LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged list
of active and semi-active min
ing organizations operating in
the Portland Canal Mining Dis
trict.
Note: In compiling the following In
dex of local mining concerns the
publishers have bean unable In some
Instances to secure much desired In
formation; owing principally to In
ability to locate the office address
es of various companies. As a result,
the list falls to include titles or
other data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list as fast
as the necessary information can be
secured.
Companies not represented In the
listing are requested to advise this of
fice.
Adanac Mines Company of Alaska:
Cap. $750,000, PRr $1.00; properties
Pish Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear R. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining & Milling Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par $1.00; properties Pish
Cr. Hyder district. American reg.
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
Cap. $5,000,000. no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines. Inc., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Amer.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000. par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadian Consolidated Mining
Co. Ltd: prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Atlas Gold-Copper Company, Inc.:
Cap. and reserves $1,200,000, par $1;
prop. Bear River dist: Can.
Bayview Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $3,
000,000, par .25; prop. Bear River
district. Can.
British-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon
district. Controlled by Seiukwe Gold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
B. C. Bonanza Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
600,000 units, par $10; prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bear Valley Mines, Ltd: prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bimetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15.000
units par $10; prop. Marmot R. dis
trict. Can.
Big Missouri Mining Co.: Cap. $5,000,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Amer. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dis
trict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
Metals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Black Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by
Marmot Metals Mining Co.. Ltd.
Bridgeport Syndicate: Cap. 20,000 un
its, par $10; prop. Salmon R. Hyder
district. American. .
British Dominion Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon R. Dist. Can. (Controll
ed by National Silver Mines, Ltd. )
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,
000, par $1; pr^p. Salmon R. district;
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.)
Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $6,000,000, par .50; prop. Salmon
R. dist. Can.
Butte-Hyder Mining Co., Inc. Cap. $1,
000,000, par $1; American.
Cassiar Gold Mines, Ltd.: Properties
Salmon R. district. Canadian.
Century Mines, Incorporated: Cap.
$6,000,000, no par val., prop. Salmon
R„ Hyder dist. American.
Chief Metals Mining Co.: Property
Salmon R. dist. Amer.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Copper
Co., Bear R. dist.; Buena Vista Min
ing Co.. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Commonwealth Mining Co.:' Prop.
Cascade River. American.
Crest Consolidated Gold Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $2,000,000, par .50; prop.
Salmon R., Hydor dist. Can.
Dalhousie Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can.
Dandy-Star Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Daly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $2,000.
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R., Hyder
district. Amer.
Dunwell Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Emperor Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,500,000,
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Extenuate Gold Mines, Ltd.: Prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
Forty-Nine Mining Co. Prop. Salmon
R. district. Can.
George-Enterprise Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
George Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,006, par $1. prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Georgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$3,000,000, par $1; prop. Georgia R.
Can.
Glacier Girl Miniruj Co., Ltd.: prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by Mar
mot Metals Co.)
Gold Standard Mining Co., Ltd: Cap.
$3,0000,000, par .25; prop. Texas
Creek, Hyder dist. Amer.
Hyder Lead Mines Inc.: Cap. $2,
500,600 par $1; prop. Texas Creek,
Hyder dist. Can. (Controlled by
Amalgamated Mines. Inc.)
Independence Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $3,506,000, par $1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenne
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3,000,000,.
par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
International Metals Exploration Co.,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .25; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Lakeview Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000,
par ..25; prop. Bear R. dist Can.
Laat Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. (list. Can.
i Marmot Matala Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. 11,500,000, par .50; prop. Marmot
R. dlat. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate, Olacler Girl Mining Co., Black
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot R.
diet. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. dist. Ainer.
Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $5,000, 000, par $1; Marmot R.
dist. Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
Prop. Marmot dist. Can. i
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .60; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Boar R. dist. Can.
M. C. Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25.000
units, par $5.00; prop. Marmot R. (list.
I Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
| Mining Co.)
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Fish Cr. Hy
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmoh R. dist.
Georgia R. dist. Can.
Ninety-Six Mining Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; American.
North Country Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$2,000,000 par $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot dist. Can.
Northern Light Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
000.000 par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
Northern Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dist. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Canadian.
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Amer.
Pat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd.: Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. dist. Can.
Pedro-Georgla River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd. Cap.
$2,000,000, par .50; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap.. $2,500,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder dist. Can. (Also Is
registered under laws ot Alaska.)
Premier Go'd Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$5,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600,
000, par .20; prop. Barney's Gulch,
Bf.-ar R. dist. Can.
i Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Red X<>p Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. 82.000,00, par 81; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlling independence
Mining Co.)
Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$350,000, par 81; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Rufus-Argenta Mines, Ltd.:Cap. $3,000.
000, par |1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal
mon R. dist. British.
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $500,000,
par $1; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist.
(Controlled by Premier Gold Mining
Co.) Can.
Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
j $500,000, par .25; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
; Silver Bell Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Mt. Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
' Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
! 8250,000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek,
'< Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Range Consolidated Mines,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Rainey,
Bear R. diet. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr„
Bear R. dist. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.,
i Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; prop.
Glacier Cr., Bear R. dist. Can.
| Terminus Mines, Ltd.: Cap $1,000,000.
‘ par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
| dist. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500,
! 000. par $1; prop. Fish Cr., Hyder dist.
Atner.
United Empire Gold A Silver Mining
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Ameri
can Cr. Bear R. dist. Can.
White River Placer Syndicate: Cap.
20,000 uni ts, par $5; 'prop. Nass R.
dist. Can.
Woodbine Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $5,000,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R. disL Can.
Geology of Hyder and Vicinity
By Prof. A. F. Buddington
Department of Geology, Princeton University
FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 807
Eleventh Installment .
The relative percentages of
hornblende and biotite are dif
ficult of determination, owing
to the extensive alterations
which the ferromugnesian min
erals have suffered. It is prob
able, however, that the biotite
ranges from 2 to 5 per cent and
the ferromagnesian minerals
are predominantly hornblende.
The plagioclase is a typical
andesine. Andesine and horn
blende (and biotite) appear to
have been the first of the ma
jor minerals to crystalize. The
andesine occurs in stout lath
shaped crystals of euhedral to
subhedral form. The horn
blende is in well formed colum
nar crystals many of which
show perfect euhedral cross
sections.
The potassic feldspars include
orthoclase, microcline, and
microperthite. The microcline
occurs predominantly in the
groundmass, and the pheno
crysts inclose disseminated
small euhedral crystals of horn
blende and plagioclase, and
the potassic feldspars in gen
eral occur interstital to horn
blende and andesine. The mic
roperthite usually shows only
a very slight amount of the
plagioclase phase.
The quartz is in part contem
poraneous with the other min
erals and in part was the last
mineral to crystalize and oc
curs interstitally.
The accessory minerals are
usually sparse, and only here
and there do they form as
much as iy% per cent of the
rock. Titanite, magnetite, and
apatite are the common ones.
Pyrite is rarely present. Tit
anite and magnetite may each
form as much as 1 per cent of
the rock. The titanite is in
good enhedral crystals, some
of which inclose small cryst
als of magnetite and apatite;
it tends to occur predominantly
within the quartz and potassic
feldspars, suggesting that it be
longs to the last half of the
period of crystallization. The
magnetite and apatite occur in
groups of crystals and also are
disseminated crystals in the
hornblende.
The rock is usually more or
less extensively altered. The
hornblende and biotite are
partly or completely altered to
chlorite and epidote, with
chlorite predominant. Near
the contact with the Hyder
quartz monzonite or the
Boundary granodiorite the
hornblende is commonly re
placed by an interlocking fine
grained aggregate of biotite.
The plagioclase is usually al
tered to a sericitic aggregate
or to an aggregate of sericite
and epidote, with locally a
little chlorite. The potassic
feldspars are ^commonly fresh
and unaltered. Veinlets of
chlorite and calcite or of epi
dote and calcite traverse the
minerals. Along such cracks
local replacement of the po
tassic feldspars has occurred.
The border facies of the
Texas Creek batholith and
the outlying stocks are'usually
medium-grained and inonpor
phyritic and contain less po
tassic feldspar than the core.
West of the line through the
shoulder east of the intersec
tion of the Homestake and
West Fork trails, Casey
Glacier, and the head of Fer
guson Glacier the rock is in
general a medium-grained
nonporphyritic quartz diorite.
The outlying stocks to the
west along Chickamin Glacier
are believed to be quartz dio
rite also, though they have not
been carefully studied, except
locally.
The rock differs from the
granodiorites of the core in
being nonporpyhritic and in
the marked increase of plagio
clase over potassic feldspar.
The minerals have suffered
extensive alteration similar to
that in the granodiorite.
Diorite Contact Facies
Locally, immediately adja
cent to the contact, the quartz
diorite border facies passes
into diorite or monzondiorite.
An example of this transition
is found on the mountain slope
on the south side of the West
Fork, just west of Casey Gla
cier, at an altitude of about
4,550 feet. The composition
of a specimen taken 20 feet
from the contact is given in
the table. The marked feat
ures are a decrease in quartz
and an increase in plagoclase
and hornblende, as compared
with the average rock farther
away.
Adjacent to the borders of
the main Texas Creek batha
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
HYDER. ALASKA
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lith there are outlyipg dikes
and small masses of grano
diorite porphyry that are
genetically connected with the
batholith. These dikes are
gray and are characterized by
large crystals of pink to
white orthoclase in a fine
grained groundmass. There are
a number of such masses tn
the sedimentary and volcanic
rocks on the west slope of
Bear River Ridge. Quartz
veins, locally metallized with
shoots of ore, occur at many
places along the contacts of
these dikes or within or
across them. There are, on the
other hand, younger granodio
rite porphyry dikes which are
connected with the Hyder
quartz monozonite and which
cut the metalliferous quartz
veins. These younger dikes
are pink, are of much fresher
and more massive appearance,
and are in places finer grained
and only inconspicuously por
phyritic. The tunnel at the
Titan prospect starts in a dike
of the porphyry of the Texas
Creek batholith.
Continued next week.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Hyder, Alaska,
October 19, 1929
To John Carlson (deceased), his
heirs, executors, administrators, as
signs and to whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1922,
1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 and
1928 twelve hundred dollars in
labor and improvements upon the
Alaska Quartz Claim Lode and the
North Star Quartz Claim Lode be
longing to the Monarch Group,
situated near the top of ridge on
Fish Creek, the location certificates
of which are found of record la
Volume One of Lodes at pages 124
and 125 respectively in the office of
the Recorder, Hyder Recording Pre
cinct, Hyder, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 2324 of the Revised Statute of
the United States, and the amend
ment thereto approved, January 22,
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount to
hold said lodes for the years above
mentioned, July 1st of each year
being the end of each assessment
year. And if within ninety days from
the personal service of this notice,
or within ninety days after the final
publication thereof, being January 18,
1930, you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure
upon or for the benefit of the Alaska
Quartz Claim Lode and the North
Star Quartz Claim Lode, two hundred
dollars on each of said claims, a
total of $400.00, you holding a one
third interest in each of said claims,
your interest in said claims will be
come the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the
required expenditure of $100 each
year on each of said claims, by the
terms of said section.
JOHN HOVLAND.
Publish Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9. 1C, 23.
30, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18.