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VOL 2, NO. 23
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1926
FIFTY CENTS A KCMH
NEW ORE BODY
FOUND ON PREMIER
A new ore body of great size
and immense potentialities has
been located on the Premier
properties within the past few
weeks. Just how big the new
zone may be has not been de
termined as yet, although it is
known to have been penetrat
ed from two of the present
working levels. Although noth
ing has been given out respect
ing the values contained in the
ore, it is understood that they
exceed those found in the ores
now under opei’ation. Of even
greater importance to the
mine and district is the fact
that the new ore body was lo
cated south of the present
workings, which means the
prospective opening up of
what may be termed a practic
ally new area of ground. Both
the size and character of the
ore body indicate that it con
tains great productive possi
bilities and will not only add
vastly to the already remark
able production but also add
greatly to the life of the fam
ous “Wonder mine.”
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-The coroner’s jury called by
Coroner H. A. Whillans, ol
Stewart, to inquire into the
causes leading to the death of
the late Margaret Lobley,
whose lifeless body was found
beside the Stewart-Hyder road
several weeks ago, completed
its labors Wednesday last, and
returned a verdict of death
from natural causes.
The report was based parti
ally on the findings of the jury
in its local investigation and al
so the results of an analysis of
the contents of Mrs. Lobley’s
stomach, which was sent south
for that purpose three weeks
ago.
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Tom Hanson, who sustained
severe injuries last week thru
being kicked and trampled by
a horse in the Premier barn at
9-Mile is reported recover
ing nicely. Although severely
bruised and cut, Hansen’s in
juries were not as serious as
at first appeared and there is
an excellent prospect that his
injured eye may be saved, ac
cording to Dr. Carson, mine
physician, under whose effici
ent care, the injured man has
made splendid progress to
ward recovery7.
Mr. Hansen will go south
Thursday to have the injured
eye treated by a specialist.
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Gladys Gale, the Stewart
woman who was held for trial
by the Stewart law authorities
on a murder charge in con
nection with the death of
James Donald January 1st, has
been released from Okalla
prison under a $10,000 {bail
bond, according to Vancouver
press reports last week. Ruby
Dolan, associate of the Gale
woman, and a co^defendant in
the urder charge, was still con
fined at the time of her com
panion’s release.
BIG GOLD SAVING
AT RIVERSIDE MINE
One hundred and sixteen
ounces of gold, valued in the
neighborhood of $15 or $16
per ounce, has been saved
from the last two shipments of
concentrates sent to the smelt
er by the Riverside mine, as a
result of the highly successful
jold saving experiments re
cently instituted by Messrs.
J. D. Littlepage and M. J. St.
Clair, lessees of that, noted
property.
Inasmuch as the shipments
referred to included about 65
ons of concentrates, this repre-J
jents a clean saving of close to
:wo ounces of gold per ton of
concentrates subjected to the
’aving processes. The gold, re
duced to small conical ingots
)f several ounces each, have
attracted, considerable attent
on during recent days.
The full value of the saving
iffected by the gold saving
no cess will become clearer
when it is known that returns
•eceived from the smelter on
earlier concentrate shipments
included payment on only a
small percentage of the actu
il gold content of the ore.
Although operating on a com
paratively small scale, the
Riverside has produced and
hipped about 82 V4 tons of
concentrates since operations
were renewed under the pres
ent management. The largest
hipment so far made, 37
ons, left for the smelter on
he Norco and brought the tot
il production of concentrates
dnee the mill was installed to
ibout 200 tons.
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The Friendship Club will en
tertain at the M. E. Church
Friday evening February 19th.
The program committee, con
nsting of Mrs. Thomas, Mrs.
Mayer and Miss Helen Hall, is
irranging a program that will
insure a good time for all who
attend. There will be no ad
nission charges.
The annual election of offi
cers, held February 3 at the
home of Mrs. Harold Johnson,
•esulted in the selection of the
following to direct the affairs
)f the organization during the
succeeding year:
President: Mrs. C. T. Hatten;
/ice president, Mrs. Harold
Johnson; Secretary, Miss Hel
en Hall; treasurer, Mrs. Jas.
D. Lyons.
The Club held 18 meetings
during the past year and car
ried on numerous social, busi
ness and other activities, in ad
dition to holding a highly suc
cessful Bazaar, which netted
$186.30. Receipts from dues
and gifts brought the total re
ceipts to $229.50. Expendi
tures totaled $34.70, leaving a
balance of $194.80, which was
turned in to the parsonage
fund, to help defray the cost
of the new parsonage building.
NEW COMPANY
FOR LOCAL FIELD |
The McDougal Gold and Sil
ver Mine?, Inc., a new corpor
ation backed by New York
and Pennsylvania capital, will
launch its initial development
efforts in the local field during
the coming summer, according
to late reports from the out
side.
In addition to holding a con
trolling interest in the Gold
Bullion and Cliff groups, two
extensive properties in the
Cascade River district, the ^
company also owns a numbei
of valuable gold lode proper- ;
ties in the Chatanika section,
near Fairbanks. The lattei
properties have undergone e*
tensive development, which
uncovered several large bodies
of ore and will be placed on a
producing basis next summer,
j A. M. McDougal, who spent
some time in this section a year j
| ago, is the organizer and ai- j
recting head of the new com
pany, and Wm. McLeod, well
known interior mining man is
; the president.
Mr. McDougal will personally j
direct the company’s local
activities and Mr. McLeod will
be in charge at Fairbanks.
The task of restoring to the ;
huge Premier oil storage tank
the seven or eight hundred
thousand gallons of oil drawn
into scows and barrels, when
the huge reservoir was found
to be leaking several weeks
ago, was completed Monday,
after several day of steady
pumping.
That the loss of oil resulting
from the leak was not as great
as might be expected, is dis
closed by the fact that the
tank, which holds close to a
million gallons, is again near
ly full.
The Sunday School pupils of
the M. E. Church are making
preparations for an entertain
ment to be held at an early
date. The program, designated
as a “Riley Program,’’ will in
clude a variety of playlets,
, pantomimes, tableaux and
recitations, dramatizing the
poems of James Whitcomb
Riley.
The children will hold a Val
entine party at the close of
Sunday School next Sunday.
The festivities will include a
Valentine box, lunch and other
; things of interest to children.
Parents and friends are urged
to attend.
Lee Wutheno, of Seattle, and i
his sister Miss Dorothy Wuth-j
eno, are visitors in Hyder at
; present and are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dale.
Miss Wutheno, whose father Is
i manager of the Coastwise
Steamship Co., operating the
| fleet of ore boats engaged in
j transporting the Premier ore
; to Anyox and Tacoma, was
I guest of honor at a bridge
i party given by Mrs. Dale Mon
| day evening. The function was
j attended by 18 guests, princi
pally of the younger set.
1 ALASKA LEADS IN
MINE DIVIDENDS
I Alaska led the entire Pacific
i Northwest, including British
j Columbia and Montana, in the
payment of dividends from
metal producing mines during
i the year 1925, according to
statistics compiled by Mining
’Truth, widely known mining
journal of Spokane.
The report, based uporj in
complete returns from various
districts discloses that the
Northwest mine dividend pay
ments for the year amounted
to $30,859, 583. Alaska led all!
other districts with dividends
amounting to $13,044,698. The
amount was made up princip
ally by dividend distribution
of the Kennecott Copper Com
pany, which has already plac
ed nearly $5,000,000 as Its
first dividend during 1926, al
though the year is less than
two months old.
The next largest dividend ;
paying district was Montana,
which paid $9,300,000, of
which the Anaconda Copper
Co. disbursed $9,000,000. The j
Coeut* d’Alene distinct paid j
$6,283,000, as compared to i
$4,487,532 in 1924, and has i
already declared nearly 3,000,
000 in dividends for 1926.
The report dscloses that the
Premier mine was by far the
largest dividend payer in the
British Columbia district, with
payments totaling $1,200,000,
no other mine maving produc- j
ed more than $320,000 in div
idends in that area. Anaconda
paid $9,000,000 and was sec
ond only to Kennecott Copper.
Bunker Hill and Sullivan was
third with $2,943,000, and
Hecla fourth with $2,000,000.
The total of known dividends j
paid by the various North
western mines to and includ
ing 1925, amounted to the
enormous sum of $668,452,-,
649.
Prior to his departure from 1
Seward recently, James C.
Langley, head of the Alaska
Dirigible Company, which pro
poses to install airships in the
Alaska transportation service,
stated that he was proceeding
direct to Akron, Ohio, where
the first ship a small one will
be ordered. The airship will
probably be sent to Seward
early in June, inflated there,
and make its way to Fair
banks, which has been chosen
as the base of operations. The
cost of the ship will be in the
neighborhood of $35,000, he
said. It will measure 95 feet
in length, will make a speed
of 40 miles an hour and have
a carrying capacity of from
four to six passengers. With
the arrival of this ship in
Alaska, Mr. Langley said,
work on a second and consid
ably larger sized dirigible will
begin.
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The Northland Transportat-1
ion Co. motorship Norco is
scheduled to leave Seattle for
Hyder direct on February 25, j
according to. advices received i
by the Salmon River Dock Co.,1
local agents.
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GOOD PROGRESS WITH
B. C. SILVER ORE
Despite the extremely diffi
cult hauling of the past ween,
the Crawford Transfer Con.
pany is still managing to brin-.
down a daily average of five
or six tons of ore from tne
B. C. Silver.
About 1590 sacks of the com
pany ore arc now on Premiei
clock awaiting transportation
to the smelter on the next ore
boat.
Recent visitors to the mine re
port that the company is mak
ing preparations to install con
siderable new mine equipment,
including an electric ore train
and other machinery, to facili
tate the present extensive op
erations.
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The Sunday sermon topic of
Rev. Chas T. Ilatten of Hyder.
M. E. Church will be “a Great
and Simple Faith;” with the
life and deeds of that remark
able historical figure, Abra
ham Lincoln, whose birthday
anniversary will occur Friday
providing an examplication of
a truly great and simple faith.
Each of the sermon subject
chosen by Dr. Hatten for the
nresent month is based upon
the biography of a great hist
orical personage. “The Power
of Prayer,” as examplified by
Washington, will be the theme
of the sermon to be given Feb
ruary 21st, while the life and
works of Christ will illustrate
the topic “World Religion,” tc
be given on the succeeding
Sunday.
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Expenditures in Alaska total
ing §51,500 for river and har
bor improvements and prelim
inary surveys of eight other
waterway projects, is propos
ed by bills introduced in the
House by Delegate Dan Suther
land.
The bills include an appropri
ation of §29,000 for improve
ments on the Tolavana river,
§22,500 for the construction of
a dock and wharf at Juneau
Surveys are also authorized
for Nome Harbor, Port Frede
rick, Portage Bay, Anchorage
Harbor, Dry Pass, Sitka Har
bor, Gastineau Channel, Cor
dova Harbor. The Portage Ba.v
project is proposed with a view
to providing a harbor access
ible to the Cold Bay oil fields
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Entire mountains of galena,
carrying quite a lot of silver,
averaging from two to sixteen
feet in thickness, with out
croppings traced for distance?
of ten to fifteen miles, is said
to be the basis of the interest
displayed by the Guggenheims
in the Koyukuk district, where
Gene Nelson, well known old
timer of the interior, has
claims from which the ore as
says 80 per cent galena- It is
stated that engineers for the
Guggenheims are expected to
pay the property a visit next
summer. Nelson’s claims are
located 25 miles from the riv
er.
rONGASS FOREST SAI F, 3
SHOW BIG INCREASE
All Tongass National Forest
imbor sales records w -re
broken during 1925. accord ;.;
'•c figures recently made nuD
ic by C. H. Flory, District Foi
ester.
Sales of timber, Mr. Flory an
nounced, exceeded both in vol
ume and receipts those of any
previous year. The business of
4ic year even surpassed that
of 1918, when new receipts
records were made under
pressure of war time condit
ions.
The total timber cut durin
the year amounted to 53,7; 3 -
117 board feet. This was bo
largest amount ever cut in a
wear in the history of the Tei
ritory, and marks an increa e
of more than five million feet
over the 1924 cut, which tot
aled 48,045,180 board feet. Mr.
Flory announced that there
. has been an increase of 43,
100,000 board feet in the vol
ume of timber cut during the
oast live yeai-3. There was
marked decline in timber sales
ollowing the war and the bat
om was reached in 1924,
when the cut amounted to only
11,650.580 board feet, but
here has been a continuous
annual increase since that
year.
Receipts from last year’s
Tongass Forest sales alone tot
aled §93,233.11, an increase
)f $7,459.72 over those of
1924. The next largest year
was 1918, when the cut
amounted to 4.3,114,330 board
:’cet and receipts reached §87,
444.23.
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The town of Wiseman, on the
ivoyukuk river, will soon be a
lourishing community of at
oast 2,000 inhabitants, accord
ng to a recent arrival in
Seward. William Rowden. who
controls sixteen miles of clainu
>11 the bench, hopes to begu
operations on a large scale
lext spring backed by Ameri
can capital. Mr. Rowden is in
England completing final de
rails. lie spent a month in the
Wiseman district last summer.
Rowden had previously tak<~n
over the Nellie Cashman. Mid
night Sun Association, wh\,h
company owned considers; lo
property in the district. To ov
orcome a shortage of wa cr
hat has generally handicap
led placer operations, Mr.
owden’s company began hr. t
spring the construction of 3j
miles of pipe-line, nothing un
der 5-foot pipe, which w 11
bring water down the north
fork of the Hammond I c .
to the middle fork. It is alo
stated that since Mr. Rowder.’s
sojourn in England the co
pany has taken up vis telo
graph a majority of its opt
ions. The gold is coarse and . •
said to be the richest in the
Territory, commanding 519 an
ounce. Large nuggets are fre
quently found literally in the
grass roots.