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FIVB DOLLARS A YEAR
Quarter-million Dollars
Concentrates Shipped
The first shipment of concen
trates ever sent down Portland oan
al went out on the Albert yesterday
afternoon, consisting of ICO tons
and currently.reported to be worth
between $1500 and $2000 a ton,
which would make this oargo worth
a quarter of a million dollars or
more. The concentrates are the
product from four Whilfley tables
operating in the new Premier mill,
which is now handling about 100
tons daily of the second-grade ore.
The tailings from the tables are
being saved for future treatment
by cyaniding, the cyanide plant be
ing praotioally completed.
Marion Counts, considered by the
Ameiicah Smelting and Refining
Company as their most expert mill
man, is here fiom their plant at
Flat River, Mo., to tone up the Pre
mier plant, and will remain until
it is in perfect running condition.
ENGINEER LOOKING GOOD
George Bunn was down this week
from his Engineer group of three
claims on the south fork of the
Mahnot, with some fine specimens
of ore which is coming into the
face of the tunnel he is driving,
which lias reached a vertical depth
on the lead of over 25 feet. The
tunnel does not determine the
width of the lead, and orosscuts
will be run for this purpos after
luovo depth has been attained. The
Samples Show galena nnd copper.
It is worth while taking a trip to the
f ish creek roadhouse to *ee Roscoe, the
iicar cub and Jerry, the cocker spaniel
have a tue of wa'. with the rope they
keep cached foi that purpo.se
•! try wood for sale. Blondy Charlton
IDAHO HAS HIGH-GRADE ORE
George Mehlfeld was down for
the week end from the north fork
of the Marmot whew he and Clay
Porter are working on their proper
ty, bringing samples for assay of
two characters of ore, one showing
almost solid steel galena, with a
very fine grain, and the other con
taining steel galena and what ap
pears to be iron oxide. The form
er went 902 ounces in silver and
the latter 620 ounces. This makes
seven assays they have taken since
they started their tunnel, and the
average content per ton in silver
has been 710 ounces. The average
gold content has been $2, with one
sample running $16. The ore has
not been tested for lead, but from
its appearance it should carry suf
ficient quantity of this metal to pay
all expenses ot mining and ship
ping.
The tunnel, which is following
the lead, has reached a lateral depth
of 65 feet and n verticed depth of
about 50 feet. At present the shoot
of high-grade is about a foot in
width, but there is a considerable
additional tonnage of milling ore
being developed. The tunnel is
drifting toward an enlargement of
the vein which shows high values
on the surface. There are,a num
ber of other leads on the group,
some of which show good ore.
J. E. Kellerman brought us a beet this
week from Fitzgeralds' garden and say.
we cooked that beet. tops and all. The
root made a quart of beet pickles, and
the leaves cooked np into a mess of greens
that had the best spinach in the world
backed into the W aste dump. This val
ley will some day be the garden spot of
the American continent.
Mrs. Johnson, Sanitary laundry. A street
I
A Huckleberry
Pie in one hand and a jug
of our famous Colic C,ure
in the other—
What a dream of Gustatory Blis$!
flUT—When picking the berries, be sure you have a PHONOGRAPH
along as a protection against BEARS !!1
We have records that would make the savage beat jump from
Precipice to Precipice like a Mountain G at!
if you want to kill the beat oUtrfght and save his hide, lead
Him close to the machine by the ears and put oh that rhdritil
dirge:—“1 HEAR YOU CAW-LlNG ME-E-E,"
Bear DIES with horrid screams
Take your kodak with you
HYDER DRUG CO.
Oaek P. HILl, Prop.
Hyder, Alaska.
Developing atid Printing
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meet me at the Mecc».
Send this paper to yoijr friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca,
Get your bread from Jimmy Carter.
C H. Brecht of Seattle is a recent ar
rival.
Charlie Murphy has hit the hills again
to do some more prospecting,
Jas. Anderson of Victoria is here to
have a look at the Silverado group.
Gus Christiansen, better known as' Gas
oline Gus," has gone to Anchorage,
Tom Hanson, for a long time foreman
for the Premier at Nine-mile, has gone to
Anchorage,
Jim McCormick is down from the upper
part of the tram to work on the wharf
construction.
F.h.Bold, proprietor of the Electric
Laundry in Ketchikan, spent the week
end in camp.
Mike Birmingham, who has been help
ing build tram towers. is now at this end
working on angle station No. 1,
The Pioneers will lioidf dance in their
hall next Saturday night, and also one on
the nieiU of Labur Day, September 5.
Mrs. Karl Warren has arrived from
Ketchikan to join her husband, who is
operating the pile driver at the wharf.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone and Mr. and Mrs.
Bunting have returned from an outing at
the Virginia group, near Thirteen-mile.
Max Llpovatz has sold his interest in
the Golden Gate cigar store to his part
ners, Nick Belyin and Markus Savovlch.
C. A. McKenzie, who is developing the
M. C. properly, returned Sunday from a
business trip to Vancouver and Victoria.
Thirty lengths of 42-inch flume pipe for
the Premier formed a part of the cargo of
the Albert, which docked here yesterday.
Bert Vig, a well known Interior man.
arrived Saturday from Ketchikan. Of
late he has been tishing out of that port.
Miss Maud Bishop has sold her building
formerly the Star Rooming House, to Jim
Johnson, proprietor of the laundry adjoin
ing.
Hugh MacDougall has received a letter
from Bill Meyers stating that he is now
in Anchorage and that the town, looks
flood.
Wm. Bartholf, who has been develop
ing his property near the head of Salmon
glacier, left on the George for a business
trip to Suatt’c
N’.K,Brown, a milling man of Kellogg,
Idaho, who has spent two weeks visiting
various properties of the camp, left for
his home Sunday.
The launch Apex, formerly J. E, Chil
berg's ya tit, is in from Ketchikan with a
party who are looking over the camp with
a view to locating here.
Jack Coughlan of Vancouver, Who was
in 11 yder part of last summer, is reheW
ing acquaintances here. He has bceh
attending college in Calitornia.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoguewood left
Sunday for Rupert where they have a
home. Mr Hoguewood expects to joih
his son in a fishing enterprise,
Arthur Noble, C anadian customs officer
at Silver Heights, has gone to Vancouver
to spend his Vacation. He is being re*
lieved by O.I. Smith of Rupert,
By starting to specialise in welding, en*
gine repairs and fixing pumps. Hugh
MacDougall hus established an enterprise
that was badly needed in the damp.
Jack Wood, who has been foreman ott
the tram at Sevemmile, now has a crew
putting the finishing touches on the tram
tbwers, starting from the lower end.
Word has been received that Fred Stan*
ley, former chef at the Silver Grill, has
gone to his old home, Xenana. He visit*
ed Livingstone) MonUni, ilftr leevinf
hiri
The hospital at the Premier mine la
nearing completion. The company ha*
just donated $300 to (he Stewart hospital
where its employees have been treated in
the past.
H.A.Guess and party of New York left
Sunday for the south .after spending a
week at the Premier, They were broug ht
down from the mine by Fred I iorey with
his Dodge car.
The government trail building crew
have completed the work for this season
on Fish creek and are now working on the
Texas Pass trail, which will give access
to the foot of Salmon glacier.
Patsey (Togan caught a halibut near
his home at Mapla Bay that was nine
feet long. He took it to Swamp Point to
iiave it weighed but they had no scales,
and neither did the fish. However, they,
took its photograph.
Casey Williams, who steered the Taku
safely into this port on many a trip in
the early history of tiie camp, renewed
acquaintences here while the Carmeh lay
in the harbor on her last trip. Casey ap
|*ears to be eating regularly.
Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Shough went up to
their new discovery near the head of the
Salmon glacier yesterday. Harry has
found float there that will assay up to
$1000 per ton and is rather anxious'to
discover the lead from which it came.
George Hardie. It. H. Davis and Artbu.
Herriwig have started for the Unuk river
on a trapping and placer prospecting ex
pedition. They expect to put in the win
ter in that section. Hardie is thoroughly
familiar with the country they are going
into.
Dan Lindeborg and John Hovland,
members of the Hyder Alaska Mining
Congress executive, left yesterday for the
Upper Salmon basin to obtain specimens
from the Unicorn. Big Missouri, Spider
and other properties for the American
Mining Congress.
ADout ten tons ot ore trom tiie rish
Creek Mining Company's property went
so ith on the George Sunday. The trail
up the mountain to the camp ie practi
cally impassable for pack horses, and no
more heavy loads can be taken over it
until it dries or freezes.
W.B.Gaftney, a retired business man of
Seattle, and a pioneer of the west when
pioneering meant taking a gamble on
keeping one s scalp in place, is in camp
for the week, accompanied by his son
Will. The latter started up this morning
with HiH.liarthoIf to look at the Bromide
group.
K.H.Bortholf was down this week from
the Oiltland Silver Bar and says that the
trial shipment of two and one-half tons
of $360 ore is sacked ready for packing
across the glacier to the trail at the Her
cules. On account of the excessive cost
of transportation it is not the intention to
ship any more ore until better facilities
are available.
W.R.Tonkin junior. Who spent his sum
mer vacation at the Fish Creek Mining
Company's camp, and took a course of
lessons ill packing ora under the tuition
of Harry Reid, has returned to Seattle to
resume his studies in school. When he
guts into trigonometry he is going to fig
ure out the answer to the question; “Why
Is a diamond hitohf”
H,F,Gordon, who is connected With the
Dominion telegraph service and *livea at
Maple Bay, wae In eamp the latter part
of the weak. On his way up he had a
fine view of a so-called white bear, one
ui a variety that is seldom seen and it
considered by some authorities as being
an albino black bear, the animal was
at Blue Point and wat it 1-11 View for
iiveral mfnsftei.
Another High-grade
Shoot on Fish Creek
BIG FREIGHTER IN PORT
Tlife freighter JuneaH, of the Al
aska Steamship Company, was in
port Thursday, bringing 113 tons of
cable for the tramline and leaving
Friday morning for westward Alas
kan points. The Juneau, which is
under command of Captain P. C.
McCarthy, had about 10,000 tons of
freight aboard ;u.d drew 24 feet of
water. P* ing the first trip to this
port she lay in the stream for half
an hour and whistled for the harbor
master. There being no such ani
mal in this neck of the woods, Geo.
Bunn went out with his launch and
pointed out the trail to the wharf.
The. purser, L.C.Geiser, was an old
friend oi Captain Harry Tobey, who
went down with his ship, the Alas
ka, recently off Cape Mendocino.
Mr. Geiser has with him the latest
photo taken of that heroic naviga
tor.
NICHOLS—WAKEFIELD
Last Wednesday evening Lillian
G. Nichols and Marc Everett Wake
field were married by United States
Commissioner John T. Reed in his
office, Mrs. Helen Dell and Customs
Collector E. K. Stivers "standing
up’’ with them. The groom, who
has been in the eni; ioy of the Pre
mier Gold Mining Company for a
number of months, is a son of the
United States Consul in Prince Ru
pert. The bride is a well known
business woman of Alaska, and for
two years has been one of the pro
prietresses of the Bungalow. Mr.
Wakefield left last Sunday for Ru
pert. where he will be joined by
Mrs. Wakefield, who is leaving on
the Carmen tomorrow. From Ru
pert they will make an extended
bridal tour through Califordia and
the eastern states. They are leav
inghere with the best wishes of a
large coterie of friends.
Paddy McDonell, one of the best known
sourdoughs of the north, where he gained
fame as an accommodating road-house
host, has purchased the Bungalow and
took possession this morning, The build
ing, which is one of the best constructed
and most modern of the town, has beeh
Used as a cigar store, soft drink empor
ium and billiard parlor, with furnished
rooms upstairs, and has been conducted
for two years by Misses Billie LaHurr and
Del Nichols, (now Mrs,' M.E. Wakefield.)
Writing from Stockton, Cal., to D. W.
McLemali, Max Nelson says he has a B
peund prizefighter in his family.
Word has been received that B.Ziboliff,
Well known in this camp, has bean blown
up by dynamite at Anyoit, with the loss
Of both eyes.
Reports say that Wisconsin farmers
are in trouble and have sent for a rain
maker. When llyder folks get in trouble
they sand for Judge Sundmecher,
. Nice o*w residence for sale. Finest
hotnesitt In Ryder. B. M. Stone.
For sale, house and lot, with large
building suitable for warehouse. Enquire
Miner office. _
Ask Rube. Miller shout house cleaning,
suit pressing, Shoe shining, wood for sale.
Or leave orders at Fraser and Adkins.
Furnished cabin for rent. Blondy Charl
ton.
Modern house and two Iota for sale
very reason life In tfatiw Hyder Drug C*
By tracing one of his leads across
the hill from where it crops on
Skookum creek, John Hovland has
unoovered what promises to be the
most important find of high gradi:
ore he has yet didcovored on his
Fish creek group. Where exposed
by the creek the lead is about four
feet in width, and a tunnel driven
in about fifty feet shows that it
continues strong into the hill, the
ore all being of good milling grade.
Where uncovered above during the
past week, the whole lead appears
to be solid ore of shipping grade,
carrying galena and chalcopyritc.
Not enough suiface work has been
done as yet to determine the length
of this ore shoot, but Mr. Hovlano
will resume work upon it alter he
has finished his assessment work
on the Unicorn group and Morning
claim on the Canadiah side.
A shoot of high grade mentioned
several weeks ago as having been
discovered on the brow of the hill
on the west side of Fish creek and
a short distance above his cabin, is
being developed by means of a tun
nel which he is driving on the lead
and which has reached a lateral
depth of about 55 feet. In the fa«e
of the tunnel the ore is commenc
ing to show up strong and ho- ex
pects before fall to have a consid
erable tonnage of ore blocked out
and to commence making ship
ments before the snow flies. The
lead, where exposed on the surface
by open cuts, is four feet in width,
with 14 inches of a pay shoot, the
balance being good mill feed.
The original group consists of
five claims, to which has been add
ed Pete Lowe’s "Bishop of Utah '
claim, which has one of the biggest
showings of the district, in fact.
Pete says you can oatch trout on
the foot wall and sho; t goats on
th* hanging. The group is admir
ably situated from a shipping stand
paint, being little moie than one
mile from the wagon road, with
which it is connected by the gov
ernment trail just oompleted. For
this reason it will not be necessary
to sol t down to such high values
as must be done on more inacces
sible properties, and anything as
saying $250 or better will go into
the sacks. Besides being a pioneer
prospector of the district, Mr. Hev
iand is an expert assayer with it
completely equipped plant, and is
in a position to keep thoroughly
posted oh tha ore of his properties.
WRESTLER DIES SUDDENLY
John Anderson, who went under
the name of John Alin, the “Terri*
ble Swede," as a professional wres>
tier, and who came over from Ket
chikan in his launch last Week, was
found dead in the door of his tent
on the bank of Salmon river Mon*
day morning. Bernard M. Stone
making the grewsome discovery
and reporting the matter to the au
thorities. Deceased, who was 56
years of age, was born in Sweden
but spent many yeais in Australia,
and in 1800 took out his first paper!
as an, American citizen. t)r. K N.
Rog< rs performed a post mortem
examination and pronounced death
due to cerebral hemorrhage, caus
ing paralysis of the left side, and
the coroner's jury returned a ret*
accordingly. Nothing was. found id
hit effects as to any of his relatives
The funeral was held last evsnin|