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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16,1925
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MINING NOTES
The L & L mine, closed down
for several weeks is being re
opened by manager Wm. Ir
win and development work
will soon be in full swing.
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Development work on the
Lakeview will soon be resum
ed, according to Stewart re
ports..
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A new tunnel is being driven
on the ore on the Albany prop
erties by Jack Watkins, repre
senting th§ Albany Mining
Company. Work will continue
throughout the winter, accord
ing to present contemplations.
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The Indian mine is accumu
lating, a shipment of ore at 15
Mile for shipment to the smelt
er.
Seymour Campbell, manager
of the Silver Crest operations,
left last week for Vancouver,
after an exceptionally busj
season during which a large
amount of development work
was done on the property and
resulted in some highly grati
fying ore discoveries.
In s/ldition to considerable
surface work aimed at tracing
out the vein system, with a
view to future underground
operations, Mr. Campbell, also
started a new 150-foot tunnel
under contract, work on which
is still in progress.
The Salmon River Dock Com
pany is adding 50 feet ot
frontage to its dock by extend
ing the structure for 50 feet
in a northerly direction, there
by practically filling in the
space between its own and tne !
Hyder Dock Company dock. ,
The company also plans to in
stall a floating dock at the
southerly end of the whan.
This will be about 25 by 50
feet and will give a total
frontage of about 300 feet.
The work is being done by
the Overreach Pile Driving
Co. of Ketchikan, with Wm.
Boose, a member of the firm n,
charge of construction. Mr.
Boose arrived last Thursday on
the tug Elsinore, which also
towed over the piling for the
new structure. t
Clarence P. Jameson, one 01
the most popular men in south
eastern Alaska, passed away
recently at Ketchikan, after a
brief illness.
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The motorship Norco arrived
from Seattle early Sunday
morning with 80 tons of gene
ral cargo mainly merchandise
ise for local consignees. The
vessel brought no passengers
for this port. Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Strong of Ketchikan, were
on board the ship enroute
home, after a visit in Seattle.
On departing for Ketchikan
the vessel carried the follow
ing list of local people bound
for various destinations: W. R.
-McDonnell, H F. Cromer,
Billy Frame, Sam Swenning,
Mrs. Sam Swenning, Baby
Swenning, P. R. Backus.
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES I
The Public Library is open
every Tuesday and Friday, af
! t-srnoon and evening: Hours 3
to S and 7 to 8 p. m.
Among the most pleasing de
velopments of the week was !
the receipt by the Library;
Board of a cash donation of
$25 from Portland Canai;
Lodge No. 1218, Loyal Order
of Moose.
The action of the lodge is
most commendable and help-1
i ful and will enable the board
to secure a number of works
that will form a splendid au- j
' dition to the list of worth
while publications now on:
hand.
' Technical, scientific and edu
cative works are among the
principal needs of the library,
as the contributions so far re
ceived have been mainly
works of fiction, of which j
! there is now an excellent col
lection.
Next week the Herald will
publish a list of 100 worth
while books which the Library
Board is greatly desirous ox
securing. The list comprises
the selection made by a com
| mittee of ninety-six men ana
women, all of whose names are
to be found in Who’s Who m
America. The list has also
been recommended by 94 per
I cent of the Public Libraries of j
i the United States to their
■ readers and has the endorse
' ment of the American Library
Association. j
The literary and musical en
tertainment given Saturday
evening by the M. E. Church
Entertainment Committee in
! Pioneer Hall was a splendid
, amusement offering that was
keenly enjoyed by those who
were fortunate enough to at
tend. The program comprised
16 tastefully selected musical
and vocal offerings by the
1 Church chorus, Mrs. Louis
Legge, J. O. Lyon and Mrs.
Harold Johnson, and recitat
ions and readings by Mrs. C.
T. Hatten. Little Harry Lyon
also gave a cute recitation en
titled “The Jew Baby.” The
presentations of Mrs. Hatten
covered a wide range of sub
I jeets and included both poetry
and prose and displayed to ex
cellent advantage her splendid
elocutionary and forensic abili
ties.
“Moonlight and Roses,” a j
beautiful vocal offering by
Mrs. Legge and chorus wa»
a splendid number, as was al
I so the singing of Mrs. Johnson
and chorus. J. A. Lyon, assist
ed by a chorus, also achieved
quite a hit in the vocal num
ber, “Who Takes Care of the
Caretaker’s Daughter.” Or
chestral numbers of most
pleasing character were rend
ered by Mrs. E. D. Haddon,
piano, J. M. Reynolds, violin, j
and Roy Newton, saxophone.
Ernest M. Polley, of Juneau, j
Territorial Tax Collector was
a visitor in Hyder during the
stay of the Wales last week.
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NIGHT SCHOOL
MEETING CALLED
The Hyder School Board will
hold a meeting Friday evening
at Chamber of Commerce Hall
S for the purpose of establishing
a Citizenship Night School.
! The meeting will convene at
: 8 p. m. All who are interested
in the movement are requested '
to attend in order that tnt j
board may bcome cognizant of :
l the number who desire to avail i
1 themselves of the excellent j
course of instruction provided, i
All persons over the age of lb
! years are eligible as pupils,
i The night schools are of espec
| ial benefit to those who desire
j to become citizens of the
United States and to acquire a 1
clear understanding of tut
principles of our government
and of American institution^.
The course includes instruction
! in the English language,
United States history, and the
government of the United
States or Territory of Alaska.
These are compulsory undei
the act creating the schools,
but instruction is also given n*
other subjects of a charactei
to create a higher standard of
citizenship and better under
standing of the privileges and
obligations of citizenship. In
struction is entirely free, tne
expense of maintenance being j
borne by the Territory.
The law provides for not leas
than two hours fiistracUrm per 1
session on not less than two or
more than five nights per week
over a period of not more than
24 weeks in one school year. !
An initial enrollment of not
less than 12 must be had to !
start a school and an average
attendance of 8 pupils must L»e
maintained after organizat-1
ion to keep it in existence, j
These requirements should ue
kept in mind by those desir
ous of becoming pupils, as a
failure to enroll the requisite
number at the forthcoming
meeting may result in the pro j
ject being abandoned for this
year.
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Alaska commodities, exclus- \
ive of gold and silver, shipped !
to the States during the month
of October, aggregated in val
ue $6,938,557, according to the
monthly statement of mei
chandise shipments issued b>
John C. McBride, collector of
customs. This was $780,082
less than the total outgoing
shipments of October, 1924.
The loss was caused by a!
heavy shrinkage in shipments
of copper ore by the Kenne
cott interests. Last month these
shipments amounted to 6,280,
534 pounds, having a value of j
$760,567, while the same
month a year ago they reach
ed 11,651,471 pounds, with a
declared value of $1,621,644.
Products of the fisheries in
dustry showed a small in
crease. Canned salmon exports
were valued at $4,932,573,
more than $80,000 in excess of
the exports for October 1924.
Other branches of the fishing
industry gained about $20,000.
GOVERNOR PARKS
MAKES FIRST REPORT
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Alaska continued to progress
industriously during the past
year said Governor Geo. A !
Parks in his first annual report
to the Secretary of the Interior
just made public..
While this advencement is
j slow, as in the past two years,
! it is nevertheless steady.
| Encouragement is found in
| thd fact that the fisheries,
! mining and forest • industries
i produced larger returns than
j in the preceding year, and
plans for greater development |
seem to be working out satis- i
factorily.
j The fishery industries con-:
j tinued to be the most import-j
| ant in the Territory. The value |
of its products, which aggre
gated $38,584,837 increased
about 4 per cent over 1923, |
the expansion being chiefly
in the herring fisheries. Labor
finds its greatest source of em
ployment in the fisheries. Ow
ing to the seasonal nature of
the employment furnished by
the salmon and herring in
dustries.The building of a per
manent population has been
retarded. This has not only ;
been a detriment to the Terri
tory, but has added to the
burden of both industries since
they have found it necessary
to import labor from long dis
tances to a large number of
districts. Governor Parks sug
gests that the evolution of a
plan for diversified fishing,
capable of providing almost
continuous employment, may
solve this problem and bring
about a substantial increase in
the permanent population of
the coastal regions. As an in
stance he cites that enormous
cod-fishing banks are located
along the coast of Alaska. De-!
spite the easy availability of
this valuable food fish, the ;
cod-fish products of the year
were less than $100,000. It Is
possible, he said, by careful!
planning to increase this many
fold.
All fishing operations were
carried on under the regulat
ions promulgated by the Sec- j
retary of Commerce as author
ized by the Act of June 6, I
1924. The Department of i
Commerce increased its field j
force to take care of the add
ed responsibilities bestowed
on it under that law by Con
gress, and the Commissioner
of Fisheries personally remain
ed in the Territory most of this
season observing conditions j
and studying the working of
the new law and department
regulations..
Conservation of the halibut
resources was attempted foi
the first time in 1924 when
the North Pacific Halibut
Treaty became effective. Un- j
der this, halibut fishing was
suspended for three months j
beginning November 16, 1924. |
The closed season did not ef
fect adversely the production
in this industry as the catch
showed a considerable increase
over that of 1923.
The census of the seal herd
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RIVERSIDE SHIPS
MORE CONCENTRATES
Twenty tons of concentrates
j from the Riverside mine were
taken out by the ^mctorship
( Norco enroute to the smelter.
The shipment was the second
made since the resumption of
operations by Messrs. J. D.
Littlepage and M. J. St Clair
some weeks ago, a shipment of
45 tons having been sent out j
last month.
The mine is being worked on
a modest scale but is doing ex-1
cellently, as the shipping rec
I ord shows. The ores now hand
led are said to be of exception
al grade, with an increased
gold content which addthmth
gold content which adds con
siderably to the values extract
ed as compared to those ob
tained from earlier operations.
on the Pribiloff Islands indi- i
cated a substantial gain, and j
the revenues derived from the j
sale of seal skins was mort !
than $700,000. In addition, the •
sale of blue and white fox)
skins in 1924 taken from the i
herd maintained on the same :
islands amounted to about j
$50,000.
“It would be a great benefit
to Alaska if a part of the re-1
turns from the sale of seals i
and foxes could be given to
the ^Territory for the mainte ;
nSfice- and extension of the j
public school system outside ot
incorporated towns,” said the
Governor’s report. He suggest-1
ed the propriety of limiting to
50 per cent of the net returns
the expenditures made by the j
Department of Commerce foi
improvements on the Pribiloff 1
Islands and added “At least
50 per cent should be allotted .
to the Territory yearly for sup
port of the common schools.”
During the year a gradual re- ;
sumption in both placer and j
lode mining was apprarent in
all parts of the Territory. The
total mineral production for
1924 had a value of $16,855,
808. The production of gola
exceeded that of 1923. Pros- j
pectors were encouraged by
several new discoveries, and
the consolidation and renewed j
activities of some of the largei (
dredging companies have stim- i
ulated the quest for low grade '
placer ground. Governor Parks
recommends more liberal laws
for the development of the i
low grade gravels in the Terri-1
tory. The existing law, he j'
points out, was designed to
prevent the monopolization of 1.
bonanza ground, and works a
hardship on capital seeking to
develop areas of low grade i
ground which cannot be profit
ably worked except by large
scale operations. The gold lode ‘
mining industry of the Tern-) (
tohry showed a healthy devel
(
opment, and the increase in
gold output for the year was
due mainly to the activitly in ‘
the lode mines, particularly m .
southeastern Alaska. While
benefits to the gold mining in j
dustry following the complet
ion of the Alaska Railroad
! B. C. SILVER
SHIPPING ORE
The first shipment of ore
from the B. C. Silver under the
winter operations schedule is
now being: accumulated at the
Setwart dock for shipment to
the smelter.
The shipment will comprise
50-tons and is said to be made
up of ore from the new ore
body found last winter by dia
mond drilling and later open
ed for exploration by a cross
.cut from the main tunnel. A
drift run on the ore is said to
have disclosed not only a very
large body of ore but also a
shoot of high grade carrying
values in excess of $300 per
ton, according to assays.
The work of hauling the ore
to tidewater is being done by
the Crawford Transfer.
have been rather slow to ap
pear in the production of gold,
significant developments are
now in progress which, with
an increase in prospecting,
will eventually lead to aug
mented gold returns.
The production of the cop
per mines was materially
smaller than in 1923. Thi3
resulted from unsatisfactory
market conditions which pro
vided no stimulus for extend
ed or enlarged operations..
Coal production likewise ex
perienced a decrease, but ex
tensive explorations are being
carried op which point to in
creased production and wider
distribution of Alaskan coal in
the near future.
The Katalla oil fields con
tinue to be the only producing
fields in the Territory. How
ever, exploration in other dis
tricts was earned on by some
of the larger companies.
Welb are being drilled in the
Cold Bay district by the Stand
ard Oil Company of California
and the Associated Oil. Com
pany. Geologic and topograph
ic surveys lying with Naval
Petroleum Reserve No. 4 on the
Arctic Slope were made by
government agencies during
the year. Definite results of
these surveys cannot be deter
mined until office and lub
ratory studies have been made
of the data and technical in
formation thus obtained.
While receipts from re
sources within the National
Forests of Alaska showed a
healthy growth for the year,
the Territory’s timber industry
continues to be but a small
factor in its industrial life, and
the annual returns from the
forests infintesimal when pos
sibilities for development and
utilization of the forest re
sources are realized. In the
calendar year 1924 the t'm _>er
cut from the National Forests
aggregated 52,500,000 board
feet, and the total cut since
1909, when the National For
ests in Alaska, were created,
has been 582,000,000 board
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