The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Herald
Building, Second Ave., Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Sole Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the
postoffice at Hyder, Alaska, under the
act of March 3, 187!!.
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NEW SILVER PRICE
FAILS TO INCREASE
WHITE METAL OUTPUT
Four mon'tlis of silver min
ing under the new silver price
of 64.5 cents an ounce estab
lished by President Roosevelt
have not resulted in the in
crease of silver production an
ticipated at the time the pur
chasing act was made effective,
according to reports from San
Francisco.
The new price is said to have
increa ed substantially reven
ues from the sale of silver and
has also benefited a few pure
silver properties, but in most
ca es the low price of baser
metal? has offset the gain. In
stimulating silver production,
'the new price also stimulated
the production of lead and zinc
which are co-products cf most
silver mines. This situation has
been predominant in Idaho.
There has been some resump
tion of silver mining opera ions
in Utah and increased activity
by operating mines but this ex
pansion i: not attributed to /the
silver purchasing regulation.
Explaining the situation, W.
Mont Ferry, head of the United
States Silver Producers Associ
ation, said that production of
silver in the Utah district is de
pendent to a great extent on
the price of base metals. These
metal? are averaging only
about 60 per con: of the aver
age price for years and are loo
close to she cost of production
to permit mines to operate at
a profit despite the increased
price received for the silver
produced.
There ha? been increased
activity in the purely silver
mining properties in Arizona,
but as the ores 'of that district
are predominantly copper, the
effect on the mining industry
has not been appreciable.
Increased mining activity in
California has been principally
in gold properties and such
benefits as have been derived
from the higher silver price
have resulted from the sale cf
silver produced as a by-pro
duct. The total has been rela
tively small.
WHAT ALASKANS BUY
FROM THE STATES
Interesting figures relative to
the character of merchandise
products purchased by the resi
dents of Alaska in the markets
'of the United States are shlown
in the annual statement 'of the
U. S. Customs office for 1933.
The report discloses that
4,893,093 pounds of condensed
and evaporated milk, valued at
.$274,437, were • imported by
Ala kans during the year.
Butter shipments reached a
total of 1,476,218 pounds, val
ued at $350,625. Cheese ship
ments totaled 292,772 pounds
and were valued at $55,829.
In addition tlo these products
of the farms of America, Alas
kans also consumed 449,278
pounds of fresh poultry and
game, valued at $92,104. Po
tato imports amounted to 5,
786,746 pounds and onion ship
m e n t s totaled 1,136,302
pounds. Egg importations to
taled 1,430,290 dozens and
; were valued ait $317,852.
Fresh fruit imports consisted
of 16,181 boxes of oranges,
35,980 boxes of apples, valued
at $110,116. An additional
$181,866 was spent for ether
1 fresh and dried fruits, and
1 1 797 zlOO mnnrla pjiiuipH
fruit valued at $133,308 were
also imported.
Consumption of fresh beef
and veal amounted to 2,493,
360 pounds, and 101,704
pounds of pickled or cured
beef and veal were also used.
Fresh pork shipments reached
an aggregate ,of 913.111
pounds. Mutton and lamb im
ports amounted to 374,017
pounds. Alaskans also pur
chased 590,698 pounds of
cured ham and shoulders and
767,436 pounds of bacon.
Of imported comestibles,
sugar shipments exceeded all
others by nearly a million
pounds, with a total of 6,597,
054 pounds.
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Alaska Southern To
Operate Three Planes
Three airplanes will be Oper
ated out of southern Alaska
ports by the Alaska Southern
Airways during the coming
summer, according to a recent
announcement by manager A.
B. Hayes.
One of the planes will be
based at Ketchikan and the
other two at Juneau and C'or
| d,ova. Robert E. Ellis will be
; the pilot of the Ketchikan
plane and Gene Myering, who
visited Hyder last year, will op
!erate the Juneau plane.
Nick Bez, widely known Jun
eau cannery man, is head of
the company.
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Willard Bruce and J. Smith,
members of the Premier mine
forces who went south early
Ithis month on account of ill
ness, have passed away, ac
cording to reports received this
week.
NEW DUNWELL MILL
IS NOW ACTIVE
The new concentrator at the
Dunwell mine north of Stewart
is nbw in active (operation.The
plant is said to be working in a
satisfactory manner and con
centrate shipments will soon be
leaving for the South.
A full crew is at work in the
mine, in addition to contract
ors on the No. 3 sub-level,
where an excellent milling
grade of gold lore was recently
found. Close to 1000 tons of
ore a month is said to be com
ing down tio (the mill from the
mine, and large reserves have
been blocked out. The ore is
unofficially reported to aver
age $25 tio $27 per ton. Pres
ent plans of the company are
to send the concentrates to the
Selby smelter in California.
A recent announcement from
official soui’ces indicated that
the company will shortly be in
a position to treat gold-silver
lead ores on a customs basis
without interfering in any way
with its own output.
This service should be of in
! estimable benefit to the dist
rict through enabling other op
erators to concentrate 'their
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| Salvage Work Resumed
On Lost Treasure Ship
Salvage operations on the
wreck :of the long lost Alaska
gold ship Islander have been
resumed by the Seattle Salvage
company which last year
moved the famous vessel from
deep water to a point close to
the beach.
Nearly 50 lines are under the
hull of the sunken vessel and
fastened to the decks 'of two
large schooners, which will be
used in the raising process.
Each line is to be fastened to
a hand winch on each schooner
and at low tide the slack will
be taken up by the winches.
Thus at high tide the lifting
force of the schooners will raise
'the sunken ship a few feet
higher, until the craft is on the
beach. This wras the process
; followed successfully last year.
| It is anticipated that the ves
! sel will be beached abiout July
| 1, if no mishaps occur. At pres
j ent the wreck is almost within
i stone-lthrowing distance from
! the shore.
! Alaska Trade Shows Big Gains
Shipments 'of merchandise
from Seattle to Alaska in Janu
j ary of this year were one-third
greater than in the correspond
ing month in 1933.
By April, Alaska shipments
were not only Ithree times as
I great as in January, but were
more than double the total of
Apriil, 1933, according ito a
statement by Alfred H. Lundin,
president !o.f the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce.
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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* Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. •
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