Tfcr Salmon Kiver District is
HsrveVounIj Hich in Minerals
fcrnt ilyder is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Crowing Town in
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon Rivet:, Alaska - Rrjtish Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 1. NO. 25.
HYDER, Alaska, Apr# ie, 1920
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FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Busy Building
All Over Town
Hammer and saw are making
merry music these days in Hyder.
With *he Hyder Lumber Company’s
sawmill running foil blast, those
who want to build and who have
l>een unable for aeveral months to
obtain material, can now revel in
lumber and sawdust to their hearts'
content. Anyone who can hit a
nail twice in succession can get a
job, and there are plenty of places
for high-class carpenters who can
saw to a scratch if the scratch is
wide enough.
Without making a special inves
tigation the Miner will here tell of
some of the building operations. No
attempt will be made to give a com
plete list of the buildings under
construction. In fact this would
hardly be possible, for while the
story is being put into type there
may be half a dozen new houses
started.
On the forest reserve one of the
largest structures to go up recently
is a building on Cottonwood street
put up by J. W; Maff, head of the
Marr Building Co. The new 0‘Cofi‘
nor laundry on the same street has
been completed and is now occu
pied. Wm. Gray of the Hyder Lum
ber Co. has practically doubled the
size of his residence. P. A. Jenns,
Superintendent of the Bush, has
lumber on the ground fof a resi
dence and Billy Bunting is also pre
pared to build a home. Mrs. Est
tnere, latfe of Jeneati, is putting up
« commodious rooming house.
On the Lindeborg townsite the
* Frizzell market is ready for the
painters. This is one of the largest
and most modern business houses
in town and is a credit to its build
ers. the Marr Building Co. Mrs
Campbell’s addition to the building
- arc :d.;ed from G. E. Austin is also
practically finished and the Marks
restaurant and bakery will soon bo
moved into it. Adjoining this, Mas
Lipovatz and N. Belyin are putting
up a building 29 by 36 feet in 6ize,
which will contain a store and car
penter shop.
The greatest activity at the pres
ent time exists on the piled area,
for two reasons, oife that there is
no snow to contend with, the other
that property there can be secured
•at a nominal cost. The foot of Main
has been extended 200 feet during
the past week and several buildings
down that way are projected. Mrs.
Bullock’s rooming house three lots
h«low the Hyder Cigar Store will
oe finished in about a week, and
Mrs. Hazel Lewis’ two residences
near the corner of Main and Second
Tare practically ready for occupancy.
Joe Grachio has put in a founda
tion next to MTs. Martin’stfressmak
\ng shop and will build a residence.
Charlie Martin has also put in a
foundation for a new home. Mrs.
Ora Bradley has followed suit on
A street. Sam Estes is preparing
to build on Main street. T.D.Smith
and Charlie Martin are building a
new restaurant on Main street next
to the Blanton and Jeffrey building.
The iatter is nearing completion
and will soon be occupied as a mod
ern billiard parlor. Jim Holloron is
putting up q building between the
Hyder Bath House and Mrs. Sadie
Brown's candy shop. Two residen
ces out on E street are about ready
to move into.
H. H. Howard is building an 18
foot extension to the Midget Em
porium. Another break or two like
that and his emporium will no long
er be a midget.
Prince Rupert
Brings Bunch
Of Passengers
Foi the first time in eight years
the big Grand Trunk steamer Prince
Rupert tied up at the Stewart dock
Thursday evening and targe delega
tions of Hyder and Stewart citizens
were there to welcome what they
consider the forerunner of many
such vessels. The boat brought
more than 100 passengers. She
came from Rupert by way of Any
ok.
Alaska Pioneers
Raise the Limit
The Gfand Igloo of the Pioneers
of Alaska has raised the limit on
necessary residence in Alaska to
become a member of the order. It
now makes ail those who were in
the Territory in 1905 qualified for
mertibership. The provision in the
Constitution for a meeting every
other year at Juneau while the leg
islature was in session was repeal
ed, The next meeting will be held
at Seward on Seward day. March
30,1921.
New Market
Building Ready
The new Frizzell market building
is practinally completed, the Marr
Building Company having been giv
en e rush order which they filled in
record tine. Manager J. W. Marr
put on aTl the men who could find
room to work and the building, be
sides holding a record for speedy
construction, is one of the most at
tractive business houses in Hyder.
Jack Adkins is back from a trip to Ru
pert.
J. Sigmund, representing the Prince
Rupert Mercantile Co., is in camp.
Tom Taylor went to Rupert thfs week
to hustle in some fixtures for the Ocean
View.
Fred Aslin, a businessman of Fort Fra
ser and Bums Lake, is here looking for
an opening
Chett Net. who fought once for thf
Pacific coast lightweight championsh’;
arrived on the Rupert from Vancouver
W. E. Bagley is in 'rom Vancouver
with a Studebaker car and will go into the
taxi business when conditions are right.
Hank Cottingham, one of the besi
known hotel met) of Vancouver, arrived
on the Rupert and will go info business
Vdwwart,
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Bill Hall is down from the Lakeview.
Bob Robertson has gone to Rupert for
medical attention.
Mrs, A. C. Whitney and baby have
gone to New York.
Mrs. Park Stump has gone to South
<rort George for a visit.
Mrs. P. R. Backus returned on the Ru
pert from a trip to Vancouver.
Jim Bovard is back from Ketchikan
where he spent the winter.
O. S. Caldwell of the New Alaska was
down to see the big boat come in.
Ray Larson, the glass man, is coming
from Anchorage to open a store here,
Morris Pederson has gone to the Pre
mier to do some timbering, at which he is
an expert.
Bob Cameron is down from his winter
trap line. His face is well sunburned
from traveling in the snow.
The Taku II came in Tuesday in charge
of Captain C. P. (Casey) Williams. Cap
tain Ed is south on a business trip.
Miss Helen Bell will take over MrS1
Martin's dressmaking shop on the first of
May and put in a ladies' ready-to-wear
Store.
Mrs. Margaret Fern and Miss Edith
Berger wish to publicly thank those who
helped them when their home was de
stroyed by fire.
Billy Jehkins, oldtime newspaperman
but now with the Granby company at
Anyox' renewed acquaintances with a
number of old tilHcums while the Rupert
lay in port.
Gus Stanfeld, a '95 Yukoner, and a pio
neer of every Alaskan camp, arrived this
week from Seattle where he speht the
Winter. He took the first gold shipment
out of Forty Mile.
The Prince of Wales brought thirteen
passengers ftom Ketchikan last Tuesday.
Captain Neill did a good stroke of salvag
ing on the tiip, picking up a drifting scow
with $40,000 worth of cannery supplies
and tewing it hack to Ketchikan,
t>r- and Mrs. J. L. Hawes, formerly of
Anchorage and McCarthy, arrived on the
'T'nku and the former has opened a den
tal office in Sam Estes' house on Main
street. Dr, Hawes has been down east
taking a post graduate course in dentis
try.
F. L. Lake has been in Ketchikan this
week.
Sandy Connacher is back from a trip to
Rupert and Anyox.
W. F. (Cyclone) Thompson is down
from the Big Missouri.
Bob Taylor has opened a soft drink nnd
cigar store in the Beach hotel.
Charlie Carson (Long Shorty) is back
from Latouche. He is a pioneer of 1910.
Eli Watiand was down this week from
the Bush. He says it is a fine place to
work.
Charlie Lund, noted as being one of
the camp's huskiest stnglejackers, is down
from the Big Missouri.
Mrs. M. R. Jamieson has gone to South
Fort George to visit her mother, Mrs
Henry Avison, who is sick.
E. J. Conway, field engineer for the
Granby company, was on the Rupert on
his way to Prince Rupert from Anyox.
P. D. Murphy, representing the Dia
mond Drill Contracting Co. of Spokane, is
here to get acquainted with the camp.
W. A. Hodgson has put a goldleaf sign
on the door of the Midget Emporium, the
first gold sigh to be seen in this silver
camp.
Lee Balch. formerly a building con
tractor of Anchorage, arrived this week
from Seattle with his wife and two little
girls.
A. A. Fra2er is back from a trip to San
Francisco. While away his trail could
le followed by the boosting interviews he
gave the newspapers.
Phil Hannafin was a caller at the Miner
office this week. He brought a Hupmo
bile up with him and will burn some gas
around Hyder and Stewart this summer.
According to a letter redeived by Eli
Watiand, C. G. Skonlng. who is now in
Jforthport, will be here about the first of
May with an outfit to begin operations on
the X abob group.
W. R. Reid went to Ketchikan as a
witness on the Brandenberg and Walker
case. The defendants obtained consider
able money here last fall by representing
themselves as Forest Service officials.
Some people are under the mistaken
impression that the walk extension at the
foot of Main street is being paid for by
fonds raised at the street improvement
dance, Property owners are paying for
this work. The dance money is being
spent for repairs and railings only.
What’s Doing
At the Mines
Stimulated by the sun and soft
winds which are working away on
their spring job of removing a win
ter’s accumulation of snow, mining
operations throughout the district
are becoming more active. New
properties are opening up or pre
paring to commence operations and
the old s»and-bys which have been
plugging away all winter ale add
ing more men to their crews as fast
as room can be found for them.
The Premier has increased its
force recently by the addition of a
number of expert miners and timb
ermen. The machinery for the con
centrator is all on the ground and
before the summer is over the low
grade ore will be milled as it is ex
tracted. The mill will have a cap
acity of 100 tons daily and will be
built as the first unit of a much
larger plant. More than 300 tons
of high £rade ore have come down
the hill since the last shipment and
is awaiting a freight steamer. Ex
ploratory work with diamond drills
is being carried on, the work being
done by Boyle Bros, of Spokane,
under the supervision ot L. Jessen.
P. C. Hanley, field manager of the
Portland Canal and Skeena River
districts, with headquarters at
Prince Rupert, has been in camp
this week conference with Mr.
Jessen and D. L. Pitt, general man
ager of the Premier.
Two diamond drill outfits belong
ing to Lynch Bros, of Seattle arriv
ed on the Rupert and will be pul
in operation on the Northern Light
and Spider groups which are being
opened up by the Algunican Syndi
cate of Belgium. John Hovland,
superintendent of the Spider, has
his camp establisned and his crew
have vacated the Bush camp, and
Superintendent Jenns is putting on
more miners at the Bush and und
ertaking new development work.
Extensive diamond drilling will
be carried on at the Big Missouri
this summer, it being reported that
contracts for 12,000 feet of holes
have been let Tunneling is pro
pressing steadily and the objeotive
for which the Ions crosscut is being
driven should be reached within
the next six weeks. William Noble,
the superintendent, says that the
work has gone ahead very satisfac
torily all winter. Doyle Bros, are
doing the diamond drilling at the
Big Missouri and have just deliver
ed 100 cases of gasoline at the
camp.
Jack Harkley has a crew at work
on his group near Harkley gulch
Bitter creek. Preliminary work has
been finished, and Bert Olson who
was down this week, s id that the
tunnel, which will be a crosscut, is
fuced up. The property has some
fine surface showings and those fam
iliar with it are confident that it
will develop into a producer.
There are no new developments
of note reported from the Forty
Nine. Drifting is being carried on
both ways on the new shoot of high
grade encountered several weeks
sgo. Wesley Warren, consulting
engineer in charge during the ab
sence of Superintendent Harry
Howson, made a flying trip down
from the mine Wednesday with
H. A. Allen’s team of six huskies.
Lon Doggett and F. W. Petrie
have put a second shift on the Uni
corn and will haup thmr *i(U) loot
tunnel contract finished before the
middle of May.
S. T. Bentley, of Tonapah, Neva
da, who has an option on the Silver
King group on Glacier creek, arriv
ed this week and will give the ground
a thorough examination as soon as
the surface is exposed. He is rep
resenting New York and San Fran
cisco interests. The property is
owned by N. F. Zimmerman of
Ketchikaa
Fitagerald Bros, are making good
progress on one of their Silver Bas
in leads. They have the Big Miss
ouri westerly extensions and strong
surface showings.
Six miles down the canal from
Hyder, and on the Canadian side,,
is the B. C. Verde group, which has
just been bonded from Louis Wat
kins aod associates for an attractive
price and with a substantial cash
payment. Work will be started in
a shoit time as the property is not
difficult to reaoh.
AVERAGE YEARLY PRICES
SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC
1910 to 1919 Inclusive
Silver Copper Lead Zinc
Year Oz. Lb. Lb. Lb.
1910 .54 .127 .044 .054
1911 .63 .125 .045 .057
1912 .615 .165 .045 .069
1913 .604 .155 .044 .056
1914 .553 .133 .039 .051
1915 .507 .175 .047 .124
1916 .658 .272 .068 .134
1917 ...814 .271 .087 .089
1918 ..967 .247 .074 .088
1919 . 1.110 .189 .057 .073
^erage Prices %ilver, Copper, Lead
and Zinc Dyring 1919
Silver Copper Lead Zlrfc
Month Oz. Lb. Lb. Lb.
January .101.12 .204 .056 .074
February ...101.12 .173 .051 .067
March .101.12 .150 .052 .065
April .101.12 .152 .050 .064
May .107.23 .159 .050 .064
June .110.50 .175 .053 .069
July .106.36 .208 .055 .077
August .111.35 .225 .057 .078
September ..113.92 .221 .060 .07?
October .119.10 .216 .064 .078
November ..127.57 .204 .1)67 ,08,1
1?«CTOilrer ..131.92 .135 .Oil