HYDER WEEKLY MINER
Formerly The Hyder Alaska Miner
Published every Monday by thie Hyder Miner Publish
ing Hyder, Alaska.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at
Hyder, Alaska, November 4,1919, under the Act of March
3. 1879.
f HAS. F. SANPFORD... ..... Editor.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
GOOD ADVERTISING
That the Salmon River min
ing district is a promising field
for mining development, is the
f jremost statement on the lode
m.mng situation in Alaska con
tained in thd advance state
ment of the annual report of
the United States Geological
Survey for 1923, copies of
which were released to the
press by the Department of
the Interior January 1. The
advance statement, a digest
of which is printed elsewhere
in me present issue, is based
on the report to the depart
o ' Dr. Alfred H. Brooks, Chief
Alaskan Geologist, now in
course of preparation.
Although containing no de
ta led reference to the charac
ter of the mineral deposits or 01
the extent of the development
work done, the statement! is
nevertheless a very excellent
recommendation of the devel
opment possibilities of the dist
rict; first because the refer
ence is given the foremost
position in the statement rel
ative to the gold lodes of the
Territory and, secondly, owing
to its containing the specific
assertion that the district con
tains “many promising gold
and silver properties.” Ref
erence is also made to the
notable discovery of the new
mineral area in the Texas
Creek section, which is referr
ed to as a “western extension
of the metalliferous belt ot
the district containing “some
promising gold and silver pros
pects, notably in the valley of
Texas Creek.1’
In spite of the absence of de
ta 1 and the rather vague al
I isions to development possibil
ities, the statement is good ad
vertising for the district. Dr.
Brooks is considered an author
ity on Alaska geology a«d min
ing conditions and his state
ments command respect and
attention of all who are inter
ested in Alaskan mining devel
opment. His assertion that this
district contains many promis
ing properties is one that will
carry much weight among
mining men and can hardly fail
to attract more than average
attention among those who are
seeking a field for mining en
deavor.
A SURVEY NEEDED
The generally vague referen
ces to the mineral possibilities
of the Salmon River district in
he annual report of the Geo
‘ogical Survey shows clearly
the need of a comprehensive
geological reconnaissance fof
the district in order that those
vvho are seeking comprehensive
information regarding the min
erology may have access to au
thoritative information on the
|ubject. The .report (for /the
past year, as indicated in the
preceding article, gives the Sal
mon section a prominent place
in its references to Alaska lock
mining but makes no mention
of the mineral characteristic.1
or of the peculiar geological
conditions obtaining here.
Those whose interest is at
tracted to the development
possibilities of the district ver>
naturally desire to know some
ling of the character of the
mineral forms and the condit
ions under which they appear,
lence an authoritative 'text
book on the subject is highly
desirable, and the citizens oi
lyder can perform no more
oeneficial service for the town
and district than by making an
effort to induce the Depart
ment of the Interior to order
i comprehensive geologjicail
survey of the local mineral
area. The Miner heretofore
has called attention to the im
potance ox an authoritative
statement of this character but
in spite of the constantly reit
erated declaration that the dis
trict needs advertising, the sug
gestion apparently failed to
arouse the interest of even the
most ardent clamorers for
‘boosting the district.” At
least nothing has been done in
hat direction up to the present.
A moments reflection should
convince the most benighted
that an authoritative work on
the minerology of the district
would be of inestimable value
as an advertising medium, in
addition to being of consider
able value to the prospector
and miner. Why then do not
some of our ardent disciples
of “boosting” bestir themselves
to the extent of making an ef
fort to induce the Geological
Survey to turn it attention in
this direction?
WHY “LEAP YEAR”
A subscriber asks why Leap
Year became so named.
The answer is that the term
was bestowed owing to the fact
that any fixed date after Feb
i ruary skips or “leaps” over one
I day of the week and falls on
the succeeding week day to the
one on which it fell the pre
ceding year.
The Yukon river has a total
length of nearly 3,000 miles,
and it is about the fifth larg
est stream in the world. It is
navigable for river vessels for
a distance of about 2,400 miles.
Statistics show that there is
ies3 crime per capita in Alaska
than in any state in the Union.
ALASKA CARNATIONS
BLOOM IN DECEMBER
On December 6, Mrs. George
Dedman picked a full bloom
carnation from a plant in
the rear of the Golden North
Hotel. The plant was almost
without protection as the door
and windows were wide open.
The carnation is a lovely pink.
There are many plump buds on
the same plant and they will
probably develop into fine
flowers later as Mrs. Dedman
took the box with the plant in
to the house. There are still
pansies in full bloom in some
of the gardens in town.—
Skagway Alaskan.
i Alaska has the highest moun
; tain—Mount McKinley— in
; North America. Its altitude
' is 20,46* feet.
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