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Mining Companies
Under New Control
Important Transactions Both
Ip Indian Mines Ltd, pnd
Alaska Premier
New York Capital!
Has Financed the!
Indian Mines Ltd
To Start Work
March 15
Authemic information i§ to hand
that the Indian Mines Ltd. one of
the eariy operating companies of
the Salmon river section, who did
a large amount of development
work before the Premier had even
commenced to be considered more
ttym h promising prospect, has
made financial arrangements which
will result in the resumption of ac
tive development, and that work on
the property is to commence not
lates than March 15. G. D. B. Tur
ner, a mining engineer of interna
tional repute, visited the Indian
last fall and on the strength of his
report powerful interests have taken
hold of the company’s affairg and
will develop the mine.
The Indian group consists of four
claims, located a short distance
northwest of the Premier. In his
report for 1920 George Clothier,
district B. C. mining engineer, who
is always consistently conservative*
says of the property:
Thi9 company is one of the “early
day" incorporations and has 600 or
700 feet of underground work done.
The affairs of the company are in
good shape, only about 25 per cent
of the treasury stock having been
used. The registered office of the
company is in Prince Rupert. This
year considerable surface work was
done in open-cutting and tracing
the vein ti.r u0h from the ' big cut''
to the end of the claims The work
shows a good width of vein, from 6
to 14 feet, all the wav through, with
fair values in gold and silver and,
in places, considerable galena. The
*■ g tlena is uniformly low in silver
values, about a third of an ounce
to the unit of lead. The consisten
cy of the gold values carried in the
pyrites gives reason to expect that
the continuation of the upper tun*
Pel will possibly open up a contin
uous body of milling ore.
Don't go homo hungry. Get a lunch at
jhe Oman View.
Seattle Men Secure
Control of Alaska
Premier and Ac
tive Development
Is Expected
Three-quqFtera interest in the
Alaska Premier group has been
sold to Seattle business men, the
vendors being Harry Tanner, Wm.
McGtew, Ed Fernald and Harry
Howson. The terms of the deal are
not available for publication, but it
is reported that a substantial cash
payment forms a part of the trans
action.
The Alaska Premier consists of
11 claims, is on the Alaska side of
the international boundary, and
adjoins the New Alaska on the
south, east and north. The geology
is said to be identical with that
found at the famous Premier mine,
less than a mile distant. No de
velopment work beyond open cuts
and shallow shafts has been dope,
but these have determined the
presence of a number of attr ctive
lode3, in a mineralized area of vast
extent. The property is ideally sit
uated, the Salmon valley wagon
road crossing part of it. while there
is an abunnance of water and tim
ber for all requiremedts.
The property is incorporated un
J der the name of the Alaska Premier
j Mining Company. The original
i owners last year deeded the claims
j to Harry Tanner, superintendent
| of ine Fish Creek Mining Company,
who put Fish Creek in the shipping
class. He, in turn, organized the
company in"Seattle, the claim own
ers taking stock for their interests
, and electing him president. The
I present deal was consummated
through negotiations started by
Mr. Tanner, before he came north
last summer.
While no definite announcement
h is been made, there is no doubt
th it the present owners of the prop
erty will inaugurate an active de
velopment campaign during the
coming summer.
Prosperous Plumbing, Heating and
Sheet Metal Business f.ir sale Six Thous
and Do’lars cash.
fc'unitary Plutabing Co. Juneau, Alaska
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it Un't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Meet me at the North Star.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the North Star
Martin Smith and son left Sunday for
Victoria.
Mrs. Anna Miller has gone Outside to
have her eyes treated.
Big Tom Fomier, a pioneer resident of
>Hyder, is now in Mayo. *
Mrs. Fltj}o Stratford returned Sunday
from a trip to Vancouver.
l>an Chisholm,*foreman for the Premier
at Nine-mile, was in town Monday.
Postmaster Oren F. Hill returned Sat
urday frpm a business trip to Ketchikan.
Jimmy Campbell has purchased Char
lie Frank’s Interest in fhe No Mi|e c|gar
store.
Vince Lade, formerly foreman af the
Forty IVine, is back from a visit in Van
couver,
Tom Schuster, an oldtimer of the Pre
mier crew, returned Sunday from a trip
Outside
The officers and crew of the Anyox are
fast making friends in camp. T hey are
"regular fellers."
Jim Gray, formerly blacksmith at Nine
mile. made the round trip on the John
Sunday from Rupert.
The steamship Prince Johp was in
Sunday from Rupert with SI passengers,
most of whom stayed.
Mr parkins, of the Rupert firm of Par
kins A Ward, electricians, made the
| round trip on the John.
'
Jimmy Anderson returned Sunday
from a visit in Rupert and hts old stamp
ing ground. Alice Arm,
The Carmen arrived from Ketchikan
Saturday morning and left on the return
trip the same evening.
W. H. Tolin, proprietor of the King
Edward Hotel in Stewart, ieft on the Car
| men on a business trip to Ketchikan.
Mrs. A. T. Siem and two children ar
rived Sunday from Seattle to join Mr.
Siem. manager of the Salmon River stores.
T. J. Shcnton, B, C. mine examiner,
arrived on the John for a look at the
Premier, and left for the south on the
Anyox.
Miss Margaret Peters, who has been
visiting Mrs. Barron for the past two
months, left Sunday for her home in
Yanconver.
Sam Shucklin, a knight of the grip who
; is known all over Alaska, is spending the
week in camp in conference witli local
merchants.
I
, L. R. Doggett. one of the proprietors of
j the International roadhouse, returned
i Saturday morning from a business trip
to Ketchikan.
A number ot Ilyder folks attended the
Stewart Citizens Association dsnee last
Fr iaj night and report having had an
enjoyable time.
Jack Mc( alluni appeared on the street
Sunday for jhe first time since the mid
dle of Oecember. He has been laid up
with rheumatism.
Jss. Suttie, B. C. government engineer,
arrived on the John and is laying out
• plans for a new bridge across Bear river
| bridge above Stewart.
Emil Oison and X. M. Fogerlie, who
' worked for the Fish Creek Mining Com
pany most of the summer have returned
j from a visit in Rupert.
A. J. Ammann of Los Angeles arrived
Sunday. He is a friend of Jack Mc
Knight, and expected to meet him here,
but Jack is outsit)* oh * visit.
The editor was asked yesterday how
| many years will pass before the 22nd of
I February will fall in a year ’22, We
pass. Figure It out for yourself.
Mr. an0 Mrs ,Wm. Dann returned Sun
day from 9 visit in Victoria. Mr. Dann
is proprietor of the Stewart Hotel, and
hurried back to prepare for the big spring
rush.
Joe Wilson and Faddy Bagan have
rented Billy Banting's cabin. Paddy is
to be chief engineer of the sour dough
can while Joe keeps the mulligan pot
geared up in high.
A. Cedar, an oldtimer of {he camp and
one of the original owners of the Hyder
sawmill, has returned after an absence of
more than a year. He has been ip Prince
Geojge most of the time.
R. W. Wood, president of the Premier
Gold Mining Company, came up from
V anennver op the Anyox and remained
here while the ship was loading ore. He
didn't circulate around much.
Customs i 'olleetor Cameron of Stewart
Tuesday night detected John Berngden
(Cyclone Johnny) surreptitiously bring
ing a can of American coffee info the
Canadian town, and siezed the horse and
cutter with which he has been maintain
ing a winter jitney service. Today he
secured their release by depositing $200,
which may later be refunded when the
amount of the fine to be assessed, if any,
has been determined.
THIS* DAY IN HISTORY
On the 22nd day of Febru
ary, 1732, George Washington
wai born. At that time stoves,
flivvers, suffragetts, prohibi
tionists and numerous other
. nuisances had not been in
vented. Whiskey was four-bits
a gallon instead of four-bits a
thimble-full and people were
kicking about the hi-costa-livin
the same ns now, and were
getting ready to lick England
so as to forget their troubles.
Pittsburg was then in the
“Great Wild West,” and there
were no Alaskans to help show
King George III where to
head in.
On the 19th of February
1878 Thomas A. Edison paten
ted the phonograph. Exactly
2000 years before that, to a
day, Marc Anthony exclaimed:
“Oh, what a fall was there, my
countrymen!” Which explains
why so many people fall for
the phonograph.
ANYOX LEAVES AGAIN
WITH ANOIKiiH FORTUNE
The freighter Anyox, Captain
Snoddy, arrived Monday morning
and left Tuesday night \> ith 1400
tons of Premier ore worth in the
neighborhood af a quarter-million
dollars. The owner of the ship.
Captain Griffiths, and P. W. Wood,
president of the Premier company,
were round trip passengers.
Laundry work done right and promptly
! delivered. Tub and shower baths, new,
modern, strictly up to date. Jim Jotinson.
Shoe shine stand, AlaskanJHotel, Rube
MilWr. Leave order* for laundry,
MIKE INSPECTOR
DESCRIBES WORK
AT PREMIER MINE
Describing activities at the Pre
mier mine for 1921 T. J. Shenton,
British Columbia District Mines In
spector, say§ that the mill has been
completed and the 11 1-2-mile
aerial tramway began operations
on December 20; compressors, coup
led to two Diesel units, are in op
eration; a concrete foundation has
been constructed at the foot of Cas
cade creek for the erection of hous
ing for the machinery of l he main
power house, which will be finished
early this year.
The average number of men em
ployed per day durimr the year
was 328, tfit total tonnage mined
wa$, }5,129 tons, the total length
of tunnel and drifting was 4027 ft.,
the total diamond drilling done was
3821 ft. About 30 ft. from the
entrance of No. 2 tunnel a small
shaft has been sunk to a depth of
420 ft, connecting No. 3 and No, 4
workings.
JAMES L. GALEN
TO BE CANDIDATE
The following radiogram was re
ceived Monday from the Cordova
Daily Times:
.lames L. Galen today announced
his candidacy for Delegate to Con
gress from Alaska on the Republi
can ticket. He came from Monta
! na to Nome in 1900, where he was
actively engaged in mining and
prospecting till 1907, and was then
six years in the Tanana and Cop
| per river districts, since which time
he has been engaged in the transier
business here. Galen will have the
solid support of the Third Di
vision.
GET YOURSELF A
PORCUPINE ROBE
Washington, D. C., Feb. 17 —The
1 Secretary of Agriculture has just
rescinded the order against shoot
; ing l'ur-bearing animals, effective
; immediately.—Dan Sutherland.
Mrs. Johnson, Sanitary laundry, A street
Found—Gold signet ring;. Owner may
obtain same at the Silver Grill by paying
for this ad.
For sate, three-roomed house, with lot
E quire of Hugh MacDougall.
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RYDER TRANSFER STAGE
FOR 13-MILE
Leaves Salmon River Store
Monday Wednesday Saturday
AT 10 A. M.
V . . i
MINER USES MB
SI PREMATURE
EXPLOSION
Last Saturday, while preparing
to spring a hole at the Silverado.
Chas. Wortham was so seriously
injured by a premature explosion
that Dj Cfaace, who was called as #
soon as the injured man could be
brought down the Ini', found it nec
essary to amputate the left hand
above the wrist. In addition to
losing his left hand, Wortham re
ceived numerous contusions about
the chest and abdomen and his
right hand was also severely in
jured.
His fellow workmen had a hard
time getting Wortham down from
the mine, it being necessary for
them to cut steps in the si ow foj
a considerable distam e. 'I he* ren
dered such first aid as they were
able, but the injured man lost a
large amount of blood during I is
irduous trip down to the hospi al.
He bore the pain and shock both
of the injury ai d the operation
with stoic fortitude, and today if
progressing nicely, bt jng able to
walk about the hospital,
DOUBLE BILL AT MOVIES
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturday night at the moving
picture theatre the leading feature
will be the screen adaptation of
Leona Dalrymple's $10,000 novel,
“Diane of the Green Van,” the story
of young society girl who sough!
rest and solitude in an original
manner and found a maze of ad*
ventures.
This girl with the beautiful eyes
sought only happiness alone in the
world, and she bought herself a
green van and started out on the
trail of adventure. But she didn’t
know that she was followed by lour
men:
One sought her fo t me.
Another her life.
The third would claim her as the
heiress to a throne.
And the fourth wanted—and
wait until you see what begot.
If you have dreamed of romance
you’ll find your dreams come true
here.
In addition to the regular feature
one of the funniest comedies ever
shown on the screen will be given.
The attraction would do credit to
any theatre of the largest cities.
HOME TAX RETURNS
| WILL BE CHECKED UP
Postmaster Oren F. Hill has
i received word that an Internal rev
enue man is coming here the latter
i part of March to check up the in
come tax returns, and that those
, who have failed to make returns
; for the past three years will be
subject to the penalties prescribed
by law. For this year there is still
time to make the returns. (March
15 is the limit) and blanks may be
seoured from Mr. Hill. Single per
sons with an in income of $1000
and married of $2000 must make
returns.