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HYDER ALASKA MINER
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HYDER. Alaska. Sap. 7. 1021
FIVE DOLLARS A TEAR
I'ignring Qn Large
Consolidation Scheme
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1 am fully convinced that the
d; cam of Charlie Caldwell fojr a
railroad up Salman river is ooming
true." said W, G. Tanner just before
departing for Seattla last Sunday.
"Now that the Pramier company
have demonstrated the fact that
their concentrates are high and that
a perfect separation can be made,
jt is a certainty that other property
owners will install similar plants,
and a railroad will be absolutely
necessary for taking in the enorm
ous amount of supplies and equip
ment that will be used, and taking
out the mine produots after the
plants are in operation, There are
a number of sure business mining
propositions awaiting equipment
on bath the Canadian and Alaskan
sides, and the known mineral area
is being largely extended by syste
matic and intelligent prospeoting.
A railroad up the Salmon is now a
good business investment which
capital will not long allow to rest
dormant. Personally. I believe
that a double monorail system is
the most feasible, as being less cost
ly to construat, and more easily
kept In operation in a heavy snow
country suoh as this."
Mr. Tanner left Sunday for Seattle
after spending two weeks inspect
ing the holdings of the Fish Creek
Mining Co., the Alaska Premier,
owned by himself and associates,
and other properties of the district.
Alan M. Bateman, professor of
mining gecdogy in Yale University,
who examiued the properties for
Mr. Tanner, got away for the east
ou the Carmen last Wednesday
night.
Mr. Tanhef and Wi fct. Tonkin,
president and manager ol the Fish
Creek company, wHl go to New
York for the purpose of financing
a consolidation of the Fish Creek
property and the Alaska Premier,
and developing them upon a busi
ness basis. The Fish Creek Min
ing Company has been a elose cor
poration, with only a nominal capi
talization. The owners have now
done sufficient work however to
demonstrate the fact that they
have » mine in the making, and
can in good faith ask for the capi
tal necessary to develop and equip
the property on a business basis.
The Alaska Premier has an enor
mous surface mineraNzation, and is
now looked upon as purely an ideal
concentrating proposition, though
assays running up to $600 per ten
have been obtained from picked
specimens. A consolidation of
this with the Fish Creek, with its
values running up to $300 per ton
in shipping lots, and an additional
tonnage of high grade milling ore
and the two groups comprising 34
olaims, makes an attractive stock
proposition which should be easy
to finance, especially as the prelim
inary development is already ac
complished, and the company owns
its property outright and has no
debts or obligations.
Smelter returns of the two ship
ments reoently sent out showed a
profit over all expanses of $200 per
ton, and under the srude methods
necessitated for handling and tran
sporting the ore, the expenses are
abnormally high.
Modern house and two lots for sale
Very reasonable, Enquire Hylar Drug Co
Dry wood for Sale. Blofidy Charlton.
TALKING IT OVER
Wheri ydii tell your friends atbiiiif
the vronderful or odd
sight* yoti have seen,
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HYDER DRUO CO.
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Hyder, Alaska
THE POiTOPFiCE STORE"
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PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Mmi me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Meeoa.
Get your bread from Jimmy Carter.
Mra. Harry Hoguewood ha* returned
from a visit in Rupert. -
Fred Bell, former master mechanic at
the Granby, is in camp.
Max Priebe is building a residence for
himself on the forest reserve.
Morley Shier the dynamite salesman,
is spending the week in camp.
D. A.Hoffman, representing the Sullivan
Machinery Co., is in oarap again.
Road Foreman Harry Scoviil has eight
men repairing the Bear river road
Mrs. D. C. Velie has named her new
cigar store the First and Last Chance
Jim Bovard. a pioneer operator carpen
ter of the camp, is now in Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Watson and little
daughter left Sunday for a visit in Vic
toria.
0. Hoguewood, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Hoguewood. arrived Sunday from
Rupert.
Jack Berngden, who has been down
the canal for several months, returned
yesterday.
Dalby B. Morkill, provincial land sur
veyor. left Sunday for Hazehon on min
ing business.
Tim Williams, who has been working
on the Lucky Boy at Fish creek, came to
town Friday.
Wm. Xoble, Stewart government liq
uor vendor, returned Sunday from a busi
ness trip to Rupert.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R, Tooth of Stewart
went out to Seattle on the George. They
expect to be away two weeks.
If you are in business you will know
what you hove for sale, but unless you
advertise no one else will know.
The Carmen was in from Ketchikan
last Wednesday night and again Sunday
night with freight and passengers.
Mr, and Mrs. W,H. Tolin are back from
a trip outside. They put their sdn George
in d school at Lacey, near Oiympifl.
Billy Black, who has been conducting
Ihe King Edward Cafe in SteWart. has re
opened the popular Exchange Grill.
John Uornjrh and D.C.Rubfirta are put
ting tip another house on the forest re
serve, near the foot of NTevtida street.
Joe culldn has Imiii a remdehce on the
idlest reserve. lie is now helping the
I ! yriSr Trahsfer Co. whoop tfieii work
along.
Oscar Neisan. Who Went to Rupert SeV
Orsi months ago for medical treatment,
returned Sunday. Me hni recovered his
health
H. li. 1 toward is having a residence
built on the Forest reserve hear the foot
of Nevada street. Max Priebe is dbing
the work.
G. A.Young, of Anyoit, £).( . rbad super
intendent, paid the canip A Visit this
week, He ordbrCd a bridge built across
Marmot rivbr.
Harry Smith, brother bf Martin Smith,
arrived Sunday to take charge of the
Stewart school which opened Monday
with 20 pupils.
Mr. and Mrs. Benny Erickson went out
on the Geb’fge. Mr. Erickson wilt repre
sent Stewart at the American Mihing
Congress in tShtcago.
Work Of buildidg a sdbsUnlial hSrse
trait to the Silverado is Weil under way:
W.J.Crawford packed in the lumber and
supplies for the trait camp.
Mr. and Mrs S.G Benson started Suh
day for Vancouver where Mrs. Benson
wilt visit for a time with her parents. Mr.
Benson expects to return On the next
boat
Hill Murphy and Jim Madden carat
down Monday from the upper Salmon
ba»in where they have been doing ass
essment work.
1 R.L.Cline. forest examiner for Alaska,
left for Ketchikan Monday with hia wife
, end baby. They have been oamping for
several weeks at Fish creek.
The Salmon valley will make great
dairy ranches after the timber is loggad
off. Volunteer timothy along the road
grows to a height of six feet.
The Chuquala, Captain Owen Owen,
was in the latter part of the week from
Swamp Point with A.B. Wing, superinten
dent of the Granbv operations there.
Julius Levy who, for 25 years has been
on the road with cigars that tickle the
palates of particular smokers, is in camp
this week. He Is now specializing in
"Levy's Bulldogs."
Mrs. Helen Bell, proprietress of the
Jptyle Shop, has gone to Anchorage with
a view to establishing a similar store
there. On her way she will inspect her
rfiore in Cordova.
John Hovland came down Saturday
from the Unicorn group where he is doing
assessment work. He brought some fine
samples of ore containing native silver
from this property.
W, L. Hatch is putting up an attractive
building for F.C. Lawrence on hia lot ad
joining the Hyder Drug Store. His jew
elry and optical business will he comfort
ably housed next winter.
Word has been received that a baby
girl was born to Captain and Mrs. Sob
jralski in Vancouver August 26. The
little miss is named Katherine, after her
aunt, Mrs. Wm. Gray, of Hyder.
Miss Kate Ryan left on the George for
Victoria as a witness for a lady who
broke an ankle in the winter of 1919
while landing from a G. T. P. boat and is
now sueing the company for damages.
C.W.Cheatham. superintendent for the
Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska, arriv
ed from Ketchikan on the Goldenrod Mon
day night to Inspect the road work being
done here. He Is accompanied by Mrs.
Cheatham,
Jack Fitzgerald and Bill Williahist'ame
down Thursday from the Independence
group on Goose creek where Bill has been
driving a tunnel. THe face is breafcihg
iHtb me of shipping quality, and they
went back jesterdny to do some morb
work,
ll.J.Seott lias indvdd the O.K, barbSr
Shop into the Sutherland building on Main
sttteot, formerly occupied by Kirs. Phyllis
Watson with a tobacco and confectionery
a tore. Mrs, Watson, who has been ill
poor health lately, went south Sunday for
medical treatment;
Supt Harry Tanner tame down from
the Fish Creek property yesterday and
tSpotts that the Mullen High Line is
working perfectly, this is a Cable sys
tem 480 feet in length that brings the
sacked Ote from the mouth of the tUnhel
to lhe packing place on the trail.
Commander Bevan, flag lieutenant for
Admiral Callaghan, commander of the
Grand fJeet in the North Sea during this
early part df the war, is here on a visit
with C.A. McKenzie, Together the? ate
visiting a number of mining properties,
including thC Premier Und M.C. ,the latter
of whichMr. McKenzie is developing1.
Cha8. and Mrs Martin, who came her#
early in 1919, left last week for Anchorage
Charlie gi.ve tile camp a fitting htte#ell
by taking a high dive from the wharf of
fice. The tid8 was fiill, and after going
to the bottom two or thlfee times With hiS
suit case he finally managed tb grab a
mail sack which was reached down to
Him', ond wai polled our, »uit oaM gad all,
Old Nancy, the road-camp bear, who
brought her cube into the camp laat cum.
mer to acquaint them with civilization,
1 ie again working the back door route
1 along the road, having two more mem
bers of her family to educate, W S. Sul
livan, who is cooking at the road oamp,
calls Nancy and her children out of the
woods and puts them through their paces
for the amusement of parrers-by. They
stand up and eat from his hand.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
ASSESSMENT WORK
TIME EXTENSION
President Harding has sign
ed the bill extending the time
lor asses intent work on all un
patented mining claims to Ju
ly 1, 1922, The law now pro
vides that the work must be
done during the government
fiscal year, from July 1 to June
30, instead of during the cal
endar year. A wire received
yesterday from Delegate Dan
Sutherland states that this
change ie permanent, and not
for the present year only.
TO SEND REPRESENTATIVE
The executive committee of the
Hyder Alaska Mining Congress
met Sunday night and decided to
raise funds to send a representa
tive te the Amarioan Mining Con
gress iu Chicago with ths ore ex
hibit from this section. Ths ore
specimens are coming in nicely and
a magnificent display oi the min
eral wealth surrounding Hyder will
be made. The committee have ar
ranged for a dance in Pioneer hall
on Saturday night, September 17 to
assist in providing funds. Wm.
Bunting will have charge of this
feature.
INJURED WHILE HUNTING
Arthur Herriwig and Dick Davis,
who left here two weeks ago with
George Haidie for the Unuk river
on a trapping and prospecting ex
pedition, were injured while hunt
ing gaese and are now under treat
ment in Ketchikan. They were in
a smali rowboat, and Herriwig
reached for his gun, which was in
the bow and, accidentally discharg
ing ?he piece, tore away the mus
cles of his right forearm and filled
Davis’shoulder with shot-. Both
are recovering.
Barry Jackson, head accountant at the
Premier, who used to devil around a print
Shop, brought M.W.Parkin of the office
staff to the Miner's printing palace Mon
day to show him the type lice, Because
of the wet weather during the past Week
Mr. Phfklh Was able to obtain a firie look
at these interesting little creatures, who
need plenty of moisture to be at their
best.
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Imperial Paths. Russian Steam baths $1
Nice hew residence for sale. Finest
homesite in riyder. B. M. Stone.
E\)r sale, house And lot, with large
building suitable for warehouse. Enquire
Miner office.
Mrs/Johnsdh-, Sanitary laundry, A street
Ask Rube Miller about house cleaning,
suit pfWiihjfr, shoe shining, wood for *alf.
Or it#i it Ftsser *ng Adklnr
Mahood
Rich Ore
On Divide
From reports brought down dur
ing the latter part of the wefck there
will be another high-grade mine In
the Salmon river district, work,
done by Grant Mahood and dill
Irwin within the past month hav
ing demonstrated the fast that a
large vein with shoots of very rieh
silver ore exists aloag the contact
crossing the property. The vein
has been traeed for a long distance
by means of surface cuts, and is
from 3 1-2 to 12 feet in width. A
shaft was sunk to a depth of 12
feet, and the bottom is practical! \
solid ore, samples of which show
native silver, silver sulphides and
etephanite, specimens ef the latter,
according to Mr. Mahood, assaying
up to 2000 ounces in silver. •
The Divide group ooasigts of six
claims and is situated near tha sum
mit, directly east of Divide lake
and about a mile north of the Spj
der group. It is Mr. Mahood’a in
tention to make an early start next
spring, build a stone bunk and oook
house, (the property being abov*
timber line,) and have everythin;
in shape for permanent and cor>:
tinuous development before the
snow flies again. The finding of ore
of this quality in this location is of
particular importance, since It es
tablishes the fact that the high
grader of the Salmon belt extend
much further north than had beet
previously determined.
HYDER DISTRICT
HOLDS ITS FIRST
SCHOOL ELECTION
Residents of the townsite and
forest reserve managed to get a
little kick out of the school eieottor
yesterday, in spite of the faet that
no Interest was shown until about
the la.st minute. The townsite
ticket, Mrs. P. R. Backtls for olerk
J. A. Hall for* treasurer, and Jas
Piteher for director, was opposed
by a ticket fsom the reserve, con
sisting of Mrs. Ed. Fernald, Pet*
Wilson ana Waites Barron, Sixty
four ballots were cast, the result*
being as follows: -
Clerk: Backus 48, Fernald 13.
Treasueer: Hall 40, Wilson 14.
Direotoi! Pitcher 49, Barron 11,
Mis. Baohus, Mr. Hall and F, C
Lawrenct were election supervisors
GREAT COPPER SH0WIN6
Hugh B. McGuire and Leuia'Wet
kins have finished the annual as
sessment work on the B. C, Verde
group and are well satisfied with
the results. The group, which cotf
sists of 20 elaims, is situated on
Copper mountain, about six milet
down thS canal, and has some re
markable showings of copper ore,
with considerable native. One min
eralized dyke at least 300 feet wide
been traeed for a tong distance, and
open cuts run along one wall have
opened up an ore body that assays
15 per cent copper and around 13
ounces in silver. This ore hue beet'
exposed fer a duta»w of 1499 fait