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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCK1H
STRIKE ON THE BIG
MISSOURI REPORTED
Apparently reliable reports
of a strike on the Big Missouri
were brought to town Tuesday
but could not be verified in
time for the present issue. Sev
eral responsible parties admit
having definite knowledge of
the discovery but refused to
give details.
From such information as
could be gleaned it is surmised
that the report means that the
tunnel recently started on the
property has tapped at depth
the huge mineralized zone re
cently uncovered by Manager
Pat Daly, details of which
were published in an earlier
issue. Samples from the out
crops of this zone, which is
said to be in the close neigh
borhood of 100 feet wide,
show silver, lead and copper.
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Reports from Stewart say the
Bayview Mning Company has
taken over the Thompson
group of claims, lately under
option to the A. B. Trites inter
ests. Visitors to the Bayview
properties report that ore is
being sacked for a test ship
ment in the near future. A
quantity of the ore has already
been brought down by #the
Crawford Transfer Company.
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The motorship Oregon of the
Independent Steamship Com
pany of Alaska, Capt. Johan
sen, master, arrived in port
from Seattle Thursday night
with a consignment of 300 ce
dar telephone poles for the
Hyder Radio and Telephone
Co., in addition to a quantity
of hay, grain, and general
merchandise for local dealers.
According to Hyder Dock Co.
officials the vessel is scheduled
to make regular calls at Hy
der in future, leaving Seattle
about every -twenty days. The
next sailing is scheduled for
September 21st, when the ves
sel will bring 100 tons of coal
for the Hyder Fuel Company.
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M. D. Williams, assistant d;s
trict engineer of the Bureau of
Public Roads in the First Div
ision, arrived on the Prince
Charles. Mr. Williams is here
to inspect the Seims, Carlson
Company road improvements
on the Salmon River road,
which are now nearing com
pletion.
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Holger Johnson and Ben
Oien, who recently purchased
the W. L. Bale h interest in the
Hyder Dock Company dock,
are subjecting that pioneer
boat landing to extensive re
pairs which are expected to
place it in first class condition
A pile driver is now at work
replacing a considerable num
ber of*piles which were wash
ed out by the tidal currents
during the past year.
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Professor C. Harrington, head
of the geological department
of the University of North
Dakota, arrived Saturday to
examine the Gloria properties
on Georgia River, which are
now in process of develop
ment by E. B. Fugier, A. Linc
ke and associates.
; MOUNTAIN VIEW PLANT
PRACTICALLY COMPLETED
! The installation of the pow
| er and transportation equipr
ment of the Mountainview
I Gold Mining Company on Fish
Creek is now practically com
■ pleted and only a few small
additions are still to be install
ed before everything will be
ready for the resumption of
active mining.
The plant and camp is about
as complete and modern as it
possible to make it and has
; been Iai d out with a splendid
eye to future utility. Those
! who have visited the mine in'
recent days admit that their
| iim impression of the fine!}
| laid out camp, and the splen
i did power and transportation
system was one of complete
surprise. Everything from the
4000-foot tram line, which
forms the main transportation
unit between the mine and the
Salmon River road, to the
smaller trams, connecting the
various mine openings with
the main tram, and the power
and electric light plants have
been tried out by Manager
Arthur Moa and found to
: work splendidly.
Those in a position to judge
assert that the camp is one of
I the best equipped and laid out
small mining camps to be seen
in the north and is a splendid
testimonial to the ability and
energy of Mr. Moa.
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Matthew Lodge, of Moncton,
i New Brunswick, who in 1923
bonded a large blpck of claims
originally included in the Ston
er Group, spent the past week
in the district examining his
purchase with a view to deter
mining what shall be done to
further development.
Mr. Lodge is accompanied by
D. H. McDougal, a mining en
gineer of note and former
vice president and general
manager of the Dominion Iron
and Steel Company of Nova
; Scotia, who is interested in the
property, with Mr. Lodge and
O.H. Brown, an eastern geolo
gist and mining engineer.
In a statement to the Herald
Mr*. Lodge said that it is the
intention to give the ground
a thorough examination for
the purpose of determining
what development policy to
! oursue in the future. If the
■ nitlook appears satisfactory,
I Mr. Lodge and his associates
contemplate-the inauguration*
i af an active development pro
gram, aimed at placing the
property on a producing basis
as soon as possible.
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Joe Standard, son of Dr. D.
S. Standard, left on the Prince
George* enroute to Seattle,
where he will meet his father
and mother. Dr. Susan V.
Standard, of XVarrenton, Ore
j gon. Recent advices from Dr.
! Dan Standard announce that
he successfully passed' the ex
amination for permanent Alas
ka license before the Territor
ial Board of Medical Exami
ners at Juneau but intended to
j proceed to Seattle and spend
a few days visiting his family
r before returning to Hyder.
Miss Daphne Workman, well
| known and popular Stewart
PREMIER BUILDING
HUGE OIL STORAGE
The foundation for the hu#e
oil storage tank now in course
of construction near the Stew
art wharf by the Premier Gold
Mining Company is practically
completed and the work of
erecting the great steel reser
•'•ir will soon 1 ? under way.
When completed the tank, will
store 20,000 barrels or 1,000,
000 gallons of oil. The found
ation is built of stone and con
crete and will be about five
feet in height. Owing to the
sharp incline of the mountain
side where the tank will stand,
considerable rock work was
necessary to level off a space
for the foundation. The big
steel drum in which the oil
will be stored will be 75 feet
I in diameter and will stand
between 40 and 50 feet above
the ground level.
The company is also inaugu
rating a wide series of im
provements at the mine, in
cluding the enlarement of the
concentration plant to 400
tons daily capacity from the
present 200 tons capacity. The
power plant capacity is also
being doubled.
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Visitors to the upper Tex
as Creek section report that
wolves are being seen fre
quently in that locality and,
moreover, display an utter dis
regard for man. In -one in
stance tney are said to have
displayed a marked disposit
ion to attack lone individuals,
indicating, according to the
old timers , that they are old
animals which are no longer
able to find adequate subsist
ence by catching mountain
goats, which form their princi
pal prey, and are, consequent
ly, ready to attack even man
in their extreme hunger.
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The public school resumed
activities Tuesday under the
direction of Miss Anne Martin,
with an enrollment of 12 pu
pils, representing all grades
between the first and eighth
except the sixth, for which
there are no pupils at present.
Miss Martin, who succeeds
Miss Maye Coombs, teacher
during the past two school
terms, hails from the far famed
state of Iowa, and attended
the Iowa State University for
three years before taking up
teaching as a profession. Dur
ing the past two years she has
been teaching in Wyoming.
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. B. Taylor, proprietor of the
Taylor cleaning, pressing and
tailoring establishment in the
former Sullivan building on
Premier Ave, has added a nice
line of gents’ furnishings to
his stock in trade and is offer
ing everything in his line at
Seattle prices, according to his1
advertisement in another sec
tion. Mr. Taylor is also
equipped to handle everything
in the line of cleaning, press
ing, pleating and dyeing by
modern methods and also
specializes in made to order
suits for ladies and gentlemen.
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Malcolm Smith left last week
j via the Forest Service trail for
j Chickamin River, where he
I will join W. B, Jewell, geolo
BUDDINGTON? FINISHING
DISTRICT SURVEY
A. F. Buddington, Geological
Survey expert, has entered up
on the last stages of his investi
gation of the geology and min
erology of the Hyder district
and is now working along the
| east slope of Salmon River
i Valley between Hyder and the
boundary line at 13 Mile. Mr.
Buddington cQntemplates vis
iting practically every import
; ant mining property along the
I slope during the course of his
! investigation of this area and
| can be greatly assisted by the
i property ownors if they will
| show him over their holdings
I and point out the evidences of
i mineralization, which in this
! densely wooded section art
often difficult to locate with
1 out a guide. Before conclud
ing his work in the district
Mr. Budklington also plans to
visit the Cascade River section,
a short distance below Hyder,
where evidences of extensive
mineralization are reliably re
I ported to exist.
! Early resumption of activities
on the Dunwell are presaged
I in the announcement made re
: cently in Victoria that the
i stockholders decided at the
annual meeting to reorganize
! the company and double the
I present capitalization for the
purpose of raising capital to
purchase mill machinery, pow
plant and tram eauipment
and place the mine on a pay
ing basis.
According to the announce
ment the new stock issue will
comprise 350..000 shares of a
par value of $1 per share,
bringing the total capitalizat
i ion to $700,000. The new stock
is to*be offered to present
shareholders at par, the ad
vices state.
The company is also report
ed considering an offer made
by the Porcupine Gold Min
ing Company to take over the
entire stock issue for $650,000.
The stockholders meeting re
sulted in the elimination oi
Mr. Piggott and W. It. Smith
from the board of directors,
j which now includes the three
Stewart brothers, James, J.
' W. and R. M. Stewart, J. F.
Errington, A. B. Saunders, E.
D. Chetham and T. S. McPher
son. R. M. Stewart is president
of the new board.
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Arrivals from the upper Tex
as Creek valley report that
Frank Blasher has now \ ex
tended his cross cut tunnel
a distance of about 14 feet and
will soon tap the fine~looking
ledge of ore on which he has
been driving for several
weeks. The vein is about 8 feet
wide on the surface and car
ries galena, copper and zinc
values.
Mr. Blasher is a most indust
rious worker and is said to
have accomplished an im
mense amount of work on his
property during the season, in
addition to building himself a
fine roomy cabin.
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Art. Irwin of the Premier
company and his bride, nee
Miss Minerva Grant, former
teacher of the Premier school,
arrived from tlfe south Satur
day and will make their home
at Premier.
SAYS DISTRICT IDEAL
TOURIST RESORT
That the Hydty* district, with
: its magnificent scenery and
! splendid summer climate,, can
j easily be made the mecca for
j thousands of tourists from all
; parts of Amarica is the un
; qualified declaration of C. F.
: Hibbard, head of the .Hibbard,
i Stewart Fur Company and one
of Seattle’s leading business
men, who visited the district
during the week.
Mr. Hibbard arrived here
Saturday to personally inspect
the recent strike on the (Jut
land Silver Bar properties, in
which, he is interested with F.
C. (Jutland and others. Al
though much impressed by the
mineral production possibili
ties of the district, he was
equally quick to discern the
fact that Hyder possesses
another latent possibility that
may be capitalized and turned
to great advantage, namely
its towering peaks, mighty
glaciers, its remarkable sum
mer climate and other natural
teatures.
in tne opinion or Mr. hid
bard the district possesses ev
erything needed to attract and
hold the interest of that vast
army of people who flock to
the Pacific Northwest during
the summer season.
“My visit to the upper Sal
mon valley has convinced me,’
. Hibbard said “that thu
place can be made one of tht
greatest scenic resorts on the
coast. You have some of the
finest mountain scenery to be
seen anywhere,' a fine summer
climate,- and a vista of mighty
glaciers that can scarcely be
equaled. And the thing princi
pally needed to make this a
great tourist resort is a large
aod modern hotel at some
point in the upper end of Sal
mon valley near the Salmm
glacier. During my trip up the
river I noticed a fine, spot
which affords easy access to
the Salmon and Chickamin
glaciers and other points of
ipterest and from which can
be seen magnificent panoram
as of mountains and glaciers
extending in every direction.
There is also a site for a splen
did golf links, which could be
laid out at much less cost than
the one we have in Seattle.
This would be a big attraction.
The fact that the hotel could
be built right beside one of
the great glaciers would be a
great asset, as the tourists are
all eager to get on to a glacier
if possible. Here they can trav
el over glaciers to their hearts
content.”
“Another great advantange
of the district in this respect,”
Mr. Hibbard said, “is the fact
that Hyder is only two day’s
journey from Seattle and Ven
couver. ‘The hotels of Seattle,
Tacoma, Vancouver and Vic
toria are packed with visitors
from all parts of the country
every summer and many1
would visit this section if there
were adequate accommodat
ions. A good hotel, a short
automobile road and judicious
advertising, which would be
provided largely by the trans
portation companies are all
that is needed to bring num
berless visitors to your dis
BIG LOCAL STOCK
DEAL PUT THROUGH
Involving the transfer of
more than $30,000 and the
ownership of a large block of
stock in the Porter Idaho Gold
Mining Company, a deal was
completed last week which re
sulted in a syndicate of bcal
people purchasing the stock
holdings in that company of
Phillip E. Rees, one of the
original owners of the Porter
Idaho Group. Full details of
the transaction have not been
made public although it is re
liably stated that the trans
action was made oa a cash
basis, a sum in excess of the
above stated amount being
paid to Mr. Rees for his hold
ings. The stock involved is
vendors stock, allotted to Mr.
Rees by the Porter Idaho Com
pany as part of the purchase
price of the Porter Idaho prop
erties. Under the terms of an
agreement existing between
the company and those from
whom the properties were ac
quired, the stock is to remain
in escrow until February 1927,
after which it may be deliver
ed to the, owners.
The transaction was one of
the largest cai$h deals in bcal
stocks that has occurred in
the district. According to re
liable information the pur
chasing syndicate is composed
principally of Hyder business
men, although one resident of
Stewart'is saicT to have taken
a substantial portion of the
stack.
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Development work is pro
1 ceeding at a good pace on the
Titan Gold Mining Company
properties on Salmon River ac
cording to mine manager
Jack Fitzgerald, who arrived
n town a few days ago. Work
:s continuing on the main drift
with a small crew of men em
ployed. The southerly arm of
the drift is being extended to
tap a large mineralized zone
I which is indicated by surface
showings to lie a short dis
tance ahead of the present
face. Mr. Fitzgerald says the
outlook for the property is
good and continued develop
ment is fully warranted. Sam
Fitzgerald, president and man
ager of the company, is at
present in Seattle but is ex
pected to return shortly and
increase the present scope of
operations.
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Jens Pederson, widely known
old timer .and winter manager
of the Salmon River Dock
; Company dock during the past
i'two years, returned last week
from an extended vacation
trip to the states.
could hardly fail to furth r
the district's mineral devs! ~
ment, as many of them would
j be more than willing to inves
after seeing the remarks’ 1c
, evidences of mineralization,
i “Hyder,” he concluded, “m
overlooking an immense possi
; bility if she does not make
some effort in this direction.
The matter of financing the
project would hot be difficult
and it is possible to enlist rile
railroad and steamship com
panies. I am so convinced of
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