
world’s record for Evinrude
boating. The boat has a speed
of close to 30 miles per hour
and the owner expects to make
the trip fro Juneau to Olympia
without sleep and traveling
alone. Accounts of the pro
posed trip have been solicited
by a number of publications
and Hanna has also received
offers from the Bon Marche,
of Seattle, and Mier & Frank,
of Portland, to appear and de
liver daily talks in their stores
for a week, for a compensat
ion of $50 per day.
The Klawock cannery, recent
ly purchased by Libby, Mc
Neil & Libby, is the oldest
cannery in Alaska and has
been in continuous operation
since 1873. Owners of the can
nery still possess the original
land patent and perpetual con
cession to the fishing on the
west coast of Prince of Wales
island granted by the Russian
government before the purch
ase of Alaska by the United
States The documents are au
thenticated by the official seal
of the imperial Russian govern
ment.
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Anchorage guessers set a new
record for participation in the
recent Nenana sweepstakes,
more than ten thousand guess
es being registered from that
city. This was over 900 more
than were registered last year.