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VOL. 3. NO. 43.
HYDER, Alaska, Oct. 18. 1922
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
WILL ORGANIZE
COMPANY ON
YELLOWSTONE
Pat Daly this week bonded the
Yellowslone group from Win. Mur
phy of Hyder and Mrs, Laura
MeEwen of Nelson, B. C., and
intends organizing a company to
develop it. Mr. Daly left Sunday
for Vancouver to take up the com
pany organization, and expects to
have all the details perfected be
fore his return.
The Yellowstone adjoins the
Forty Nine group on the west and
consists of three claims, the Yel
lowstone, Butte and Old Timer.
No underground development has
been done, but Mr. Murphy, who
made the locations, has done the
assessments for a number of years
besides doing a considerable am
ount of additional surface prospec
ting, and has exposed ore at num
erous places on the property, de
fining a series of promising veins.
Mr. Daly spent several days a
short time ago in making a thor
ough examination, and took num
erous general samples, some of
which show by assay returns to
be of good shipping grade, while
all of the others are up to the sur
face standard of any part of the
district.
In 1914 the Canadian Mining and
Kxploration Co. had the Yellowstone
Premier and Hercules properties
I) >nded and were proceeding with
development when the outbreak of
tiie war caused a suspension of all
their activities. W. J. Rolfe, the
c > npany’s engineer, is said to have
s .ted at that time that the surface
sh iwings on the Yellowstone were
tin; best of any on the properties of
which he had charge.
Lawrence, the Watchmaker.
Green
Theatre j
Saturday Night j
The films for the Green The
atre program next Saturday
ni ght failed to connect with
the ship at Rupert, so . h;>re is
some uncertainty as to there
being a show on that date
Watch for posters. If none
are displayed you may know
that films could not be secured
in time to show this week.
TITAN IS NOW PREPARED
FOR FULL WINTER'S
DEVELOPMENT
Advantage has been taken of
the present period of ideal fall
weather to transport supplies in to
the Titan in sufficient quantity to
last through the winter, and at the
mine the clear, dry days have ac
celerated the work of completing
all outside preparations for the big
snow. At the mouth of the tunnel
a large space has been blasted out
of the rock and levelled off for a
blacksmith shop and a storage
floor. The bunk house and cook
house have been made snug for
the winter, powder house and root
house completed, and now the
weather man may do his worst and \
be laughed at. The tunnel has j
been driven in on the lode about
40 feet and will be under the ore
shoot toward which it is headed
in about 60 feet more. The face
is now in a good grade of milling
ore.
TROY GROUP SHOWS
HIGH SURFACE VALUES
Most encouraging results are reported
by Neill McDonald as the result of sur
face prospecting done this fall on his
Troy group of six claims located about
one mile north of the Forty Nine group.
Most of the work was devoted to tracing
out the vein system occurring in an iron
stained dyke that is cut by a number of
cross fissures, four of which have thus
far been definitely established.
On the Troy No. 2 claim an open sur
face crosscut has been made to a depth
of nine feet and ten feet in length with
out reaching the hanging wall On the
foot wa'l there are six inches of solid
galena and grey copper that assays 206.4
oz. silver, 38.9 per cent lead and $4 gold,
a total value of $193.25 per ton. At a
depth of six feet this shoot showed total
values of $126.84 per ton. A creek fol
lows a deep canyon through this claim
just below the cut. and it will he possible
to gain a depth of 500 feet on the ore
with very little tunnel work. An assay
taken from the surface of the Terry
gave 26.8 oz. silver and 21.9 per cent
lead, a total value of $45.24 per ton.
The new government trail to Tide lake
passes through the proup, and th - Sal
mon glacier provides another feasible
ruute of travel. There is ample timber
for all mining and building purposes.
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DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL!
That death was accidental, with no
blame attaching to anyone, was the ver
dict of a corrner’s jury empanelled in
Stewart to enquire into the circumstan
ces surrounding the death of Gus Leaf,
who was killed October 10 at the Pre
mier mine. Deceased was working on
the No. 3 level and for some unknown ;
reason put his head out into the shaft
:
and was struck by the descending skip,;
and killed instantly. The Workmen's |
Compensation Board took charge of the !
fUneral, which was held last Thursday I
afternoon. This is the first underground
fatality at the Premier.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isp't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium,
Mose Seguin returned Sunday
from a trip to Rupert,
Walter Broad returned Sunday
from a short visit in Rupert. <
The Pioneers will hold a dance
on Hallowe’en night, October 31.
Ed. Fowler, a recent arrival from
Juneau, is now chef at the Chicken
Inn.
H. B. Stoner left Sunday on a
business trip to Vancouver and
Spokane.
Mrs. Wm. Gray returned on the
Prince of Wales from a visit in
Ketchikan.
C. W. Pease, of the Premier office
staff, went Outside Sunday on a
vacation trip. •*
B. D. Clegg of Vancouver, repre
senting the Canadian Ingersell Rand
Co., arrived Sunday.
Chris Gallagher returned Sunday
from Queen Charlotte islands, where
he has been logging.
Pat Daly went south Sunday on
business connected with the Daly
Alaska and Yellowstone.
The Griffco took out 600 tons of
Premier high-grade ore and 90 tons
of concentrates on her last trip.
The Amur cleared last night for
Tacoma with a cargo of Premia
high-grade ore and concentrates.
Angus McKenzie came down
from the Alaska Premier Monday.
He has lost one shift in six months
J. A. McDonald came down Fri
day from the Big Missouri, where
he has been working for two months
J. M. Blanton arrived Sunday
from Seattle. He is the father of
Walter Blanton, proprietor of the
Silver Grill.
Jim Mooney, who has been work
ing at the Titan, came down last
Friday. He says the property has
all the earmarks of developing into
a big mine.
John Ronan left Sunday for his
former home in Leavanworth, Kans.
and will put in the winter there
and in the oil fields of Arkansas.
W. Goldbloom, head of the Prince
Rupert Fur & Hide Co., is in camp
getting a line on the business that
will result from the trapping season.
Jerry Grashio can’t quite talk,
but he can take the high dive as
gracefully as any rounder. Since
his initiation he is the High Dive
Club’s mascot'
C. S. Hubbel, of the Seattle firm
of Hubbel & Waller, U. S. mineral
surveyors, arrived on the Prince of
Wales and is doing some surveying
on the Daly Alaska.
G. D. B. Turner, who is operating
the Indian mine and has the Mo
bile bonded, left Thursday for Ju
neau and from there will go south.
The date of his return is uncertain.
The Hyder Drug Co. have on dis
play a fine trophy cup presented by
A. B. Trites for the annual compe
tition in quoit pitching at the Pre
mier mine. The cup stands about
16 inches high, is sterling silver and
gold lined, with an ebony base, and
suitably engraved. Camp 1 won
the championship in the first tour*
nament, held this summer.
R. A. Zeller, the newly appoint
| ed district forester, with headquar?
I ters in Ketohikan, left for that city
Thursday after inspecting the trail
work done this summer in this dis
trict.
Louis Watkins and Morris Peder
son are building a garage for Felix
Seppi and W. R. McDonnel on the
site of the store formerly owned by
Nick Bieler and Fred Stanley, that
was burned last year.
Ben Barry, representing the Den
ver Rock Drill, arrived Sunday and
will stey a week. He has put in
the past three months in the var
ious mining districts of southeast
ern and southern Alaska.
Arthur Erwin, mill chemist at the
Premier, left Sunday for Vancou
ver to meet '‘The Only Girl," who
is coming out from Toronto to be
come Mrs. Erwin. They will make
their home at the Premier.
H. P. Crowther, U. S. mineral
surveyor, who has been in camp
several months and surveyed the
Stoner and Virginia groups and the
Cascade claim, left Thursday mor
ning for his home in Ketchikan.
L. F. Vaile, supervisor for the
Forest Service of the Yongass nat
ional forest, arrived from Juneau
Wednesday night and has spent
the week going over the trail and
road work done this summer, and
the approach to the Hyder dsck.
Five members of the Premief
crew were each fined $10 and costs
I last Friday for a contravention of
| the eight-hour law. The complaint
j was laid by T. J. Shenton, mine in
spector, and the case was tried by
j John Conway of Anyox, stipendi
ary magistrate.
D. Zarelli, formerly half owner
in the North Star mine at Alice
Arm and later in business in Ru
| pert, arrived from Mayo Wednes
day and left for Rupert Sunday
i He was not favorably impressed
! with the Mayo district.
Frank A. Metcalf, of the Juneau
firm of Metcalf & Grefe, U. S. min
eral surveyors, has been spending
the week in camp visiting a num
ber of the leading properties. Mr.
Metcalf spent most of the summer
surveying properties in the Nome
and McCarthy districts.
HOSPITAL BENEFIT DANCE
That the hospital benefit dance to be
held in the Ocean View Hotel next Fri
day nL ht wi'I be a success is a foregone
conclusion, nevertheless those in charge
of the arrangements are bending every
effort to make this affair outshine any
similar event of the past. The choice of
location is a fortunate one, accommoda
tions at the Ocean View being ideal for
a party of this kind, and Mr. and Mrs.
Tooth beh.g tamed as hosts. Hyder resi
dents hove always contributed toward
the hos; tal's support, and will do so
again. Thsy realize the benefit this in
stitution is to the district as a whole.
(And be odes, look at all the fun they
will miss if they don't go to the dance.)
Rusk' steam baths *1. H. J. Scott.
Cabi.m to rent. Blondy Charlton.
Don't go home hungry. Get 4 lunch at
i the Occr.il View.
MINING MEN MAKE MERRY
DURING DELIGHTFUL
DUCK DINNER
Mining interests of the district
were largely represented at a de
lightful house party held in the
Chicken Inn at Fish creek, and al
though the number of guests was
considerably smaller than that of
the opening party, when the host
esses, Mrs. Helen Bell and Mrs.
Elmer W. Smith introduced the
innovation of a real old-fashioned,
Southern chicken dinner with mu
sic and dancing, this party was
equally enjoyable. Twenty wild
ducks formed the piece d* resis
tance of an attractive spread, and
with Pat Daly as toastmaster the
repast was spiced with wit and
wisdom, each guest responding to
his name with some sort of a men
tal stimulant.
Those around the festal board
were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bunting,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tanner, Mrs.
P. R. Backus, Mrs. P. Watson,
Mrs. Helen Bell, Mrs. Elmer W.
Smith, A. G. Larson, W. R. Ton
kin, G. C. Turner, Eddie Hamble
ton, Jesse J. Kahn, Frank Stariha,
Pat Daly, H. P. Crowther and
Walter Blanton.
HALF A SQUARE BOTTLE
CAUSES PLENTY TROUB.
Yesterday about noon Deputy
Marshal McDonald discovered a
half bottle of Johnny Walker’s
famous flu remedy in the No Mile
cigar store and barber shop. The
proprietor, Jimmy Campbell, was
not home at that moment, but the
marshal lingered near, and waited
patiently about till Jimmy did ap
pear. Then they went over and
said howdy to Commissioner John
W. Frame, who told Jimmy to
have $200 ready for the govern
ment in three months, and then
sent him to Marshal Handy’s board
ing house in Ketchikan, where he
can’t make the money.
MANN ADDITION IS SELLING
The addition to Stewart commonly
known as the Mann Townsite was placed
on the market about two weeks ago with
H. W. M. Rolston as local agent, and
has created considerable interest because
of the hitherto unheard-of prices for
town lots in any western community and
the liberal terms of payment. Lots are
selling at from $20 up to £100, with two
years to complete payments, and resi
dents of Stewart in every walk in life
are taking advantage of the opportunity
to secure holdings in the addition, more
than fifty lots having been sold since the
plat and price list were received. The
addition connects up with the main part
of Stewart, the dividing line being the
railroad, which will undoubtedly be put
into operation next year:
IMPROVEMENT
OF 1ST, STREET
IS UNDERTAKEN
Barring some unimaginable ob
stacle, such as refusal by the Bh
reau of Public Roads to allow a
connection to be made with the ap
proach to the Hyder wharf. Main
street, of the Hyder townsite, will
be connected by a 16-foot planked
driveway with the wharf approach
on Premier avenue by the time the
wharf is ready for business.
This action was decided upon at
a regular meeting of the Hyder
Commercial Association held last
Thursday night, and confirmed by
a special meeting Monday night.
In the time between the two meet
ings the committee in charge had
made considerable progress in the
way of preparing plans and esti
mates of cost, and the Monday
night meeting, which was attended
by mote than fifty representative
citizens, authorized the committee
to proceed at once on the project,
with full power to act. A message
was at once dispatched to C. W.
Cheatham, senior highway engineer
for the Bureau, asking permission
to make the connection, and the
committee are around ascertaining
just what amount of money can be
secured from those who have no
property on First street but will
nevertheless be directly benefitted
by the street’s construction.
The new improvement will start
at the Aiaskan Hotel and extend
down the center of First street to
Premier, a distance of about 1000
feet. Lots on both sides of the
street for the entire distance are
claimed, and most of them have
been piled ready for building when
this street is made passable. The
lot claimants are expected to bear
about tw'e-thirds of the cost which
will total, according to present es
timates, about $2500.
At the Monday night meeting
of the Association the annual elec
tion of officers was heldt and those
who will serve during the coming
year are: Walter Blanton, president;
Ernest Blue, vice president; H. H.
Howard, secretary-treasurer; Sam
Potts, Noel M. Traversy and W. R.
Hull, executive committee.
H. W. M. Rolston, proprietor cf
the Portland Canal News, has pur
chased the Traders’ Bank buildirg
in Stewart and will move the print
ing plant into it. The building :s
three stories in height, with two
business locations en the ground
floor, office rooms on the second
floor, and a five-room housekeeping
suite on the third. It is on Fifth
avenue, just east of the Stewart
Hotel.
One-half interest in a let on Premier
avenve, Linrleborg addition, for sale for
one-half the original coat Ask Joe OrMH