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VOL IV, NO. XLV
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 24,1924
FIFTY CENTS A K(MI
Indian Mining Company
Making Last Survey Before
Installing Big Mining Plant
Proceeding with a thorough
nes that will admit of few mis
takes in outlining future devel
opment., operations, the man
agement of the Indian mine is
now making what may be
termed the final tests of the
ore reserves before inaugurat
ing operations on a commercial
scale. Diamond drills are bor
ing into the deeper reaches of
mine, thoroughly exploring the
ore bodies revealed by the de
velopment work of t,he past
two years with a view to deter
mining as far as possible their
full extent and also to pick up
any new deposits in the ore sys
tem before commencing oper
ations on a commercial scale.
Up to the present time seven
extensive ore shoots have been
opened, each of which are
said to carry commercial val
ues, with several containing
streaks or bands with values
well into the hundreds of dol
lars. Sdlne idea of the extent of
the ore deposits is disclosed
by the development in the No.
.1 tunnel, where the shoot has
been followed for more than
250 feet, with the face still in
the ore. As revealed by a
cross cut some fifty or sixty
feet from the face, the vein at
this point is said to be more
than 20 feet thick and has
been shown by careful samp
ling to carry values in excess
I of $25 to the ton, with here
land there a streak where the
j values run up to better than
$100.
! According to a recent an
nouncement the cjjjnpany con
templates spending approx
imately $300,000 in develop
ment and equipment this year
unless unforseen circumstances
interfere with present plans.
Samples of the ore are now
being subjected to tests for the
purpose of determining type
of mill and other equipment
best calculated to treat the ore.
When this is determined the
company expects to commence
the erection of a mill of at
least two hundred tons capac
ity, possibly more if the devel
opment work now in progress
warrants. Although present
plans are still in what may be
termed the formulative stage,
the company is said to have un
der consideration a plan to lo
becon Salmon river main cmf
cate the mill at a point near
the main Salmon river high
way some distance from, the
mine employing an aerial tram
to carry the ore from mine
to mill. The plan also includes
the operation of both mine and
mill machinery by electric pow
er, the current being supplied
by a semi-Diesel engine power
plant located at the same point
as the mill.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST
POINTS IN THE WORLD
The maximum difference in
elevation of land in the United
State is 14,777 feet, according
to the United States Geologial
Survey. Mount Whitney, the
highest point, is 14,501 feet
above sea level,and a point in
Death Valley is 276 feet below
sea level. These two points,
which are both in California,
are less than 90 miles apart.
The difference is small, how
ever, as compared with the
figures for Asia. Mount Ever
est rises 29,002 feet above sea
level, whereas the shores of
the Dead Sea are 1,290 feet
below sea level, a total differ
ence in land heights of 30,292
feet. Mount Everest has never
been climbed.
The greatest ocean depth yet
found is 32,088 feet at a point
about forty miles north of the
Island of Mindano, in the Phil
iplne Islands. The ocean bot
tom at this point is therefore
more than lllA> miles below
the summit of Mount Everest.
The difference in the land
heights in Europe is about 15,
8668 feet.—Exchange.
Blazo Christ, accused of jump
ing his bail on a liquor charge
at Fairbanks, was arrested at
Seattle recently and will be re
turned to Fairbanks for trial.
ESKIMOS FACE
THEIR DEATH
WITH SMILE
Sergeant Hubert Thorne, of
the Canadian Mounted Police,
arrived recently at Fort Yu
kon from Herschel Island via
Rampart House and Porcupine
river. Thorne said that the Es
kimos whom he w^s sent to ex
ecute were put to death Feb
ruary 1, stating that the natives
were unafraid of death; they
were in good spirits to the last
and smiled when they were ta
ken to the scaffold. They had
nothing to say other than that
the police were their friends.
The executor did not return
with Thorne, but will go out by
the McKenzie river route after
the opening of navigation.
Thorne had a hard trip both
ways. The lack of snow on his
journey north made the going
very hard and the extreme
cold weather on the return
trip caused unusual hardships.
| Exchange—
George C. Hazelet, of the
Chilkat Oil Company, at Ka
talla, says the company will
build an oil supply station at
or near the Ocean Dock at Cor
dova, work upon which will be
started at once. He also states
that the company will install a
! gasoline extraction plant at
Katalla if the condiions war
rant the same.
NEW HIGH GRADE ORE BODY
ENCOUNTERED ON DALY-ALASKA
High grade ore, said to carry
values ranging from $24 at the
lowest to upward of $170, has
been encountered in the long
tunnel on the Daly-Alaska dur
ing the past few days. Arrivals
from the property during the
latter days of last week assert
ed that the strike is unques
tionably the most important
development that has so far
occurred on that famous old
property, as it has demon
strated that, as was the case in
the Premier, Dunwell and
other properties, that the val
ues increase as depth is at
tained. Authentic details of the
jnew find could not be obtained
up to the time of going to press
but from the information at
hand it appears that the high
grade ore is of considerable
extent.
Eldorado To Block Out High
Grade Ore Deposits During Summer
President T. V. Wilson, of the
Eld'orado Gold Minting Co.,
has returned to the south after
making preliminary arrange
ments for the inauguration of
an extensive development pro
gram, which will be put into
operation as soon as a large
quantity of supplies and mine
equipment which he brought
in with him is placed on the
ground. The main objective of
the summer’s operations wiU
be the blocking.out of the ora
bodies encountered last sum
mer in Number 1 and 3 tun-!
nels, which are said to carry
very good values in gold, as
well &s considerable silver.
The Eldorado properties are
located across the Salmon river
glacier and are considered
among the most promising in
the Salmon river district. Tests
of the ore made last fall by Mr.
Wilson disclosed values in ex
cess of $200 a ton. The work
done last summer also disclos
ed that the values increase
steadily with depth.
Fishing Industry
Big S.E.Ala$ka Asset
The fishing industry of Alaska
| measured by the value of its
products is now foremost
among its industries and two
thirds of the entire catch is ta
ken from the waters of South
eastern Alaska. Salmon ranks
first, with halibut second; her
ring, cod, shrimp and clams
also produce a large revenue.
The entire halibut industry is
tributary to Southeastern Alas
ka. For the year 1919 the fish
ing industry represented an
investment of $75,000,000,
employed nearly 30,000 per
sons and products were valued
at over $50,000,000. Of the
above investment $34,000,000,
or over . 45 per cent, was in
Southeastern Alaska. During
1922 there were fifty-six sal
mon canneries operating in
Southeastern Alaska and they
produced nearly 2,000,000
cases of salmon. During the
ten-year period ending with
1919, the waters of South
eastern Alaska actually yield
ed 1,254,158,058 pounds of
j salmon alone, valued at $146,
; 499,221, or any average dur
ing each of those years of over
twice the amount which the
United States paid Russia for
the entire territory. — Ex
change.
Get That Spring Suit! Samples
Here in a Few Days-Wagner's
HOYT JURY DISAGREES
The jury in the case against
Romeo Hoyt, charged with rob
bing the postoffice at Fair-!
bc.nks, tried recently in the
Federal District Court there,
failed to reach a verdict and 1
the case will be tried next i
Fall.
The trial of the case con sum
ed 30 days. The jury was out!
24 hours before it was dis- j
charged. It was reported the
jury stood 9 to 3 for acquittal.
Hoyt, who is a prominent bus-!
iness man of the interior me
tropolis, was defended by T.A.
Marquam.
LARGE STILL SEIZED
CLOSE TO ANCHORAGE
One of the largest stills
ever uncovered in the Ter
ritory of Alaska has been
seized by federal agents op- j
erating from the office of Pro-1
hibition Director Means, near j
the town of Anchorage. ‘
At the time of seizure, the
plant was in full operation.
Three men were required to
handle the outfit. That it was
a real, honest-to-goodness lay
out is shown by the fact that
there were one hundred gal
lons of moonshine whiskey on
hand that had just been “run
off” and seven hundred gal
lons of mash ready to go into
the still. It is estimated that
I the daily output of this plant is
approximately twenty gallons
a day— Cordova Times.
Double Wear.. Shoes to Your
Measure, $5 to $6—Wagner's
I i
Dunwell Management Now
| Thoroughly Exploring Niw
Found Rich Ore Deposit
Reports from the Dunwell
continue to be of the most en
couraging character. Work is
at present directed to blocking
out the high grade ore body
recently discovered in No. 3
tunnel. The drift is being ex
tended parallel to the ore,
with cross cuts at intervals of
fifty feet penetrating the vein.
The ore continues to retain the
same high grade characteris
tics revealed at the time of the
strike some weeks ago. Sam
ples of therock showing both
gold and native silver are in
'the possession of several Hy
der residents and are remark
ably fine specimens of gold and
s'Ivor bearing ore. Recent
average samplings show values
better than $140 per ton.
TANANA VALLEY FLOUR
SOLD IN SHORT TIME
Wheat grown by the farmers
of the Tanana Valley and mill
ed at Fairbanks last fall was
| consumed entirely at Fair
banks and was not suiiiciout
meet the local
lU
demand
| there, according to F. C. Irons,
who had charge of the milling
operations. Orders for sub
jstantial quantities received by
the mill from Anchorage mer
chants could not be filled.
Mr. Irons, an expert flour mil
ler and expert on grain and
fbur classification says all of
the Tanana Valley wheat, is
No 1 hard and produces a
very superior grade of flour.
How high this quality is may
be seen when one considers
that not more than one out of
every 50 cars of Minnesota,
Dakota and other northern
states’ wheat is graded as No.l
hard.
Owing to the failure of 1922
through an unusually wet
summer and an abnormally
early snowfall only some 60
tons of wheat were harvested.
Of this amount 80,000 pounds
were manufactured into flour.
The rest was reserved for
seeding this years crop. The
mill bought the grain out
right from the farmers .The
price originally paid to the
growers was three aod one
half cents. When the milling
and marketing had been com
pleted, the mill’s profit on the
operations had been so satis
factory that an additional cent
per pound was paid to the far
mers, making the total price
paid to them four and one
half cents.—Exchange.
FAIRBANKS JUDGE TO
UNDERGO OPERATION
Hon. Cecil H.Clegg, federal
judge in the fourth division of
Alaska, is enroute to the Mayo
| Brothers’ Institute at Rochest
er, Minn., where he will under
|go an operation for an ingrow
j ing goitre. For the past several
i weeks, he has been able to
! hold court for half-day sessions
only. A term of the court has
been called to convene at Flat
July 22, and the judge hopes to
be able to be there on the date
set.
Judge Clegg is highly esteemed
in his district and he has made
a fine record.
(PLATINUM ONE OF
MOST VALUABLE OF
ALL KNOWN METALS
Worth $125 an ounce and
Ifar more useful than gold,
' platinum has qualities of
worth and merit never dream
jed of for the yellow metal,
j The first large quantity was
j taken to England from Jam
iaica in 1740 and studied by
English scientists.
t is widely but not abundant- .
ly distributed, and is found
j under the same conditions as
g'Id, the principal foreign de- .
posits being in Russia, Spain,
the United States of Colombia,
Australia and South Africa.In
this country it has been dis
covered in Alaska, Nevada,
California, Colorado, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah,
Wyoming and Washington.
Russia produced 90 per cent
of all platinum thus far recov
ered, and Colombia 9 per cent
more, leaving only 1 per cent
from all other countries. Since
Russia adopted soviet govern
ment it has been necessary to
look elsewhere for this regal
metal, and Colombia is now
furnishing most of the world’s
supply.
Today most of the metrl is
dredged from shallow Colom
bian rivers. There are proba. ly
not more than 500,000 lb3. in
the world and the United
States has not mere than a
fifth of this.
Platinum does not melt un
til the extreme high temper
ature of 3,159 degrees Faren
heit is reached and is not ap
preciably attacked by any
single acid.
A wire so fine that it is in
visible may be drawn from
platinum. An ounce of it can
be drawn out into a wire that
I will reach more than haL way
across the United States. Pre
cise telescopic instruments
used to use cross hairs of spi
derwebs, one 5,000th of an
inch in diameter. Today plat
inum wires only a fourth as
large or one 10,000th of an
inch in diameter are used.—
Exchange.
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| try the Midget Emporium.