LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged list
of active and *emi-active min
ing organisations operating in
the Portland Canal Mining Dis
trict.
Note: In compiling the following In
dex of local mining eoncerna the
publisher! have been unable in some
instances to secure much dealred in
formation; owing principally to In
ability to locate the office address
es of various companies. Aa a reault,
the list faile to include titles or
ether data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list as fast
as the necessary information can be
secured.
Companies not represented In the
listing are reguested to advise this of
fice.
Adanac Mines Company of Alaska:
Cap. $750,000. Par $1.00; properties
FUh Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear R. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining A 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, Inc., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Amer.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000, par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadlan Consolidated Mining
Cc. Ltd; prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Atlas Qold-Coppar Company, Inc.:
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. Can.
British-Canadlan 8ilver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1; prop: Salmon
district. Controlled by Selukwe Gold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
B, C. Bonanaa Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
500,000 units, par $10; prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bear Valley Minea, Ltd: prop. Beai
R. dist. Can.
Bimetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15,000
units par $10; prop. Marmot R. dis
trict. Can.
Big Missouri Mining CO,! Bap. $5,000,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Aner. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
a_i. as i_ a . n.. B1
800.000, par .80; prop. Bear R. dis
trict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
Metals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Black Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop.
Bear R. dlst. Can. (Controlled b>
Marmot Metals Mining Co.. Ltd,
Bridgeport Syndicate; Cap. 80,000 un
its, par $1Q; prop, Salmon R. Hyder
district- American.
British Dominion Mining Co., Ltd,;
prop. Salmon R. Plat- Cfan, (Controll
ed by National Silver Mines, Ltd. )
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. district;
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.)
Busk Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $6,000,000, par .50; prop. Salmon
R. dlst. Con.
Butte-Hyder Mining Co„ Inc. Cap. $1.
000.000. par yi; American.
Casaiar Gold Minot, Ltd.: Properties
Salmon R. district. Canadian.
Century Mines, Incorporated: Cap.
$5,000,000. no par val., prop. Salmon
R., Hyder dist. American,
Chief M$tat* Mining Co.: Property
Salmon R. ulst. Amer.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Copper
Co., Bear R. diet.; Buena Vista Min
ing Co., Salmon R. dlst. Can.
Commonwealth Mining Co.: Prop.
Cascade River. American.
Croat Consolidated Gold. Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $2,000,000. par .50; prop.
Salmon R„ Hyder dist. Can.
Dalhousie Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Befcr R. dist. Can.
Dandy-Star Mines, Ltd,; Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Daly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $3,000,
000. par $1; prop. Saimon K., 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 Cold Mines, Ltd.: Prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
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 R.
dlst. Can.
Georgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$3,000,000. par $1; prop. Georgia R.
Can.
Glacier Girl Mining Co., Ltd.: prop.
Bear R. dlst. 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,
600,000 par $1; prop. Texas Creek.
Hyder dlst. Can. (Controlled by
Amalgamated Mines, Inc.)
Independence Gold Mining Co., Ltd,:
Cap. $3,500,000, par $1; prop. Bear R.
dlst. 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 R. dist. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .85; prop. Bear R.
dlst. Can.
Lake view Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
par ..25; prop. Bear R. diet. Can.
Last Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. diet Can.
Marmot Metala Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par £0; prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate, Glacier Girl Mining Co., Black
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mine*
Co.) ' ,
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. dist. Amer.
Marmot Conaolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $5,000, 000, par $1; Marmot R.
dlat. Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd..:
Prop. Marmot dist. Can.
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. dlat. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dlat.
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. diet. Can.
M. C. Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
units, par $6.00; prop. Marmot R. dist.
Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Fish Cr. Hy
der diet. Amer.
National Silver Minea, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Georgia R. dist. Can.
Ninety-8ix Mining Co.: Cap. $2,000.
000, par $1; American.
North Country Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$2,000,000 par $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot dist. Can.
Northern Light Minea, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
000,000 par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
Northern Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dist. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. diet. Canadian.
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
diet. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndloate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
diet. Amer.
Rat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd.; Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. diet. Can.
Pedro-Oeorgla River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd, Cap.
$2,000,000, par .60; prop. Marmot R.
dlst. Can. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co,. Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Gold Mtnea, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
diet. Can
Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $2,500,000,-mo par value; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder diet. Can. (Also Is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
25,000,000, par $1: prop. Salmon R.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600.
000, par .20; prop. Barney's Gulch,
Bear R. dlst. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Bear R. dlst. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., LtfLt'Prop. Bear
R. dlst. 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. dlst.
Can.
Rufus-Argenta Mines, L{d.:Cap. $3,000,
000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dlst. Can.
Sebakwe and Dletrlot Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200.000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal
mon R. dlst. British.
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap, $300,000
par $1; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist
(Controlled by Premier Gold Mln.ng
Co.) Can.
Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap
$500,000, par .25; prop. Salmon R. dlst
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. diat. Can.
Sliver Range Consolidated Mines
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap
$500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Ralnoy
Bear R. diet. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr.
Bear R. dlst. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.
Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; .prop
Glacier Cr.. Bear R. dlst. Can.
Terminus Mines, Ltd.: Cap $1,000,000
par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R
dist. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,600,
000, par $1; prop. Fish Cr., Hyder dlst
Amer.
United Empire Gold & Silver Min(n{
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Amerl
can Cr. Bear R. dist. Can.
White River Placer Syndicate: Cat
20,000 uni ts, par $5; prop. Nass R
dist. Can.
Wuodbine Gold Mining Co, Ltd
Cap. $5,000,000, no par value; proi
.Salmon R, dlst. Can.
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Geology of Hyder and Vicinity
By Prof. A. F. Buddingtori
Department of Geology, Princeton University
FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 807
(Nineteenth'Installment)
Geology (Continued)
Superficial Deposits
pleistocene and recent deposits
A considerable part of the
area, particularly along the
lower slopes, is covered with
glacial drift, add glacial errat
ic boulders are common.
Along the Salmon River road
between the Daly Alaska camp
and the international boundary
there is a series of beds of in
terlaminated clay and fine
sand up to an altitude of about
450 feet, which pads into and
are overlain by gravel and
sand toward the boundary.
Pebbles and boulders are scat
tered here and there through
the sand and clay. On the west
side of Salmon River, about
opposite the Daly Alaska camp
there is a bench crossed by the
Premier tramway at an alti
tude of about 600 feet. This
bench is underlain by bedded
gravel corresponding to that
on the east side of the river a
little to the north. McConnell
found stratified clay and sand
at an altitude of 500 feet at
Bear Lake on Bear River. Fos
siliferous beds with a marine
fauna were found by him at an
altitude of 345 feet. These
beds indicate post glacial up
lift of as much as 500 feet.
In the valley of Thumb Creek
above the rock gorge there are
benches of boulder gravel at an;
altitude of about 1,000 feet, 1n i
which the creek has cut a deep
Valley. ,These gravel benches
appear to be older river depos
its which have been trenched
by the creek during its canyon
cutting activities consequent
upon the uplift of the area.
Remnants of bench gravel are
also found locally along the,
West Fork of Texas Creek and
a few of its tributaries. On the
trail west of the cable crossing
coarse water worn bedded
gravel occurs at an altitude of
700 feet, and along the valley
of Ibex Creek there are depos
its of bench gravel that have
been deeply dissected by re
cent erosion.
Salmon River and Texas creek
are depositing great quantities
of gravel upon the floors of
their valleys, except in the
gorge of Salmon River just
Cascade Creek, and Salmon
River is building forward a
delta into the head of Portland
Canal. The upper valleys of
Thumb Creek and the West
Fork and of their main tribu
taries below the points where
those streams emerge from the
glaciers are likewise being ag
graded with gravel deposits.
Terminal and lateral moraines
are being formed at the bor
ders and sides of the many
glaciers. Talus accumulations
and landslide aggregates are
common at the foot of the
steeper mountain slopes.
■ , Structure
Bedded Rocks
Most of ttife bedded rocks
within this area have an ap
proximate east-west strike, but
two narrow belts of bedded
rock with an approximate
north-south strike were noted.
One of these is high on Bear
River Ridge opposite the mouth
of Thumb Creek, and the other,
which comprises slate interlay
ered with graywacke and
greenstone, extends north, with
some interruptions, from a
point southwest of the upper
workings of the Daly Alaska
claim to the Doggett claims on
the Salmon River road.. Super
imposed on the greenstones
east of Salmon River, however,
there is a schistose structure
which trends N. 70°-90° W.
The beds of tuffaceous gray
wacke and slate in the south
ern part of this belt of bedded
and volcanic rocks east of Sal
mon River also have a strike
that ranges from N. 80° E. to
N. 75° W. The foliation of some
of the porphyry dikes associat
ed with the Texas Creek grano
diorite in this belt likewise has
an approximate east-west trend
O’Neill describes the shearing
near the Premier mine as strik
ing nearly due east.
In the vicinity of Chickamin
Glacier and its tributaries and
of the upper part of the West
Fork the beds are closely fold
ed, with uniform dips to the
south on the south and west
and to the north on the' north.
The major structure appears
to consist of an anticlinal axis
on which the graywacke of the
south slope of the West Fork
is exposed; a syncline over
turned toward the north, in
which the -slate of the north
east slope of the valley of
Greeppoint Glacier is infolded
in the graywacke; and a syn
cline overturned toward tho
south, in which the slaty argill
ite of the ridgo north of the
West Fork and along Texas
Glacier is infolded in the gray
wacke. Along the west side of
Chickamin Glacier and along
Through Glacier the beds dip
almost uniformly to the south,
except for minor local drag
folds. These beds forni the roof
of the Texas Creek batholith,
which here plunges to the west,
and they are cut off down the
dip by the batholithic rock.
The strike of the beds ranges
prevalently from N. 60° W. to
N. 70° E., with a general trend
of about N. 80° E.
Continued next week.
Between 25 and 30 pounds of
gold was brought to Seward
recently from Nuka Bay by
Tom Babcock and his partner,
D. W. Downey, pioneer miners
of that section, whose product
ion is steadily increasing. T'he
partners stated that operations
were very satisfactory during
the past season and that every
indication points to the' mine
getting better as progress is
made.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Hyder, Alaska,
.. October 19, 1929
To John Carlson (deceased), his
heirs, executors, administrators, as
signs and to whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1922.
1923, 1921, 1925, 1926, 1927 and
1928 • twelve hundred dollars in
labor and Improvements upon the
Alaska Quarts Claim Lode and the
North Star Quartz Claim Lode be
longing to the Monarch Group,
situated near the top of ridge on
Pish. Creek, the location certificates
of which are found of record in
Volume One of Lodes at pages 121
ahd 125 respectively In the office of
the Recorder, Hyder Recording Pre
cinct, Hyder, Alaska, In order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 2324 of the Revised Statute of
the United States, and tha amend
ment thereto approved, January 22,
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount to
hold said lodes for the years above
mentioned, July 1st of each year
being the end of each assessment
year. And' lf. within ninety days from
the personal service of this notice,
01* within ninety-days after the final
I publication thereof being January 18,
1930, you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure
upon or for the benefit of the Alaska
Quartz Claim Lode and the North
Star Quartz Claim Lode, two hundred
dollars on er.ch of said claims, a
total of $400.00, you holding a one
third interest in each of said claims,
your interest in said claims will be
come the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the
required expenditure of $100 each
year on each of said claims, by the
terms of said section.
JOHN HOVLAND.
Publish Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23,
30, Dec. 7, 14. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18.