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VOL 2
NO. 37
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12,1926
FIFTY CENTS A WITH
BIG MISSOURI BONDS
ANOTHER GROUP j
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That the results of the long
period of development work !
carried on by the Big Missouri1
Miing Company are eminently
satisfactory to the company, is
again indicated by the bond
ing of additional properties
adjacent to the Big Missouri
group. The latest increase in
the Big Missouri holdings is i
the Day group, located along j
the westerly border of the Big.
Missouri and made up of four 1
claims and a fraction. Details
of the transaction are lacking
but it is reliably stated that;
under the terms of the option
agreement, between the com
pany and W. C. Cameron the
owner, the group has been
turned over to the Big Mis
souri people for a period of
two years for what is said to
be a satisfactory consideration, i
Those acquainted with the Day
group describe it as a highly
promising property, with a
series of attractive surface
showings upon which some de-:
velopment work has been done.
Although the property is un
doubtedly valuable from the
mineral standpoint, the opin
ion prevails in local mining
circles that the principal ob
ject of its acquisition is to fa
cilitate development of the
Big Missouri. Owing to the
Day group lying considerably
farther down the mountain
side. it is pointed out that tun
nels driven from that property
into the Big Missouri will pen
etrate the ore at points several
hundred feet lower than
would be possible within the
limits of the latter property.
Whatever may be the signifi
cance of the transaction from
the latter standpoint, it leaves,
no room for doubt that the
company is sufficiently satis
fied with the outlook for the
Big Missouri to further in-1
crease their holdings. This
view is further sustained by
the recent acquisition of the:
Unicorn group, following 'he
discovery that one of the Big
Missouri ore bodies penetrated
that property. As a result cf
the two deals the company h cs
acquired within the past three
months a total of ten claims
and four fractions, an area of
grand almost equal to that of
the Big Missouri.
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A message from the Big Mis
souri received Monday morn
ing announced that five mem
bers of the crew were ill with
influenza and requested that a
nurse be sent up to cai*e for
the victims. R. S. Phippeny,
mine book keeper, who was in
town at the time, sent up a sup
ply of medicine, and Mrs. Gos
ling undertook the task of
nursing the sufferers.
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A public dance will be held
at Mother’s Kitchen Saturday
evening. There will be no ad
mission charge but supper will
be served for the nominal sum
of fifty cents per head.
WORK STARTS ON
OUTLAND BAR
F. C. Outland, managing di
rector of the Outland Silver
Bar company, arrived from Se
attle last week and lost no
time in inaugurating the sum
mer development program.
After looking after local ar
rangements for a few days,
Mr. OJutland left for the com
pany properties during the
first part of the week, accom
panied by a crew of several
men. Lumber and supplies
were landed on the ground
several weeks ago.
According to Mr. Outland, it
is the intention to thoroughly
explore the high grade ore
bodies located last year and to
ship some ore, although no at
tempt will be made to place
the property on a shipping
basis this year. Initial activi
ties will be devoted to the con
struction of modern camp
buildings, after which atten
tion will be given to opening
up the various ore bodies as
far as can be done during the
season.
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Suffering from a cut on the
left wrist which had severed
joth arteries and necessitated
the application of tourniquets
o prevent him from bleeding
to death, George Devine, well
known miner, was brought into
town from 7-Mile late Tues
day night for surgical treats
ment. According to Devine the
wound was inflicted by a piece
>f a broken bottle left on a
dump at 9-Mile by some one
who evidently had been using
t for a target. Devine who
went up to 9-Mile yesterday to
perform assessment work, was
making his way around the
camp after nightfall, when he
tripped on a snag. In falling
he reached out to grasp a
dump in an effort to save him
self, with the result that his
hand encountered the jagged
edge of the broken bottle,
which could not be seen in the
gloom. With blood streaming
from the wound, Devine hui
ried to the cabin occupied by
Henry Hummel, who assisted
die injured man in applying
tourniquets to the arm. Devine
then walked to 7-Mile, where
a taxi was called to bring him
to town. Following an exami
nation by Oren F. Hill, Devine
was taken to Stewart, where
the wound was dressed by Dr.
Whillans, who found six stitchs
necessary.
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President J. A. Hall of the
Bank of Hyder has announced
the prospective removal of the
hank building from the pres
ent site at the corner of Pre
mier Avenue on International
Way to a new location on the
latter thoroughfare between
the Hyder Grocery and the
Ilyder Drug Company prem
ises.
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Hugh B. McGuire well known
mining man was an arrival
from the States Thursday.
HYDER LEAD COMPANY
MAKING PREPARATIONS
FOR BUSY SEASON
The Hyder Lead Mines, Inc.
is preparing for an active seas
I on on its properties near the
! head of Texas Creek. But little
can be accomplished in the
line of development work at
present, owing to the snow,
which is still d eep in the up
per Texas valley, and activi
ties at this time are devoted to
opening up the trail and trans
porting supplies. A crew of
three men is now at work on
the trail. The company plans
: to construct a horse trail from
! its properties to the govern
ment pack trail and will also
install camp buildings on the
ground before proceeding to
active development work.
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; The following dispatch, of in
! terest to local radio fans, was
! received Tuesday by the
Chamber of Commerce from
| Chas. D. Garfield, manager of
! the Alaska Bureau of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce:
Commercial Club
Hyder, Alaska.
Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, is co-operating with
the Young Men’s Business Club
in sponsoring a business men’s
Good Will Excursion on steam
ship Dorothy Alexander, leav
ing Seattle June 19th for Ket
chikan, Wrangell, Juneau,
I Skagway and Sitka.
Have your radios listen in at
1 10 p. m. fifteenth instant and
| every night next week.
Garfield
In reply to the above mess
age the Chamber of Com
| merce has addresed a wire
to the’Seattle Chamber of
Commerce extending an invi
tation to the Young Men’s
Business Club to include Hy
der in its itinerary and to visit
this camp on its way north.
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Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith, of
Colville, Wn., and James Find
ley arrived in camp Thursday
with the intention of remain
through the summer season.
Messrs. Smith and Findley
are experienced hard-rock
miners and tunnel contractors,
and expect to ply their voca
tion in this section during the
summer and may remain in
definitely if conditions are
favorable. Both state they
were attracted to Hyder by the
good reports now in circulation
outside regarding the district
and its possibilities and de
cided they would take a
chance at the camp.
The motorship Norco is sched
uled to leave Seattle for Hy
der on May 30th and again
on June 15th, according to ad
vices received by the Salmon
River Dock Co.
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Harry Townsend, consulting
| engineer of the Big Missouri
i company, left for Tacoma
' Thursday after a visit of two
; weeks on the Big Missouri,
WILL OPEN UP
NEW DISCOVERY
ET. H. Bartholf, vetei*an pros
pector and mining man, who
returned recently from I he
States to work on an import
ant mineral discovery made by
him last year near the lower
end of Salmon Glacier, has
finished setting up his camp
and arrived in town several
days ago to secure additional
'supplies - before commencing
active prospecting,
i The property known as the
Silver Cliff, was located by
j Mr. Bartholf last fall, and in
cludes a group of four claims,
'through which runs a vein of
fine looking ore one to four
i feet in width. The vein shows
! native silver and grey copper
and has been traced for more
than 700 feet on the surface.
Assays made last fall gave av
erage values in excess of $100
i per ton, with picked samples
running much higher.
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John Ferguson, well known
old timer, almost severed the
thumb on his left hand while
working around hit- home in
the Forest townsite late this
afternoon. The accident oc
curred when the handle of an
axe used by Mr. Ferguson in
cutting a wedge was caught
, by a timber just as he was
striking a blow. As a result of
the deflection in his aim, the
blade struck Mr. Ferguson
squarely upon the last joint of
the thumb, severing all the up
1 per tendons and cutting thru
;.he bone.
the bone close to the hand.
■ injured man was taken to
Stewart, where the wound was
dressed by Dr. Whillans, who
expressed a hope that the
thumb can be saved.
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Breaking all previous records
for early automobile travel be
tween Hyder and Premier,
Felix Seppi, proprietor of the
Salmon River Stage Line, land
' ed the first car of the present
season at Premier Monday,
May 10th. The trip was ac
complished without serious
difficulty.
The date of Mr. Seppi’s ar
rival is said by autoists to be
the earliest in the history of
the camp; being one month
earlier than last year and
about six weeks ahead of the
earliest date previously re
corded.
Machines are now leaving
Hyder for Premier several
times a day.
v. d. jraLiersuii, wiueiy hiiuwn
old-timer, who ha8 bucked the
mining game from Dawson to
i Nome and back again, return
: ed last week after wintering in
: the States to resume his local
activities.
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Howard Camei-on arrived
from Vancouver Thursday and
will renew prospecting oper
ations on the Extenuate group,
north of the National Silver
‘ properties.
ACTIVITIES AT DUN WELL
Dalby B. Morkill, well known
civil engineer, arrived from
Vancouver on the Gardena to
complete the survey cf the
Dunwell tram site. The work
of clearing the right of way is
exected to commence immedi
ately after the survey is com
pleted.
Preparations are also under
way for clearing the ground
along the Bear River road,
where the concentrating mill
will be located. Lloyd. C.
White, San Francisco engineer
who will supervise the con
struction of the mill, is now
on Ihe ground gathering data
for the mill plans. The site of
the proposed concentrator is
located about 600 feet north
of Glacier Creek and immedi
ately adjacent to the main
road.
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The entertainment committee
of the M. E. Church is prepar
ing to stage (he mirth provok
ing comedy “The Poor Married
Man,” at Pioneer Hall May
28. The cast will include the
following well known people.
Prof. Wise, the Poor Married
man, Rev. C. T. flatten.
Billy Blake, a college student,
E. W. Hinckley.
Dr. Graham J. O. Lyon
June Graham, his daughter,
Mrs. Mahood.
Mrs. Iona Ford, Miss Anne
Martin.
Zoie Ford, her daughter, Mrs.
L. Legge.
Rozlyn Wilson, a reporter,
Mrs. Harold Johnson.
Jupiter Jackson, a colored but
ler, Hubert Thomas.
The proceeds of the enter
tainment will lie used to com
plete payment for the new
parsonage building.
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E. A. Bennett, pilot for the
Fairbanks Airplane Corpora
tion, while returning from Mc
Grath recently was forced
down midway between Lake
Minchumina and Nenana, be
cause of the exhaustion of hie
supply of lubricant. With the
engine running to keep it hot,
Bennett melted rnoose tallow,
obtained from a roadhouse
keeper, put it in the engine,
and continued on to Nenana
without difficulty. Arriving at
dusk, he drained off the tal
low and refilled the machine
with refined oil.
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Mrs. Bert Smith, of Premier
gave birth Saturday to a 9!/;>
pound baby boy, which, un
fortunately, lived but 20 min
utes before expiring as a re
suit of atalectasis, in spite ot
all that could be done by Dr.
J. II. Carson attending physi
cian.
The remains of the unfortu
nate little one were shipped on
the Cardena to Mrs. Smith’s
old home, in Birtle, Manitoba
NEW G. T. P. BOAT
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
The following schedule of
steamship sailing dates has
been announced by the Can
adian National Railways:
Piince George, Thursday, May
13. '
Prince Charles, Sunday, May
1G.
Prince George, Thursday, May
20.
Prince Rupert, Sunday, May
23.
Thereafter sailings will be on
a weekly schedule until June
14, after which the Rupert and
George will alternate on the
run, arriving and leavin'? on
Saturdays, and the Prince
Charles will ,also appear on
Tuesdays.
A new crankshaft for the
Big Missouri compressor ar
rived on the Cardena.
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Warren Phillips, prominent
altorney of Durant, Oklahoma,
was an interested visitor in
the camp during the stay of
the Prince George last week.
W. A. Cameron, postmaster
at Stewart returned on the
Cardena from a visit in the
South, accompanied by Mrs.
Cameron.
A large consignment of tools
and other mine equipment ar
rived on the Cardena for the
Dunwell mine.
Deputy Marshal T. W. Mc
Donald has added a fine
Dodge coupe to the local auto
fleet.
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American Creek, in the Hot
■Springs district of the Tanana
may be the scene of dredging
activity in the very near future.
The American Creek Dredging
Company, a corporation, has
aeen organized in Fairbanks,
i irticles of incorporation hav
ng been filed in Juneau. The
■apitalization is $300,000 and
the organizers are Charles G.
Lewie, August Conradt and
John A. Clark. The company
has options on 28 claims on
American and Colorado cveeks.
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Deer placed on Long Island
near Kodiak, are thriving, ac
, cording to word received at the
office of the Alaska Game
Commission from Karl Arm
"ivong. Indications are, he saic,
that there will be a fine in
crease in the herd there this
year.
- Judge W. B. Stout, a pioreer
of Haines and one of the moi
respected citizens of that place
died recently as the result of
Bright’s disease. Judge Stout
was well known throughout
1 Southeastern Alaska. He was
U. S. Commissioner at Haims
for many years and for nearly
twenty years wras engaged in
.the practice of law’.