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VOL 3, NO. 29
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 14,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
PROGRESS AT
AT RIVERSIDE
With sufficient ore in sight
to keep the mill in operation
for approximately a year, ex
tracton is now in fulj swing at
the Riverside mine. Ore is be
ing broken in the No. 4 tun
nel and a new upraise, known
as No. 8, is being run from the
No. 3 level. (Lindeborg tunnel
level) to tap the fine ore body
opened up by the 4th level.
This is located east of No. 7
upraise, completed several
weeks ago, and has penetrat
ed a good grade of ore. A
number of ore chutes and
chute raises are also being
run to facilitate operations on
the upper level.
An outstanding development
in connection with the com
pany’s progress appeared Iasi
week in the announcement
that the Riverside company
has bonded the Chas. Fehring
property, known as the Lasi
Shot Group, adjoining the
north line of the Riverside
group.
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PURPORTED INTERVIEW
DECLARED FALSE
Directors of the Porter Idaho
Mining Company have issued
a specific denial of published
statements emanating front
Victoria, declaring that the
Porter Idaho company has
completed arrangements foi
financing construction of 2i/2
miles of tramway during the
present season. The state
ments in question were made
in connection with a purported
intervew with managing di
rector Clay Porter, in which
Mr. Porter was quoted as say
ing that the alleged financing
of the tram had been arranged
for “without the selling of any
stock.” The alleged interview
is declared false and misrepre
sentative and entirely out oi
keeping with the facts.
According to the officials, it
is the intention to construct a
tram at some future time, but
not until such time as the mine
shall provide the requisite
funds from its operation.
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The launch Seal arrived last
week from Ketchikan bearing
district game warden Winn
Goddard who remained a
short time looking after the
local business of his office.
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Clay Porter, president and
managing director of the Port
er Idaho Mining Co., and W. C.
Blanton, secretary of the com
pany, returned Thursday from
a isit in the south.
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Frank A. Metcalf, well known
mining engineer and U: S.
mineral surveyor, who survey
ed the Cantu, Titan and othei
properties in the district last
summer, will probably return
to Hyder shortly to make sur*
veys on a number of proper
ties whose owners contemplate
patent proceedings.
Mr. Metcalf, whose business
card and address will be found
in another column, writes to
the Herald that he hopes to
line up enough work to re
main in this district thruoui
the summer season. Claim own
ers who plan to have their
groud surveyed will find it to
their interest to get in touch
ground surveyed will find it to
hi» visit, lAhJLLigljiili,
FIND BIG ORE BODY
ON B. C. SILVER
Development of a big ore
body on the new No. 4 level
was reported from the B. C.
Silver last week. The ore is
said to be of good commercial
grade and up to 12 feet in
width at the widest point so
far encountered. The big vein
is apparently the downward
extension of one of the big ore
bodies, known as “C” and “D”,
found in the No. 3 level, ana
from which close to 1,000 tons
of high grade ore was ship
ped last year. The reports in
^ dicate that the ore so far found
on the No. 4 level, is not of
the same high grade character
but nevertheless is very gooa
ore. An important feature oi
the new discovery is that it ap
pears to demonstrate the pei
sistence of the ore found on
No. 3 level for an additional
depth of 160 feet behow the
latter level. The No. 4 level
cut the ore at a depth of ap-.
proxmately 1050 fet on the
dip of the vein or a vertical
depth around 800 feet below
the surface.
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RECORDS OF BREAKUP
FAIRBANKS, TANANA
For the benefit of readers
who are interested in the 192'<
Nenana and Fairbanks ict
pool, the following compilea
record covering a period ol
more than 20 years, is present
3d. It will be noted that last j
-year’s time was the earliest,
acfforcjig to the record, the ict
?oing out on April 27. The
puree last year was $20,000.
The Ice Moved at Nenana
1917— April 30, 11:30 a. m.
1918— May 11, 9:33 a. m.
1919— May 3, 2:33 p. m.
1920— M&y 11, 10:46 a. m.
1921— May 11, 6:42 a. m.
1922— May 12, 1:20 p. m.
1923— May 9, 2:00 p. m.
1924— May il, 3:10 p. m.
1925— May 7, 6:32 p. m.
rairoanKS
1903— May 7.
1904— May 7, 10:30 a. m.
1905— May 8, 12:30 a. m.
1906— April 30, 3:05 p. m.
1908— May 3, 7:57 p. m.
1909— May 9, 11:30 p. m.
1910— May 9, 1:30 p. m.
1911— May 6, 10:20 p. m.
1912— April 29, 12:55 a. m.
1913— May 11, 4:35 a. m.
1914— May 10, 4:45 p. m.
1915— May 3, 4:00 a. m.
1916— May 4, 1:45 p. m.
1917— April 30, 3:24 p. m.
1918— May 10, 3:22 p. m.
1919— May 7, 12:54 p. m.
1920— May 14, 12:30 p. nu
1921— May 10, 11:26 a. m.
1922— May 13, 2:24 p. m.
1923— May 8, 10:35 a. m.
1924— May 10, 6:50 p. m. i
1925— May 3, 3:51 p. m.
1926— April 27, 4:03 p. m.
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“What’s Happened In The
United States Under Prohibit
ion,” will be the subject at the
M. E. Church next Sunday.
The address will be illustrated
by twenty-four Wall Charts
prepared by one of the most
exact research experts in the
cbuntry.
If you are a loyal American
and really interested in the
country’s welfare you will not
fail to hear this address.
APPROVAL GIVEN "
- FORESTRY RC^VD
PROGRAM
Formal approval of the For
est Service road construction
program for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, involving
the expenditure of $425,00O
on various projects, has been
given by Secretary Jardine, of
the Department of Agricult
ure, it was anounced recently
by District Forester Charles H.
Flory. The allotment for the
Territory from Forest High
way Fund for the same period
was about $470,000. *
Continuation of TOngSss
Highway, a new road into the
Texas Creek region at Hyder,
launching of a project at Pt.
Aggasiz, improvement of the
Petrsburg-Scow Bay road,
constitute the major items in
Southeastern Alaska. Contin
ued work on the Moose Pass
route, reconstruction of the
Kenai River bridge on the
Seward-Kenai route are speci
fied in Western Alaska.
An allotment of $20,000 was
also approved to finance sur
veys of possible low-type roads
from tidewater to the head
waters of streams heading into
the divide along the internat
ional boundary.
As reported earlier in thest
columns, the appropration for
the Hyder district project tot
als $104,000 and includes $14,
000 for surfacing the new Sal
mon River highway from-JiH*
cemetery to Fish Creek and
$90,000 for the construction
of a new road from the Salmon
River road near 9-Mile into
the Texas Creek section.
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DIAMOND DRILLS
FOR SILVERADO
Long continued efforts to lo
cate ore in commercial quanti
ties on the old Silverado prop
erty are to be renewed this
summer by the Silverado min
ing company with the aid of
diamond drills, according to
information given out in Stew
art last week.
The Silverado is one of the
oldest locations in the district
and is noted as having been
one of the first properties to
ship high grade ore, back in
the days when many of
the prominent properties of
the present day were prac
tically unknown or had not
been discovered. Unfortunate
ly, however, the high grade
ores were not of sufficient ex
tent to maintain the property
on a shipping basis. Desultory
explorations attempted during
the succeeding years failed to
develop ore in commercial
quantities, principally owing
to lack of adequate financing
combined with difficult geo
logical conditions.
It is now purposed to attempt
to locate the elusive ore bodies
by the less costly diamond drill
methods and the backers of
the project are confident thav
the rich leads will be again
located at depth.
Preliminary work will be
started Tuesday with a crew
of five men under the direction
of John Haahti. The new crew
will fix up the lower camp and
make qther preparations for a
season of active exploration
work.
The company is said to have
around $20,000 in its treasury,
enough to carry on an exten
sive drilling campaign.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF B. C. SILVER
The following is a condensed
summarization of the annual
report Of the B. C. Silver foi
the year ending August 31,
1926, the report being too
voluminous to reprint in full.
No change in mineral hold
ings, all of which are free of
liens. Capital stock remains
at $1,500,000, all completely
issued in 192% since which
time funds for development
have been supplied by British
Canadian Silver Corporation,
the advances of which to date
of report have been $387,662
.70
Cash in banks
Mine properties
(at cost)
Value camp
buildings •
Value machinery
& equipment
Value camp
equipment
Value assay of
fice equipment
Value survey
ing instruments
Value stores and
supplies on hand
Value Furniture
and fixtures
$ 13,377.06
995,943.00
44,794.68
50,400.65
2,885.49
414.23
359.00
6,190.14
1,264.83
Total value of
assets, including
mine proper
ties $1,115,629.08
Gross returns ore
shipped during
year (689 tons) $ 61,800.28
Handling, sorting,
sacking and freight
costs 6,851.11
Net returns on
shipments $54,949.17
%
Expended for mine
development year
ended Aug. 31,
1926 $113,238.39
Less proceeds from
ore shipped 54,949.17
Bal. of expendi
tures for mine de
velopment $58,289.22
Mine development
expenditures to
Aug. 31, 1925 $265,813.63
Total expended
mine development
$324,102.75
Gen’l expenditures
for year $ 11,056.90
Expenditures prior
to Aug. 31, 1926 $324,102.85
Total Gen’l ex- -
penditures $53,231.68
Mine development during
year ending Aug. 31, 1926.
Drifting 1,515 ft.
Cross cutting 1,260 ft.
Sinking 48 ft.
Raising 272 ft.
Diamond drilling 1,332 ft.
Sideswiping 154 ft.
Total footage 4,581 ft.
Additions to mine plant and
equipment:
Air compressor of 1050 c. f.
capacity, direct connected to a
180 h. p. oil pngine.
Electric locomotive for un
ground hauling.
50,000 gal. fuel oil tank.
Central heating plant; enlarg
ed bunkhouse and assay office.
Mine development during the
year is detailed by General
NEW CAN. NAT’L
S. S. MAIL SCHEDULE
Postoffice department ad
ices received during the past
week by Postmaster Oren P.
Hill announce that the sailing
day of the Canadian National
steamers on the Vancouver
Stewart run will be changed
next week, with resultant vari
ation in the present mail sched
ule.
Under the new schedule, ef
fective March 21, the C. N. R.
steamers will leave Vancouvci
at 8 p. m. Thursdays, instead
of Monday, as at present, and
will arrive at that port on the
return trip from Stewart and
Hyder at 2 p. m. Tuesdays.
Thus the vessels leaving Van
couver Thursday night will
arrive here Sunday morning,
instead of Thursday.
With the inauguration of the
new schedule, first class mail
posted at the Seattle terminal
station before 8 a. m. on Thurs
day will reach Vancouver in
time to connect with the north
bound steamer leaving the
latter point Thursday evening.
The same advices state that
there will be no change in the
present schedule of the Union
Steamship Co. steamers, which
will arrivie Monday evening as
usual.
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Hugh B. McGure, manager ot
the Alaska-Canadian Consoli
dated Gold Mines,, Ltd., and
J. B. Watson, president of the
recently organized Woodbine
Gold Mining Co., which re
cently took over the financing
and development of the Wooa
bie and Vancouver groups, art
scheduled to arrive from Van
couver Monday night.
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J. P. Hawkinson, enterprising
Stewart business man , left
Monday for the south to at
tend the Liberal convention in
Vancouver, as representative
of the Stewart Liberal Associ
ation. Miss Kate Ryan, who
is also a delegate, left at the
same time.
manager C. A. Banks as foi
lows:
‘During the 12 months endeci
31st August last we have lo
cated two very important ore
bodies on our No. 3 level, at a
point some 1,500 feet along
the ore zone from the Premier
boundary. These ore chutes
are more or less parallel to
one another; they are approxi
mately 300 feet in length ana
may later be found to extena
a considerable distance to
wards he Premier, in fact, dia
mond drilling has traced
the vein a further 450 feet in
that direction, the general
character of the ore disclosed
on No. 3 level is of good mill
ing grade, but we have founu
in one or two places some fair
ly high grade ore. To the 31st
August approximately 700
tons averaging about $90 a ton
was shipped—this came from
development.
The width of these ore bodies
exceeds the width of our tun
nel and at the north end the>
appear to come together, mak
ing a total width of approxi
mately 60 feet of commercial
ore at that place. We havt
crosscut one of these ore boa
ies 80 feet above No. 3 level
SEN. KING AGAIN
ATTACKS JUDGE REED
Renewing his recent attack on
Judge T. M.~ Reed, Senatoi
William A. King, of Utah,
has introduced a bill in
the upper house designed
to prevent the president, from
keeping in office officials who
fail to meet the approval of
t^he Senate, according to Wash
ington press reports. The
measure was presented in the
final days of the last session
and failed to receive action
before Congress adjourned,
j The measure is reported to
provide that any federal 01
ficer, reappointed subject to
the consent of the Senate,
shall not serve longer than
the end of the Senate session
following the expiration of his
appointed term, even tho his
successor may not have been
named.
Senator King explained that
he measure was aimed pri
mal ily at Judge Reed, Atfhom
he said is holding office undei
a “recess appointment.” This
assertion, however, like an
earlier declaration made by
him, to the effect that Judgt
Reed is serving without au
thority, is in error, in the de
j gree that Judge Reed is serv
1 i lg under his original appoini
! “> ent, which provides that the
I appointee shall serye for a
| stipulated period, or until his
I successor “is appointed and
| qualified.” Under this author
j ity Judge Ree)^ may legally
j. ernain in office for as long as
the president may elect to let
I him remain.
As a result of King s earlier
i attack the Senate Judiciary
. ommittee has decided upon a
| iew inquiry into Judge Reed’s
are. This may be carried on
1 luring the interval before Con
i jress convenes in Novembei
I ind Judge Reed will remain
! tn office at least until
| that time.
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Joe Miller, Canadian Customs
nspector, and his assistant Mr.
; Mason, arrived from the south
! Phursdav to look over the af
'airs of the Stewart office.
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l md 50 feet below, with satis
S factory results. We are now
j commencing o open up a new
level—level with No. 4—160
feet below No. 3. In this con
! nection I am glad to advise
I vou that one shaft through
which this level will be work
j ed, has been completed within
the last few days.
During the year the Premier
1 Gold Mining Company in
i raising from their No. 4 level,
disclosed on our boundary a
further ore body of good
i grade dipping into the B. C.
I Silver property.
1 Since August 31, we have
shipped a further 250 tons of
high grade ore to the smelter,
and this realized, after de
duction of treatment charges,
$12,615.84. Your property has
a direct continuation of the
main Premier ore zone for a
distance of at least twenty
five feet and apart from the
exceptionally high grade ore
| discovered on the Premier in
j the early days, we consider
that there is a very gooa
chance of the ore zone on the
B. C. Silver ground becoming
as productive as it has been
on the neighboring property./