U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
REPORT ON HYDE DISTRICT
Reprinted from U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin No.
778—B, “mineral investigatio ns in southeastern Alaska,” 1
925: By A. F. Buddington. ; stj
EVENING STAR
&
MORNING STAR
The Evening Star and Morn
ing Star claims were staked
by McVey & Connors on Aug
ust 20, 1923. The two claims
are on the east of the cabin of
Carlson & Hewitb and about i
150 feet in altitude above it. \
Only a small open cut had j
been made on the vein. This |
shows a zone of shattered
granodiorite with stringers of j
fine-grained to dense steel |
galena of the type found in
the Homestake vein and
stringers of quartz as much
as 9 inches in width. The vein j
is otherwise covered along its
strike.
TEXAS DISCOVERY
The Texas Dscovery claim j
was staked June 22, 1923, on j
West Fork of Texas Creek
at an altitude of about 1,900
feet, about 5 miles by trail
from Texas Creek. The vein (
is a heavily metallized quartz i
vein in a shear zone in gran-:
odiorite. It strikes about N. i
30 degrees W. and dips 45de
grees-60 degrees NE. The
metallic minerals consist 01
galena and pyrrhotite; galena
and pyrite; or galena, pyrrho
tite, pyrite, and sparse chal
copyrite. The vein ranges
from 1 to 14 inches in width
and pinches out at the north
west end. An assay of a
picked sample is reported to
have given 30 per cent of lead
and $22 in gold and $6 in sil
ver to the ton.
Another vein is reported to
have been found higher up on
the slope.
DOUBLE ANCHOR
The Double Anchor group
comprises four claims lying on
the north side near the head
of the West Fork of Texas
Creek, recorded July 28, 1923.
They are said to be held by
Frey, Goldborgh & Davidson.
No information regarding the
nature and exact location of
the prospect was obtained.
LAKE
The Lake claim was located
on July 27, 1923, and lies on
the trail near the head of the
West Fork of Texas Creek at
an'altitude of 2,500 feet. The
vein is a quartz fissure vein in
quartz diorite, heavily min
eralized along: the footwall
with galena and pyrite; the
galena is predominant. The
vein is 11 inches wide, strikes
N. 35 degrees W., and dips 60
degrees E. No work has been
done on the property.
Texas Creek Comstock
The cabin for the Texas
Creek Comstock group of
claims lies on the south side
of the West Fork trail about
1 mile from the Salmon Riv
er bridge. The original claim
was located July 15, 1923, and
is known as the Joe-Joe claim.
It is at an altitude of about (
4, 700 feet. Subsequently 14 j
additional new claims were
staked, and together with a
claim held by Johnson, Bryne,
and Hummel and those prev
iously staked, comprising 20
in all, were grouped as the
Texas Creek Comstock.
Veins are exposed at a num
ber of places on these claims,
but they have not been devel
oped, and only further explor
ation and more intensive study
can determine whether they
represent faulted portions of a
few veins or many different
veins. In general character
they are alike, being quartz
fissure veins mineralized with
galena, pyrite, and a little
chalcopyrite and having a gen
MAP OP'
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYDER, ALASKA
THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
Presents Greater Opportunities for Legitimate Mining Investment than any Mining District
on the Continent. In ^additionto the great Premier, the most Spectacular Silver-Gold Mine
in Existence, with a record ofover Seven Millions in Dividends in Four Years, the Portland
Canal District contains Two Producing Mines; a Half Dozen or More on the Very Thresh
old of Production, and Numerous Partially Developed Properties Which Hold Forth Every
Prospect of Becoming Paying Mines.
The Mineralization is Proved: Only Capital and Intelligent Mining is Required to Make
the District the Greatest Mineral Producing Area on the Globs.
eral northwest strike and!
steep northwest dip. The veins |
occur both in granodiorite,
which forms the lower slope j
of the mountain ridge, and in ;
metamorphosed gray'wacke
and tuff, which form the up
per half of the ridge. Dikes of
andesite porphyry and aplite
cut both the granodiorite and
and the sediments. On the Joe
Joe claim the mineral depos
it is a metalized quartz fissure
vein in metamorphosed tuff
and graywacke with thin lay
ers of gray slate. The slate
strikes N. 85 degrees E. and
dips 60 degrees S.; the vein
strikes N. 35 degrees W. and
dips steeply northeast. The
vein l-anges fpom 6 to 11 feet
in width, and the mineralized
ore shoot from 5 to 8 feet.
Sparsely mineralized white
quartz veins, as much as 4 feet
in width and with inclusions
of country rock, occur in the
footwall of the vein. s r Many
narrow gash veins of white
quartz are found within a
zone several feet wide in both
the hanging wall and the foot
wall of the upper portion of
the vein. One quartz vein off
shooting from the main vein
into the footwall is exposed
along the sti'ike for about 20 ,
feet, is from 9 to 18 inches I
wide, and carries some sul
ides, predominantly galena
with considerable pyrite and j
chalcopyrite. The main vein j
is exposed for a difference in
altitude of 60 fert and ap
pears to be offset by faults at
each end.
At an altitude of about 4,830
feet is a mineralized quartz
vein striking N. 15 degrees W.
ind about 10 to 15 inches
wide, which may be the fault-.
ed continuation of the lower
vein.
Below the discovery stake on
the Joe-Joe property is a dike
of light-gray andesite porphy
ry, which at the west turns
and strikes N. 50 degrees W.
Along this portion, which
strikes northwest, at the con
tact of the dike and the sedi
mentary rocks, a quartz vein
‘s exposed for a length of
about 100 feet. The vein has
an average width of about
4 feet, but it widens at one
place to 8 feet and at another
consists for a length of 6 feeJ
of several stringers of quartz
in a schistose pyritized coun
try rock. The vein pinches
abruptly at the southeast end
and is covered toward the
northwest. The lower portion
of the vein is predominantly
milky-white quartz; the uppe!
portion is mineralized with
heavy bands bands of galena
pyrite, and chalcopyrite.
At an altitude of about
4,260 feet, near the east side
of the second glacier, is a
quartz vein mineralized with
considerable galena and a
little pyrite and chalcopyrite.
The vein strikes north, dips
35 degrees E., has an average
width of about 2 feet, and is
exposed along the strike for
30 feet. r i
Also near the east side of
the second glacier at an alti
tude of about 4,115 feet, is a
quartz vein 16 to 24 inches
wide, heavily mineralized
with sulphides in the upper
portion but consisting almost
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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Orie of the acts of the Ter
ritorial Legislature was the
passage of a memorial to the
Secretary of the Interior ask
ing that the headquarters of
the Bureau of Education be
moved to Alaska. Acting upon
the memorial Secretary Work,
recently wrote, denying the
nroposal on the ground thati
moving the headquarters ot
| the bureau from Seattle to [
Alaska would not be for the
best interests of the bureau. !
Preparations are being made
! to practically double the ca- ■
pacity of the Territorial fish
hatchery at Eyak lake, near
Cordova, this season. Provid
ing the salmon run is suffici
ently large this season the i
Eyak hatchery will handle '
about 12,000,000 fry. There i
1 are now in ponds at the hat-j
chery 3,000,000 sockeye fry
and 300,000 chinook fry.
! Unable to obtain sufficient
food to keep them alive Es
kimos of the far Canadian !
1 north are resorting to canni
I balism. Evidences of this and
j other revolting practices has
been received from the east
ern and western parts of tht
Canadian Arctic by the de
partment of the interior from
Rev. Walton, a missionary
who comes from the northern
; part of the Mackenzie river
basin.
' The Fairbanks Exploration Co.
| has started operations for the
j season. Two or three- camps
have been established on Gold
stream and between 25 and 30
men have been sent out to
work. One of the chief activ
ities on that creek will be the
operation of the Wagner
ground.
Word received from Fair
banks states that Teddy Fox,
until recently messenger in the
cable office there, has left
that town for the North, He
plans going directly to Her
schel Island, on the Arctic
coast. Young Fox is an ener
getic tramper and this is his
second trip into the interior
of Alaska.
The sawmill at Petersburg,
said to be the largest and
most historic sawmill in Alas
ka, recently burned to the
ground with a loss of $100,
000. One man was trapped by
the flames in the second story
of the mill, but made his es
cape uninjured.
X. S. Grant, veteran propri
etor of the Kusko Times, the
only newspaper published
along the rich Kuskokwim
river district, has ordered a
new Model 14 Linotype which
will be installed before navi
gation closes this . year. Mr.
Grant will enlarge his publi
cation and give his interior
'-eaders an up-to date news
paper.
The Yukon Territo ial Coun
cil i3 considering the question
of granting a petition asking
for a plebiscite on the quest
ion of permitting the sale of
beer by the glass in the Terri
tory.
wholly of pure-white quartz
farther down the hill. Local
layers, as much as 10 inches
i thick, of solid galena with
■ome pyrite are present.
At an altitude of about
1,980 feet, just at the edge
| of the ice, a quartz vein is ex
posed for a length of about
’0 feet. It has an average
1 vidth of about 15 inches and
j s well mineralized with gal
>na and a little pyrite and
halcopyrite. Several dikes of
franodiorite cut the metamor
phic sediments here, and the
; .’ein cuts rock of both types.
Its south end is cut off as if by
a fault. The vein strikes N. 85
degrees W. and dips 65 de
grees NE.
At an altitude of 3,900 feet,
in a gulch just west of the
second glacier, several trench
es have been made on quartz
fissure veins in granodiorite.
These veins are from 8 to 2(>
inches in width and carry the
usual mineralization. A -inch
quartz vein with molybdenite
occurs in the granodiorte in
the gulch below the
glacier.
Mr. Hummel furnished data
o assays made by the Gran
by Smelting Co., of Anyox,
B. C., of samples from the
claims lying between the ;wo
glaciers.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK
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