HYDER M. E. CHURCH
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' at 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 11 a. m.
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Rev. C. T. Hatten, Pastor
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U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
REPORT ON RYDER MSTRIC1
In conformity to the an
nouncement made last week
the Herald presents below the
first installment of the newly
compiled U. S. Geological Sur
vey report on the geology and
ininerology of the Hyder min
ing district. The report is the
work of Mr. A. F. Buddington,
and is the result of investi
gations made in the Salmon
River and Texas creek areas
during the fall of 1923. Cov
j ering not only the various
types of mineral deposits
but also describing with con
j siderable detail the geological
| features of practically all of
! the more prominent proper
ties, the report is of great val
ue to the prospector ad min
er, as well as to others who
are desirous of learning the
mineral characteristics of the
American sction of the Port
land Canal District (Editor.)
In the Hyder district the dis
covery in July , 1923, of a
strong quartz vein well min
eralized with galena carrying
diver on the West Fork of
Texas Creek resulted in a
stampede of prospectors to i
this district. About 30 reached j
this area, and by the middle
of September about 100 claims
had been recorded, and 11
prospectors were still in the
field. Veins containing gold,
lead, silver, and copper, me
dium-grade gold-silver veins,
and low-grade silver-lead and
copper deposits have been lo
cated. Quartz porphyry sills,
similar to those in which oc
cur the ores of the famoub
Premier mine, in British Col
umbia, have been found on
the east side of Salmon River
in American territory and are
being prospected. In Sep
tember rich pockets of ore
carrying much gold had been
found in them, but no com*
mercial ore body.
Many factors have worked
together to maintain interest
in the possibilities of mining
development in the Hyder dis
trict. These include the con
tinued success of the Premiei
mine; the extensive prospect
ing and development work
being carried on along Big
Missouri Ridge in the adjoin
ing part of British Columbia;
the discovery on the American
side of mineralized felsite or
porphyry sheets similar to
those in which the ores of the
Premier mine occur; the main
DISTRICT
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING
HVDER, ALASKA
, THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT I
Presents Greater Opportunities for Legitimate Mining Investment than any Mining District
on the Continent. In aadditionto the great Premier, the most Spectacular Silver-Goul Mine
in Existence, with a record of over Seven Millions in Dividends in Four Years, the Portland
Canal District contains Two Producing Mines'; a Half Dozen or More on the Very Thresh*
old of Production, and Numerous Partially Developed Properties Which Hold Forth Every
Prospect of Becoming Paying Mines.
The .Mineralization i3 Proved: Only Capital and Intelligent Mining is Required to Make
the District the Greatest Mineral Producing Area on the Globe.
tenance of pospecting, to an
extent in excess of that re
quired for assessment work,
on many properties along the
> Salmon River valley; and the
new strikes along Texas Creek.
In the spring of 1923 the
United States Forest Service
began the construction of a
prospectors’ trail from Salmon
River near Nine Mile to Behn.
Canal by way of the West
Fork of Texas Creek, Chick
amin Glacier, and the Chicka
min River valley. It was ex
pected that this trail would
be completed in 1924 and
would have a length of 48
miles. The Forest Service also
expects to have a pack trail
for horses completed from the
Salmon River bridge near Nine
Mile to the Chickamin Glacier
by the fall of 1924 and pro
poses in the future to build a
trail up the south fork of the
Chickamin, running almosi
east, across the divide at the
head of Dolly Varden Creek
and down the valley of that
creek to Portland Canal.
Another trail up the LeDut
River valley is also proposed.
These trails will help to open
up this area for systematic
prospecting.
A preliminary examination
of the geology of the Hyder
district was made in 1920 by
li. G. Westgate. Much light
has also been thrown on the
geology of the district by the
detailed studies made by the
Canadian geologists in the ad
jacent region across the in
ternational boundary.
In 1923 the writer spent
from September 8 to 15 in a
reconnaissance of new ore dis
coveries along the Salmon
River valley, especially thos
on the West Fork of Texas
Creek along the route of the
recently* constructed Govern
ment trail. Between West
gate’s examination in 1920
and the time of the writer’s
visit no very large new body
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1919, thei-e is imposed and lev
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>y the school tax collector1
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in August each year. If not
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iemand by School Tax Collect
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Any person failing, neglect-1
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Clyde Hager
School Tax Collector
of ore had been found or pro
ductive mine developed. New
veins of ore-have been discos
ered, however, and the results
have been of such a character
as to warrant continued work.
It is probable that one or
more mines will be developed
from the prospects in the Hy
der district.
On the American Side min
eral deposits are found* in
country rock of four general
types—quartz porphyry, gran
odiorite, greenstone, and sed
imentary beds. At the Alaska
Premier and Titan and per
haps at one of the Stoner
groups of claims, sheets ot
quartz porphyry (greenish
felsite) similar to that at the
i Premier mine in British Coir
i umbia are being prospected.
; The mineralization in thus
rock on the Alakan side diff
j er in that the rich silver min
j arals, such as argentite, p>
; rargyrite, stephanite, and nat
ive silver, have not been found.
High gold returns, however,
have been obtained from locai
pockets, particularly rich in
sphalerite, and some bodie*:
with low tenor in gold have
been found, but as yet no com
mercial ore body.
Within the greenstones local
pockets giving high-grad t
gold assays, samples reported
to give very high silver assays.
: and mineralized bands of low
to medium grade containing
mainly silver, gold, and lead
have been found. There arc
many mineralized streaks in
the greenstones, but no exten
sive prospecting has been done
on them and no commercial
body of ore has yet been de
veloped. I
ui uic ucvciu^iucm
work in this region so far has
centered on the quartz fissure
veins in granitoid rock. The
granitoid rocks vary from
granodiorite to quartz-horn
blende diorite. The term gran
odiorite will be used as a gen
eral descriptive name foi
them where accurate deter
mination has not been made.
The fissure veins occur along
the east side of Salmon Rivei
and both sides of the West
Fork of Texas Creek. Veins
of similar chai’acter and min
eralization are also found in
the andesitic tuffs at the Tex
as Creek Comstock group, on
the south side of the Wesi
Fork of Texas Creek, and in
banded argillite and quartz
ite at the Ibex prospect, on the
north side of the West Fork
of Texas Creek.
The available data on the
strike and dip of the veins
suggest the possibility that j
there may be two groups— j
one whose strikes vary be- i
tween N. SO degrees W. ann I
N. 60 degrees W., with dips j
of 45 degrees—70 degrees N. j
E., and another whose strikes j
vary between N. 15 degrees fc. j
and N. 10 degrees W., with
dips of 30 degrees-^70 de
grees E. The former are the
most numerous, and the lat
ter are prominent in the vi
cinity of the Homestake-Ibex
groups on Texas Creek. Faults
that offset the veins with
small displacements are nov
uncommon, and at seveal lo
calities thef veins are cut by j
dikes.
With respect to the sulphide j
mineralization, most of the!
veins may be divided into two I
groups, one of which is char-'
acterized by the predomi- j
nance of galena atod pyrite, j
and the other by galena as- j
sociated with tetrahedrite,
chalcopyrite, and other sul
phides. The veins of the sec
ond group carry more silvei i
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RESULTS OF 7th SESSION
ALASKA LEGiSwt i «JRE
Continued From Page 1.
House bills (introduced by
Jensen) No. 46, raising salary
Commissioner of Education;
No. 47, authorizes purchase
and storage of serums by
Health Commissioners; No.
80, amends 'Alaska Agricult
ural College and School of
Mines law;
House bills (introduced by
Sherman) No. 8, provides sup
plementary fund for old age
allowances; No. 19, appropri
ation for Kenai schoolhou.e;
No. 63, for protection of grow
ing timber;
House bills (by Sheldon) No.
4, authorizes banks to act as
executors; (by Sundquist) N.».
7, extends time for filing labor
liens; (by Sundquist) No. 16,
shipping subsidy, Seward Pen
insula; (by Hardy) No. 6J
relative to trials in iu.t: u
courts; (by Murray) No 71,
authorizes construction of Ni
zana-Shushanna trail; (oy
Murray) No. 85, provide:: for
bail in habeus corpus nr
ceedings; (by Wateon)N <J
for Bristol Bay-Norton 3o ; d
ship subsidy; (by Wilcoxi N .
75, simplifies filing of la or
liens; (by Nylen) No. 87,
for maintaining lines of com
munication on Seward Penin
sula.
The following House com
mittee bills were passed: No.
5, (Ways and Means com
mittee) deficiency appropriat
ion; No. 26, (Ways and
Means) additional money for
schools outside incorporated
towns: No. 37. (Ways and
Means) refund taxes due
T)pep Sea Salmon Co.;No. 76,
(Ways and Means) appropri
ation for Haines schoolhouse;
No. 86, (Ways and Means)
reneral appropriations.
Of the total seventy four
measures passed, one, known
as the “hay-wire bill, was
vetoed by Governor Bone and
two were not approved by the
governor within the statutory
time; House bill No. 31, by
Paul, changing method of t*v
ing fish traps, and House bill
No. 52, by Jensen, extending
right of eminent domain to
beaches and uplands on Ber
ing Sea.
W. R. McDonnell, "ir>rf-rr
taxi operator, has established
a new taxi service between
Hyder and Stewart and Hyder
and Premier, making the tnp
to the latter point twice daily.
The new enterprise will be
known as the Hyder-Premier
Stage. Later in the season Her
bert F. Cromer will be associ
ated with Mr. McDonnell and
plans are also being laid for
adding a new Locomobile ma
chine to the equipment.
than those of the first. This
difference is in accordance
with Scholield’s statement
that wherever tetrahedrite 13
present the ore carries much
silver. Veins of transitional
character between the groups*
occur, such as the ‘‘cross” vein
at the Riverside group ar.u
some veins on the Texas
Creek Comstock claims, where
chalcopyrite in considerable
quantity is associated witn
pyrite and galena. Pyrite a»u
sphalerite occur in practically
all the veins in varying
amounts, but galena appears
to be the, predominant sulph
ide. The sulphides occur con
centrated in shoots within 01
along the vein.
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