BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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A quick reference list of pro
gressive business firms which
advertise in the Herald and
what they handle.
Assaying—
John Hovlaud
Automobiles—
Hyder Machine Shop
Automobile Supplies—
Hyder Machine Shop
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Banks—
Bank of Hyder
Barber Shop—
Malamute Barber Shop
Bakery Goods—
Quick Lunch.
Ideal Cafe.
Hyder Grocery.
Blacksmithing—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Clothing—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Chinaware Crockery—
Hydqr’ Mercantile Co.
Curios—
Hyder Drug Co.
Card Rooms—
Malamute-Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall.
Drugs—
Hyder Drug Co.
Dairies—
Hyder Dairy
Electrical Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Explosives—
Salmon River Dock. Co.
Fuel—
Hyder Fuel Company
Salmon River Dock Co.
General Supplies—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Groceries—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Green Goods—
Hyder Grocery.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Gas Engines—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Hotels—
Golden Gate Hotel.
Alaska Hotel
Hardware—
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Jewelry—
Nugget Shop.
Hyder Drug Co.
Laundry—
Portland Canal Electric
Machine Shop—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Meat Markets—
P. Burns & Co.
Notary Public—
Ernest Blue.
Plumbing, Steamfitting—
Hyder Machine Shop.
Printing—
Hyder Herald.
Pool Rooms—
Northern Pool Hall
Professional—
Ernest Blue, Attorney.
Photo Supplies—
Hyder Drug Co.
Restaurants—
Ideal Cafe
Quick Lunch
Silver Grill
Smokers Supplies—
Malamute Cigar Store.
Northern Pool Hall
Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder Mercantile Co.
Golden Gate Hotel
Stationery—
Hyder Drug Co.
Steamship Agencies—
Salmon River Dock Co.
Steamship Lines—
Border Line Transports Co.
T oileUPreparations—
Hyder Drug Co.
Tranfer Companies—
Sam Potts
Crawford Transfer Co.
Hyder Fuel Co.
T ypewr iters—
Hyder Drug Co.
In the Commiaisoner’s Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Maragaret Lobley, Deceased
Number 21 Probate
Notice of .Hearing of the Fin
1 al Account.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Mrs. Marie Vincent, Ad
ministratrix of the estate of
Margaret Lobley, Deceased,
has rendered and presented
for final settlement and filed
in this court her final account
of her administration of said
estate together with her petit
ion for final distribution, and
that Thursday the 27th, day of
January, 1927 at 2 o’clock in
afternoon in the office of the
United States Commissioner, in
[ Hyder, Alaska, has been fixed
and appointed as the time and
place for the settlement of
said account, and the hearing
: of said petition, at which time
! and place all persons interest
ed in said estate may appear
and file his exception in writ
ing to said account and contest
the same. Notice is further
given that upon the confirmat
ion of said final account, the
final distribution of said es
tate will be had.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
27th, day of December, 1926.
Chas. F. Sandford
United States Commissioner
and ex-officio Judge of Pro
bate.
Publish Dec 27, 1926; Jan. 3,
1927.
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In the Commisiioner’* Court;
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinct.
In Pr-bate.
In the matter of the Estate of
Samuel Wall, Deceased.
No. 25 Probate
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned adminstrator ox
the estate of Samuel Wall, de
ceased, to all persons having
claims against said estate to
file the same within fifteen
(15) days from date hereof
with proper vouchers at my
office in the town of Hydei,
Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska,-this
29th day of December, 192t>.
E. M. Reynolds
Administrator.
Publish Jan. 3-10, 1927
In the Commissioner’s Court,
Territory of Alaska; Division
Number One; Hyder Precinci.
In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate
of John Ferguson, Deceased
Number 26 Probate.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned adminstrator of
the estate of John Ferguson,
Deceased, to all persons hav
ing claims against said es
tate to file the same within
fiftenn (15) days from date
hereof with proper vouchers
at my office in the town of
Hyder, Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this
29th day of December, 192t>
T. H. Evans
Administrator.
Publish Jan. 3-10, 1927
The Public Library is open
every Tuesday and Friday, af
ternoon and evening: Hours 3
to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
BOAT SCHEDULES
C. N. R.: Prince Rupert ar
rives, leaves Thursday morn
ing.
Steamship Border Queen
every twenty days from Se
attle.
Ketchikan Mail boat Taku II
arrives Wednesday morning;
, leaves Wednesday evening.
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ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED
MINERAL PRODUCTION
IN ALASKA IN 1926.
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year, though it is understood
that plans are well under way
for the installation of a dredge
on American Creek, in tbe
Hot Springs district, and that
considerable prospecting for
this enterprise was done dur
ing the season. The Fairbanks
Exploration Co. continued to
develop its extensive proper
ties on Goldstream Creek and
in other parts of the Fairbanks
district. Work on this property
was carried on throughout
the season and consisted main
ly in building part of the long
ditch from Chatanika River,
near the mouth of Fairbanks
Creek. It is undertstood that
about 17 miles of this ditch is
now completed, together witn
nome of the necessary siphons.
Though much other develop
ment work was in progress by
fhis company, the property
will probably not begin pro
ductive mining on a large scale
before 1928.
Geld and Silver Lodes
The most notable accomplish
ment in the gold lode mines
during the year was the min
ing and milling of a very large
amount of ore by the Alaska
Juneau Gold Mining Co.
TlTis company maintained an
average production thru out
the year in excess of 10,000
tons a day, and during one
month averaged more than 12
000 tons a day. Work on the
addition to the company’s mill
has been practically complet
ed, and underground develop
ment and prospecting was
actively carried on in one of
the adjacent properties, whose
ore is handled by this com
pany, as well as in the com
pany’s own mine, so as to in
crease the tenor of the ore
milled.
All three of the hitherto
productive gold mines on Chi
chagof island were active.
Mining in the Nuka Bay region
showed a considerable increase
and would probably have
yielded even more gold had
breakage of machinery not in
terrupted continuous operation
of the mill during the summer.
The mines in the Willow Creek
district, north of Anchorage,
had a moderately good seas
on, though no new develop
ments were undertaken. Some
of the older mines were idle.
South and east of Anchorage
some gold lode mining was in
progress at the Alaska Min
eral Co., mine, near Hope,
and in the hills north of Giru
wood. In the Fairbanks reg
ion the production of lode
gold came mostly from the
Mohawk and Hosiana mines,
on Ester Dome, and the Crites
& Feldman mine, on a tribu
tary of Fairbanks Creek, but
prospecting was carried on at a
number of other properties.
Some gold was also recovered
from the treatment of the cop
per and silver ores. From in
formation now available n
seems probable, however, thac
the amount of lode gold from
all these sources in 1926 was
somewhat less than in 1925.
Most of the silver produced
in Alaska in 1926 was recov
ered from the copper ores, in
fact, it is probable that con
siderably more than thres?
fourths of the silver produced
during the year came from
this source. A large part o
the remainder was producer
from the gold ores of thi
Alaska Juneau Gold Minin*
Co., and some silver was alsi
recovered from the gold wot
in placers and other gold loot
operations. The lead-silver de
posits in the Hyder distric
attracted considerable atten
tion during the year, and the
ownership of several of tnt
more promising properties wa:
taken over by strong compan
ies--an indication that dove'
|. pment on them will probably
| be carried on more actively
and under skilled managt
ment. The Riverside mine con
tinued to be the main produt
er on the American side of tnt
district, in the vicinity of Hy
der. Prospecting was contin
ued on the silver-lead lode,
j north of Skagway.
Copper
A considerable part of the
! decrease in the value of the
i copper produced in 1926 is rii
j rectly attributable to the low
j er average price of copper in
| that year than in 1925. Thi j
I lower price undoubtedly alsr.
! had an indirect effect on the ;
| had an indirect effect on the
j quantity of copper produced.
In 1926, as in previous years,
! the output of copper wa: 1
! largely made by the Kenne
cott and Mother Lode mines,
j and by the Beatson mine. La-!
i touche Island. Among the I
smaller producers, the Alaska
Palladium Co., Prince of j
Wales Island, had the largest
output. As indicated by the
name of this company, the
most valuable metal product
of its mine is palladium, bui
the mine was originally de
veloped for the copper co>. i
tent of the ore, and even now j
that metal forms quantitatively |
by fur the bulk of the valu
able minerals recovered.
\ Coal
The production of coal was
maintained in 1926 at approxi
mately the same rate as here
tofore and ' was furnished
mainly by the Evan Jones
; Alaska Matanuska, and Pre
mier mines, in the Matanuska
region, and the Suntrana mine
in the Healy River field. The
Evan Jones mine was closed
down in September, and tin
, owners did not plan to operab
1 again during the year. The
Alaska Matanuska .was more
or less completely closed down
for several months during the
i summer for the purpose of in
stalling new machinery and
getting the washing plant into ;
running order. Work under i
lease or permit was also done
at the Rawson mine, on Moosi
. Creek, and on Coal Creek op
I posite Cliickaloon. The Healy
River Coal Co.'s mine was in
operation throughout the year,
though its production during j
part of the summer was ream, j
ed while certain construction
woyk was in progress.
The controlling factor of
Alaskan coal production con
tinues to be the market, and
special efforts have been made
by several of the companies
during the >rear to build up an
outlet for their coal.
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Petroleum '
All the petroleum proudcctl
n Alaska continued tb come
from the wells of the Chilkat
)li Co., near Katalla, where,
•i addition to the oil wells,
he company operates a small
efiner.v. The gasolne and
istillate produced by the com
any are much in demand in
he local market, as they are
aid to be of better quality
han the usual commercial
>rands.
j The exploration fo petrole
: m on the Pearl C'eek dorr;.,
i the Alaska Peninsula which
a? been in progress for three
j cars by the Standard Oil
lo., was definitely su~pen 'eel
arly in the year, when the
est well was abandoned at a
'epth of 5,034 feet. Ac ord
; ug to the Standard Oil Bulle
n of April, 1926, th's well
’proved wholly unproductive
f petroleum,” though it “was
veil situated in the area and
onstituted a full test of the
ormation, in the opinion of
ompany’s geologists.” Altho
hese conclusions are uniuesi
mably true fof the Peari
j treek dome, the test by no
j eans condemns other p-r‘ o:
iaska Peninsula, for a; has
! een already pointed out m
■ niblished reports of the Geo
ogical Survey, there are in
hat region other structural
i ’eatures where the probable
)il-bearing formations lie near
; :r the surface.
Drilling to test for oil the
j -fracture in the vicinity of
Johnson Creek, in the Yaka
■aga. region, was earned on by
' the General Petroleum Co.
According to the latest avail
able ifoimation, this well ha>
j been drilled to a depth of 300
feet, and a good flow of gas
was said to have been encount
ered at 240 feet and indicat
ors of oil at several places h**
| tween the depth of 200 feet
and the bottom of the well.
The report of the discovery
i of oil in the Nizina district ap
pears to be unfounded, and
a member of the Geological
Survey who visited that dis
trict was unable to find any
signs that might form a ba i
for this report. In fact the
general geology of the -M t:\ct
is distinctly unpromi :ng f -
an oil field.
Other Mine-ah
Alaska also produced d"r>ne
, 1926 some lead, marble tin.
platinum and palladium. L'v i
showed some decrease
quantity, but a lar?e part o'
the decrease in the value o*
the output of this metal w..
due to the fact that the pri-o
of lead was about hr If a com
ia pound less in 1926 than ir
1925. Most of the lead was re
covered in the treatment o
ores whose principal val ic is
their gold or silver content.
The lead-bearing gol 1 o
came almost entirely from the
j Alaska Juneau mine, in soutli
! eastern Alaska, and the leau
| bearing silver ores came prm
| cipally from the Hyder dis
' trict, also in southeastern Alas
ka. The output of marble came
entirely from the quarries of
the Vermont Marble Co. ai
Tokeen, on Prince of Wales
Island, southeastern Alaska.
The tin ore, or cassiteri.e was
derived from placers near
York, in Seward Peninsula,
and from the Hot Springs dis
trict, in the Yukon-Tanana
region. Some of the platinum
metals were won from placers
in the vicinity of Dime Creek,
Seward Peninsula, but the
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