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TOL 1, NO.49
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCKTH
WORK STARTS ON
THE BIG MISSOURI
Pat Daly, than whom few are
more widely known in^North
westem mining circles, return
ed Saturday after nearly a
year’s absence to take charge
of the Big Missouri as resident
representative of the Standard
Mines, Corporation, which re
cently bonded that noted
property.
Mr. Daly was directly respon-:
Bible for the sale of the prop
erty as it was he who present- j
ed the proposal to H. A. Hent
on, of Tacoma, head of the ,
Standard Mines Corporation,
and assisted in the negotiat
ions leading to the purchase.
Mr. Daly is the company rep- i
reaentative and in complete;
charge of activities. As many
preliminary arrangements are
to be made before active de
velopment work is undertaken,
only a small crew of men will
be employed for the time be- j
ing fixing up the camp and i
putting things in shape for a
vigorous development program
which will be mapped out'
after Mr. Daly has had time 1
to go over the ground thor
oughly. It is the intention to |
carry on work throughout the j
winter but nothing can be said :
at this time regarding the
character or extent of activi-.
ties.
E. P, Peterson, a metallugist
of note,accompanied Mr. Daly i
charge of the assay work, for j
which the finest equipment1
possible to secure has been
purchased and will arrive in '
the near future. Harry Town- j
send, widely known mining
engineer, and consulting engi
neer for the company, will ar- j
rive toward the last of the
season. Mr. Townsend is at
present in the Cassiar district
looking after the company’s
dredging activities in that lo
cality. M. R. Jamieson, will be
the company’s town agent
and will direct the transfer
and forwarding of supplies
and equipment to the mine.
Wm. McGrew and several
- men left Monday with the
first load of supplies and
equipment for the mine.
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After completing an extend
ed study of the geological con-'
ditions in the _ lower Texas
Creek valley, which included
the examination of a large
number of mining properties
in that section, A. F. Budding
ton, U. S. Geological Survey
expert, has moved his camp i
from the Cable crossing to the
head of Texas Creek and is
now subjecting that region to
a careful examination accord
ing to late arrivals from that
locality.
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Consignments of shipping ore
are still coming down from the
L & L properties on Glacier
Creek by pack train and will
be forwarded to* the smelter
as soon as a sufficient amount
is assembled. The first ship
ment will comprise about 20
tons and will be forwarded to
the Selby smelting plant near
San Francisco.
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- Henry Hummel, who has
PROGRESS ON
TEXAS CREEK
Frank Blasher, who has been
prospecting for several months
on the upper end of Texas
Creek near the tip of Chicka
min Glacier, is reported by ar
rivals from that section to
have located a fine looking
lead of silver-lead ore, on
which he is driving a cross
cut tunnel to tap the vein at
depth.
Mr. Blasher is a real pros
pector; one of those energetic
spirits who say little and do
a lot toward the development
of a new country. Commenc
ing early last spi-ing and work
ing entirely alone he back
packed a large outfit, includ
ing a forge, to the scene of his
present operations and has
done more actual development
work in the succeeding inter
val than many of the windy,
stock peddling mine develop
ers accomplish in a year with
a hatful of money to work on.
After several weeks of pros
pecting, Dominick Bervacqua
has uncovered a lead of nice 1
looking ore on his Engineer
Group, near the foot of Fergu
son Glacier in the upper Tex
as Creek section. The vein,
which has been traced for sev
eral hundred feet on the sur
face, is from two to 4 feet
hick and heavily miheralized
with close grained galena.
tmnmrmtrK TTas clSWS a cousin- •
arable amount of open cutting
and is now driving a crosscut i
tunnel which is expected to
tap the vein between 65 and
75 feet below the outcrop.
The group comprises 5 claims
and is most advantageously'
:ituated. Like Frank Blasher,
Bervacqua is working alone j
and is making splendid prog-1
t*ess in opening up his group. !
A sudden break in the price
)f Dunwell stock, following
reports from the south of an
increase in the present capital
ization, created a sensation in
local mining circles during the
past week. Nothing is definite
ly known regarding the alleg
ed increase of capital but
Dame Rumor has been ex
ceedingly busy and the air is
full of fantastic reports re
garding the situation, none of
which could be verified up to
the time this article was writ
ten.
As a result of the shakeup
.he stock tumbled from around i
$3.50 to $1.25 within a few
days and at last accounts was
still dropping.
Indications have been appar-,
ent for some time that a reor
ganization of some kind was
impending in the event that
the property was not sold and
it is believed by those in close
touch with the situation that
the slump is attributable to
something of this kind; altho,
as stated .above, no one ap
pears to know anything defin
ite about the matter. Being a
fully developed mine, with an
abundance of good ore in
sight and needing, according
to competent authority, only
adequate milling facilities to
place it on a productive plane,
the property is of undoubted
HEWITT AND CARLSON
START ORE SHIPMENT
FROM HOMESTAKE
The first of a series of high
grade ore shipments from the
Homestake group on Texas
creek is now being assembled
by Messrs Hewitt and Carlson
and will be forwarded to the
smelter as soon as a sufficient
quantity is accumulated. The
first batch of ore, was brought
into town a few days ago by
Wm. McGrew’s pack train
and will be stored pending tie
arrival of sufficient addition
al quantities to make up a
| shipment. The ore is being ex
tracted from a vein intersect
ed by a crosscut tunnel start
ed on the Homestake No. 1 last
fall and from which assays
ranging from $21.50 to $112.
50 were obtained. The vein av
erages around 5 feet in width
and is mineralized throughout.
Lead is the predominating el
ement, although gold, silver
and copper are represented In
varying ppopprtions. Assays
made last fall from average
samples taken in some of the
least mineralized and most un
promising appearing portions
of the vein gave returns of
$26 gold, $28 silver, and $30
copper. The vein is intersect
ed by the tunnel at a depth of
30 feet below the outcrop and
is considerably wider at that
point than at the surface.
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THE INDEPENDENCE
Further enhancing the in
creasing estimate of that prop
erty, more samples of ore
showing native silver and ar-!
gentite in decidedly generous j
quantities came down from |
the Independence during the
past few days. Some samples ]
of the ore are sufficiently j
“showy” in appearance to at
tract notice even tho display-!
ed beside mapy of the finest
appearing ores found in the :
district.
According to managing di
rector S. P. Fitzgerald, the
samples came from the fine
ore body recently encountered j
in the main drift at a depth '
of abbut 430 feet and some
thing over 500 feet from the
portal.
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S.S. MOGUL ON ROCKS
The big ore carrying steam
er Mogul, one of the fleet of
vessels engaged in carrying
ore from the Premier to the
Tacoma smelter, struck a rock
in Granville Channel and is
now in dry-dock at Prince Ru
pert, according to advices re- j
ceived Monday evening. The ■
vessel was on its way sdUth !
with a large tonnage of Pre- j
mier ore at the time of the ac
cident.
According to the reports the
big vessel managed to get
clear of the toeks after striking
and proceeded to Princo Ru
pert under its own steam. No
details regarding the damage
or its character were received.
Dugald‘Campbell, of Van
couver, representative of the
Canadian Linotype, Ltd, the
Canadian 'branch of the Mer
SEW STRIKE ON
TEXAS CREEK
'Authentic reports have been
received of a new discovery on
th Connors-McVey properties
on Texas Creek but no details
could be obtained.
The properties in question
are located about half way up
the Texas Creek valley, on
the north side, and a short dis
tance below the Ibex and
Homestake groups. The ore Is
said to show strong minerali- i
zation and, judged from its
appearance, should carry good
values in silver.
PORTER IDAHO SHIPS
FIRST ORE OF SEASON
The first of this season’s
shipments of high grade ore
from the Porter Idaho, leaves
for the south on the steamer
Amur the early part of the
week. The shipment compris
ed some 1600 sacks and will
be followed by others at inter
vals throughout the season.
According to present contem
plations shipments will range
around sixty tons per month.
The ore goes to the Selby
Smelter at Selby, California.
Having started nearly a
month earlier than last year
and with an abundant supply
of high grade ore in sight, and
trail conditions much improv
ed, the mine is unquestionably
due to achieve a splendid pro
duction record during the
season. •• ■"~,ir. ■ 111 ' —
PLEASED WITH TEXAS
COMSTOCK OUTLOOK
W. A. Younts, leading figure
in the syndicate which has tak
en over the control and man
agement of the Texas Creek
Comstock holdings, left Mon
day for Vancouver after in- j
specting the properties in com-'
pany with James Otto, a Van-j
couver mining engineer, who
is also interested in the syndi
cate. ~~~
Messrs. Younts and Otto were |
much impressed with the poss
ibilities of the group as dis
played by the imposing sur-!
face showings, both stating
that the evidences of mineral
ization were much greater
than anticipated. Mr. Younts,
who is far from being a novice
at the mining game, expressed
himself as thoroughly satis
fied with the outlook for the
property. No definite plans
have been arranged, as yet, al
though it is the intention to
proceed with development
work as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made.
Mr. Younts was inclined to the
view that shipments from the
rich and massive surface show-!
ings could probably be made
this fall, if such proceedure is
agreeable to his associates.
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The Hyder ball team won a |
close victory from Stewart on*;
the local grounds Sunday aft
ernoon. The score for the sev
.en innings was 15 to 13. Al
though the game developed
many interesting features,
both sides clouting the ball at
frequent intervals, lack of
practice resulted in numerous
errors and made the game {
prqbably the poorest exhibit
ion of the season. The occas
ion was somewhat enlivened
FINDS GOOD LEAD
ON MINERAL HILL
Ray Snyder has encountered
a very promising looking lead
of ore in a cross cut tunnel
now being run on the 96 Group
on Mineral Hill. The tunnel,
which was started last sum
mer, is now in a distance of
about 60 feet and cuts the
lead at about an equal dis
tance below the surface, but
has not reached the hanging
wall, although the ore body
has been penetrated over
four feet. The vein material is
a light quartz and is well
mineralized with galena, chal
copyrite and zinc. No assays
have been made and the val
ues contained are not known.
After crossing the lead Mr.
Snyder contemplates following
the ore to better determine its
character and will later ex
tend the tunnel to tap a big
quartz zone which intersects
the vein a short distance be
yond the present face. Out
crops of the quartz zone show
it tc^efrom 12 to 15 feet wide
with strong mineralization in
the shape of galena and iron
sulphides. Continuance of the
tunnel to the point of contact
with the quartz will give a
depth of about 250 feet on the
dip of the vein.
Mr. Snyder, who has been
pounding away alone, is great
ly encouraged by the good
showing and intends to con
tinue work during mo^t of the,
summer season.
Work on the Texas Creek,
pack trail has now reached
the point where pack trains
find no great difficulty in
reaching the upper end of the
valley. The first pack train to
make the trip was taken
in by Ernest Bryson last week
with a load of supplies for the
Forestry' service road camp.
A small crew of men with
Jack Ferguson in charge is en
gaged at present in filling in
the gap between the Carlson
and Hewitt camp and the gov
ernment cabin which could not
be completed last year before
the close of the season. Good
progress is being made and
the next few weeks will see
the trail completed.
Harry Hogan, local taxi ope
rator, was the victim of an un
fortunate accident Saturday
morning which not only seri
ously endangered his life but
also came uncomfortably close
to causing the loss of his car.
While returning to Hyder from
Stewart along the Hyder-Stew
arti road, near the end of the
old dock, his steering gear be
came jammed and before Har
ry could stop the car plunged
over the edge of the rock
strewn embankment and land
ed on the tide flat some 25 or
30 feet below. Although car
ried down the bank with tlfe
car, Harry luckily escaped
with no more serious injury
than a few bruises, but the
car was badly-damaged by its
contact with the sharp rocks.
Oren F. Hill, was a south
bound passenger on the Car
dena enroute to Seattle on a
business trip.
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FINE ORE ON SUNSHINE
! A vein of fine looking ore
j showing a large brittle silver
content has been tapped on
| the Sunshine Group, on Glac
ier Creek, according to late
advices from Stewart. A quan
tity of the ore brought down
Monday created a decided im
pression in mining circles. Es
timates of the' silver values
contained in some of the ore
ranged around 1000 opnees per
ton. The vein is sajd to range
j from 18 inches to over two
| feet in thickness and appears
to carry heavy silver values
throughout its width.
The property is situated near
the L & L group and is being
operated by those two widely
known old-timers of the dis
trict, Jack Pederson and Har
ry Howson.
The Hyder Radio & Tele
phone Company is preparing
to further improve its service
; between Hyder and the hills
! by installing an entii’ely new
; telephone line between Hydei
] and 13 Mile. New cedar poles
| arrived from the outside a few
i days ago and will be installed
I as rapidly as possible. The
| contract for setting up the
i poles has been awarded to E.
I A. Schneider.
DOMESTIC SILVER
PRODUCTION DECLINING
.
655 ounces, compared with
i 66,163,338 ounces in 1923, a
drop of approximately 2,000,
000 ounces. World production
for 1924 was 240,935,639
ounces, compared with 240,
052,014 ounces in 1923. The
proportion of domestic pro
duction in 1924 was thus 26.
35 per cent, compared with
27.56 per cent in 1923, accord
ing to the Southwest Mining
News.
Utah led all states with 18,
178,768 ounces; Montana was
second with 13,154 937 oun
ces; Nevada third with 9 523,
846 ounces; Idaho fourth with
8,035,193 ounces; Arizona
fifth with 6,349,265 ounces;
California sixth with 3 336
i 959 ounces and Colorado sev
enth with 3,286 995 ounces.
Anaconda led individual pro
ducers with 8 315 841 ounces;
Tintic Standard was second
with 4,205,463 ounces; S'lver
King Coalition third with 2,
551,104 ounces; Chief Csnsoli
dated fourth with 2,533,417
ounces; California Rand fifth
| with 2,277,802 ounces; Butte
; & Superior sixth with 2 173
1007 ounces; Tonopah Ex^n
[sion seventh with 2 053,363
ounces; United Verde eirh.U
with 1,830,953 ounces; Park
Utah ninth with 1,764,005
ounces Federal Mining &
Smelting Co. tenth with 1.6~9 -
394 ounces; Phelps Dodge Co.
eleventh with 1,545,441 ouu
ces; Bunker Hill twelfth with
1,243,151 ounces; Park City
thirteenth with 1,132 351 ouu
ces and Hecla fourteenth with
; 1,093,861 ounces.
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1 Harry B. Stoner, owner of the
I Stoner Group, left Saturday
for the South after completing,
considerable surface cieve’on
ment work on his properties.
At the time of his departure