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ALASKA
NEWSPAPER
HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
DEVOTED TO HIE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
SUBSCRIPTION*
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VOL 2, NO. 4$
HYDEF, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28,1926
FIFTY CENTS A LIMB
DUNWELL STRIKES
SUNBEAM VEIN
300 FEET DOWN
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The Sunbeam vein said to be
the richest ore showing that
has been found on the Dunwell
properties, has been tapped at
a depth of 300 feet below the
outcrops, according to reliable
reports from Stewart.
The ore was encountered m
a cross cut tunnel run from a
point a;bove the main work
ings and on which worn has
been in progress for several
weeks. The surface showings
of the vein lie about 1500 feet
north of the main drift in the
old workings.
Owing to the short time
elapsing since the ore was
tapped, the values contained
were not determined at the
time this article was written.
It is understood that the man
agement plans to crosscut the
ore at still greater depth by
extending the main working
tunnel in the event that the
ore found on the 300-foot lev
el carries values comaparable
to those found on the surface.
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With the new power equip
ment available and machine
drills in operation, the work ol
opening up the Sebakwe Com
pany holdings, north of the
B. C. Silver, is making excel
lent progress under the direct
ion of George Bancroft, M.E.,
according to recent arrivals
from that well known prop
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Development work is being
directed principally to extend
ing the tunnel to cut a largt
qilartz-porhyry zone running
into the property from tne
B. C. Silver and which is be
lieved to be an extension ol
the Premier quartz-porhyrj
bejt. The tunnel is reported
in about 200 feet and is ex
pected to reach the objective
in a short time.
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Construction work on the Tex
as Creek pack trail bridge is
making good headway under
the direction of T. H. Evans
and the much needed struct
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Ufe will soon be opn for traf- i:
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Work on the piers was com- t
pie ted several days ago and
the^stringers are being laid. Aa a
last accounts all but two of j e
the heavy beams had been i c
placed in position and the t
work installing the supei
work of installing the super
structure will soon be undei
way. a
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D. J. Williams, widely known r
mining engineer who is in r
charge of the engineering de- t
partment of the famous Hirst- A
Chichagoff mine, arrived on c
the Taku II and will remain c
several days while looking the £
district over. i
Mrs. Williams accompanies ,
her husband. ]
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The Northland Transportat- .
ion Co. motorship Norco ar- j
rived from Seattle at 3:30 <
Tuesday morning with several 1
passengers and 140 tons of , j
general cargo for this port, j
Included in the freight con
signment was a steam shovel,
compressor and a large quanti- i
ty of road construction equip
ment for the Johnson-Gardner
Company, of Portland, holders
of the Salmn River road ex
tension contract.
EW FIND ON B. C. SILVEF
Arrivals from the B. C. Silvei
sport that diamond drillinj
perations have revealed i
B\v ore body at a point abou
00 feet south of the presen
orkings.
The point indicated is closi
) the north line of the Pre
lier and suggests that thi
iscovery is a continuation o
ne of the Premier veins.
Shipments of high grade on
'om the old workings an
aming down in a stead;
ream enroute to the smelter
lose to 200 tons, most o
hich is on the dock and th<
;mainder at Nine Mile, wil
e shipped on the next trip o
re ore steamer Mogul. I
ortion of the shipment wa
sheduled to leave on th
triffco but could not be tak
u by that vessel, which wa
laded to the limit with Pre
lier ore.
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The new Volunteer Wa;
ridge will be completed toda;
y Contractor Irving Spence
nd his assistants E. E. Chan
in and Alex Frazer, who havi
one a splendid piece of work
1 addition to greatly strength
ning the underpinning, th<
Tucture has been* widenei
bout 8 feet, giving a tota
f 18 feet. A heavy guard rai
as been installed on botl
s of the heavily planke*
irface, and the north en<
as been laid out in a way t
vercome the sharp and dan
erous turn from Internationa
lvenue to Volunteer Way.
Contributors to the improve
lent are deserving ef com
lendation as their action ha
amoved one of the most dan
erous spots in town, in addil
in to greatly benefiting trat
c across the boundary line.
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Work on the Texas Creel
sad survey has been tempo
arily suspended after severs
liles of the proposed high
'ay hacj been laid out by Mi
'red J. Hughes, Bureau o
ublic Roads engineer. The de
ly is due to Mr. Hughes, be
lg compelled to turn his al
jntion to the Salmon river ex
jnsion work for the presenl
t is understood that the Te*
s Creek survey will be resun,
d later and will probably o
ompleted before the close o
be present season.
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J. C. Black and C. H. Blacl
ccompanied by their respect
/e daughters, the Misses Ar
ette and Barbara Black, ai
ived from Seattle Saturda
o visit the Riverside mine, i
^hich the elder Black’s an
ther members of their famil
wn a large interest. They ar
Iso the leading figures in th
widely known Seattle Hare
vare Company, one of th
argest concerns of its kind i
he West, and owned princii
illy by the Black family.
The visitors remained i
:amp until the departure (
he. motorship Norco, on whic
hey left for Ketchikan.
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The motorship Norco
icheduled to make its next a]
jearance here on August 1
eaving Seattle August 1
iccording to an announcemei
oy the Salmon River Dock C<
local agent
BIG MISSOURI
OFFICIALS COMING
F. D. Oakley, Secretary of the
Big Missouri Mining Company,
G. A, DeHaseth, al director,
and S. M. Jackson, president
of the First National Bank of
Tacoma, who is also, interest
ed in the Big Missouri Com
pany, are scheduled to arrive
from Tacoma next Saturday to
visit the Big Missouri mine.
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Writing from the Dease lake
region under date of July 1st,
Joe Jackson, famed locally as
the discoverer of the riches of
the Texas Creek section, states
that he is doing fine in the new
placer region and believes he
is going to make a success on
the four placer claims he has
secured on Bridge Creek, a
fork of the Clearwater River.
Joe states that the ground
along the creek is good but
high water was a deterrent to
mining and little could be
done until the low water peri
od arrives later in the season.
His claims are very favorably
situated for turning the stream
which will permit operations
to be continued without dan
ger of hindrance from the
water. Working alone Joe
finds it hard to accomplish
much in the line of develop
ment work but says at the
worst he believes he can pan
out enough for a winter grub
stake in one months time when
the water is low.
‘I have been prospecting my
ground in a lot of places,” he
writes, “and have got fairly
good colors in every pan. Even
a long way from the creek,
way up in the high banks, it
pans pretty good. I think that
on low water I can shovel in
$10 to $15 a day by myself.
I don’t think I will have .any
trouble in getting some one in
terested in the property this
winter, but if I don’t I’ll be
pretty well prepared to work
it myself next summer. A
party named Toms has bought
four claims just above me—1
have 5-6-7 and 8 below dis
covery—and his are 1-2-3-4,
and he will start to work on it
about July 15th, and is going
to put on a $50,000 plant. 1
have had a pretty good offer
for my claims but told him 1
would decide later on.
I just had word from some
fellows I came on the boat
with to Telegraph Creek and
they have located some big
silver-lead properties about 75
miles from here on the Stikine
River and they want me to go
down there and I expect to go
and see what they have. If it
looks as good as they say 1
might stake some ground. But
you can bet I am not going to
stake any more quartz claims
unless they look very big.
I expect to be in Hyder next
Spring to look after my
ground on Texas Creek and
then I hope to show you some
of the real stuff I got here. I
am sending enclosed a sample
of this gold, so you can see
what it is like.”
The gold in question closely
resembles that of the Fair
banks district. It is bright and
i little worn, and distinctly
I “shotty,” with a lemon sheen
and little sign of oxidization.
Harry Quickstad, pioneei
mining man, is back after win
tering in the States.
SURFACE PROSPECTING
ON CANTU GROUP
Arrivals from the Cantu and
Frances groups report that the
activities of the Premier Gold
Mining Co. on those properties
during the past) two weeks
have beei^/confined largely to
trail buildfng, surface pros
pecting and sampling the vari
ous ore deposits, particularly
the huge porphyry veins run
ning through the two groups.
The latter have a nortwester
ly-southeasterly strike and dip
toward Texas Creek. A con
siderable number of open cuts
have been run on the porphy
ry, as well as at other points.
The company engineers are
also said to be mapping out
the vein system. "
Owing to the major portion
of the ground being located on
an almost precipitious accliv
ity, where rock slides are a fre
quent occurence, the work is
both difficult and hazardous,
except along the'extreme top
of the ridge.
According to the reports, the
company has the compressor
ready for operation but work
is still being carried on with
hand drills, apparently with
a veiw to determining the most
favorable spot before undet
ground work is undertaken. A
crew of twenty-one or twenty
two men is employed.
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Mrs. Rome G. Brown, mother
of Mrs. Ernest Blue, passed
quietly away in Minneapolis
on the evening of July 25, ac
cording to telegraphic advices
received by Attorney Ernest
Blue Monday morning.
Mrs. Brown’s demise was the
culmination of a long illness
resulting from a slight attack
of apoplexy sustained while
visiting her daughter and son
in-law in Hyder last year and
as a result of which she had
been confined to a Minneapo
lis hospital for many months
prior to her passing.
Wires received last week an
nounced that she was sinking
rapidly and resulted in Mrs.
Blue leaving Saturday via the
Grand Trunk in the hope of
reaching her bedside before
the end. The effort was futile,
however, as she had proceed
ed no farther than Vancouver
when the message arrived an
nouncing Mrs. Brown's de
mise.
In addition to Mrs. Blue, the
deceased is survived by a son
who resides in Minneapolis,
her husband Mr. Rome G.
Brown having passed away
suddenly last May, an event of
which Mrs. Brown was not
cognizant owing to her condit
ion.
Mrs. Blue will proceed to
Minneapolis to attend the finai
obsequies of her mother "before
returning to Hyder.
Mrs. Alfred Sobieralski, sis
ter of Mrs. Wm. Gray, left or
the Norco for Ketchikan where
she will rejoin her husband
Capt. Sobieralski, commandei
of the U. S. Coast and Geodet
ic Survey steamer Surveyor
which is now at that port re
fueling'for a continuation o1
the government survey alonj
the Southeastern Alaska coast
Mrs. Sobieralski expects to re
main on the vessel about tw<
weeks before returning to Hy
der.
CHAS. D. GARFIELD
VISITOR IN CAMP
Chas. D. Garfield, assistant
secretary of the Alaska Bui
eau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, arrived on the
Taku II from Ketchikan this
morning.
As secretary of the Alaska
department it is Mr. Garfield’s
custom to spend a number 01
weeks in the Territory each
year and he is now on the re
turn trip to Seattle after visit
ing most of the towns along
the Alaska coast and points In
the interior as far north a&
Fairbanks. This is his first
visit to Hyder in this connect
ion, although he is not unac
quainted with the district, hav
ing been in this section some
years before the opening of
the Premier mine and when
there was no mineral develop
ment of consequence any
where in the Hyder district.
In a statement to the Herald,
Mr. Garfield said that his visit
is for the purpose of gaining
first hand knowledge of the
district and its development
in order that his department
may more effectively cooper
ate with the people of this
and other sections in every
thing pertaining to the Terri
torial grow\ and welfare.
It is the policy of the Alaska
Bureau of the Seattle Chambei
of Commerce to aid the Terri
tory as a whole and it is al
ways ready to respond where
there is a general need for its
assistance.
Mr. Garfield took over the
secretaryship of the bureau
three years ago, after residing
in Alaska for more than twen
ty years. As a result of his
residence he is fully conver
sant with Alaska conditions
and possesses a definite
knowledge of its problems. In
deed it is doubtful if there is
a person alive who possesses
a more complete and accurate
knowledge of Alaska, hepce
he is lully quaimea to act ao
[ Alaska’s spokesman whenever
occasion may arise,
j During th'e period of his in
cumbency, he and his associ
ates of the Alaska department
heve been instrumental in se
curing many benefits and ad
vantages for the Territory
through legislative methods
and have also performed a
vast service by publicity activ
ities. As an example of the
work done in this line it may
r e stated that, over 17.00 pieces
cf literature pertaining to
Alaska were sent out last yeai
and the department answers
almost daily several, dozen let
| ters requesting information
about the Territory. " , . •
Mr. Garfield will remain in
camp until the departure 01
the Taku II and will be trie
guest of the Chamber of Coin
merce at a dinner to be given
at the Ideal Cafe this evening.
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Hans Sorenson, foreman of
pile driving operations on the
new Standard Oil company oil
dock, left for the south last
week accompanined by Mrs
jSorenson.
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. j' The Big Missouri Companj
■ has a diamond drill at wort
>! on the Uhicorn group, in ad
■ I dition to its various activities
j on the Big Missouri properties
NEARLY MILLION
INCREASE IN
ALASKA EXPORTS
Wide gains in the volume of
fresh and frozen fish and cop
! per ore shipments resulted in
an increase of $972,88$ in the
value of Alaska products ex
ported in June, as compared
with the .preceding month, in
which the total value of ex
ports was $1,220,253, accord
ing to the following statement
by Collector of Customs John
j C. McBride.
) Animals...$ 93
! Curios. 1,375
jFish:— ■ 0
1 Fresh and frozen
! (except shell-fish) : ’ ’ ;
Halibut .... 158,535
Salmon . 70 242
All other . 785
j Canned (except
shell-fish):
Salmon .. 251,430
| Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish):
Cod .. 3,634
Herring . 312
Salmon . 13 6 VI
Sh^ll-fish:
Clams. 35.243
Crabs .... 1.850
Shrimps . 13,104
Other fish pro
ducts:
Meal. 3 900
! Oil .. 4,636
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox ... 3 050
I Silver fox.;.. f S"’5
Seal skins .. . 200
All other . 38,229
Manufactured furs.. 1,707
Ore, matte and regu
lus:
Copper . 1,200.213
Lead ... 9 313
' Palladium ... 30,004
Tin ore and concen
trates . 1,406
Reindeer meat . 6,875
Stone, including
marble .. 25 250
Trophies, specimens 452
Wood, timber and
j lumber ....:... .33/*79
All other articles .... . 50
Total value of pror
ducts of Alaska,... 2,033 267
Products of the Unit
ed States returned .... 13 7,930
Total value of for
eign products . ...... . 16 010
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise .......
2,193,133
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The Granby Consolida.tjd
; Mining, Smelting and l ower
Go., Ltd., produced 9,393 890
bis. of copper.at its Anyox
plant during the first quart
er of 1926. This is an av
1 erage of 3,130,296 lbs. per
month, an increase of 102 64.
-Lbs. per month over the month
ly production for the fir
quarter of 1925.
The net income of the com
pany for the same period was
$429,598, exclusive of depreci
ation and depletion charges.
This represents a gain cn "
638 over the preceding year
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The steamer Bellingham ar
rived from Ketchikan thl*
I afternoon with materials for
I the new Standard Oil Co , cd-,
dock aqd a crew of five at el
i workers, who will erect tne
big steel oil storage, tank.