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HtDEKr ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1,1925
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RIVER AND HARBOR
HEARING HELD
BY COL. STEESE
Concluding a busy afternoon,
spent largely in making a per
sonal inspection of the sites
of the proposed river and har
bor improvements, Col. James
G. Steese, head of the Alaska
Road Commission and chief
of the Alaska division of the
V *r department engineering
board, held a public hearing
on the projects in Pioneer Hall
Tuesday evening, securing
during the process a large
amount of data which will be
made the basis for such future
action as may be undertaken
with respect to road construct
ion by the Alaska Road Com
mission and the harbor im
provements under the provis
ions of the act passed by the
last Congress providing for a
survey of the local harbor with
a view to necessary improve
ments.
Col. Steese arrived on the
Prince Charles shortly before
noon, accompanied by his sec-1
rex.-ry, Miss M. E. Jessop, who '
repotted the evidence offered
by numerous local witnesses at
Hie hearing.
V ..e distinguished visitor was
met at Stewart dock by a spec
ial committee of the Chamber j
of Commerce, consisting of T.
H. Evans, chairman, John Hov- ■
land and Wm. Gray, and also
bv other representatives of!
the Chamber, and was later
the guest of that organization
at a luncheon held at the Ideal;
Cafe.
At the conclusion of the j
luncheon, during which the |
various river, harbor and road
needs of the district were in
formally discussed, Col. Steese
was taken up the Salmon val- j
ley by auto under the convoy j
of Messrs. Evans, Hovland and
Gray, the trip including a vis- j
it to the famous Premier mine. ;
After inspecting the condit-;
ions along the river which give ;
rise to the ever present flood !
danger,. Col. Steese was shown ;
the navigation dangers along |
the water front resulting from
the unchecked action of the i
river.
A large number attended
the hearing held later in Pion-'
eer Hall, at which testimony
ber of witnesses. Following a
be rof witnesses. Following a
general outline of the district’s j
river and road needs by Ernest
Blue, president of the Chamber
of Commerce, who offered a
strong plea for a bridge across
the West Fork of Texas Creek i
to facilitate the transportation
of ore, T. H. Evans, P. R. Back
us, John Hovland and others
gave testimony bearing on the
river and harbor conditions
and the need for a wagon
road up Texas Creek, the evi- j
dence given forming collect
ively a most convincing argu
ment for the desired improve
ments..
At the conclusion of the hear
ing Col. Steese left on the
Prince Charles, which delayed
its departure to enable him to
avoid a long lay-over in Hyder.
The Curacao arrived from;
Seattle Sunday morning with
DUNWELL FIND
PROVES BIG THING
Mining men who have visit
ed the scene of the recent
strike on the Dunwell assert
that the discovery is of the ut
most importance, not only to
that property but also to oth
ers in the same locality. The
rich ore zone, has now been
; traced by means of open cuts
j from the point of discovery,
on a small draw about 1500
feet northerly from the pres
ent workings,’ to the lower
border of the Victoria Mines
properties. The lead has also
been traced into the latter
( property, though how far is
I not known. About 60 feet of
open cuts have been made on
the vein in a distance of about
600 feet, from the point of
discovery to the Victoria line,
and have disclosed that the
I vein averages about 6 feet in
j width. One cut made at the
| border line of the two prop
| erties showed a width of bet
ter than 4 feet. The ore is
heavily impregnated with nat
ive and ruby silver, with the
former permeating the rock
in such quantities as to be eas
ily seen at a distance of sev
i eral feet. Samples taken at
: random from the rock piles of
) four of the cuts yielded assays
| showing from 270 to 290
| ounces in silver, while a pick
ed sample gave returns of
I nearly 700 ounces in silver,
r nre ore ares contains a consul-"
| erable quantity of gold. The
| management contemplates
| tracing the southerly extension ,
! of the vein, which present ap
pearances indicate is the most
extensive and valuable so far
: found on the property. Mining
men agree that it is well worth
i while to visit the strike, which
| can be approached to within
i a short distance by the wagon
road which runs almost to the
Dunwell border. After leaving
the road a walk of a few min
utes brings the visitor to the
strike.
WORK STARTS ON
FAMOUS FORTY-NINE
The Forty-Nine properties,
among the most noted of the
early day locations in the dis
trict, and recently reported
taken over by the Premier
Gold Mining Company from
the Silverman interests, will
become the scene of extensive
development operations as
soon as the requisite supplies
and mine equipment can be
taken to the ground.
The Crawford Transfer Co.
has been given the contract
for hauling supplies and sent
out the first pack train from
the Premier last week. A crew
of men employed by the Pre
mier is already at work on the
property fixing up camp in
readiness for future activities,
which will be devoted largely
to diamond drilling, for which
the Boyles Bros, are making
preparations. It is understood
that gasoline drills will be
used. Machinery from the Big
Missouri is reported being
moved from the latter proper
ty to the Forty-Nine.
The men employed are said
to have been informed th*t
PREMIER DECLARES
RIG DIVIDEND
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Maintaining’ the remarkable
dividend record established in
the past, the great Prjjipier
mine, for the* . jecond ime
this year will pay to ite stack
holders on July 3, the sum of
3400,000. The ' distribution
represents a dividend o£ eight
cents per share on its five
million dollar capitalization.
A similar dividend was paid
on April 3, last, malcing a total
of $800,000 paid to the.stock
holders of the Plunder Gold
Mining Company this yepr find
bringing the total dividend
payments for the five aad a
half years of active product
ion to 37,494,125,
WILL PROSPECT
EXTENUATE GROUP
Grant Mahood, widely known
pioneer mining man and head
of Grant Mahood A Co. Ltd.,
of Vanvouver, is a visitor In
camp in connection with the
opening up of the Extenuate
property, on /.Slat* Moynthin
north! of and adjoining lEe
Bush. * • iir
Mr. Mahood states that the
property will he extensively
prospected during t^e sum
mer hut no definite develop
ment ptpgram has de
cided upon as future activities
will depend xrfhch on prelimi
nary Work now under way.
Previous axplo»»*ion hae -«Ue
closed a number of very prom
ising showings, which will be
thoroughly investigated.
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NEAR DEATH FROM
ROCK FALL
Gus Erickson, contractor on
the new 300-foot tunnel. on
the Porter Idaho, came into
town Wednesday evening suf
fering from a scalp wound
sustaned when a large quan
tity of rock fell from the roof
of the tunnel within a few feet
of where he stood. His escape
from a horrible death was
providential, as the ton, or so
of rock struck and crushed to
kindling wood a wheel-bar
row Gus was iring at' thn
t»me.
GOOD PROSPECTS ON
NATIONAL SILVER
With over lour hundred feet
of drill hole in last Thursday
and the drills advancing at
the rate of about 70 feet a day,
excellent progress is being
made in the exploration of the
Bush properties of the Nation*
al Silver Mines, Ltd.
Operations are being direct
ed to exploring one of the
large ore zones near the south
ern end of the group, a short
distance north of the B. C. Sil
ver. The drills are said to have
developed some good looking
prospects in the short distance
drilled* . ...
J. D . Little page, superinten
dent of the Riverside mine,
ho has been in the south for
several weeks, returned Tues
day on the Prince Charles.«.
In reply to a query regarding
the prospect for a resumption
of operations at the mine, Mr.
Littlepage stated that he was
not yet able to make anyde
PROCLAMATION
To the Citizens of Hyder:
Saturday, July 4th.,being the
anniversary of the Republic, it
is fitting that we, a3 citizens
of the United States, give due
observance of cur nation's
birthday.
Therefore, all residents of
Hyder are requested to lay
aside for that day their usual
business and unite in celebrat
ion of the momentous events
which brought it into being
and by patriotic exercifoa re
new our faith and devotion to
the principles upon which it is I
founded.
Business houses are requested I
to close during the afternoon
and all persons are a shod to '
decorate their premises with
the national colors in becom- ,•
ing manner.
T. W. McDonald
Marshal of the Day. I
HOT WAVE HITS HYDER
Hard on the heels of the re
cent heat wave in the eastern j
states, Hydei was visited
Thursday by what is said to
have been the warmest day
in the history or the camp.
Shortly after noon the mer
cury rose to the close vicinity
of 80 on a number of ther-!
mometers in the uptown sect
ion. The heat drove nearly
everyone to such relief as was
OS&jwefl. by jhjrt sleeves and
open collars, with {he* result
that the town presented a
..Palm Beach aspect until ev
ening.
STEWART WINS
FROM HYDER1
By a score of 14 to 7, the !
Stewart ball team again took 1
the measure of Hyder on the \
local grolinds Sunday after-!
noon. Both teams played a de
cidedly poor game and errors j
were a predominating feat
ure. Only six innings were— j
played and that was enough
for most of the spectators who
had braved a chill wind to wit-!
ness the game.
" Fortin, the Stewart flinger,;
hurt his hand badly during
the contest and may be un
able to play for some time.
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NORTHLAND MINING
COMPANY STARTING
.
Development activities are in '
progress on the Troy grorp
properties of the Northland
Mining Company, Ltd., in the '
upper Salmon section. Neil
McDonald, discoverer and
original locator of the group, '
is in charge of operations, '
which are at present directed
mainly to the construction of 1
camp facilities and the trans- '
portation of supplies. As soon J ■
as the • preliminary preparat- 1
ions are completed a crew of •
men will be put to work de
veloping the splendid ore 1
bodies- disclosed by open cut *
work in earlier years. The ores
found on this property carry *
high values in silver and lead,
assays showing as high as 43 1
•p6r cent of the latter mineral ‘
having been obtained, in ad- *
dition to-silver values of 200 ‘
ounces- or- mdrfe.- 1
4TH PREPARATIONS
INDICATE GALA
CELEBRATION
The committee of citizens in
charge of Independence Day
arrangements have practically
completed the program for
the day and a good old fash
ioned celebration is promised,
| with plenty of fun for young
! and old.
; The festivities will be started
with a big Calathumpian pa
rade at noon, followed by a
j variety of field sports for men
women and children, com
mencing at 1 o’clock. There
| will be sack races, three leg
I ged races, shoe races, etc., for
the boys; potato, egg, sack
and other races for the girls;
running, jumping and other
contests for the men, including
a fat man’s race; running
races and a nail driving con
test for the women, a tug of
war between Hyder and Stew
art teams, a baseball contest
between Premier and Hyder,
and a dance under the aus
pices of the Pioneers of Alas
ka in the evening. Cash prizes
will be given the winners in
the various contests, ranging
from $1 up, in the kids races
to a prize of $25 for the win
ning tug of war team. In ad
dition the winner of the base
ball game will play the Stew
art team on the local grounds
Sunday for a prize of $50.
Music for the Pioneer dance
will be provided by the fam- j
ous Premier orchestra. The
orice of admission has bee
fixed at $2, with luncheon in
cluded.
The big parade will form or.
Premier Avenue at the old
light plant and facing the
docks at 12 sharp, in order to
start promptly at 12:30. In
order to encourage deeper in
terest in this feature of the cel
ebration the committee has!
hung up a prize of ?25 for the j
best decorated car or truck. '
The judges named to pick the j
winner are E. R. Stivers, Wm.!
Gray and Chas. F. Sandford. j
The line of March will bt j
along Premier Avenue to Firstj
Ave., thence along First Ave-1
nue to International Way; j
along International Avenue to
Premier Avenue; out Premier
Avenue to IMile Bar, thence
back along Premier Avenue to
the corner of Nevada Street;
out Nevada Street to the turn
and back to the ball grounds,
where the procession will dis
band. The parade will be led
by Marshal of the Day T. W.
McDonald, followed by a gov- j
ernment truck bearing the Boy ;
Scouts with the Flag. Next in j
line will be the floats and ;
trucks; the Pieneers of Alas- j
ka; Moose lodge and citizens
in cars. The committee extends
an invitation to everyone to
join the parade with their car.
The sports will commence at
the ball grounds as soon as
the parade is over.
Following is the program oi
sports and the prizes offered.
Field Sports: 1 P. M.
For Boys: 1st. 2nd.
Sack race $2. $1.
3--legged race 3. 2.
Shoe race 2. 1.
Pig-a-back race 3. 2.
For Girls: , '
POWER PROPOSAL
ABANDONED BY
HELMERS COMPANY
Owing, it is said, to the large
-ost and the prospect of un
certain revenues, the Siems,
Helmers and Schaffner Com
pany, has decided that, tor
the present at least, It must
| abandon its plans for the utili
sation of the power resources
of the Soule Glacier river, ac
cording to a letter from the
'ompany headquarters receiv
ed by Attorney Ernest Blue.
That portion of the letter
bearing on the company’s in
tentions in connection with
the project reads as follows:
“It is with considerable re
gret that we advise you that,
for the present at least, all
consideration of developing
the Glacier River plant will
have to be abandoned.”
The remainder of the com
munication is devoted to de
tailing the reasons for the
company’s decision, which, as
stated above, appears to rest
primarily upon the prospect
that the present market for
power would not be sufficient
ly large to warrant the great
expenditure involved in an un
dertaking of such magnitude.
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A strike of very promising
looking ore was made during
the week on the Union group
in the upper Glacier Creek
section. The vein is said by
H. A Heywood, who directing
operations, to be about 5 feet
wide. Samples are now being
assayed.
Dr. C. D. Carter returned
from the Dease Lake section
last week and reports that no
pay had been found in that
lection up to the time of his
departure May 28th. Also no
gold had been found except
on the discovery claim and no
pay at that. He did consider
able prospecting himself but
'ound nothing. However, it is
a good country to prospect
?n. There were about 300
stampeders in the camp when
he left. He does not intend to
return.
Ben Erickson manager of the
Rufus operations, arrived on
the Prince George last week,
accompanied by Mrs. Erickson.
The following arrived and
departed on the Wales last
week.
Arrived:—Dr. C. D. Carter,
J. Nesbitt, Malcolm Faa, Eric
Faa.
Left:—Lawrence Barrett. !.
G. Anderson, O. P. Elvigion,
L. G. Thomas, H. F. Preston,
J.M. Corse.
100 yard dash 10.
Running bases 5.
Running bd. jump 5.
Relay (4 men) 10.
Pig-a-back race 5
Vfc mile race 10.
Fat men’s race:
100 yard dash 5.
For women:
100 yard dash 6.
Nail driving race 3.
Base running 6.
Novelty contests: