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VOL 4, N O. 2
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
MOUNTAINVIEW PRE
PARING TEST SHIPMENT
Test shipments of ore from
practically all the known ore
bodies on the Fish Creek prop
erties of the Mounatinview
Gold Mining Co., will leave for
the south in the near future,
according to manager Arthur
Moa.
The plan is to ship about a
ton of ore from the Grey Cop
per, Gold, Marsh, Dave, and
Skookum Creek veins, which
form the most important ore
masses of the extensive vein
system. Additional batches of
similar quantity will also be
taken from several other veins
which appear to warrant a
fuller detremination of their
values than is revealed by as
says.
The Skookum Creek tunnel
has now reached a point fif
teen-hundred odd feet from
the portal, which brings the
face to a point directly below
the surface outcrops of the
Grey Copper vein. Owing to
the dip of the vein, the tunnel
must be extended a short dis
tance farther before reaching
the ore. The east fork of the
tunnel is also being extended
to cut the Gold Vein at depth.
Extension of either of the two
ore bodies to the level of the
tunnel promises to provide a
large and. valuable ore tonnage
for future operations, in addit
ion to tht alread revealed in
the Skookum Creek vein.
Daniel Lindeborg, original
owner of most of the land now
occupied by the town of Hy
der left for the south Monday
after a short visit.
It is curently reported thai
Mr. Lindeborg’s early depart
ure was due to a telegraphic
request from officials of the
Big Missouri Mining Company,
asking for a conference at Van
couver, presumably in connect
ion with the reported negotiat
ions of the Consolidated Min
ing & Smelting Co. for taking
over the Big Missouri property,
of which Mr. Lindeborg is the
owner.
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Clay Porter, president and
managing director of the Port
er Idaho company^, was the
victim of a painful accident
Monday night as a result of
falling from the planking on
First Avenue to the tide flat
below.
Mr. Porter was on his way
home and became blinded by
the glaring headlights of an
approaching auto, with the re
sult that in moving aside to
give the car passage, he
stepped over the edge of the
planking and broke two ribs.
He is under the care of Dr.
Carson of Premier and pro
gressing favorably toward an
early l’ecovery.
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Miss Iris Chenoweth arrived
from Seattle today to take
charge of the public school
during the coming school term.
M. J. Lee, mining man of Can
by, Oregon, who arrived re
cently to look over the district,
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left for the south today.
Major C. B. North, manager
of the B. C. Silver, returned to
day from a trip to Vancouver.
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NEW ORE FIND
ON SILVERADO
A new ore discovery of con
siderable promise was made
last week on the widely known
Silverado property, as a result
of recent surface prospecting
activities carried on by John
Haahti.
Samples of the ore displayed
by Mr. Haahti are of distinct
ly high grade character. The
ore is a close grained steel
galena, with but little quartz
showing in their makeup.
According to Mr. Haahti, the
vein from which the samples
were obtained ranges from two
to four feet in width and is
practically solid ore through
out.
The new find was made at a
point near the glacier and some
distance north of the old work
ings.
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J. A. Denny, deputy collector
of Internal Revenue, and H. H.
Murray of the same depart
ment, arrived from the west
ward Wednesday to look after
various local internal revenue
department matters.
The two officials are com
| pleting an extended trip thru
J ;he southerly portions of Alas
ka which commenced at Se
attle January 1st and has tak
en them as far north as the
Fairbanks' district.
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OFFICIAL FLAG ON
WAY TO FRANCE
The first official flag of the
Territory of Alaska, after be
ing displayed for several days
in the Teritorial Museum at
Juneau, is now enroute to
France with the Alaska dele
gation to the American League
Convention. The flag will be
displayed at the Legion con
vention in the French capital
and will also accompany the
Legionaires in the convention
parade.
The flag is the result of a con
test conducted by the Alaska
branch of the American Legion
among school pupils through
out the Territory and was de
signed by Bennie Benson, a 13
year old boy in the 7th grade
of the Mission Territorial
school near Seward, Alaska.
The design was submitted to
;he Territorial Legislature, by
which it was adopted as Alas
ka’s official flag. The Legis
lature also appropriated $1,
300 for making the official
flag and a number of souvenier
flags of the same design. One
thousand dollars of the appro
priation was to be used to send
the designer and an escort to
Washington, D. C. to present
the first flag to President
Coolidge. For some reason the
Benson boy could not make
the trip with the flag as origin
ally planned, so the flag will
not be presented to the nation’s
chief executive this year.
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Mrs. J.A . Hall returned today
from an extended visit in the
^outh.
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A large raft of saw logs for
the Hyder Lumber Co., arrived
from the Ketchikan district
Friday evening.
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Geo. Murray, of Premier, re
turned from Prince Rupert to
1 day accompanied by his biude.
U. S.j COMMISSIONER
RESIGNS OFFICE
U. S. Commissioner T, W. Mc
Donald has tendered his resig
nation to Judge T. M. Reed of
the Distirct Court and will re
tire from office at the close of
the present month.
In announcing his contem
plated retirement Judge Mc
Donald said that his desire to
relinquish the office was due
to the discontinuance of the
local office of deputy clerk of
the district court, which, save
for a short period last spring,
has been connected with the
local commissioner’s office for
some years. y
As the salary and other per
quisites of the deputy clerk
form an important , and the
only assured part of the emolu
ments of the commissioner, the
discontinuance of the deputy
clerkship will place the com
missionership on a purely fee
basis.
Judge McDonald states that
the fee earnings of the Com
missioner’s office during his
incumbency have been so smaH
that he does not feel inclined
to remain in the office during
Lhe coming winter, if it is to be
deprived of the small salary
and office rental allowed in
connection with the deputy
clerkship.
uierK uunn s communication
announcing the discontinuance
of the office, intimates that
such action was taken at the
instance of the Department of
Justice, the letter stating that
much correspondence on the
subject had passed between his
office and the judiciary de
partment.
Commissioner McDonald plans
to leave for the south for the
winter soon after his retire
| ment but will return to Hyder
in the spring. As his letter of
resignation was not forwarded 1
to Judge Reed until Wednes
day, it will probably be some
days before his successor is an
nounced.
LOCAL WOMAN DIED
NATURAL DEATH
Seattle news dispatches re
port that on official investigat
ion of the facts attending the
recent demise of Mrs. Florence
Brennan has revealed that the
former local woman came to
her earthly end through nat
i ural causes. The immediate
cause of death was peritonitis,
superinduced by acute alcohol
ism. The dispatches say that
search is being continued for
one L. P. Knapp, wh« register
ed the woman as his wife at
the Snoqualamie Falls Lumber
j Co. hospital, where she passed
; away August 22.
: The investigation showed that
| Mrs. Brennan had been operat
! ing a hotel at North Bend, Wn.,
| for 10 days pior to her death
and had posed as the wife
of Knapp, who disappeared
before she died,
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John Campbell, who has been
in the Tide Lake section for
some days, returned last even
ing.
Mr. Campbell became the
victim of a pneumonia attack
this morning and is now under
care of Dr. Carson of Premier.
SAYS HYDER MOST
PROMISING CAMP
IN TERRITORY
Jas. H. Hewitt, well known
mining man returned to camp
Wednesday after an extended
trip to the south and later to
the Fairbanks district, where
he was located for a time at
Berry.
Mr. Hewitt states that al
though there is considerable
activity in Fairbanks in con
nection with the big ditch con
struction project, business is
greatly overdone as a result of
a large influx of people dur
ing the past two years. There
is comparatively little actual
mining in progress either in the
Fairbanks or Broad Pass sect
ion at present, Mr. Hewitt says,
although there are some very
promising gold quartz proper
ties. Money for development is
lacking, however, and no ex
tensive hard rock development
is in progress. Mr. Hewitt en
deavored to lease one promis
ing free milling quartz prop
erty but could not see his way
clear to meet the overly large
payment demands of the own
er. The tendency to ask large
payments on properties still in
the prospect stage is a marked
feature of the mining situation,
he says, and is considered by
him as largely responsible for
the failure of capital to become
interested in the quartz possi
bilities.
Everything considered, Hyder
is by far the best cmp in the
Teritory, Mr. Hewitt says. No
where in all the wide area of
mining teritory covered by his
trip, was there as much real
mining activity and develop
ment progress as is visible in
this district, he saicj, and no
other camp appeared to have
anywhere near the local min
eral development possibilities.
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Mrs. Warren, wife of Pastor
S. V. Warren of Hyder M. E.
Church, who was expected to
return this week from an ex
tended visit in Washington,
will not be back as early as
anticipated. A telegram from
Dr. Warren received by Com
missioner T. W. McDonald
states that Mrs. Warren, at
the request of Dr. J. T. Mc
Queen, will remain in the
south until Mr. Warren’s re
turn, September 25th.
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Don Mills, proprietor of the
popular Northern Pool Hall, is
making arrangements for com
plete telegraphic returns of
the Dempsey-Tunney fight on
the 22nd. The reports will be
bulletined round by round, as
fast as received.
Mr. Mills, who plans to make
the establishment a headquart
er for sport lovers, is also fig
uring on getting the complete
returns of the World Series, at
the end of the baseball season,
as well as of all other import
ant sport events as they occur.
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Walter Broad, Customs offi
cer at Stewart, who has been
on a vacation in the south, re
turned today.
Mr. Broad has been ^point
ed by the Ottawa government
to succeed the late W. C. Cam
eron as Customs Collector at
Stewart.
WM. C. CAMERON
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
W. C. Cameron, postmaster at
Stewart and one of the most
widely known and highly re
garded citizens of our neigh
bor town, passed away sud
denly at his home Monday ev
ening as a result of heart fail
ure.
Mr. Cameron was apparently
in normal health up to a hall
hour or so before his untimely
demise.
Deceased, who was 52 years
of age, was a native of Quebec
and had resided in Stewart
I since 1910. In addition.to hold
| ing the position of postmaster,
Mr. Cameron was also the local
immigration agent, Customs
Collector, Justice of the Peace
and president of the Stewart
Board of Trade, having been
elected to fill the latter posit
ion on two successive occasions
A man of splendid capacities
and attainments and a leader
in everything pertaining to the
progress and welfare of his
community, Mr. Cameron’s
death is deeply regreted by all
who knew him. He is survived
by his wife, two sons and a
daughter.
The funeral was held Wed
nesday at St. Mark’s church
and was attended by practic
ally everyone in Stewart, in ad
dition to a large percentage oi
Hyder’s population, and all
government officials from both
sides of the boundary line.
Business houses on both sides
of the line were also closed
during the funeral.
The impressive funeral service
was conducted by Mr. E. W.
Carter, and R. W. Stewart, M.
R. Jamieson, A. E. Young, W.
J. Crawford, P. S. Jack and
H. P. Gibson acted as pall
bearers.
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Armies of worms, whose
species has not yet been deter
mined, are said to be laying
low the birch forests in the vi
cinity of Birch Lake, and are
moving rapidly towards the
town of Fairbanks. Trees in
vaded by the worms look as
though a forest fire had swept
through them. Specimens of
the worms have been sent to
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture for identification.
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A new visitors’ record was
made at the Alaska Museum,
Juneau, last month, according
to Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, cur
ator. The total registration for
July was 2,750, or 500 more
than was registered in July
1926. The total of registered
visitors since the season opened
was 5,009. This is many more
than have ever been register
ed at any corresponding time
in any year since the institution
was opened.
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Washouts resulting from the
high water in Salmon River
have been keeping the Bureau
of Public Roads crew busy for
some time. A crew is now en
gaged in cutting a short section
of new road along the mount
ain rim near 9-Mile; at a point
where the water encroaches
on the old highway along the
river channel.
PREMIER REACHES
NEW HIGH LEVEL
The recent peculiar fluctuat
ions in Premier'stock develop
ed a marked upward trend
during the past two weelw. The
?tock was quoted on the Van
couver stock excahnge Fri
day at $2.36, bid, $2.39 ask
ed. This is the highest mark
reached in a considerable peri
od and warrants the view
tha t the feeling of insecurity
engendered by false and mis
leading reports published last
year has been effectually dis
sipated at last. The new high
level may also be attributed in
part to the very promising out
look for Premier operations on
the Prosperity Group in the
Marmot section. All accounts
agree that this property is very
likely to develop another bo
nanza mine.
Porter Idaho is also showing
a strong disposition toward
better prices. The stock has ad
vanced fully 50 per cent since
May 1, at which time it was
quoted around 14 cents per
share, as against a new high
of 22 cents this week. This
may also be due to some extent
to the Prosperity operations, as
the rich ore body found on the
latter property is definitely
known to be an extension of
the Porter Idaho vein system.
With one or two exceptions, all
other stocks have resonded to
the upward inclination to some
extent, although no important
advances have been recorded.
Dunwell h!8 not yet reacted
to the frank and clear explan
ation of the company’s situat
ion given by president R. M.
Stewart at the recent annual
meeting. Since July 1 quotat
ions have been featured by an
almost uninterrupted descent,
from $1.48 to the vicinity of
.70 cents this week. Wednes
day’s quotations were .64
bid, .69 asked. All present evi
dences indicate that the pre
vailing low prices are not justi
fied by either the situation of
the company or conditions at
the mine.
The misleading reports to the
ing a prospective lack of ore
are to all appearances entirely
refuted by president Stewart’s
report showing that of the 58,
000 tons of originally estimat
ed ore reserves, approximately
45,000 tons is still available,
without consideration of the
potentialities of the recently
discovered Ben Ali vein, which
Mr. Stewart stated had been
traced down to the level of
Bear River at a depth of 750
feet and for a distance of 1300
feet. Assays of this ore were
so high, he declared, that the
directors should not feel justi
fied in assuming that they
would be typical of the entire
vein.
Perhaps the most convincing
argument that the affairs of
Dunwell are in sound shape is
to be found in the fact that the
old board of directors was
unanimously re-elected by the
approximately 500 sharehold
ers attending the meeting.
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Jack Scott of Stewart was op
erated on for appendicitis in
Stewart hospital Friday. The
offending member was remov
ed by Dr. Carson of Premier
and Jack is getting along O. K.