The Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
Wind Hyder is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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HYDER, Alaska. Feb. 13, 1C10
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
VOL. 1. NO. lb.
Fitzgeralds
Bond Claims
Algunican Syndicate Takes
Over Independence and
Independent Groups on
Goose Creek.
Confirmation of a proposed deal for;
the Independence group was received
last Saturday by Fitzgerald brothers, j
The purchasers are the Algunican Syn- j
dicate, a Belgian corporation with j
offices in Brussells, New York. San |
Francisco and Montreal, and with a |
working capital of $50,00 ,000. The [
Independence makes the sixth g.oupj
which they have secured in this district , j
the others being the George Copper, |
Spider, Northern Light, Woodbine and
Cobalt. The syndicae’s representative
who tied up the properties is W.A.
Meloehe, who is now in Vancouver and
who will have active operations going
on all the properties as soon as climatic
conditions will permit.
The Independence group consists of
eight claims and the deal carries with
it four additional claims adjoining the
Independence and called the Indepen
dent group. The property is located
on Goose Creek, a branch of Bear Ri' er
which comes in about ten miles north j
of Stewart. The ground was located |
qnite a number of years ago by Sam
and Jack Fitzgerald and considerable
work in the shape of open cuts and
shallow shafts and stripping has been
done upon it which is said to have ex
posed a highly mineralized zone of
great extent.
TAKE BOND
ON LA
A mining deal of more than usual im
portance was consummated in Prince
Rupert a few days ago when La Rose,
one of the finest showings in Alice Arm
section, was bonded to Geo-ge J. Ham
mond of Vancouver and San Francisco 1
associates. The owners ar«^ J. M.
Morrison, Joe Wells and Miles Donald.
By the terms of agreement the new j
interests are to do 4r>0 feet of tunnel
work extending the present work and
also diamond drill the large quartz
showing which is on the property. No
cash payment was asked, the owners
having so much faith in their property
that they desired only the necessary
means to develop it.
A recent shipment of ore from La
Rose to the Trail smelter gave a return
of 283 oz. silver per ton for 23 tons
KAY TRY NEW TRACTOR.
A tractor is manufactured by the
Shaake machine works in Vancouver
teat it is reported would solve local
transportation problems nicely. One
of these may be given a try-out on the
Salmon Liver road in the near future.
ENTERTAIN RETURN MEN.
Returned men of Stewart were the
guests Wednesday nigtt in the Town
Hall at a most enjoyable smoker. Rev.
H.H.K.Greene provided excellent en
tertainment with comic war slides and
P.S. Jack, Will Cameron, S.G. Law
rence, W.H. Lawrence and others as
sisted with music, songs and recitation.
BRIDGE AND DANCE PARTY.
Last Monday night Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Ma ks entertained a number of
their Stewart and Hyder friends at
bridge and dancing in the new Hyder j
bank and townsite building, and the j
affair was one of the most enjoyable
social events of the winter. Two bridge
tables furnished amusement for the1
more sedate members of the party, '
while the others kept their feet twink
ling to the strains of a graphophone.
Those in attendance were: Mr. and!
Mr3. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson,
Mr. and Mrs. Greene, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack, Mr. and Mrs Stratford, Mr. and ;
Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Backus, Mr. and
Mrs. Jamieson, Messrs. Arthur Noble,
Wm. Noble, 11. L. Pitt, Edgar Harris,
Marantette, Whitaker, Howard and
Orin F. Hill, Lawrence, Broad.
ST, MARKS CONCERT.
A concert will be hel l in Stewart,
on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m., in the!
City Hall, under the auspices of the
ladle auxilliary of St. Marks church.
Wi 1 Cameron and P.S.Jack are ar
ranging the musical programme. The i
price of admission is 50 cents; children
25 cents.
MODERN DENTAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Prince Rupert boasts what is said to
be the finest dental parlor and factory
*n the north Dr. A. H. Bayne’s estab
lishment. All the late.-t methods are
used in all departments.
ALICE ARM TCWNSiTE.
Tlie original townsite of Alice Arm,
a small tract, is now held by J. M.
Morrison who last week purchased the
interest of W. J. Crawford. The deal
included th Kitsault House, postoffice,
Falconer building, Crawford stables and
other buildings. C. P. I-leil also lias
a townsite tract adjoining and as a big
demand for business locations is man
ifested, :t is probable real estate will
be active.
FRIZZELL OPENS NEW MARKET.
As a temporary expedient until his
new building can be erected, Geo. J.
Frizzell of Prince Rupert has leased
the new Austin store building in llyder
and Fred Reichenbach, who operates
the market at Stewart, vill be in at
tendance < n Mondays, Wednesdays Fri
days and Sundays to supply the wants
of Hyder residents in the meat line.
The Frizzell markets always supply
the best and their entry into Hyder
will give great satisfaction to the com
munity.
PICK CONVEYS
GLADSOME NEWS
Col. C. W. Peek, M. P., in a tetter
to H. P Gibson, president of the Stew
art Citizens Association, conveys the
plea ing informat;on that tenders have
been called for constru tion of the new
dock and are to be in Ottawa by March
5. r i
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INVITE DR. WRIGHT.
Dr. J.T. Wright, formerly of Queen
Charlotte City, and who has been over
seas during the war, was offered the
Stewart hospital at a meeting of the
board. Dr. Wright and Mrs. Wright
desire to come by March 1.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
N. McIntosh is a recent arrival from J
Vancouver.
Chas. Bibeau is back from a trip to
Prince of Wales island.
E. Leavitt, a merchant from the in
terior of Alassa, is a recent arrival in
Hyder.
Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Hoegkinson ar
rived this week from K tehikan and
are looking for a location.
Sam Fitzgerald went outside on the
fl.T.P. boat for a visit to Vancouver
and Seattle. This is Sam’s first trip
out for six years.
H. A. Allen who arrived from Atlin
a few weeks ago with his t-am of four
big huskies, hos been hauling supplies
to the 11-Mde roadhouse for Paik
Stump.
Ed McLaren and Jim Halloran have
started a new building on th ; Canadian
side but adjoining Hyder for R..J Mc
Donell, M.R. Jamieson and W. ft. Reid,
the hotelmen.
W. H. Tolin, who was a member of
the King Edward hotel staff when
whe i Stewart was booming nine years
ago, has come back to the camp. He
has been in Nevada.
S. R, Cutlow of the New Alaska Min
ing Co. arrived on the last boat accom
panied by C. M. Jones of North Yakima
Wash. They have gone up to the
mine.
W.C. Blanton and J.F.Adkins, who
last fall bought the property adjoining
the Salmon River Trading company’s
3lore in Hyder, came in on the last
boat and intend to put up a building
immediately.
Sam Estes, who came down last fal)
from Anchorage, has gone into the
contracting business in Hyder and is
ready to specialize on putting in foun
dations for tideflat locators, furnishing I
everything ready for laying floors for
buildings. As a side line he is also .
d ing a wood business.
Bob Taylor, a returned soldier who
was just recovering from a wound ini
the leg which necessitated the sub
stitution of a silver tube for a piece of
hone, and who fell am! broke his leg on
New Years’ day, is back from Prince
R pert and says that in spite of the
leg having been broken in three places
it is now stronger than ever.
Oldtimers were pained to h ar of the
death of Si Lionnelly in Spokane on
January 10. He was a picturesque
pioneer of the Coeur d’Alenes and a
prominent figure in Democratic pol
itics. He was well known and loved
by the pioneers of the northwest.
CHRISTMAS TREE STATEMENT.
The financial statement of the Stew
art Christmas Tree entertainment on
Dec. 27 shows three instalments of
$70.37, $78.02 and $13, a totalof $161.89
and an expenditure as follbugs: Tree
committee, $31; tabie committee, $5.60;
entertainment committee, 87.15; pres
ents, $86.40; candy and popcorn, $10;
mask, .25; ice cream, $!); popcorn for
tree, $2.25; postage of parcel, .17;*
telegram, .50; balance handed to Cit
izens Association for lights and heating
$8.98.
Jack Mckee, a Fairbanks miner is a
recent arrival.
Mrs. J.S. Pitcher is in from the States
and intends to make her home in this
district.
J.R.'-loan, an oldtimer of the Fair
banks district, is in to take a whirl at
this camp.
Kate Ryan has purchased the Herb
Anderson residence near the Lake and
Green warehouse in Hyder.
Joe Connors, an oldtime Alaskan
who arrived here last fall, has returned
after two months spent on the outside.
Con. Eeggs, whose home in Hyder
was re on ly destroyed by fire, has
gone to Ketchikan to secure material
for the construction of another one.
Ed Rawsin, who has mined and pros
pected in the interior of Alaska for a
number of years, has arrived from
Seattle and will give the hills of this
s , tion a looking over.
E. E.Campbell, mini? manager. E.J.
Conway, field engineer, and A.E. Wing,
head bookkeeper for the Granby com
! any. erme over this week on the
Azurite from Anyox.
The Taku II brought in a full com
plement of passengers on her last trip
from Ketchikan to Hyder, and left as
m ny more who are waiting there for a
chance to lotne to this district.
Pat Daly, to whose faith in the de
velopment of a big mine at the Premier
the success of the camp is largely due,
has gone out for a visit with his mothe
in Nelson. B. C. She is over ninety
years old.
Grant Mahood, original locator of
the Bush Limited, visited the mine this
week and krings word that the drift
along the ledge encountered a shoot of
high grade ore averaging .‘300 ounces
silver to the ton. Mr. Mahood drove!
his sleigh right through from Stewart
to the Premier mine and mushed from
there over to the Bush.
Reindeer are selling a* Nome three
for $100. Many people are taking ad
vantage of the rates to enter the indus
try. The reindeer offered at this price |
are in the hands of Laplanders. The
natives are not selling.
The Ketchikan Igloo of Pioneers
have elected the following officers:
Joe Ulmer, president; Eric Forass, first
vice-president; A. A. Bruidle, second
vice-president; D. Smith Harris, secre
tary; O. Inman, treasurer; Jualin Rlan
sen, sergeant-at-arms, Axel Osberg,
trustee for three year term.
FINE YACHT WILL PLY FROM
RUPERT TO PORTLAND CANAL
The Mou Ping, a handsome steam
yacht formerly owned by the late sugar
king, B. T. Rogers, is now owned by
Pascoe and Co. who, according to
the Vancouver Province, will put it in
service between Pr nee Rupert and
Portland Canal.
The Miner is $5.00 a year.
Spring Rush
Comes Early
PORTLAND CANAL
MAY WORK AGAIN
It is reported that the old Portland
Canal Tunnel Co. has been given a new
lease of life and will be operating
again within the next few weeks.
During the boom days of the district,
from 1910 to 1913, and previously, the j
Portland Canal was looked upon as a
most excellent property. When the
tunnel company was organized work '
other good showings ceased, the inten- j
tion being to work them through the ]
long bore.
The idea of a long tunnel, to cut the ,
ore bodies higher up, was followed and (
the tunnel was drive 1 a gre it distance.
During the work several veins of good |
ore were cut through. It is now the ;
intention to drift on these veins.
Not since the early days of the camp 1
has there been a more pleasiug bit of
intelligence. All the oldtimers have ; (
much faith in the Portland Canal and
adjacent properties on Glacier Creek.
That there h no necessity for the em
ployment of Orientals in the Portland
Canal district and that a sign be posted 1
on the wharf advising that Orientals
are not required, is the effect of a res- ,
olution unanimously adopted Saturday
night at a meeting of the Citizens As
sociation at Stewart.
A resolution was also passed calling
on the postal authorities to arrange so
all boats coming here should bring
mail. Efforts to induce (he Provincial
Government to sell its lots in Stewart
will be continued. W.R. Macfarlane
resigned as secretary and W.H. Watson
w.il continue acting secretary till the
annual meeting. A letter from the
defunct power company explained the
old plant was being taken over by a
new concern. It was decided to urge
the appointment of a stipendary mag
islratfe.
Present Boat Service Inad
equate to Handle Present
Needs-Grand Trunk to
Put on Big Boats.
This district is experiencing one of
the nicest Winters in tiie memory of
the oidtimers. The weather is very
■nild and there has been considerable
rain during the past few days. There
was but one period of real cold weather
Dnly about three feet of snow is left
>n the beach, and the population is
ncreasirg so fart the trails are well
jacked. A sleigh jitney is being main
ained between the two towns, Stew
irt and Hyder. The last boat, the
i.T.P. steamer Prince John, brought
iS passenger-, practically all newcom
ers, who are spying out locations for
>usiness. There has been a steady
nflux all winter.
It is reported that a3 soon as the
Dominion Government has the new
Stewart wharf in shape the big boats
>f the G.T. P. fleet will be put on the
Portland Canal run. As a matter of
‘act there was almost sufficient bus iness
0 warrant putting on larger craft last
summer. But it will be necessary to
lave a dock first. The present struc
ture is in a dangerous condition, and
;here is not enough water around it to
iceommodate boats larger than the
?rince John.
It is understood that the differences
jetween the Dominion and the Province
>ver the upkeep of the long approach
from Stewart to the dock—more than
1 mile—have been settled and the Prov
nce have been settled, and the Province
will repair the approach this spring
sufficiently so it will last until the ore
highway from the international boun
dary is continued into Stewart. This
road will he along the edge of the
mor.ntain and though it will have to be
cut through granite there will be no
engineering problems to be overcome.
With the construction of a new dock,
ansi the improved mail service, the
greatest obstacles in the way of devel
ops.u-.t of the sensational mineral re
sources of this district will have been
surmounted.
LEAP YEAS BALL
PLANS PHEPARED
Something unusual in the entertain
ment line is a Leap Year dance which
the ladies have arranged for the night
of Feb. 27 in the Stewart Town Hall.
The usual condition of things will be
reversed for the women are to buy
the tickets and be escorts and mere
man he has to hust e the grub. Fur
th. rmcre, there will bo women in
charge of everything and the man who
forgets the fact will be subjected to a.
fine The floor managers will be Mrs.
Tooth and Mrs. Stratford and music will
be arranged for by Mrs. Gibson.
STAGE
LEAVES
Stewart Hyder
11 a. m. 12:30 p. m.
?:3) p. m. 3:30 p. m.
Special trips airarged.