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VOL 3, NO. 42
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 13,1927
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WORK PROCEEDING
ON BIG MISSOURI
Reports circulated during the
week that the Big Missouri
had closed down have nc
foundation in fact, according
to mine superintendent S. A.
Knowles, who came down
from the property Sunday aft
ernoon.
When seen by a Herald rep
resentative ,Mr .Knowles stat
ed that operations have not
leen suspended on-the proper
ty, although the working force
has been somewhat reduced.
Stripping and other develop
ment work is proceeding on
the vein of high grade ore
which recently yielded spec
tacular samples, and with re
sults which are characterized
by Mr .Knowles as satisfactory.
Mr. Knowles will leave on the
Catala enroute to Tacoma.
WORK STARTS ON
OUTLAND BAR
F. C. Outland, head of the
Outland Silver Bar Company,
who arrived from Seattle last
week .left for the Silver Bar
group Thursday to resume de
velopment work. Mr .Outland
took out a crew of ten men
and also a large quantity of
supplies which he brought
with him from the south to
supplement the 80 odd tons of
machinery and equipment sent
in last fall and landed on the
property during the winter by
freighter Ernest Bryson.
Mr. Outland is of the type of
men who have little to say of
what they intend doing, hence
his reply to a query about the
summer program was a terse:
“Set the machinery and get
busy.”
Owing to the discovery of
a 12 foot body of galena
on the property shortly
before the close of the seas
on last fall, this year’s devel
opment activities will be
watched with unusually keen
interest.
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DUNWELL MAKING
FINE RECORD
The Dunwell is setting an ex
cellent production pace at
present. Concentrates sent
south during the present
month total already close to
550 tons, although the mill
tonnage is still below maxi
mum, owing to various diffi
culties which are gradually
being overcome. Concentrate
shipments during the past two
weeks have included 410 tons
on the Anyox, and two of 81
and 56 tons respectively, sent
via the Prince George and
Catala.
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Frank Blasher returned Sun
day evening from a trip up
the west fork of Texas Creek
to Chickamin Glacier and re
ports an abundance of snow
in that section. Mr. Blasher
and a companion named Kelly
were bound for the Chicka
min but were unable to get
through .Mr .Blasher informed
the Herald that there is still
about 4 feet of snow and the
Hyder Lead and other proper
ties are still under their win
ter blanket. It will probably
be another week before the
country is open he says.
PROGRESS ON WOODBINE
The following report of pro
gress on the Woodbine pre
sents the development status
on that well known property
at this date.
The lower or main crosscut
tunnel is now in a distance, of
124 feet from the portal. Over
100 feet of this tunnel has
been run through ore of fine
milling grade. A drift run on
the same ore body and extend
ing in a southerly direction
from the main tunnel is in a
distance of 42 feet and is
also in good looking ore
throughout its length.
The upper tunnel has reach
a point 93 feet from the portal
and is expected to reach the
vein within 18 or 20 feet from
the present face. A slip struck
in this tunnel a few days ago
indicates close proximitiy of
the ore body. Although not
of such great extent as the
huge ore body cut by the low
er tunnel, the vein for which
the upper tunnel is being driv
en is of high grade character.
Surface samples taken in the
past have yielded assay re
turns running up to $300 per
ton and equal or better values
are expected at depth. The
vein ranges from 25 to 40 feet
in width at the surface. Evi
dence of the wide disseminat
ion of ore on this property was
shown recently by the discov
ery of a showing of ore while
excavating a base for the com
pressor some distance from the
lower tunnel.
J. B. Watson, president of
the Woodbine Company, will
arrive from the south on the
Catala this (Monday) evening.
In a recent press statement Mr.
Watson announced that the
company is now fully financed
and is also contemplating the
construction of a mill in the
near future.
Mr. Watson will be accom
panied on his trip by a Mr.
Jameson, an engineer, who
will install the new engine and
compressor, which is also due
to arrive.
STEWART WINS
FOURTH GAME
The Stewart ball team again
annexed first honors in the
fourth game of the cup series,
held on the local grounds Sun
day afternoon .The score was
Stewart 13 ,Hyder 11. With
both teams “lining them out”
at frequent intervals, the game
j was an exciting one and but
j few of the large crowd of
| spectators had not acquired a
I husky voice before the con
test was over.
Stewart’s victory placed the
Canadians once more on a par
with the Alaskans in the cup
contest, both teams having
chalked up two wins .The next
game will be played at Stew
art next Sunday and should
find both teams on edge to
win the battle.
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A copy of House Concurrent
Resolution No. 5, passed by the
last Legislature and embody
ing the legislative endorse
| ment of the Peace River-Stew
| art railroad line, has been re
| ceived by the Chamber of
j Commerce and will be present
| ed in the next issue of the
1 Herald.
TO SPEED UP
ON MOUNTAINVIEW
The Mountainview Gold Min
ing Company will shortly
speed up operations on its Fish
Creek properties by putting or
two shifts, according to Arthui
Moa, general manager of the
company. Work will be con
tinued in the Skookum Creek
tunnel, in which a new vein
ranging from 18 inches to four
feet in width was recently lo
cated at a point about 850 feet
from the mouth, and parallel
ing the tunnel. In addition,
the company also plans to do
a lot of surface work during
the season.
Under the highly efficient
management of Mr. Moa, the
operating expenses of the
Mountainview have been brot
to about the lowest minimum
possible to attain in this sect
ion under present conditions.
Employment of water pow
er, combined with transportat
ion savings resulting from the
installation of the 4,000 foot
aerial tram between the mine
and the Salmon River road;
together with other cost re
ductions, have brought the
! mining costs per foot to
j in which is included the over
i head and all other expenses.
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DRILLING ON
THE SILVERADO
The diamond drilling pro
gram of the Silverado Mining
Company is under way, with
a crew of Boyles Bros .drill
men engaged. Operations are
being carried on in the main
tunnel, with the downward ex
tension of a fine lead, located
farther up the mountain, as
the objective. The operations
are unique in the degree that
power is being supplied by a
commercial power organizat
ion. The International Elec
tric Co. furnishes electric cur
rent for operating the com
pressor over a transmission
line run up the lofty mount
ain from its plant near the
base of the peak.
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A. H. Jarman, prominent San
Francisco attorney and leading
figure in the affairs of the
Washington Mining Co. .arriv
ed from the south Sunday to
inspect the results of develop
ment operations on the Wash
ington group on Marmot Riv
er. Although an attorney by
profession, Mr. Jarman ,who
spent several weeks in the dis
trict last summer, is an old
hand at the mining game, hav
ing been connected with the
industry in one way or another
for many years. He is much
impressed by the possibilities
of the district and of the
Washington property. Mr .Jar
man expects to remain several
months before returning to San
Francisco.
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Development work on the
Fish Creek properties of the
American Mining & Milling
Co. started today (Monday)
under the direction of Joseph
A. Mills, M. E., and with a
crew of 9 men employed.
DON’T OVERLOOK OUR
SALE OF BOX STATIONERY
HYDER DRUG COMPANY
The Rexall Store
At the Post Office.
FINE ORE BODY
ON WASHINGTON
Details of the recent strike
on the Washington Mining Co.
properties on Bulldog Creek
indicate that the find is one ot
marked importance, not only
to the Washington but also to
the other properties in that lo
cality .Without regard to the
intx*insic value of the ore,
which has not yet been assay
ed, crosscutting of the big vein
at a depth of about 600 feet
below the surface showings,
discloses the persistence of ore
bodies in that section to much
greater depths than has been
hitherto known.
R. E. Lundvall, manager of
the Washington Mining Co.,
visited the property last week
and reports that the 12 foot
vein was encountered at a dis
tance of 400 feet from the
portal of the tunnel. The ore
lies in a shear zone and the
vein matter bears a crushed
appearance but is well min
eralized with iron pyrites and
the walls are clearly defined.
The vein is the third so far en
countered in the tunnel. Mr.
Lundvall says the ore looks
good but until assays are made
the full value of the strike can
not be determined. The crew
is now at work drifting on the
big ore body with a view to
further determining its extent.
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NOTED CHURCH
OFFICIALS COMING
District Superintendent Rev.
J. T. McQueen ,who built the
Hyder Methodist Church ,Rev.
Dr. Smith, Superintendent of
the Spokane District, Columbia
River Conference, and Bishop
Shepard ,a General Superin
tendent of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Resi
dent Bishop of the Portland
area, comprising Washington,
Oregon and Idaho, will arrive
in Hyder Monday evening,
June 20th. .according to ad
vices received by Rev. S. V.
Warren. Dr. McQueen, at least
will remain until the following
Wednesday.
Following their arrival, the
distinguished churchmen will
be escorted to the church,
where they will be formally
welcomed ,and if the hour is
not too late Bishop Shepard
will preach.
Owing to the uncertainty re
garding the hour of their ar
rival ,Hyder residents are re
quested to gather at the
church at 8:30 p. m. to meet
and welcome them. In the
event that the boat is late a
general social time will be
held pending its arrival. Re
freshments will be served by
the Friendship Club and a
general “get-together and get
acquainted’ ’time will be en
joyed until the visitors ar
rive. Everyone is invited to at
tend and have a good time and
become acquainted with the
visitors.
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Sigrid Wallsted, organizer
and representative in Alaska
of the grand lodge of the Loy
al Order of Moose, spent the
past week in camp looking aft
er the affairs of the order.
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A crew of 80 men is now em
ployed on the Salmon River
road extension by the Johnson
Gardner Co.
MARMOT RIVER
DEVELOPMENT SYND
ICATE FORMED
Details of the organization
and contemplations of the
Marmot River Development
Syndicate, which now controls
the well known Earner Group,
are contained in a statement
by the trustees, giving the fol
lowing data regarding the
district’s newest mining con
cern :
The Syndicate capitalization
is $250,000, divided into 50,
000 units of $5 each. Twenty
seven thousand units, or 54
per cent, have been issued to
owners for the Syndicate prop
erties, which have been trans
ferred to the Syndicate free of
debts or encumbrances, save
for a small sum expended by
the owners for development
done this year. Being free of
debts ,the Syndicate will be
able to expend every cent re
ceived from sales of treasury
units on development. No units
are to be sold at a discount
and trustees are determined to
develop the property with a
minimum of overhead and
commission expenditure. No
salaries are to be paid, except
to actual and bona fide em
ployees and the vendors of
the property are escrowing
24,000 of the 27,000 units is
sued to them for the property
which includes 14 claims lo
cated on Magee Pass on the
North fork of Marmot River,
about 8 milbs from tidewater
and reached'by 3 miles of wag
on road and 5 miles of good
pack trail.
Prior to the formation of the
Syndicate the owners, Messrs.
W. R. Harner and Homer Fick
lin, spent $4,000 for develop
ment work .camp equipment
and geological examinations.
Two reports by eminent min
ing engineers concur in the
view that the property war
rants extensive underground
development.
Earlier development includes
8 open cuts and 36 feet of tun
nel on the upper or west vein
and 24 feet of tunnel and 5
open cuts on the east or low- j
er vein.
Under its proposed develop
ment program, the Syndicate
plans to strip and open cut
the veins beyond the areas al
ready explored, to determine
their length and consistency
and to drive a new tunnel to
cross cut the upper vein at a
point 500 feet from the pres
ent tunnel. A second tunnel
will also be driven about 80
feet below the outcrops of the
lower vein and will give not
less than 60 feet of backs. The
latter is expected to reach the
vein in about 80 or 100 feet.
In the event that the ore found
is of economical shipping
grade, it is proposed to drop
it down to the Marmot River
by means of a sleigh operated
by a donkey engine and cable.
The Syndicate is now offer
ing 2500 units at $5 per unit
to the public.
Trustees for the Syndicate are
W. R. Harner, Homer Ficklin,
W, J. Crawford, J. A. Hall
and R. W. Kennedy, and R. G.
Mellin is consulting engineer.
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A. R. Wilfley .inventor of
the Wilfley table died recent
ly in California.
ENLARGED PROGRAM
FOR ALBANY
A big program of develop
ment work, with machinery
equipment accelerating pro
gress, is planned for the Al
bany group this summer by
the Albany Mining Co. The
machinery arrived from the
south recently and is in pro
cess of installation. Power
will be derived from a water
power plant capable of sup
plying over 30 horse power.
The Company is said to be
in good shape financially, hav
ing secured a loan of $34,000
under a mortgage of its hold
ings to secure the necessary
equipment and continue devel
opment .The mortgage, author
ized at the recent annual meet
ing, calls for a total advance
of $50,000, thereby insuring an
additional $16,000 for devel
opment in case it is needed.
Funds for meeting the pur
chase payments on the com
pany properties have also been
raised and the title is said to
have been cleared. The com
pany also voted to increase
the capital stock by $100,000,
to provide a bonus to directors
and others advancing funds
under the mortgage.
In addition to the other
i equipment, the company also
j plans to build an up to date
camp during the season. Op
erations will be under the di
rection of H. A. Silverthorne,
who recently succeeded Angus
McLeod, Mr. McLeod having
resigrfed as manager in order
to give his attention to devel
opment of the Marmot Metals.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO HOLD LUNCHEON
A Chamber of Commerce
luncheon, at which Rev. J. T.
McQueen ,and possibly Bishop
Shepard and Dr. Smith will be
quests ,will be held at the
Ideal Cafe at noon .Tuesday,
June 21, according to an an
nouncement by Rev. S. V. War
ren .secretary. The luncheon
will not be confined to mem
bers alone, but may be attend
ed by anyone who desires to
participate. Owing to the un
certainty regarding the move
ments of Bishop Shepard and
Rev .Smith, who may return to
Prince Rupert on the Catala,
the program cannot be defi
finitely arranged at present.
However, as Dr .McQueen is
to remain here for a short
time, he will be one of the
speakers, as will the other
distinguished visitors ,if they
are here. Ernest Blue will al
so speak on the proposed
Peace River to Stewart rail
project, in addition to others.
Non-members of the Cham
ber of Commerce who desire
to attend should notify Mr.
Warren not later than Satur
day evening in order that seat
ing arrangements may be
made.
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The famous McKinley silver
mine in the Cobalt district is
to close down, according to
recent announcements. It was
at this mine that the first sill
ver in Cobalt was discovered
and during its operation has
yielded over 21,000,000 ounces
of silver, and has paid divi
dends of $5,955,381, or over
200 per cent on the capital.