HYDER ALASKA MINER
W. R. Hull - - - - Editor
A newspaper whose purpose is to tell
the world about the newest and bus
iest town in the northland, and the
native resources which are responsible
for its existence.
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HYDER, ALASKA, November 28,1919
A TRIBUTE TO MINING
That the Rocky Mountains are the
strongest and most powerful asset to
the United States is demon trated in a
story credited to the Georgetown Colo.
Courier, and in its way one of the min
or classlcsof Colorado. It purports to
be the answer given by the president of
a Chicago bank who had been criticized
by some of his colleagues in the bank
ing business because of the fact that
he had acquired mining interests in the
Rocky Mountains. The eloque-1 Chica
go banker is reported to have made
this reply:
Throughout the Rocky Mountains, in
ages gone, God builded stronger vaults
in His granite banks than ours. He
filled these stronger vaults with gold
silver and copper, He gave the pros
pector knowledge and insight, and guid
ed him on his way to the door of t' e
bank vault. The federal government
handed him his patent title to ail there
in. It is no crime, but virtue to enter.
With drill, blast, pick and shovel the
poor man broke the combination lock
and entered. But for him our notes in
issue would be as the “stump-tail” cur
rency of 1857. But for him this gov
ernment would be bankrupt. Mines will
be producing millions in gold, silver a-d
cjpper in that future day when nation
al banks are unknown. Remember, a
mine is simply a crop, already raised,
harvested and deposited in the bin or
bank. You check it out at your pleas
ure.
The wealth gathered from mines im
mortalized King Solomon. Mining made
Rome mistress of the world. Mining
made Great Britain the world’s com
mercial dictator. Mining made the
United States tie richest country In
the world, Show me the country that
has no mines and I will show you a peo
ple sunk in degredation of poverty, and
poverty ma’ es cowards of nations as
well as of men. Mining has trancform
ed more broken men and tramps into
millionaires and placed them into posi
tions of honor and trust than any other
business. Without the miner you would
not have any frying pan, a spoon or a
hat pin. A nation’s prosperity depends
largely upon the extent, vaiiety and de
velopment of i ts mineral resources.
This is the :ime of the year when the
prospector lies in his bunk, and lies and
lies—in his bunk. And then sometimes
he goes out and peddles the bunk. If
it were not for the prospector there
would be no mines. So that makes him
the world’s greatest benefactor. He
is also the champion romancer of an
cient and modarn times. What a pity
it is that his romances might not every
one come true- what a wpnderful world
it would be! All power to this noble
adventurer, May his overalls never be
beyond patching, and his bean pot never
go empty. Nine times out of ten he
beiieves everything he says, and the
rest of us are not compelled to share
his fond delusions, though we are for
tunate in being able to enjoy their tell
ng. The prospector is a grown-up
child, living in a delightful land of
make believe—and we all love him,
A London dispatch says that the rea
son the Exchequer is in an optimistic
frame of mind is that a -‘vast discovery
of gold on the British side of the Yukon
has been made. ” We don’t know how
these Exchequer ginks get their mining
nformation, but we do know that some
body is peddling hot air. If th ‘re had
Alaskan
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HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING MEN
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W. R. REID, Manager
When in Hyder Visit
BUSY BEE CIGAR STORE
MERLE BELMONT > Belmont Ave.
JOHN A. COUGHLAN, Prop.
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SMALL & McDOUGALL
Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing, Machine and Lathe
Work, Oxy-Acetylene Welding, General Repairs.
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MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF SHEET METAL GOODS
Galvanized Roofing Gas Tanks Sheet Copper and Brass
Chimney Tops Galley Pipes Stove Connections
Eave Troughing Ships’ Lamps Stove Pipes and Elbows
Conductors Deck Plates Brass and Iron
Galvanized&Black Iron, Copper, Brass and Lead Pipes and Fittings, all
sizes. J to 4 ” in stock. Sheet-iron, Black and Galvanized.
Sheet Copper, Brass and Zinc Carried in Stock, Sold by S>heet, Bun
dle or Ton Lots. Lead Pipes and Fittings.
We Specialize In Warm Air Furnaces — Repairs of All Kinds
Estimates Cheerfully Given 220 2nd Ave
We Aim to Please PRINCE RUPERT B.C.
LAUNCH TAKU II
U.S. MAIL BOAT
LEAVES HYDER
EVERY TUESDAY
Freight and Passengers
Ed. J. Williams, Master
been a va3t discovery of gold made any
where on the American continent five
thousand sourdoughs would be there
before dear cld Lnn'non ever heard of
it. And by the way, where is the Brit
ish side of the Yukon, anyway?
“Mikami tnrned white and was badly
stunned” says a report in the Ketchikan
Chronicle. Bet he wasn’t half so badly
stunned as were the court attendants
at the spectacle of a Jap turning white.
The Nome fUtgget has suspended
publication. The sands of the world’s
wonder city have yielded up their gold
en hoard, and the most spectacular
placer camp of the age has lived its
ephemeral life, and can no longer sup
port a newspaper. Thus is it always
with placer camps. They are the but
terflies of mining settlements, gorgeous
while they last, but doomed to an early
extinction. Ah well, Nome was a great
camp, and the Nugget a good paper.
Requescat in pace.
Some of the most important mining
deals of the year in this district are
yet to be consummated. At least three
are now on the tapis and the Miner ex
pects to be able in an early issue, pos
sibly the next, to announce that this
deal has been definitely closed.
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Mrs. M. HARRIS, Prop.
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HYDER CIGAR STORE
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BLONDY CHARLTON, Prop.
Mrs. S. Martin
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WINTER IS COMING
Get your wood now. Nelson and Foy have plenty on hand
and will trade it to you for currency.
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