■. Salmon Ri»sr District is
>i velsuslyt Rich in Minerals
<1 Hydei is the Gateway in
naeqaenee of Which Hydsr is
ihf Fastest Growing Town in
ilv North.
HYDER
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VOL. 4
NO. 10.
HYDER. Mask*, Feb. 14. 1923
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Alaska Premier
Is Rich In Gold
Ore that goes 35 ounces in gold
to the ton is something worth talk
ing about, even in a high-grade
* camp—and no one has yet had
the temerity to call this a high
grade camp, in spite of the “sweet
ening” that occurs in the cross fis
sures cutting through the big low
grade veins.
■ ' Yet 35-ounce rock is being
taken out of the Alaska Premier
right now from a vein that is four
feet wide and assays from the fig
ure given above down to five
ounces, besides carrying substan
tial values in silver.
Authoritative announcement of
the facts was made by Wm. Mc
Grew, foreman and one of the or
iginal owners of the property, who
was in town Friday. “Bill" has
been plugging away all winter,
with only a small crew, but doing
|he work in such a way as to ob
tain results,
• The group is situated just south
of the international boundary, on
the Alaskan side, and within the
■ great sulphide belt in which such
properties as the Premier, Indian,
Virginia, Daly Alaska, Stoner and
others of prominence occur. The
Premier is known to carry a large
percentage of gold in its values,
and governmental reports by engi
neers express the opinion that the
proportion of gold in the ores will
be found higher as the southern
contact of the mineral belt is ap
proached. Results on the Alaska
Premier appear to confirm this
theory.
With the opening of spring de
velopment on a large scale on this
property may be expected, as the
■people behind the company are
mining men of wide experience
and financially able to carry out
an extensive development program,
- which had been planned by Sup
erintendent Harry Tanner lor the
coming season before h left on
b.s present trip Out?:de.
ELEVEN-MILE SNOW-SLIDE
The big snow-slide at Eleven
mile is down, and traffiic between
Nine-mile and the head of the val
ley tied up. The Premier manage
ment have a crew at work shovel
big a road across, and it will be
bpen in a short time. This slide
runs nearly every year. Last year
it was so deep across lhe road that
a tunnel was driven large enough
to permit teams to go through.
Largo coal heater, now in Salmon
ttWer Store, for sale. Ernes: Slue.
NEW COMPANY
WILL OPERATE
GLORIA GROOP
— ■ ■ ■
According to advices from Seat
tle a company has been organized
to operate the Gloria group of 1L
claims located near the head of
Bulldog creek by A. Lincke of Hy-1
der. The organization was per
fected by E. B. Fugier of Great
Falls, Montana, who spent some
time in this camp last summer,
and who is president of the com
pany. Associated with him is C.
H. Peterson, a Minnesota banker.
Under the declaration of incor
poration the company is to ex
pend $70,000 in development, less
20 per cent for promotion, which
is well under the protection charge
for stocks and bonds, and covers
all office expenses and salaries.
The secretary and manager will be
under salary, the manager being
A, Lincke,
Bulldog creek empties into Port
land canal between Marmot and
Georgia rivers, from the east. A.
Lincke, locator of the Gloria group,
is somewhere down the eanal and
details as to the surface showings
on the property are not available
at this writing.
PORTLAND CANAL MOOSE
HITTING THE HIGH SPOTS
Portland Canal Moose are look
ing forward to a bip time on the
night of Feb. 20, when they w ill
have an ejection of officers, follow- [
ed by a dance in * tie iStev ai t Ho-'
tel. The lodge now has a mem
bership of 91, and new applications I
are being received continually. At
the last : u tir.g, held m Stewart, J
! W. fl. loin) offered the use of the'
j buildinpformerly occupied by the
[ Miners’Social Cluh, as a lodge |
room, and also volunteered to pro
vide fuel and light. Needless to'
say, the Moose gladly accepted his
i
generosity. The building adjoins j
the Hotel King Edward, of which j
Mr. Tolin is proprietor.
WANT BIOS ON PILES !
The British Columbia Public
Works Department is calling for
bids for piling to be delivered at
the Bear river bridge. Bids must
be in by March 2, and should be
handed to H. Scovil, provincial
foreman.
t
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Jim Bovard has left for Kanatak
the new Alaska oil town.
John Hovland left Thursday on
a short business trip to Rupert.
Jim Johnson has gone up to run
a machine in the Premier mine.
Gus Peterson, of the Premier
mine crew, was down this week.
Work has commenced on widen
ing the approach to the B. C. deck.
Duke Harris left Thursday for
Hazelton after spending a week in
the camp.
The Pioneers are to hold a dance
on the night of Washington’s birth
day, Feb. 22.
Bert Moran was down from the
Premier this week for a visit with
oldtime friends.
Mrs. A. A. Frazer intends leav
ing Thursday for a visit at her old
home in California.
Eleven miners who have been
working at the Premier went Out
side on the Pnnee George.
E. Mowlds, who has been work
ing at the Premier, left Thursday
for Bell Island Hot Springs.
C. W. Cheatham, district engineer
for the Bureau of Public Roads,
has gone to Portland on official
business.
Dave Allen, baker at the Alaska
Cafe, has gone out to Rupert for a
week’s recreation and to attend to'
some business matters.
Markus Savovich, manager of
the Golden Gate cigar store and
rooming house, left Thursday on a
business trip to Seattle
Dr. Lee Hedger, who left here
for Vancouver early in the winter,
has come back north and is visit
ing his father in Wrangell.
Pat McBride came down Satur
day from the Alaska Premier where
he has been working all winter.
He says the mine is looking fine.
C. J Cox and Erick Hamn oame
down from the Premier this week.
Cox has been employed at bull*
dozing, and Hamn as powder man.
Mrs. Joe Prout returned Thurs
day from a trip Outside. Mr. Prout.
who is one of the underground
foremen at the Premier, was down
to meet her.
George E. de la Mothe, represent
ing E. C. Atkins &. Co., of Vancou
ver and Seattle, manufacturers of
saws, tools etc, is in camp on busi
ness for the firm.
Sam Patterson, one of the con
tracting crew who left the Premier
last week, was among the outgoing
passengers on the Prince George.
Sam is an oldtime deep sea diver
and has done a lot of work in this
line along the Pacific coast.
Don't go home hungry. Get a lunch a
tlM Ocean View,
Inspector Ackland, of the Royal
f Northwest Mounted Police, with
'headquarters in Rupert, is spending
the week in Stewart.
The freightea Latouche, with a
heavy cargo of mine equipment
and supplies, and a 13-ton boiler
for the Hyder sawmill, leaves Se
attle Feb. 20.
J. M. “Blackie'’ Ritchie, who
went to Rupert some time ago for
medical treatment on account of
an affection of the throat, returned
Thursday, completely cured.
Writing from Randsburg, Calif
ornia, Stampede John says that
Hyder, Stewart and Alice Arm are
the only real bonanza camps, and
that it’s‘‘some bull” where he is
now.
L. P. Van Vranken, shift boss at
the Premier mill, returned Thurs
day from a vacation trip Outside.
He has been at the mill for two
years, or practically since construc
tion started.
Joe Green has strung a line of
green lights from International ano
Volunteer Drive down Main street
to the Green Theatre. On show!
nights these will light the way to!
the popular picture house.
S. G. “Pat" Benson, the well j
known mining man of the Salmon '
river section and locator of some!
of the leading properties, returned
Thursday from Vancouver, where
he went last fall with his family, j
Joe Jackson, a top-notch chef!
and baker, has taken Dave Allen’s ;
j shift in the Alaska Cafe during
Dave’s absence in Rupert. Joe has I
been connected with the C. P. R.
and Grand Trunk dining car ser-;
vices for a number of years and!
can return to either one any time
he desires, but wants to experience
the novelty of being associated1
with a live mining camp for a
change.
WHARF SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
Icc which formed at head of tl e
canal during the last cold snap and
was driven down by a north wind,
did some damage to the Iiyder
wharf, raking out one of the corner
piles and loosening several others.
The northern dolphin, which con
sisted of (lye piles fastened to
gether at the top, was also taken
out. The damage can be easily
repair* ri.
REHEARSING F9R DRAMA
‘‘Out in the Streets.” a three-act
drama, is being rehearsed by a co
terie of local talent, and will be
produced at an early date, the ob
ject being to raise funds as a nu
cleus fora library in the Methodist
church. Rev. F. E. Reddh k is di
recting the production, which will;
have ten characters in the cast.
C*W»6 tv rent, Blomly Charlton,
Daly Alaska On
Sound Footing
SERVICE CLUB
ENTERTAINMENT
OVER THE TOP
The committee in charge of the
International Service Club dance
deserve great credit for the way
in wihch they carried out the de
tails of the evening’s performance.
Everything went off like clockwork
and the guests unanimously voted
it the best night they have had for
some considerable time.
The stage was built full width
of the hall, with real pork-and
beans cans for foot lights. The
back drop represented a trench
scene, with the usual sand-bag
effect, a dugout entrance in the
centre, a funk hole on the left
and a firing step on tne right; a
few Mills hand grenades and a
box of Small Arms Ammunition.
This was marked S. S. A. and a
lady was heard to remark that she
noticed they had the Salvation
Army represented. On top of the
sand bags appeared barbed wire
entanglements, with here and there
a few stunted trees, and shells
bursting all ’round, the whole
scene being very realistic. One
of the boys remarked that it sure
looked like old times.
Guy Lawrence, dressed as a
Cockney soldier, kept the audience
in roars of laughter, and caused
considerable excitement when he
started the game of "Housey Hous
ey” to “keep 'ini going ti.il p’y d'y.”
Mrs. Bowler’s singing was enthus
iastically received. On the com
mand “Stand to” Billy Orr appeared
from the dugout entrance, gave a
short demonstration of gas drill
and sang two songs which were
well received.
Financially as well as socially
it was a great success, and the
club will have a nice balance to
put to their account. Twenty-five
per cent of ail collections are set
aside to aid members in sickness
and distress, and every assistance
should be given by the community
to make this club a success.
FIRE PUMP AT B. C. WHARF
The Premier company have in
stalled a mammoth Gould pump
on the whaTf to protect that struc
ture and their ore bunkers and
warehouse against fire. The pump
throws an eight-inch stream of
water. It will be operated by the
gas engine iu the bunker house.
Active development of the Da
ly Alaska is foreshadowed by the
paymeni, into the Bank of Mon
I treal in Stewart, of the money due
the owners under the terms of the
bond held by the Daly Alaska
Mining Company. The original
owners are Dan Davis and Wm.
McGrew of Hyder, and Chas.
Knipple of Stewart who, besides
receiving cash payments from time
to time by the terms of the com
pany organization agreement, also
control a large amount of stock.
The property was bonded last
fall by Pat Daly, who spent his
own capital in satisfying himself
that his judgement as to its value
had not been wrong, and then
went Outside and organized the
Daly Alaska conpany, with Jesse
J. Kahn of Vancouver as presi
dent. The company at once took
hold and carried on in a substan
tial way.
The latter part of last August
J. C, Weir, of Weir Bros. 6c Co.,
brokers, New York, visited the
property. Mr. Weir is a practi
cal mining man, who has operated
in most of the leading camps on
the continent. He became so en
thused over the possibilities at the
Daly Alaska that before returning
to the Metropolis he undertook to
underwr.te :!.e treasury stock issue,
thus assuming the financing of the
I development and equipment. His
contract calls for certain monthly
; payments into the treasury
protection of the bond uncic
which the property is held. These
obligations have been met, and a
fund is accumulating this winter to
enable modern mining, with
chine drills and all necessary
cessories, to begin in the spring.
Hand mining, which was sus
pended the latter part of Novem
ber, accomplished results that war
rant a most thorough development
of the property. Five parallel orf
zones have been defined, some of
which carry large shoots of “ship
! ping ore,” and these can all be
| cut by a working tunnel, starting
j near the Salmon valley wagon
! ioad. It is probable that this will
j be the next work undertaken.
and
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CALL FOR BIDS
Plans and specifications will be in Hv
dcr, Alaska, at our office Feb. 20 for Bid
ders on Painting and Decorating for u
forty room concrete and frame construr
tion hotel to be built at Ilyder, Alaskn
Also for hauling Sand and Grave) to the
Bunkers for Concrete work at the Build
ing. John S. Sutherland & Co.
Lawrence, the Watchmaker.
Russian steam baths II, II. J, Scott