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VOL 2, NO. 35 - 'i L HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5,1926 FIFTY CENTS A LCMH
RIVERSIDE MILL TO
HANDLE CUSTOMS ORES
A development of superlative
importance to the district was
made public Tuesday with the
announcement of J. A. Hall,
president of the Bank of Hy
der that arrangements had
been concluded between E. E.
Hall, Winnepeg capitalist, and
the Riverside Mining and
Milling Company, lessee of the
Riverside mine and mill,
whereby that well known
property will not only be en
abled to operate at full capac
ity but will also be placed in
a position to render immense
assistance in the development
of other properties in the dis
trict by the purchase of cus
toms ores. In making the an
nouncement Mr. Hall said:
“Since his arrival in Hyder
last week, Mr. E. E. Hall, has
looked over the Riverside
irnne and has agreed to furnish
the necessary funds to further
develop the property and en
able its operation at full cap
acity. •
While this in itself is a mat
ter of considerable moment,”
Mr Hall continued, “it is over
shadowed by a contemplation
of far greater importance to
the future development and
prosperity of the district.
Not only do we expect to
place the Riverside in shape
to operate the mill at its full
capacity of 60 tons per day,
but it is also especially intend
ed that, with the development
of the smaller mines, the com
pany will enter the customs
field and will buy and mill all
available ore from other prop
erties in the district.”
The company will be in a
position to pay cash for ores on
delivery, thus enabling the
miners with salable ores to re
alize immediate returns from
their operations. This should
result in a marked increase in
development, as it will permit
the small property owner to
commence production of ac
cessible ores on an immediate
ly profitable basis and with a
minimum of expense. It is hop
ed that the resultant fuller de
velopment of the district’s min
eral resources will be such that
the milling capacity of the
Riverside can be enlarged,
which will be done as fast as
conditions warrant.”
“It is my opinion,” Mr. Hall
added “that the opening of the
Riverside mill to customs work
will be of unmeasurable bene
fit to the district and should
do more to help the local
mining industry than any
single development that has so
far occurred. It gives the small
miner an opportunity to de
velop his ground without the
usual large prefiminary ex
pense and on what may be
termed a ‘pay as you go’ bas
is that should result in the op
ening of many new properties
which cannot be operated
profitably under present con
ditions.”
Mr. Hall stated that the ar
rangements for -financing the
Riverside project do not in
volve any change in the man
agement of the Riverside Min
ing and Milling Co. Mr. J.
D. Littlepage president and
manager will continue in the
same capacities.
A. M A M. CO. PLANS
EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
Several leading officials of
the American Mining and Mill
ing: Company, euccessor to the
holdings of the old Fish Creek
Mining Company, are expect
ed to arrive in Hyder within
a few days to look over the
ground and make final deter
mination of the summer de
velopment program. Although
no authoritative statement can
be obtained regarding its con
templations, there appears
little doubt that the company
has a large scale development
program in view, including
the construction of a tramway
from Fish Creek to the River
side mine.
As previously reported in
these columns, the projected
tram is intended primarily for
the conveyance of supplies!
and machinery, from the Sal- i
mon River road to Fish Creek,j
but will also be employed in |
transporting the high grade
surface ores found on the com- i
pany properties to the River
isde mill for concentration and
shipment.
That the latter proposal is j
actually contemplated is am- '•
ply indicated by recent negoti- i
ations with the Riverside man- j
agement for handling the Fish ;
Creek ores at the Riverside '
mill.
Recent advices from the south
report that the American Min
ing & Milling Company hits
absorbed the old FMsh Creek
Mining Company, lock, stock
and barrel. W. R. Tonkin,
former head of the Fish Creek
company, is reported to have
no official connection with the
A. M. & M. Co; which is also
raid to apply to Grant Mahood,
who was formerly prominent
in the affairs of the Fish Creek
concern.
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The much anticipated visit of
the Ketchikan Mooseheart Le
gion will not occur until later
in the season, according to
telegraphic advices received
Tuesday by Earl Hinckley,
secretary of the local Moose
lodge. The Legionaires were
originally scheduled to arrive
Thursday and remain until
Sunday but for some ^unex
plained reason the program
has been changed. So far as
known at present, the Prince
Rupert Legion will arrive
Thursday as scheduled.
Mr. E. E. Hall, whose inter
est in the Riverside, promises
such far reaching benefits to
the town and district, is a
brother of Mr. J. A. HaH and
is a well known Eastern Can- J
ada capitalist and financier, i
He is the president and owner
of the Central Grain Co. Ltd.,
which owns and operates a
large line of grain elevators
in the Canadian wheat belt,
and is also the owner of Hall
& Co., <me- of the leading
brokerage concerns of Eastern
I Canada, with a million dollar
; capitalization.
; Mr. Hall was accompanied to
! Hyder by his son, Carl I. Hall,
who is associated in his fath
er’s enterprises.
Following the conclusion of
Riverside arrangements Mr.
Hall and his sqn left on the
, Gardena.
STERLING SILVER CO.
MAKING PROGRESS
Late Vancouver, reports indi-,
cate that Thomas M. Campbell
and associates are meeting
with excellent succejss in fi
nancing the Sterling Silver
Lead Mining Company, the
holdings of which include a
large number of the most
prominent properties in the
Marmot River section. Accord- j
ing to the advices, the com-'
pany is now in good financial
position, with a substantial
sum in the treasury, after
meeting the payments due Uh
der the various bonding agree
ments. Loeal friends of Sir.j
Campbell are expecting that
he will return shortly to inaug- i
urate development work.
The tug Barron F... which ar
rived from Naket Inlet Friday j
with a lighter and made an
unsuccessful attempt to pick j
up a huge spool of cable foi j
the Naket Inlet cannery, re-!
turned Tuesday morning and
succeeded in landing the big
coil of wire on a barge with
the assistance of a derrick,
towed up from the cannery on
the second trip.
The cable was originally a
part of the running cable on
the Premier tram and was ot I
far greafter weight than the ,
tug could lift with its own
tackle.
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Work on the MountainVtew
Gold Mining Co. properties on !
Fish Creek will be resumed as j
soon as the snow is gone, ac
cording to superintendent Ar
thur Moa, who returned last j
week from a fortnight visit in
Ketchikan.
Initial operations will be de
voted largely to exploring sev- {
eral highly promising show
ings located last fall some dis
tance above the Skookum
Creek tunnel.
The winter crew of the Port
er-Idano was increased during
the present week by the addit
ion of three men, who were i;
sent up to the property Mon- |
day by managing director Clay
Porter. The crew now numbers
nine men.
The Porter-Idaho trail is re
ported clear of snow as far as
Green Point, about half way
between the mine and beach,;
but beyond that point there is;
still considerable soft snow.
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One of the 10,000 gallon oil j
storage tanks of the Riverside
mine arriving on the Norco, j
was started on its way from I
the Hyder dock to the mine i
Tuesday morning towed by a |
tractor. On arrival at the mine,
the tank will be filled from
the tanks on the dock as re
quired. One of the latter is re
ported in a precarious position
owing to the spreading of some
of the dock pilings under the
great weight of oil. Visitors
to the dock report that the
big tank, has settled over a
foot since being filled with oil
a few days ago.
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Harry Townsend,\ consulting
engineer for the Big Missouri
Mining Co., will leave for the
south Thursday after spending
two weeks.on the Big Missouri
properties. *
MARMOT CONSOLIDATION
PLAN N ED—REPORT
Reports to the effect that a
big consolidation of Marmot
River properties is being ne
gotiated in the south, have
been in local circulation dur
ing the past few days.
According to the rumors the
McGee properties, as well as
a number of other well known
and very promising holdings
in the Marmot section are in
volved in the deal, which is
being undertaken by a Mi-.
Nielson, who is said to be a
Seattle man, but who is appar
ently unknown to anyone in
Hyder.
The rumors are given some
credence owing to the fact
that several parties whose
names are mentioned as in
volved in the negotiations
have written to local friends to
the effect that they had deals
on for their properties.
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Announcement of the bond
ing of the Cantu and Frances
groups by the Premier Gold
Mining Company has caused a
small sized1 stampede for
claims in that locality. Several
large blocks of ground have
been located and indications
point to the segregation of
oithers before the rush is end
ed.
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Ernest Bryson has taken a
contract to freight a good siz
ed outfit -to the Hyder Lead
Mines properties (Texas Creek
Domstock group) near the
lead of Texas Creek, on which
work will be started as soon as
conditions permit, under the
iirection of R. G. Mellon, well
tnown mining engineer.
Ernest Bryson is engaged in
freighting an outfit to a group
jf claims owned by E. H. Bar
;holf near the end of Salmon
Gllacier, on which consider
ible prospecting work will be
lone this summer by the Se
ittle Oxygen Company, who
lave taken an interest in the
ground. The group includes
several claims and is located
inly a short distance from
;he Cantu properties, recently
londed by the Premier Gold
Mining Company.
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Frank Blasher made a trip
:o the head of Texas Creek a
few days ago but found snow
:onditions to severe to resume
ivork on his properties in that
locality. Frank said about all
lie could see of his cabin was
:he roof. As new snow has fal
len in the hills during the past
few days, it is probable that
jonditions are worse than at
;he time of his visit.
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The Salmon River road is now
jpen for wheeled traffic above
Mine Mile, according to arriv
als from that section who re
port that a large tonnage of
supplies and equipment for the
B. C. Silver, National Silver
and other properties lately
piled up at that point, is be
ing moved up the hill by the
Crawford Transfer Co.
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Several men were sent up to
the Alaska Premier properties
yesterday by Wm. McGrew,
who is looking after the an
nual assessment work on be
half of Bernhard Guggenheim,
the owner*
SCHOOL CLEANUP IS
A GRATIFYING SUCCESS
i The volunteer school yard
cleanup held Saturday was
entirely successful and worked
| a big change in the premises
I surrounding the school house,
j About forty citizens from all
| walks of life attested their
! interest in the school by their
donning work clothes and
i buckling into the job of brush
cutting, stump grubbing and
| leveling. The yard was clear
ed of brush, which was piled
ready for burning ;one of the
j large stumps was removed and
j the remaining one was placed
! in such a condition that it can
; be hauled out with the assist
ance of a caterpillar tractor.
' The holes were filled with
sawdust and the yard now
presents a much improved ap
i pearance. Aside from a few
stumps along the rear end of
the lot, the grounds are now
practically free of undesirable
timber and with a little more
i leveling will be splendid shape.
The school board is planning
to install swings between a
number of trees left standing,
adding still further to the afc
> tractiveness of the playground.
In addition to the large num
ber of volunteer workers, Dave
Mahood donated the use of a
1 four-horse team and wagon,
and the Premier Gold Mining
Co. also provided a team and
wagon. The Bureau of Public
Roads, also gave the use of the
government road equipment
to help the cleanup along. T.
H. Evans, local superintendent
; of the Bureau of Public Roads,
: assisted the school board in
organizing and directing the
work..The school board is
highly gratified at the excel
lent results of the cleanup
and extends through the Her
ald the thanks of its members
to all who so generously assist
ed in the work.
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Arrivals from the upper Sal
mon valley report; that Pre
mier engineers have been en
gaged during the past few
days in making a survey of
| the Cantu and Frances groups,
I recently bonded by the Pre
mier Company.
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} Lena Morrow Lewis, Alaska
writer, lecturer and politician,
; is the Socialist Party candidate
j for lieutenant governor of Cali
; fornia. For some years Mrs.
Lewis was engaged in news
! paper work in Alaska and was
| the Socialist candidate for del
; egate to Congress from Alaska
: ?ome years ago. She is a speak
j er of ability and a forceful
: writer.
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! The Senate has passed a
House bill, authorizing Alas
kan postmasters to pay certain
i employees connected with the
j mail service in the -Territory.
In the past these have been
paid direct from Washington.
I The measure provides that
| “postmasters may be designat
ed by .the Postmaster General
| as disbursing officers for th^
payment of contractors, emer
gency and temporary carriers
for performance of authorized
service on power boats and
star routes in Alaska.” No
other class of postal employees
are affected.
' U. S. SMELTING CO. PLANS
TO ENTER ALASKA FIELD
Although it is said that no
definite announcement can be
made at this time, there is
tittle doubt that one of the
largest mining corporations is
about to enter the Wrangell
field. J. G. Galvin recently
succeeded in interesting the
, United States Smelting, Re
fining and Mining Company of
Boston, which is carrying on
mining operations on a large
Jcale on several continents.
Matt Rees, one of the com
pany’s field men, were sent to
Wrangell early in the year to
make a report on certain prop
erties in Groundhog Basin. His
report was so favorable that
Norman C. Stines, an engineer
i of world-wide reputation who
holds a high position with the
company, went to Wrangell
personally to go over the
ground and check up on the
report made by Rees. Galvin
recently took an option on cer
tain properties adjoining his
1 own in the Groundhog Basin.
Stines, after going over the
several properties in the
Groundhog, was so pleased
with the result of his exami
nation that he took an opJi rn
on all the properties controll
ed by Galvin.
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Teachers in the Territorial
i schools of Alaska will be ex
empted from the payment of
income taxes on their salaries
if House Bill No. 10,432 be
comes a law, it was recently
announced by Geo. A. Park*.
The Governor has telegraphed
his endorsement of the meas
ure to the Interior Depart
ment. The measure Governor
Parks said, was introduced in
the House on March 7, and
was referred to a sub-commit
tee. A hearing is scheduled to
be held on it in the near fut
ure. The Governor is optimis
1 tic on its chances passing both
; branches of Congress. His at
tention was first called to the
measure when he was in Wash
ington. It was then being pre
pared for introduction. When
he first saw it, it only applied
to teachers in the Terri.orial
schools of Hawaii. He immedi
ately asked that it also be
drawn up to include Alaskan
teachers. This was done but
the bill had not been introduc
1 ed when he left for the North.
The measure does not give“any
i special preference to Alaskan
and Hawaiian teachers, Govr
enor Parks said. It merely
puts them on the same basis
as the teachers in schools in
the several States whose sala
ries ar already excluded from
fderal income tax scheduLs.
I The output of the fish can
ning industry of the United
| States last year is valued by
I the Department of Commerce
at $951,774.42, an increase of
15 per cent over the output of
1924, according to a recent an
nouncement.
Canned salmon produced in
Alaska and on the Pacific
; Coast made up half of the
, total.
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By an executive order recent
ly issued, President Coolidge
has set aside a' tract of land
near Seward, formerly reserv
| ed for railroad purposes, as «
cemetery for Seward.
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