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VOL 4, NO. 39
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PROGRESS ON
PREMIER BORDER
The new tunnel on the Vir
ginia group, 125 feet below
the old tunnel, had reached a
point 50 feet from the portal
Thursday and is being extend
ed at the rate of 10 feet daily
according to Wm. Bunting,
superintendent. The work is
being done by contract. The
tunnel is expected to hit the
fine ore shoot cut by the up
per tunnel within a distance
of 60 feet or so from the pres
ent face.
The vein has now been strip
ped on the surface . over a
thousand feet, the work in
cluding three open cuts which
disclose the ore zone to be
from 50 60 feet in width and
to carry good grade milling
ore, showing galena and chal
copyrite.
A crew of fourteen men is
employed in the various activ
ities.
The Premier Border company
is also driving tunnels on the
Cascade and Border group ad
joining and in close proximity
to the Virginia. The Cascade
tunnel is being hand driv
en and was in 100 feet
Thursday. The tunnel has en
tered a mineralized zone car
ry a strong dissemination of
pyrites.
The Border tunnel was in 50
feet on the same day.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO AFFILIATE WITH
U. S. CHAMBER
The Hyder Chamber of Com
merce, voted at its last regu
lar meeting to affiliate with
the United States Chamber of
Commerce, representing at
Washington, D. C., Chambers
of Commerce throughout the
United States. Through affili
ation with this organization a
powerful influence can be
brought to bear in furthering
legislative and other object
ives of organizations holding
membership therein and it is
hoped that its aid can be en
listed in connection with the
efforts of the chamber to se
cure government assistance
toward removing the local
flood menace.
It developed during the ses
sion that the Chamber is leav
ing no stone unturned to end
the flood problem and has
forwarded communications on
the subject and maps showing
the river situation to Governor
Parks, delegate Sutherland,
and other Alaskan officials,
and also to Chairman Reed of
the Flood Control committee
of the National House of Rep
resentatives. Several replies so
far received promised all poss
ible assistance on the part of
the officals addressed.
It also developed that the
Chamber of Commerce has
been in communication with
the steamship companies re
garding the prospects for in
cluding Hyder in the itinerary
of steamer carrying tourists
to Alaska. The answers receiv
ed were not encouraging, how
ever, owing to Hyder being
rather too far off the usual
routes of the tourist steamers.
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Simon Fossan, of Eugene,
Oregon ,construction foreman
for Seims & Carlson, was an
arrival from the south Tues
day.
Play Ball! Attend the big Ball
Chib dance Saturday.
WOODBINE-NORTHERN
LIGHT CONSOLIDATION
IS RUMORED
Rumors of a possible consoli
dation of Woodbine and
Northern Light interests are
current in local mining circles
since the recent visit of J. B.
Wa|son, president of the
Woodbine Gold Mining com
pany, and W. H. McKee, pres
ident of the Northern Light
company, who is also a direct
or of the Woodbine company.
So far as could be determin
ed, neither of the two gentle
men vouchsafed any statement
indicating an impending merg
ing of the two companies, nor
could such a statement be
traced to a third member of
the visiting party, who is also
a director of both companies,
It is not improbable that the
rumors are based on mere con
jecture, due to the election of
the two Northern Light offici
als at the recent annual meet
ing of the Woodbine com
pany.
Well informed mining men
point out, however, that there
j are a number of cogent reas
j ons why such a combination of
| interests would be advantage
! ous to both companies. Prob
ably the most important reas
E on is found in the fact that
| the great ore zone opened on
I the Woodbine undoubtedly ex
tends into the Northern Light
and can be mined to advant
age and at far greater depth
through the latter property.
This is examplified by the fact
that the portal of the lower
Woodbine tunnel is located on
Northern Light ground, hence
greater depth can be obtained
on the Woodbine ore only
through sinking operations or
by driving additional tunnels
through the Northern Light
property.
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COMPANY TO DE
VELOP MAYFLOWER
The Mayflower Mining Com
pany, Ltd., has been organized
in Stewart to operate the May
flower group in the Bear Riv
er section, on which a strike
of considerable importance
was made in recent days.
The capitalization of the new
company is $1,000,000 with
shares at 50 cents par.
The Mayflower is located on
the east slope Bear River val
ley between Bitter Creek and
the Dunwell. A 100-foot cross
j cut tunnel run on the proper
ty is said by company repre- i
sentatives to have encountered
a 20-foot vein of heavily min
eralized ore at a vertical depth
of 68 feet. The mineralization
I is galena and pyrites and the
ore is considered of good mill
! ing grade. A two foot vein of
| high-grpde ore is located a
i thousand feet or so above the
tunnel and presents shipping
possibilities.
I A drift is now being run on
the .big vein to further deter
mine its possibilities.
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i The diamond drilling pro
gram started last year by the
Consolidated Mining & Smelt
ing Co. on the George Copper
property in the upper Bear
section will be resumed as
soon as snow conditions per
mit, according to announce
ments made in the south.
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John Hovland left Saturday
on a visit to Ketchikan.
NEW COMPANY FOR
SALMON BASIN
The organization of the Cas
siar Gold Mines, Ltd., to devel
op a group of ten claims and
fractions in the upper Salmon
basin four miles north of the
Premier mine has been com
pleted in the south.
The properties of the new
company include among oth
ers the well known Daly and
Sullivan group and adjoin both
the Sefeakwe and Bush Consol
idated properties, the former
on the north, and the latter
on the east.
The company is capitalized
at $1,000,000 divided into 2,
000,000 shares of 60 cents par
value and 2,000,000 shares
have been placed on the mark
et at 26 cents. Dr. Ormond O.
Lyons, of Vancouver, is presi
dent and F .C. Winkler, well
known mining man, is man
ager. With Dr. Lyons .Major
Wm. G .Swan and Duncan M.
McDonald ,of Vancouver, are
included in the directorate.
P .E. Peterson, formerly in
charge of the Big Missouri, is
consulting engineer.
The Daly and Sullivan is one
of the oldest mineral locations
in the Salmon section, having
been located in 1910 by Pat.
Daly and Richard Sullivan. Lo
cal mining men who have ex
amined the property say it dis
plays one of the most import
ant surface showings found
between the Big Missouri and
Premier, one vein being eight
or nine feet in width and car
rying high gold and silver
values.
SEIMS & CARLSON
ACTIVE SOON
V. K. Woods, general man
ager for Seims & Carlson, ar
rived on the Prince Charles to
make preparations for the
summer activities of the well
known road building firm on
the first unit of the projected
Texas Creek highway, 3.4
miles in length, on which the
grading was completed last
year.
The work to be done during
the present season includes
construction of the bridge ov
er the north fork of Texas
Creek and the surfacing of
the project from the Sal
mon River highway to a point
slightly beyond Texas Creek.
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Late reports from the south
indicate that the Daly-Gerard
interests are not contemplat
ing active development work
on the Rufus-Argenta in the
upper Bear River section un
til the property has been sub
jected to an examination by
mining engineers. The exami
nation will probably not be
made until August. Future
activities of the syndicate will
depend upon the character of
the report received.
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The Canadian Natl, steamer
Prince Charles made its initial
appearance of the year Tues
day, bringing a small list of lo
cal passengers. The vessel will
continue on the local run dur
ing the summer, arriving on
Tuesday morning weekly. As
hereofore the Prince Charles
will not carry American mail.
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S. P. Fitzgerald, returned
Tuesday from a business trip
to Vancouver.
CREST DEVELOPMENT
IS UNDER WAY
Development activities of
the Crest Consolidated Gold
Mines, Ltd., bn the Crest and
Hobo groups started las$
week under the direction of
Wm. Bunting, mine superin
tendent.
Operations are directed main
ly to driving two tunnels, one
of which is located on the
Portland claim, the other on
the Hobo claim. The former
is now something over 20 feet
in and is penetrating a well
mineralized zone.
The Crest property is also
being subjected to a thorough
surface prospecting by strip
ping and open cuts.
A crew of 9 men is employed,
with Albert Johnson, well
known miner, as foreman.
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TEST SHIPMENT
FROM LUCKY STRIKE
A 400-pound test shipment of
rore from a well mineralized
vein encountered last week
on the Lucky Strike group of
the Portland Canal Gold Mines
Company, in the Georgia Riv
er section was sent to Granby
smelter last Saturday by Joe
Jackson, manager. A small
shipment was also forwarded
to the company headquarters
in Vancouver.
The ore was encountered in
a short tunnel driven on a
more sparsely mineralized
vein during the past three
weeks and bears little resem
blance to the surface ore. The
mineralization is chalcopyrite,
with which the ore is heavily
impregnated.
1 he ore also contains a large
amount of silica, valuable to
smelters as fluxing material.
According to Jackson, the en
trance to the tunnel in which
the ore was found is only
about 20 feet from the high
water mark on Portland Ca
nal. If the ore proves valuable,
it can be loaded on scows di
rect from the mine at a mini
mum cost.
STEWART COUPLE WED
Miss Elizabeth Maxwell, It.
N., and Mr. Wm. Younkin.
both of Stewart, were united
ir. marriage by Rev. S .V. War
ren at the M. E. Church Tues
day evening. Miss Kate Ryan
and Mr. Dalby Morkill, at
tended the happy couple as
bridesmaid and groomsman.
Following the ceremony an
informal reception was held in
the private dining room of the
Prince Edward Hotel, Stewart,
where the newly-weds receiv
ed the felicitations of their
numerous friends. Delicious
refreshments were served,
followed by dancing.
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Harry Townsend, mining ge
ologist for the 96 Mining Co.,
was an arrival from the south
Sunday. Mr. Townsend is here
to examine the 96 property on
Mineral Hill, recently bonded
by H. A. Henton, of Tacoma,
former directing head of the
Standard Mines Co. and Big
Missouri Mining Co.
HOOVER NOMINATED
Radio reports Thursday an
nounced the nomination of
Herbert Hoover on the first
ballot as republican candidate
for president at Kansas. Later
advices stated that Senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas had
been nominated for the vice
presidency.
FINE SHOWINGS
ON OVERSIGHT
Three highly promising min
eral zones ranging from 8 to
19 feet in width have been
uncovered on the Mountain
Girl Claim of the newly or
ganized Oversight Mines Syn
dicate on the south fork of
Marmot River, according to
syndicate officials.
Stripping done so far on the
three paralleling leads has
disclosed a length of more
than 500 feet. As the Mount
ain Girl is the topmost of the
group of 8 claims owned
by the syndicate, indications
point to the probable extens
ion of the three leads into the
lower-lying claim units of the
group.
The ore is heavily impreg
nated with iron pyrites and is
apparently identical with the
gold ores found on adjacent
properties, but assays had not
been completed at the time of
writing.
The syndicate has established
temporary camps near the
foot of the property and will
later erect more permanent
quarters at a higher elevation
and closer to the showings. A
crew of three men is employ
ed under the direction of Alex
N. McDonald, syndicate trus
tee.
BASE BALL CLUB IS
GETTING INTO ACTION
The Hyder Baseball Club
will hold a public dance in
Pioneer Hall Saturday to pro
vide funds for financing the
club during the coming base
ball season. Admission has
been fixed at $2, including
luncheon, and ladies will enter
free.
W. R. McDonnell was elected
manager o fthe club at a meet
ing held Monday and H .W.
Thomas was chosen as secre
tary-treasurer. The club also
turned out Tuesday and clean
ed up the ball ground, in ad
dition to indulging in a little
practice.
Manager McDonnell inform
ed the Herald that there is
ample timber available to or
ganize a fast team. Several of
last season’s players are still
here to form the nucleus of
the new organization and will
be supported by a number of
new comers who appear like
ly to develop into good play
ers with practice and coach
ing.
The opening game of the
season will be played in Stew
art Sunday and will be follow
ed by a game in Hyder on the
following Sunday, June 24th.
The schedule has not been
definitely arranged beyond the
latter date, although it is un
derstood that a game will be
played in Stewart in connect
ion with the Dominion Day
celebration and in Hyder July
4th.
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The town of Killisnoo on Ad
miralty Island was practically
wiped out by fire June 8, over
250 people being left home
less by the conflagration. Fan
ned by a high wind, the fire
swept away almost every
dwelling in the town, despite
strenuous efforts of a bucket
brigade to check the flames.
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N .H. Stevens returned this
week from a visit in the south.
EARLY TEXAS
FREIGHTING URGED
Owing to the prospect that
activities on the projected ex
tension of the Texas Creek
highway may impede freight
ing into that section at inter
vals after work starts, Fred J.
Hughes, resident engineer of
the Bureau of Public Roads,
urges property owners and op
erators of that section to com
plete transportation of sup
plies to their properties prior
to August 1, around which
date work on the new section
of road is scheduled to start.
Mr .Hughes says the road
will not be closed to traffic,
Save when necessary; but
stoppages of traffic will be un
avoidable at tim^s. For1 Jlhis
reason, it will be to the inter
est of all property owners to
take in their supplies before
work starts.
The proposed extensions of
the Texas Creek highway will,
according to estimates of the
Bureau of Public Roads en
gineering department, involve
the expenditure of $240,000.
Of this amount $200,000 will
be provided from the Forestry
Highway appropriation and
$40,000 by the Territorial
Road Commission. Recom
mendations for the construct
ion of the projected extension
were made jointly by M. D.
Williams, district engineer of
the Bureau of Public Roads,
C. H. Flory, chief of the For
estry department in Alaska,
and Robt. J. Sommers, high
way engineer of the Territorial
Board of Road Commissioners.
The extension authorized
covers a distance of 8V& miles
and will make the highway
when completed, 11.9 miles in
length.
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PETTY THIEVING
REPORTED
The theft of shovels and oth
er mining tools from the prop
erties of the Premier Border
and Crest Consolidated com
panies, is reported by mine
auperintendent Wm. Bunting
as occuring during recent
days.
The thief is said to have man
ifested his presence by pur
loining articles on several oc
casions under circumstances
indicating that the depredat
ions are not merely the act
of some chance wayfarer but
are of premeditated intent.
The thief is said to have been
accompanied by a dog whose
presence has given the mine
management a strong clue to
the identity of the culprit and
may lead to his apprehension.
Although the value of the
articles taken is not great, it
is Mr. Bunting’s intention to
prosecute the offender to the
fullest extent of the law in the
event that his identity be def
initely established.
The district has been hereto
fore comparatively free of
mine depredations and will
continue so if examples are
made of those who indulge in
pilfering.
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A new covering of lap siding
installed during the past week
on the Chamber of Commerce
building adds considerably to
the appearance of that struct
ure.
Don’t forget the Baseball ben
efit dance Saturday.