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VOL 5, NO. 37
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 22,1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HEW RIVERSIDE VEIN
APPEARS PROMISING!
WILL RE WORKED
Work is continuing on the
high grade ore discovery made
recently on the Riverside prop
erty and highly. spectacular
samples of unusually large
size have been brought to town
during the past week. Two
pieces of the ore, one of which
weighs 160 pounds, are on dis
play at the Bank of Hyder.
Both are almost solid masses of
metal, showing massive to fine
grained galena intermingled
with stringers of steel galena
and large patches and veins of
chalcopyrite. The larger of the
two shows scarcely more than
a pound or two of rock.
Recent samples of the ore
gave assay returns of .28 oz. in
gold, 71 per cent lead and over
7 per cent copper. The vein,
which has been found to aver
age two feet or more in width
wherever exposed, is being
mined in open cuts and the ore
is sacked for shipment after
slight sorting. A dozen or so
tons have been handled so far
and are expected to yield good
returns from the smelter.
The outlook for the vein is
such that E. D. Haddon, local
manager of the Hall interests,
has been authorized by Mr. E.
E. Hall to continue develop
ment for a time to determine
more fully the extent and val
ue of the deposit. A small crew
of miners is now at work under
the direction of Gus. Erickson.
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RIVER CONTROL WORK
IS NOW UNDER WAY
Active work on the Salmon
river flood control project was
launched this week under the
direction of T. H. Evans, local;
representative of the bureau of ;
public roads.
In accordance with the plans
prepared by Robt. J. Sommers,
territorial highway engineer,
the old slough channel west of
the present river course is be
ing cleared of snags and other
timber debris preparatory to
turning the stream into the
proposed new course. A small
crew is employed, with Her
man Nichols in charge as fore
man.
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Outings on Marmot river and
other points on Portland Can-1
al are now within the reach of
everyone, as a result of the es
tablishment of a new boat and !
auto service by the Marmot
River Transportation Co., op- j
erated by J. Rennie and R. E.
Swartfiguer. Two gas boats
are employed to convey pass
engers from Premier dock to
Marmot river, where an auto
provides conveyance to the
Forks. From that point a 3-mile
hike will take one to the South
Fork glacier, said to be one of
the most impressive sights in
the district.
PREMIER OWIOERD
BRKTOTMD
TO $li,W9i
The Premier Gold Mining Co
has announced the forthcoming
payment to shareholders oi
$300,000 in dividends, accord
in to press announcements in
south. The amount indicated
represents 6 cents per share on
the 5,000,000 shares or capita]
stock and will bring the grand
total of dividends paid by the
famous local mine since Dec
ember 31, 1921, to $13,750,
497. Payment will be made on
July 3 to stockholders of rec
ord on June 13.
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ENGINEER ARRIVES
FOR OUTLANO
Mel C. Butler, Seattle mining
engineer and one of the lead
ing members of his profession
in the Northwest, arrived this
week to direct development ac
tivities on the Outland Silver
Bar property in the upper Sal
mon river section. Mr. Butler
will lay out a comprehensive
program for future operations.
Under the direction of F. C.
Outland, the property has now
reached a# stage of develop,
ment where expert advice is
essential to successful opera
tion and this will be supplied
by Mr. Butler in the capacity
of consulting engineer.
Mr. Butler was accompanied
by A. F. Richards, an exper
ienced metallurgist and assayer
who will take charge of the
assay office during the season.
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WASHINGTON SAYS NO
ALASKA AIR MAIL
Because of the comparatively
small population to be served
and the limited amount of
postal business transacted in
southeastern Alaska, the post
office department does not be
lieve that regular air mail ser
vice is warranted in southeast
ern Alaska at this time, accord
ing to letters received in the
past few days by the Ketchi
kan Commercial Club and the
Juneau Chamber of Com
merce.
The expense involved for a
regular air mail service is giv
en as the primary reason of the
refusal.
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The B. C. government has per
formed a much needed service
to traffic by widening the JJy
der-Stewart road at the sharp
turn below the Reed residence
just beyond the boundary line.
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Frank A. Metcalf, U. S. Min
eral Surveyor, and his assist
ant, Ray McCormack, are mak
ing a survey of the Crest group
for Arthur Moa and O. F. Hill.
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Mrs. Curtis Gardner and fam
ily arrived from Portland, Ore.,
Monday to join Mr. Gardner,
Texas Creek road contractor.
WOODBIRE RETURNS:
FROM SHIPMENTS
SHOW GOOD ORE
That some of the ore found in
the Woodbine property carries
excellent working values is
disclosed by returns from the
two shipments sent to the Trail
smelter several weeks ago.
Returns from the shipments,
each of which is said to have
been taken from two distinct
parts of the mine, gave respect
ive values of $33.77 and $33.
96 per ton, according to rep
resentatives of the new direct
orate, who are earnestly seek
ing to determine the ttue facts
regarding the property.
The smelted samples are said
to have been collected without
selection of the ore and with
the express idea of proving
whether or not the mine con
tained commercial ore in quan
tities. Sample No. 1 gave, gold
$28.88, silver $6.75, other val
ues, $232. Returns from sam
ple No. 2 gave .gold $1.52, sil
ver $32.24, other met^s, .20
cents.
While this does not prove the
existence of ore in commercial
quantities, the directors say
it demonstrates beyond dispute
that there is ore of real value
in the mine. It is also said that
there is a large tonnage of
good ore available for ship
ment and will be sent to smelt
er as soon as transportation is
available.
The directors are now endeav
oring to refinance the propert
and are also said to have re
quested the B. C. Mines De
partment to send one of its en
gineers to examine and report
on the property. It is under
stood that the request will be
granted.
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OLD TIMER PASSES
Nels Olsen, well known old
timer of the North and one of i
the owners of the Butte group
on Salmon river, passed away
at Rochester, Minn., on May
24, according to advices re
ceived by local associates.
The deceased was a native of
Norway and come to the Terr
itory during the famous gold
beach rush to Nome. So far as
known he leaves no relatives.
The remains were returned to
Ballard, Wn., for interment.
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Sidney A. Tibbets, of San
Francisco, an eminent chemist
and geologist, arrived from the
south today to examine the
properties of the Common
wealth Mining Company in the
Cascade river section.
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Hans G. Mross, well known
Texas creek property owner,
returned today after spending
the winter season at Rock port,
Wn.
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E. E. (“Blondy”) Charleton,
H. Hooton and Homer Ficklin
left Friday to prospect in the
White river section.
NEWSY JOTTINGS
BEARING ON LOCAL
MINING ACTIVITIEI
Work was resumed this wee)
on the Premier Extension prop
erty in the upper Salmon sect
ion, with a small crew em
ployed.
The Crawford Transfer Co
has taken a contract to tran3
port a diamond drilling outfi
to the Tide Lake properties re
cently purchased by the Con
solidated M. and S. Co. frorr
the Jancowski brothers.
H. A. Hallum, owner of the
Last Chance property in the
upper Salmon area, left for Se
atle Monday after finding toe
much water in the mine to re
new development activities al
this time.
A heavy flow of water in the
Marmot Engineer tunnel is re
ported by George Bunn, man
aging director of the Marmot
Engineer Mine Co., and is con
sidered by him to indicate the
close proximity of the promis
ing copper vein which forms
the present objective.
The Consolidated Mining and
Smelting Company has started
work on a trail to the A. and
T. property, recently purch
ased by the company, accord
ing to reports from Stewart.
M. M. O’Brien, coast mine
manager of the Consolidated
Mining and Smelting Co., ar
rived from the south Monday
look over the various local ac
tivities of the big mining com
pany.
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Stewart is preparing to ob
serve Dominion Day, July 1,
with a big celebration, which
will be graced by the presence
of R. Randolph Bruce, Lieut
enant-Governor of British Col
umbia.
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Hyder Igloo, Pioneers of Alas
ka, is making preparations for
a dance in Pioneer Hall on the
evening of Independence Day,
it was announced this week.
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A pipe line is being laid from
the Edgar Province well to the
radio station, to supply water
to that establishment.
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The motorship Sierra sailed
from Seattle a few days ago
with 2,000 head of sheep for
the Kashega Island sheep
ranch of the Western Pacific
Livestock Company, engaged
in livestock raising on the Al
eutian Islands of southwestern
Alaska.
Horses and cows are also to be
shipped to the same island
this summer.
On her return voyage to the
States the Sierra wil 1 carry
1, 000,000 pounds of Alaska
reindeer meat for outside con
sumption.
UNICOM STARTS
DEVELOPMENT OF
I OIGH GRADE VEINS
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: John Ho viand, president of
■ the Unicorn Mines company,
- returned to town this week and
- reported that development
activities are now well under
way on the Unicorn property,
adjoining the Big Missouri.
New summer camps have been
constructed and ' supplies, in
cluding 6 tons of mine and
camp equipment, food and2000
feet of lumber have been land
ed on the ground in readiness
for the coming activities. Ac
tive development work was
scheduled to start this week,
with a small crew employed.
Mr. Hovland said it is the in
tention to devote most of the
summer to tracing out the high
grade veins known to exist on
the property, as indications
point to their being possible
extensions of the rich veins lo
I cated on the Big Missouri.
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BUODINGTON REPORT
TO BE REPUBLISHED
Commencing with the present
issue, the Herald will publish
weekly a series of extracts
from U. S. Geological Survey
Bulletin No. 807, containing
the recently issued report of
Professor A. F. Buddington on
the geology of the Hyder min
ing district; with the view to
assisting in the widest possible
dissemination of the large and
accurate mass of information
relative to the geology and oth
er characteristics of the dist
rict. As an advertising medi
um, the work of Prof. Budding
ton far surpasses any form of
publicity so far attained and
should be read by all who are
interested in the district.
The various excerpts will in
clude all the essential matter
contained in the report, which
presents to the reader a graph
ic picture of the physical and
geological characteristics of
the Alaska section of the Port
land Canal district.
Gifted as he is with splendid
powers of description, and
combining with the technical
knowledge of the geologist the
abilities of the highly trained
observer, Prof. Buddington's
! work provides a veritable text
book of what the district is like
and what it contains.
| Those who with to assist in
! advertising the Hyder district
can do so in most effective
manner by mailing the various
articles to those who are or
may become interested.
The initial installment will be
found on page 3.
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Beginnig a more than 2,000
mile journey by kiak and dog
team, B. F. McCurtheon, vet
eran trader, will leave Banks
Land in the Canadian Arctic
for Point Barrow, Alaska, to
meet the schooner C. S. Holmes
and bring out a valuable ship
ment of Arctic furs.
nun DECURES
SURVEYS COUNT IS
ISSESSMERTWORI
The recent action of Govern,
or George A. Parks in “pocket
vetoing” a legislative measure
carrying provisions making
surveys of mining claims appli
cable as assessment work, has
created doubt in the minds of
many as to whether or not the
governor’s action would tend
to invalidate such application.
The question was answered
decisively in the negative by D.
B. Stewart, supervising mining
engineer for Alaska, in a re
cent statement to the Juneau
Empire. Mr. Stewart submitted
the matter to Attorney Gener
al John Rustgard, who replied
to the following effect:
“In the case of Wigand vs
Mike Barnes’ estate, which or
iginated in the court at Fair
banks, Alaska, the court of ap
i peals at San Francisco held
that the cost of surveying a
mining claim could lawfully be
counted as applied upon ex
penditure required by law for
assessment work or annual
labor.”
The territorial act referred to
provided that the cost of sur
veying claims could be counted
as assessment work only in the
event that the field notes of the
survey had been recorded. Mr.
Rustgard said that this provis
ion was looked upon as being
in conflict with the federal
statutes as interpreted by the
court of appeals decision in the
Wigand case, in that it would
place a limitation on the right
to apply the cost of a survey
as assessment work and added
that this interpretation by him
supplied one of the reasons
why the governor vetoed the
bill.
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RAILROAD OUTLOOK
POINTS CLEARLY TO
C. P. R. ACQUISITION
Further confirming the numer
ous earlier indications that the
Canadian Pacific Railway, if
not actively behind the project
for the rehabilitation and ex
tension of the old Mann rail
way running north from Stew
art, is more than casually inter
ested in the proposal it was re
cently reported in the Vancou
press that it is said there that
the line “will undoubtedly be
taken over by C. P. R. interests
as a part of their scheme for
developing the mines of the
Consolidated Mining & Smelt
ing Company.”
Continuing, the statement
says: “It is understod here that
the railway will be put in good
shape up the Bear river as far
as the George Copper and sur
veys will be carried beyond
that point. For the time being
the railway will be used for
mining purposes with the prob
ability of extending it into the
interior as the country devel
ops. No official announcement
has yet been made, but it is
thought H. H. Stevens will be
heard from soon.”