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VOL 5, NO. 40
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 13,19297
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HEW STRIKES 01
PREMIER-BULKER
VERKIMPORTIRT
Unofficial but reliable reports
of important ore discoveries on
both the Premier anr B. C. Sil
ver properties have resulted in
a general divergence of attent
ion to those properties during
the past week. Although no
official announcements have
been forthcoming there is no
reason to doubt that strikes of
considerable magnitude and
importance have been made on
the two noted properties.
From the information so far
obtainable it appears that the
Premier discovery was made
on or near the border of the re
cently acquired Cascade Falls
No. 5 claim and has revealed
an ore body of large dimen
sions which apparently ex
tends considerably below the
Premier 5th level, hitherto con
sidered as marking the "bot
tom” or lowermost limits of the
Premier ore deposits.
In the event that this is true,
the discovery unqestionably
possesses a great importance,
aside from its possibilities as a
future ore resource, as it tends
to disprove the general belief
that the Premier ore deposits
of commercial grade do* not
go below the fifth level.
The new found deposit is said
to extend into the Cascade
Falls No. 5, and provided the
incentive for the recent sud
den purchase of that property
by the Premier company. So
far as can be learned the ore
is of good commercial grade
and of the type common to oth
er parts of the Premier group.
Information regarding the di
mensions of the deposit is
somewhat indefinite but it is
said on reliable authority to be
of such size that it will in all
probability prolong greatly the \
productive life of the famous
property.
The B. C. Silver discovery is:
said to have been made on the
No. 7 level at approximate
ly 600 feet below the main or j
No. 3 tunnel, and near the
southwesterly border of the
Oakville Fraction and at no
considerable distance from the
point where the new Premier
deposit referred to above is lo
cated. The deposit is said to be
of such dimensions that mine
officials estimate a probable
million dollars worth of ore
but nothing could be learned
regarding values, which are j
presumably similar to those
found on the adjacent Premier
ground. j
Bishop Titus Lowe, who is
now in charge of the Metho
dist churches in Alaska, was
a visitor in Hyder between the
arrival of the Prince Charles
Tuesday morning and the de
parture of the Fairbanks Wed
nesday.
Bishop Lowe was accompan
ied by Dr. Torbet, also an M.
E. Church official, and Mrs.
Torbet.
Bishop Lowe is on his first trip
of inspection since taking over
the Alaska jurisdiction and
will visit a large part of the
Territory before returning to
the States.
NEW COM IS
ORGANIZED FOR
MONARCH GROUP
The rapidly increasing list of
local mining companies has
been further augmented by the
organization in recent days of
the Hyder-Monarch Gold Min
ing Company, according to
Arthur Moa, general manager
of the Mountainview Gold Min
ing Company and a director in
the new company.
The development of the well
known Monarch group, lying
between the Riverside proper
ty and the Fish Creek holdings
of the American Mining and
Milling Co., is the primary aim
of the new company, which is
incorporated under the laws of
Alaska, and possesses a share
capitalization o f 300,000
shares of $1 par value. The or
ganizers of the company are
A. W. Fox, local United States
Commissioner, John Hovland,
prominent local mining man
and president of the Unicorn
Mines, Ltd., and Mr. Moa, who
is one of the foremost figures
in the local mining world. The
directorate includes Messrs.
Moa and Hovland and Marshal
D. Ickis a pioneer mining man
of the district, all three of
whom were the original locat
ors and owners of the Monarch
group. The Monarch consists
of ten claims, a portion of
which have been surveyed
preparatory to patenting.
A limited amount of surface
work done on the property in
earlier years has revealed an
extent of mineralization that
warrants its inclusion among
the most promising mining
locations in the Hyder section
of the Portland Canal district.
The location of the property,
about 7 miles north of Hyder,
is exceptionally favorable for
transportation and operation,
the lower end of the group be
ing only about 500 feet from
the government highway up
Salmon River valley. The ele
vation ranges from about 1000
feet to approximately 2500
feet. The group contains a ser
ies of strongly mineralized
veins striking northwest, the
most important of which is a
shear zone paralleling the Riv
erside veins,from which assays
running over 1,000 ounces of
silver and up to $54 in gold
have been obtained. The ore '
is of the galena type and also
carries additional values in
lead, copper and zinc. Other
veins on the property also show
good values in the major min
erals. The limited amount of
work done on the group up to
the present has given encour
aging results in every instance.
The company is planning to
devote its first efforts to the
development of the shear zone
and is confident that it will de
velop important ore bodies.
Possessing a decidedly prom
ising property, and also a
management composed of indi
viduals who are not only thor
ough mining men but also men
of the highest character and
integrity, the future of the new
company appears distinctly
promising.
HYOER - STEWART
TELEPHOHfiRADIO
As a result of a deal complet
ed here during the past week,
the Hyder Radio and Tele
phone Company, of Hyder and
the Portland Canal Telephone
Company, of Stewart, B. C.,
have amalgamated their sev
eral interests into a new comp
any, which plans important im
provements in local telephone
a,nd radio service, in addition
t<i {irobable substantial reduct
ions in phone service charges
that will tend to induce wider
use of telephones throughout
the district.
The new company will oper
ate under the title of Portland
Canal Telephone and Tele
graph Company and will have
its headquarters in Stewart.
Ernest Love, present manager
of the Stewart company, will
be managing director and J. A.
Hall, president of the Bank of
Hyder, of Hyder, will be pres- j
ident of the new organization.
The board of directors will in
clude Messrs Hall and Love, in
addition to W. R. Love, promi
nent resident of Prince Rupert,
B. C., E. D. Haddon, mana
ger of the Bank of Hyder, and
2. L. Dale of the Hyder Radio
aim j. eiepnoiie v^u.
Under the terms of the con
solidation both companies are
taking stock in the new comp-1
any to the value of their hold
ings, while a small preferred
stock issue will shortly be off
ered for public subscription to 1
carry out a wide range of new j
improvements planned for the j
present season.
Work is scheduled to start at |
once on a construction program
designed to link up the two sys- 1
terns by means of a cable car-11
rying 100 pairs of lines, which j1
will extend from the new Stew- 1
art exchange on Sixth Street to
Ilyder, with a cable distribut-! r
ion system at Hyder, Alaska,
and Hyder, B. C. The ex- 1
change for the three commun- [
ities, and also the Bear and Sal-11
mon river telephone lines will;
be handled from the Stewart t
office, thus providing individ- j ‘
ual telephone service for the 1
different communities and the i
outlying sections. In addition ' J
the company also plans exten-!
sions of the system as condit- 1
ions warrant. 1
In addition to its telephone
service, the amalgamated com- *
pany will carry on a commer- 1
cial telegraph business to all :
outside points through the li- s
censed wireless station in Hy- s
der and will also provide a pri-; (
vate wire from Stewart to the! <
wireless station here for local i t
transmission of telegrams. A f
private booth will also be in- j
stalled in the central office in 1
Stewart for the same purpose, i
A continuous 24-hour service 1
will be maintained as in the <
past. i
The Portland Canal Telephone i
Company commenced operat
ion in Stewart two years ago (
and has built up a flourishing i
business carrying 85 telephone 1
customers and has installed t
equipment capable of carrying c
ihree times that number of sub- c
CANADIAN POWER
CORPORATION WILL
8UILORIG PLANT
The Northern B. C. Power
Corporation, subsidiary of the
Power Corporation of Canada,
has accepted the reports of its
engineers respecting the feas
ibility of the American.Creek
power project and will inaug
urate construction work on a
big hydro-electric power plant
at that point in the very near
future, according to announce
ments by J. J. Little, of Prince
Rupert, district manager of the
tig power corporation, who
spent several days in the dist
rict this week.
Aside from the statement that
the corporation is preparing to
build a plant capable of devel
oping around 4,000 horse pow
of electrical energy, no details
of the company’s contemplat
ions were made public.
The construction of the new
power plant, which is expect
ed to meet all local power de
mands, mining, busii^ss and
domestic, for a considerable
time to come, will be under the
direction of J. H. Kohl, locat
ion engineer for the big corpor
ation, who is in charge of all
it’s construction activities in
the B. C. district. Mr. Kohl
arrived from Prince Rupert
Wednesday, accompanied by
I. I. Boullien, who holds the
position of superintendent of
jonstruction and will be in di
*ect charge of construction ac-1
ivities. Messrs Kohl and Boull- j
en left for American Creek i
shortly after arrival to inspect
:he site of the projected plant.
It is understood that active
jreparations for construction
vill be launched shortly after
heir inspection is concluded
ind that the work will con
inue during the winter season,
iccording to predCnt contem
dations.
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At a recent meeting of the
rerritorial Boxing Commission,
he following weights and
lasses were adopted as offic
al for the Territory:
Flyweight, 112 pounds; Ban
amweight, 118 pounds; Feath
irweight, 126 pounds; Light
weight, 135 pounds; Welter
weight, 147 pounds; Middle
weight, 160 pounds; Light
leavyweight, 175 pounds;
leavy weight, all over 175
>ounds.
All boxers engaging in con
ests in Alaska must also have
i license from the Commission, j
cribers. It has a splendid two- j
tory office building, a sales
lepartment and about 35 miles |
if telephone lines in addition j
o its cable system in Stewart, j
The Hyder Radio and Tele
»hone Company commenced
•usiness in 1920 and have nine
rears of successful operation
lehind them, with an up-to
late wireless station and a 13
nile telephone line serving the 1
lalmon River valley.
The amalgamation of the two
ompanies marks a new ad
ance in the development of
ocal means of communication
,nd will undoubtedly be pro
active of much benefit to the
ommunity and district.
NEWSY JOTTINGS
BEHRING OH LOCAL
MINING ACTIVITIES
The new crosscut tunnel on
the Fish Creek properties of
the Aclanac Mines Company of
Alaska is now in 200 feet and
i in a well mineralized area, ac
cording to Thomas Robertson,
mine superintendent the
company.
The tunnel is being driven to
explore at greater depth the
high grade vein encountered in
a winze sunk from the upper
tunnel in the fall of 1927 and
from which a small shipment
yielded excellent smelter re
turns.
Mr. Robertson informed the
Herald that there is five feet
j of vein matter now exposed in
I the tunnel and carries a num
ber of stringers of well miner
alized galena ore ranging up to
a foot or so in width. There
has also been a steady increase
in the volume of mineralizat
ion since work was resumed
this spring and is looked upon
by Mr. Robertson as indicating
a prospect for the develop
ment of a substantial ore body
as greater depth is gained.
The beneficial effects of the
recent merger of the Northern
Light company with the Pre
mier Border Gold Mining Co.
are clearly reflected in a
marked speeding up of devel
opment activities on the North
ern Light group, according to
recent visitors to that property.
Preparations for the resump
tion of underground work are
now practically concluded.
The camp and mine equipment
are now as complete as any in
the district, with a splendid
power plant consisting of a 60
horsepower diesel engine and
320 cubic foot compressor sup
plying air and power. Present
development plans include the
extension of the present 320
foot tunnel in the direction of
the Premier and Sebakwe
properties, with a view to in
tercepting possible northerly
extensions of the Premier ore
zone. This will necessitate
extending the tunnel about |
1800 feet. A crew of 14 or 15 I
men is employed under the di- i
rection of Angus McKenzie,!
mine superintendent.
In addition to having the j
property and equipment fully
paid for, the company is said
to have enough cash in thei
treasury to carry on work for'
two years,
-o
The Western Canada Airways
bi-plane Penguin, which ar
rived from the south last Sat
urday to take a number of
prospecting parties from Stew
art to points in the interior, has
been kept busy almost through
out the week. Piloted by W.
E. Gilbert and with George
Taylor as mechanician, the big
seaplane made a number of
trips to Twenty-Mile Creek, a
tributary of the Bell Irving
River, taking in a number of
prospectors and a surveying
party headed by F. C. Green
for the Consolidated Mining &
ALASKA CENSUS
TO BE TAKEN
NEXT OCTOBER
; The enumeration of the Alas
j lea census will be made in Oct
ober this year, according to a
telegram from Alaska delegate
Dan. Sutherland received by
Attorney Ernest Blue Wednes
! day.
J Mr. Sutherland’s message in
dicates that in order to obvi
ate the difficulty of securing a
lull count of the Territory’s
population which results from
so many people leaving for the
south at that time of the year,
provision will be made for the
registration of permanent resi
dents who leave for the Out
side prior to October. Thi3
will be accomplished by means
of a system of blanks to be
turnished to the census snum
erators prior to the time of the
actual census taking. These
may be filled out by residents
before their departure and
will insure their being counted.
It is probable, the message
says, that the census will be
taken by government school
teachers in districts outside of
incorporated towns.
Mr. Sutherland suggests that
every possible endeavor should
be made to secure full census
returns of all permanent resi
dents, in order to determine
as far as possible the exact
number of people in the Terri
tory. This has never been fully
accomplished in earlier census
takings, owing to the failure to
provide means for including
residents who were temporar
ily Outside. This difficulty can
be overcome this time, as under
the proposed system residents
who contemplate a visit to the
States can arrange to be count
ed while absent by filing with
the enumerators before leav
ing.
For numerous reasons it is
highly desirable that the Terri
torial population be deter
mined with the greatest poss
ible accuracy and every per
manent resident who contem
plates leaving before the cen
sus is taken should lend their
assistance by registering be
fore their departure.
Angus Gillis, unfortunate vic
tim of the automobile accident
near Premier last week, passed
away in the Premier hospital
shortly after 4 p. m. last Sat
urday afternoon as a result of
the injuries sustained.
Funeral services were held
Monday, with Rev. Fr. Leray
officiating and the remains
were sent to Vancouver Mon
Jay evening. A coroner’s inves
tigation of the accident result
ed in a verdict of accidental
death.
The deceased was 42 years of
age and is survived by several
brothers and sisters, one of
whom, Duncan Gillis, resides
in the district. Most of the oth
ers are residents of eastern
Canada.
Smelting Company, and also
made several trips to the Tie
gan Lake section with men and
supplies for the Northern Pros
pector Syndicate, of Stewart.