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VOL 3, NO. 49
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 30,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
PORTER IDAHO
ORE LEAVING
The first shipment of high
grade ore from the Porter
Idaho mine to go south this
summer is scheduled to leave
for the Trail smelter next
Tuesday.
Company officials state that
a second carload of ore is now
on the beach at the mouth of
the Marmot but cannot be
sent forward until later, owing
to limited time.
Ore is coming down from the
mine by pack train at the
rate of three tons a daily at
present. As the company ex
pects to maintain about the
same volume of production as
last year, shipments will prob
ably be made at the rate
of a carload or more a week
during the present season.
Shipments last summer ag
gregated slightly under 175
ton net smelter weight but
present expectations are that
this output will be exceeded
this year.
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STEWART WINS
CUP SERIES
By winning the eighth game
of the series on the local ball
ground, Thursday evening, the
Stewart baseball club agair
carried off first honors in the
annual race for the Universal
Supply Company silver cup.
The score was 11 to 9, in fav
or of the Canadians.
The game was marked by
hard slugging on the part of
the visitors, who appeared to
have little difficulty in con
necting with Besar’s elusive
curves and batted the ball all
over the lot during a series of
brisk rallies. Hyder’s strength j
appeared much diminished by i
the subsitution of novices foi j
regular players who could not
appear. The rest of the team,
although battling heroically
all the way, were unable to
overcome the lead established
by the Stewartites in the earl
ier sessions. A home run by
McNeill and two three baggers
by each team, were also out- j
standing features of the con
test .Batteries McNeill and
Nicholson for Stewart; Besar,
Lloyd and Gregg for Hyder.
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Jos. A. Mills, well known
mining engineer and manage*
of the local mining activities j
of the American Mining & j
Milling Co. left for Vancouvei j
today after an extended visit.
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J. D. Galloway, Af the B. C. j
Mines department and L>r.
Howard James .resident min
ing engineer for the Stewart
district, visited the Woodbine
group last week to look ovej
the road construction needs
of that locality.
C. B. Brown, Los Angeles
capitalist, who is associated
with F. C. Outland and C. F.
Hibbard of Seattle in the Out
land Silver Bar operations in
the Salmon glacier section, ar
rived from the south last week
to visit the scene of activities.
Mrs. Brown accompanied hei
husband. x x
B. C. SILVER REDUCES
OPERATIONS
A sudden reduction of the
crew to one shift early this
week and the shipment of a
quantity of ore from the B. C.
Silver is believed in local min
ing circles to indicate a further
development in connection
with the much discussed Pre
mier—B. C. Silver—Sebakwe
merger negotiations.
The first dispatch of ore
came down from the mine
Thursday in two team loads
of about five tons each. Two
additional loads of similar di
mensions also arrived in town
Friday.
In the absence of definite in
formation, it is surmised that
the ore was obtained during
sampling activities conducted
by Premier representatives on
B. C. Silver during recent
days, and is intended as a test
shipment which may determine
the ultimate outcome of the
merger negotiations.
FRICTION CAUSE OF
TRAM TOWER FIRES
Ignited by friction caused by
a runaway oil drum, three
owers of the Premier tramway
•ituated along the hillside
above Hyder broke into flames
Thursday night and were sav
ad from possible destruction
only by strenuous effort on the
oart of the employees, who at
tacked the flames with hastily
collected fire extinguishei's.
No one appears to know ex
actly how it all happened, al
though indications point to the
oil soaked cable having caught
fire from the heat engendered
by the loose oil drum, with the
result that the flames speedily
attacked the wooden cable
supports and later the tower
structures; which were blaz
ing merrily when the fire was
seen by employees at the
angle station. Owing to early
discovery the flames were eas
ily extinguished and none of
the towers sustained material
damage. Also the prompt ex
tinguishing of the three fires
probably averted a forest fire
which might have caused seri
ous damage to the town.
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The arrival of a large party
of New York excursionists on
the Grand Trunk steamer
caused the main streets of our
fair city to assume a decidedly
lively aspect for an hour or so
this morning; especially be
cause of the fact that a majori
ty of the arrivals were mem
bers of the fair sex. The party
constituted the annual excur
sion of the New York Graphic
and numbered slightly over
100 persons.
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Capt. Duncan MacVichie,
manager of the Big Missouri
Mining Co., and W. M. Arch
ibald, superintendent of Mines
for the Consolidated Mining
and Smelting Co., operators
of the Trail smelter, left for
the south today after spend
ing the past week on the Big
Missouri.
They were accompanied by
Mrs. and Miss MacVichie.
WOODBINE VEIN SHOWS
INCREASED WIDTH
Further evidence that the
huge vein opened up by the
lower crosscut tunnel on the
Woodbine property, in the up
per Salmon basin is one of the
largest found in this district,
was demonstrated a few days
ago when a cross cut running
from the last drift off the main
tunnel wa3 extended in good
ore to a point 25 feet beyond
the face of the main tunnel,
thereby disclosing that the
big ore body is at least 125
feet wide at that point.
A sample from the cross cut
sent south recently gave assay
returns of $48.09 in gold, sil
ver, lead, copper and zinc.
Work is continuing in the up
per tunnel but, owing to the
extreme hardness of the form
ation, fast progress is out of
the question until the new
power plant is placed in oper
ation. The plant is now being
installed and will be in oper
ation within a short period.
Construction work on the new
assay office and blacksmith
shop was completed a few days
ago.
Mr. Walter Tuck, of Victoria,
vice president of the Wood
bine Gold Mining Co. arrived
from the south today to look
over the property.
BASEBALL EXCURSION TO
KETCHIKAN PLANNED
A base ball contest between
the Hyder and Ketchikan ball
clubs is scheduled to take place
in Ketchikan next week, in the
event that arrangements now
being made by the local ball
| club officials are successfully
completed. Under the propos
ed schedule the team will leave
for Ketchikhan next Friday by
a special boat, and will remain
in the First City over Sunday,
returning to Hyder Monday.
As there are a considerable
number of local fans who wish
to see how the local team
stacks up against the Ketchi
kan twirlers, a large crowd, in
cluding a number of lady
ball enthusiasts, is expected to
accompany the team.
Club officials expect to se
cure a low excursion rate for
those desiring to make the
trip and if the crowd is large
enough, an effort will be made
to secure a larger boat, with
better accommodations. For
this reason, those who wish to
accompany the team should
advise W. C. Blanton, mana
ger, by Tuesday, so that ade
quate arrangements may be
made. ’
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The power boat Home Rule,
bearing E. A. Schneider, well
known local resident and own
er of the vessel, and Roy E.
Field, arrived from Ketchikan
Wednesday.
Following his return, Mr.
Schneider leased the Home
Rule to Field for use during
the summer and will remain
here to look after his local in
terests. Mr. Field sailed on the
return trip to Ketchikan Wed
nesday evening.
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RECONNAISANCE OF
TEXAS AND SALMON
AREAS UNDER WAY
J. G. Shepard, metal mining
assistant of the U. S. Geologic
al Survey, field staff .arrived
from Juneau this week and
will be engaged for several
weeks on a minerological rec
onnaisance in the Salmon River
and Texas Creek areas.
Mr. Shepard spent some time
in the district last fall in con
nection with a number of j
economic surveys of various!
local properties, designed to
determine the economic value
of the mineral exposures and
aid the prospector and miner
in obtaining a more compre
hensive knowledge of the
character, extent and value of
the mineral bodies found on
their claims. The surveys also
provide data for governmental
compilations regarding the
possible value of the mineral
resources of the district in
which they are made. His
work here this summer will
be of more extensive scope
and cover a more extended
area.
Mrs. Shepard, who also visit
ed the district last year, accom
panied Mr. Shepard on the
present trip.
APPARENT FOREST FIRE
DUE TO TRAIL BUILDING
Brush fires started by a crew
of trail builders employed by
the B. C. Mines department on
Bulldog Creek were respons
ible for the dense clouds of
smoke hanging over Portland
Canal during the past few
days. The smoke, as seen from
Hyder, suggested that a forest
fire was raging in the densely
timbered section below Mar
mot River and a report to that
effect gained wide currency
during the latter days of the
week.
The new trail will extend
from the beach at the mouth
of Buldog Creek to the vicinity
of the Gloria group, situated
about 8 miles up the the creek.
The property is owned by A.
Lincke, who, in association
with E. B. Fugier, is carrying
on development work on a
number of very promising
leads.
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E. E. Hall, Winnipeg capital
ist, who controls and operates
the Riverside mine, returned
Monday from a trip to Van
couver.
Robert Vrinchley, a promi
nent resident of Victoria, ar
rived from the south today in j
company with Walter Tuck, j
vice president of the Wood
bine Gold Mining Co.
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Nicholl Thompson, represent
ative of one of the leading
Canadian steel corporations,
arrived today and left for Pre
mier.
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R. C. Campbell-Johnson, Van
couver mining engineer, who
arrived last week, has been en
gaged in making an examinat
ion of the Albany group .
IMPROVEMENTS ON
WASHINGTON GROUP
A. H. Jarman, of the Wash
ington Mining Co. and R. E.
Lundvall, manager, returned
Friday from a visit to the
Washington properties in the
Marmot section and reported
that Bill Ryan and members of
the mine crew are making
good progress at installing the
new camp building. The struct
ure, which is designed to pro
vide additional bunk house
space and quarters for an as
say office, will be 20 x 40 feet
and two stories high.
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HYDERITES VISIT SUMMIT
OF LOFTIEST PEAK
A party of young people un
der the leadership of Attorney
Ernest Blue visited the summit
of Mount Dolly, loftiest peak
in the Hyder district, last Sun
day, and were rewarded for
their exertions by witnessing as
magnificent a panorama of
lofty mountain tops and vast
ice fields as can be witnessed
anywhere. One member of the
party ,Miss Marjorie Gale,
who has visited the Alps, stat
ed that the view was unsur
passed by anything she had
seen in that far famed land of
mountain vistas. The mountain,
starting practically at sea lev
el, towers 7500 feet in the air
and overtops all the surround
ing peaks, permitting a view
covering several hundred mile,1:
of territory. The ascent of the
peak w’as not difficult, as if.
evidenced by the fact that Mis.
Gale and Misses Lilian Stewan
and Thelma Burleigh, who
composed the female members
of the party, were not in the
least fatigued by the lofty
climb.
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U. S. Commissioner T. W.
McDonald, in his capacity at
Judge of the Probate Court
for Hyder precinct has ap
pointed J. A. Hall administrat
or of the estate of the late
Max Priebe, the appointment
being made in accordance with
a petition filed by Mrs. Wil
helmina Priebe of Rochester,
Minn., mother of the deceased,
requesting Mr. Hall’s appoint
ment.
As the estate has been ap
praised as less than S500 in
value, it will be ordered closed
in 60 days under summary
closing proceedings provided
by the Territorial probate
laws.
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Rev. S. V. Warren, pastor of
Hyder M. E. Church, will leave
for Seattle in the near future
to attend the annual Metho
dist Episcopal Church Confer
ence. Rev .Warren expects to
be away several weeks, and
the local church will be clos
ed during his absence.
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Three Canadian wild goose
eggs were recently found by
a resident of Sitka, who placed
them under a Plymouth Rock
hen and is now the possessor
of three fine goslings.
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Hyder 22; U. S. S. Cygan 5.
That tells the tale of the ball
game last Saturday evening.
FINE GOLD SAMPLES
FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW
A fine display of free gold
ore from the Mountainview
Gold Mining Co. properties on
Fish' Creek were on exhibition
in the Provinse store show
windows for several days this
week. Gold in varying quanti
ties was discernible to the nak
ed eye, in the specimens, and
presented a decidedly spectac
ular appearance when viewed
through a glass.
Arthus Moa, manager of the
company, stated that the ore
was taken from a vein situated
about 60 feet from the face of
the Skookum Creek tunnel and
1352 feet from the portal, at a
depth of 300 feet below the
surface.
A number of gold bearing
veins are known to exist on
property. One of large dimen
sions .known as the Gold Vein,
and situated some distance be
yond the present workings,
has yielded samples of free
milling gold ore of the “jew
elry store” variety, in one in
stance 40 pounds of rock from
this vein yielded two ounces of
gold.
The Skookum Creek tunnel is
being driven in the general di
rection of this vein and should
ultimately cut the lead at a
vertical depth of about 450
feet.
NOTED EARLY DAY
FIGURE RETURNS
A. B. Trites, who was one of
the number who were instru
mental in bringing the great
Premier mine into existence,
arrived from Vancouver today
to visit the famous property.
Mr. Trites was accompanied by
Mrs. Trites and Major Angus
Davis, prominent mining en
gineer, who is associated
! with Mr. Trites.
| The spectacle of a large, house
I of modern type moving sedate
I ly along the placid surface of
; Portland Canal Sunday fore
: noon caused quite a commotion
along the water front. Some
of the old timers rubbed their
eyes and fell to wondering if
there was something wrong
with the “jolt” hoisted on the
farther side of the boundary
line that morning. Several are
said to have been so far con
vinced they were “seeing
i things” that they started to
forswear further allegiance to
bootleg ,even when dispensed,
as in some instances, by gay
| houri’s in fetching kimonas.
One old stager was heard to
mutter:
j“B’gosh! No dame in a red
shimmy is goin’ to get any
more of that dope inter me:
No sir! not by a darned sight.”
Apprehension abated, however
when some one discerned that
the house was moving up the
canal in exact pace with a
puffing tug boat and a big
sigh of relief emanated from
thirsty throats as it was real
j ized that the two were attach
ed by a lengthy towline. Later
it developed that the house, a
snappy six-room affair, had
been towed up from Maple
Bay to become the family
domicile of John Campbell,
Stewart dairyman.
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