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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST &0.
PRICE TEN CENTS I
ARGENTINE PUNS
OPE SHIPMENTS
The Argentine Mining Syndi
cate, of which Clay Porter,
noted mining man, is manag
ing director, is planning ship
ments of high-grade ore from
the Kenneth property near the
headwaters of the south fork
of Glacier Creek in the Bear
River district, it was announced
by Me-. Porter this week.
Mr. Porter, who located and
placed the noted Porter Idaho
property on a productive basis,
began work on the Kenneth
group (formerly the Mobile)
late last year under a leasing
arrangement with the owners,
H. P. Gibson and L. L. Legge.
He at that time characterized
the property as the most prom
ising he had ever seen in the
district. Samples taken from a
short tunnel on one of the
leads gave extraordinary val
ues in silver, nearly 1,000 ounc
es being shown in one instance.
Argentine Mining ads,L(,le
Later, Mr. Porter in association j
with Messrs Legge and Gibson
formed the Argentine Mining
Syndicate on a unit basis and
following closely along the
lines of the old Porter Idaho
Syndicate, with which he so
successfully developed the Por
ter Idaho property.
During the present season
the Argentine Syndicate has
engaged in driving a drift tun
nel which is now in about 75
feet and is said to show a fuIS |
face of ore carrying veins oi j
high-grade a foot or more in
width. Values contained in
these high-grade shoots art
said to be excellent and will j
yield a good profit over and j
above mining, transportation
and smelting charges even un
der the depressed conditions in
the metal markets.
The Syndicate is reported to
have let a contract for trans
porting 50 tons of ore from the
mine to Stewart wharf and
plans to start shipments in the
the near future.
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Alaska Memorial for
Colonel Ben Eielson
A project to erect upon the
campus of the Alaska Agricul
tural College and School of
Mines an aeronautical engin
eering building dedicated to
the memory of Colonel Carl
Ben Eileson, is receiving the
sympathetic attention of all
Alaska, as well as attracting
notice elsewhere. It is pro
posed to raise $100,000 by
popular subscription, to be ex
pended in the construction of a
concrete, fireproof aeronautic
al engineering building. The
project is sponsored by the
Fairbanks post of the Ameri
can Legion and Legion posts
throughout the Territory are
cooperating. The advisory com
mittee is headed by Governor
George A. Parks and Harry S.
New, former postmaster gen
eral, and includes congress
ional members and other na
tional figures.
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N. M. Traversy left Tuesday
on a business trip to Ketchi
kan.
Moose Dance August 30th
Fine Progress on Texas Road
Excellent progress is being
made by the Seims-Spokane
Company on the Texas Creek
highway construction and
there is at present every pros
pect that the last lap of the
splendid highway will be com
pleted well within the sched
uled period. The big power
shovel, which has- been of im
mense importance in hastening
the work, is now digging at a
point about 700 yards beyond
the Malcolm Smith, cabin and
is moving ahead rapidly, al
though digging is a bit hard
at times owing to the presence
I of spots of hard-pan.
The contractor’s have fin
ished laying the coarse surfac
ing on the 4-mile stretch of
grade between the bridge and
Ibex Creek completed last year
by the Gardner company and
installation of the top surfac
ing was started a few days ago.
The company plans to com
plete the surfacing on this sec
tion before starting to grave!
the present contract.
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Hospital Statement
Receipts at the hospital dur
ing July aggregated $655.25
and expenses for the same per
iod amounted to $568.53, ac
cording to a statement made
public by the Hospital Board
this week.
Sixteen patients were admit
ted for treatment during the
month, with a total of 170 pat
ient days. As a result of the
increased patronage the per
capita cost for the month was
reduced to the unusually low
figure of $3.35 per patient.
The reduction discloses clearly
how scarcity of patients in a
smaller community such as
this acts as a severe handicap
to hospital maintenance.. If
patronage were regularly as
large as- last month the per
capita costs could at all times
be kept down to relatively low
figures, with resultant lower
ing of the maintenance bur
j dens falling on the Commun
ity
Donations during the month
(amounting to $157.40 were re
! eeived froni the following
| ources: Consolidated Mining!
and Smelting Co., $100; bal
ance from raffle July 1, $35;
Mrs. Tooth and Mrs. McLean,
$10; C. F. Sandford, $5; anon
| ymous, $7.40.
Herald Receives Replica
Of Famous Document
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A facsimile copy of what is
probably the most famous doc
ument in existence, the Declar
ation of Independence of the
United States, has been ac
quired by the Herald and may
now be seen at this office.
The replica was presented
to this publication by the John
| Hancock Life Insurance Co, of
i Boston, Mass., and affords the
people of this section an oppor
I tunity to inspect an almost
'exact duplicate of the great
instrument upon which our
government was founded.
The copy, like its prototype,
is printed on parchment and.
i aside from being somewhat
; smaller in size, is a perfect
, copy of the original docu
ment, even the most minute de
tails being faithfully repro
1duced.
CUMIN MINER
' HAS BAD ACCIDENT
Joseph. R. Fendley, Chicka
min River miner and partner
of W. W. Metcalf in the Met
calf and Fendley group on
Banded Mountain,, suffered a
bad fracture of one leg while
working on their property late
Friday afternoon, according to
word brought to town early
this morning. So far as could
be ascertained up to the time
of going to press, the break
was the result of a rock falling
or rolling on the limb, which
was broken between the knee,
and ankle.
Adding to the gravity of the
accident is the fact that the in- ;
jured man is in a remote sect-1
ion of the district where trav-j
el is difficult and must be car- j
amin Glacier to some point on 1
the unfinished Texas Creek i
highway where he can be I
picked up by a car.^.
News of the accident was
brought to the Seims-Spokane
Company road camp near Ibex
Creek late last evening by M.
C. Butler, mining engineer in
charge of development oper
ations on the Metcalf and
Fendley property. Mr. Butler
was rushed to Premier in one
of the Seims-Spokane trucks
in an effort to secure medical
aid for the injured man, but
whether the attempt was suc
cessful or not is not known.
It. was reported this afternoon
that members of the road crew
have gone over the ice to assist
in bringing the injured man
out to the road and he is ex
pected to reach town late this
afternoon. It is understood that
Mr. Fendley will be taken to
Ketchikan on the airplane if
his arrival here is not too long
delayed.
Promising Lead on the
Lucky Date Property
The Stewart News reports;
that Wm. Younkin and Owen
McFadden have opened what.!
appears to be a very promising
lead on their Lucky Date prop-1
erty on the north fork of Bit-'
ter Creek. In a drift started
this year they have a nice face
of ore from which five moil
samples taken across 3*/2 feet
averaged close to $20 in gold
and silver, in addition to lead
and zinc values. What seems
to be a persistent $2 gold value
is an interesting feature of the
find, the News states. The own
ers intend to continue the drift
as far as possible this season.
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American Creek Co. Working
The American Creek Mining
Company has launched an ex
tensive program of surface
prospecting on its huge group
of mineral claims on American
Creek in the upper Bear River
section.
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The Premier Community
Club is making preparations to
install sound pictures, or “talk
ies” in the Club’s big hall at
the Premier mine. Reports
from Premier say the contract
! has been let and installation of
| the apparatus will be complet
jed next month.
: FISHERIES HUSH'S
GREATEST INOHSTRV
The fishing industry of Alas
| ka employed in 1929 a total of
29,283 persons and produced
! a total of 387,593,551 pounds
of fish and fish products val
■ ued at $50,795,819, according
! to a statistical bulletin issued
j recently by the Bureau of Fish
| eries of the Department of
1 Commerce. This was more
' than three times the value of
| the entire mineral production
| of the Territory during the
same year, when minerals to
.the value of $16,060,000 were
j produced, and discloses the im
J mense importance of the fish
| eries as compared to all other
| Territorial resources.
The bulletin discloses that of
j the total number employed in
[the industry 10,921 were en
gaged in actual fishing, 1,716
in transporting fish and fish
products, not including com
mon carriers, and 16,646 in
wholesale and manufacturing
industries incident to fishing.
Vessels engaged in fishing j
totaled 734, in addition to 5,
420 boats not classified as ves
sels. The total catch of the in
dustry, exclusive of whales, in
cluded 442,601,276 pounds of
salmon, valued at $10,843,836; j
other varieties of fish totaling
197,887,987 pounds, valued at
$5,621,157, and 2,008,276
pounds of shell-fish valued at
$117,226. Whales taken dur
ing the year numbered 385.
Whale products as prepared
for market totaled 8,925,189
pounds and possessed a value i
of $502,081.
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To Drill On Mountain Boy
Preparations are under way
for an extensive diamond drill
ing program on the Mountain
Boy property on American
Creek.
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Woodbine Head Arrives
Hugh B. McGuire, prominent
I mining man and controller of
the Woodbine and other ex
tensive mineral holdings in the
district, was an arrival Mon
day evening. Mr. McGuire is
here in connection with a new
development program on the
Woodbine, where recent dia
mond drilling activities dis
closed several promising gold
leads which it is planned to de
velop.
Mr. McGuire is accompanied
by Mr. M. M. Kelliher, who
represents eastern investors
who are interested in the new
development project.
: Badly mauled by a wounded
i grizzy bear, Deputy U. S.
Marshal C. J. Sullivan, of Ten
akee, barely escaped with his
life through the timely arri’ a)
of his hunting companions,
Judge Justin W. Harding and
assistant district attorney G.W.
Folta. The bear, wounded the
day before by the hunter's, sud
dely dashed upon Sullivan,
knocked his gun a rod away,
and bit him severely on the leg,
back, side and ear. The bear
escaped.
Plane Take* Prospectors
To Unuk River District
The Washington-Alaska Air
ways seaplane Sitka, piloted
by Lieut. E. A Meyering and
with Frank Wadman as mech
anician, arrived from Ketchi
kan at 10:30 a. m. today, with
two passengers, N. M. Trav
ersy ,who has been in the First
City on business, and Frances
Sandford, daughter of the Her
ald editor, who has been visit
ing relatives there during the
past month.
Shortly after arrival the plane
hopped off for the headwaters
of Unuk River with T. H. Mac
Kay and Wm. Prout, of Pre
mier, who plan to prospect in
that section for a few weeks.
The plane carred a 600-pound
outfit for the two prospectors
The aircraft is expected to
stop here on its return trip to
Ketchikan to pick up passen
gers.
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B. C. Power Officials
Visit Meziadin Site
Major J. C. MacDonald, con
troller of water rights in Brit
ish Columbia, and C. E. Webb
chief of the Dominion watei
power and reclamation brand
of the Department of the In
terior, who visited Meziadin
Lake last week in company
with G. H. Kohl, location en
gineer of the Power Corporal
ion of Canada and W. D. Smith
local manager of the same cor
poration, left for the southlasl
Saturday without divulging
the object of their trip to the
lake, which apparently had
some connection with the re
ported power development pro
ject of the big power concern
in that section.. Mr Kohl was
also a passenger south by the
same boat.
A Victoria dispatch received
Thursday by the Stewart News
reported that the Provincial
Water Board of British Colum
bia will hear on August 22 an
application of the Northern
Biitish Columbia Power Comp
any for water rights on Mezia
din River and asserted that the
project would supply power to
Stewart and tributary mines.
As is generally known, the
Northern British ColQbia Pow
er Company is a subsidiary of
the Power Corporation of Can
ada.
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Mcose Complete
Park Improvements
Representatives of the Moose
lodge completed this week an
extensive series of improve
ments on the swimming pool
in the Moose picnic park, a
short distance north of town.
The pool is now filled with
nice, fresh warm water and is
an ideal spot for swimming or
or wading. A camp stove has
also been installed in the park
for the convenience of picnic
parties who wish to cpok or
heat coffee.
The park was established by
the Moose as a public resort
and all who wish may take ad
vantage of its facilities at any
time.
Wellington Beaton, manag
ing director of the Georgia Riv
er Gold Mines and president of
the Hyder Lead Mines comp
anies, arrived last vtfeek for a
! short visit;
IJULY COMMERCE
SHOWS SMALL GAIN
With salmon shipments val
ued at $2,331,104 leading the
list and with gold and silver
exports total i n g $827,562,
Alaska products shipped $o the
States last month possessed an
aggregate value of $4,805,746,
according to the monthly com
merce statement of Collector
of Customs J. C. McBride. This
was $22,287 in excess of July
1929, when the value of out
bound commerce was $4,783,
459.
Copper, usually the second
commodity in point of value,
showed a decline of $224,113
as compared to the same
month last year, but gold and
silver increased from $587,
173 to $827,562, a gain of
$240,389. Shipments of com
modities other than salmon
and precious minerals were
less than last year; the total
for the month being $3,978,
124, against $4,021,640 in July
1929. The list of exports and
values follows:
Animals ..... !
Curios .
Fish: Fresh and froz
en(except shell-fish)
Halibut .
Salmon .
All other.
Canned (except
shell-fish) :
Salmon .
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish) :
Cod .
Herring .
Salmon .
Shell-fish:
Clams .
Crabs ...
Shrimps .
Other Fish Products:
Meal-..
Oil .
All other.
Furs and fui--skins:
Silver or black fox
Red fox .
White fox .
Mink .
Muskrat .
All other .
Oil: whale .
Ore, matte, regulus:
Copper .
Lead .
Stone, including
marble....
Trophies, specimens
Wood, timber and
lumber ...
*A11 other articles ..
500
495
49,455
36,184
986
2,331,104
14,870
7,304
341,841
87,790
1,832
13,895
153,715
209,344
50
700
1,740
450
6,685
5,869
3,147
90,065
440,340
7,060
9,247
2,310
16,607
6,960
Total value products
‘of Alaska . $3,840,536
Products of United
States returned. 131,082
i Total value of for
eign products . 6,506
Total value shipments
of merchandise. $3,978,124
;Gold . 813,822
Silver . , 13,740
Total . $4,805,74
* Items included in “all other
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Wool . $ ' 68
Paintings . 300
i Whale fertilizer . 6,193
Reindeer hides. 45
Hairseal skins. 354
Total . 6,960
Moose Dance August 30th
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