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HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13,1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW MARMOT
SYNDICATE FORMED
The Bi-Metallic Syndicate,
a new mining organization of
the unit syndicate type was
formed during the past week
to develop the Stimulator
group of 11 claims on Marmot
River.
Principals in the new syndi
cate are Clay Porter, develop
er of the noted Porter-Idaho
property, W. C. Blanton, prom
inent local business man, C. W.
Magee, original locator and
owner of most of the proper
ties included in the Stimulator
group, and A. R. Casey, Stew
art mining man.
The syndicate is organized
on the identical lines of the
old Porter-Idaho syndicate
The unit value of the companj
property is 15,000 units of a
par value of $10 each. Under
the terms of the trust agree
ment filed with the Mining
Recorder in Stewart Thursday
the original owners of prop
erty are to receive 8,500 unit:
as and for the purchase price
and 2500 units are to be issuec
to meet the costs of develop
men? activities. Trustees of tht
syndicate are Clay Porter, W
* C. Blanton and C. W. Maget
and the home office is in Stew
art. Mr. Porter is chairmar
and manager and Mr. Blantor
is secretary.
The syndicate properties art
situated on the south slope o
Marmot River at elevations be
tween 4000 and 5000 feet ant
about one mile in an air lint
from the river mouth. Tht
group displays four large ant
highly promising leads, one o!
which carries exceptional golt
values. The remainder are o"
the galena type and give ex
cellent values in both gold anc
silver. Assays made personal
ly by Mr. Porter from sample:
taken from the four leads gavt
gold values ranging from $1(
to $1084 a ton, with additiona
silver values running up to 17t
ounces. Six samples from tht
same leads indicated an aver
age value of $234.96 per ton
The strike of the veins is nortl
and south and their widtl
ranges from 8 inches up to t
feet. The gold vein is said bj
the Syndicate officials to be oi
entirely different type frorr
the others and carries little
beside the gold values. The
veins have been traced over a
long distance and indications
point to their extension ovei
the mountaintop into the Bull
dog Creek district. Aside from
a few open cuts but little work
has been done on the group,,
which lies in an area that has
heretofore received but little
attention from prospectors. Mr.
Porter, whose judgement of a
mining property is scarcely ex
celled by that of any other lo
cal mining man, characterizes
the showings as among the
most promising surface indi
cations he has seen in the dis
trict.
Owing to the close approach
of winter no attempt will be
made to develop the property
until spring, at which time the
syndicate plans to drift on two
of the leads and open a trail
to the property, in addition to
other activities.
Syndicate officials say that
funds sufficient to finance
the contemplated development
HYDER LEAD SUSPENDS
WORK FOR SEASON
With upward of three feet of
snow on the ground in that lo
cality, work on the Hyder Lead
Mines properties near the head
of Texas Creek was suspended
for the present year last Tues
day.
The results of the season’s de
velopment activities have been
decidedly satisfactory, accord
ing to company officials. Work
done in both the upper and
lower tunnels has resulted in
.he development of fine ore
bodies, both carry commercial
ore, and has also established
.he permanency of both veins
at a depth which leaves scarce
ly any room for doubt that
;hey go down a long way and
will develop ore resources of
high commercial importance.
The excellent grade and
width of ore found below the
'amous "Castle” outcrop, at
which point the ore is 8^ feet
n width and averages between
,>40 & $50 across the face, is
:he source of much satisfaction
:o the officials.
\NNUAL PUBLIC
LIBRARY MEETING
The annual meeting of the
lyder Public Library Associat
on ia scheduled to take place
n the Library at 8:30 p. m.
Friday, October 26. The meet
ng will include the annual
election of officers for the en
duing year, in addition to con
sideration of oth«r matters of
mportance. All members of
.he association are requested
md urged to be present.
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Work on the Catholic Church
tuilding on Premier Avenue
vas completed last week and
he structure now possesses
i decidedly imposing and at
tractive appearance. In its
present improved state, the
;hurch occupies a new position
dose to the street line and a
10 foot addition has added
considerably to its size. The
juilding now has seating ca
pacity for 50 or 60 and has
>een made warm and com
ortable through the installat
ion of a coat of siding and
•oofing.
In a recent statement to the
lerald Rev. Fr. Leray said
he church will be formally
>pened some time this fall with
:olemn services by Bishop
Crimont, chief prelate of the
Catholic Church in Alaska,
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Owing to the departure of the
raotorship Fairbanks for Se
ittle * to undergo the an
lual steamboat inspection, the
Noyes Boat Company is now
jmploying the Anacortes on
he weekly mail run from Ket
•hikan.
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S. P. Fitzgerald and his
mother Jack Fitzgerald, left
Thursday to winter in the
-outh after a busy season on
heir local mineral holdings.
are already assured but a
small number of units may be
placed on sale locally in order
to give local people an oppor
tunity to acquire an interest if
they so desire.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF
PROGRESS ON B. C..SILVER
That the development work
so far accomplished on the B.
C. Silver property has proved
beyond doubt that the Premier
ore body exists in the B. C.
Silver and that the driving of
the projected No. 6 level,, 1<J0
feet below the present No. 6
level, should definitely dis
close a large tonnage of pay
able ore and finally den|)ii
strate the potential value of
the mine, are outstanding as
sertions of an official state
ment issued September 20th,
by the Selukwe Gold Mining
and Finance Company in Lon
don.
Following is the full text as
received from a London corre
spondent by the last mail:
“The following resume is giv
en in explanation of the course
of development of the Pre
mier Ore-body on the B. C. Sil
ver Mines property in British
Columbia, controlled by the
Selukwe Gold Mining and Fi
nance Company.
“Sufficient work has been
completed on No. 5 level to
demonstrate a fairly large ore
body, and a considerable ton
nage of milling ore has been
proved.
“Survey of the lode at the
No. 5. level shows the ore is
deeper seated than previously
anticipated. The main ore-body
at this level is being stoped on
the Premier side of boundary,
and our works are connected
with these stopes. To carry
out the programme of develop
ment, the No. 2 shaft, from
which No. 5 level was driven,
is now being continued down
to the next level (No. 6). The
development work on this No.
6 level should be very import
ant, as, in addition to explor
ing the ore proved on the No.
5 level, 100 ft. above, a furth
er formation from the Premier
Mine known as "Four D.
Stope” should be struck, and
also the recently discovered
rich strike of the Premier Mine
near the North-West corner of
Simpson's Claim on the B. C.
Silver Mine Boundary should
be found.
"Development to date has
proved, beyond doubt, that
the Premier ore-body exists
in the B.C. Silver Mine, which
was the object of driving the
No. 5 level, and the No. 6 level
should definitely disclose a
large tonnage of payable ore,
and finally demonstrate the
potential value of the mine.
"Work is proceeding with all
despatch, and the Premier
Company has courteously con
sented to allow the up-pump
water to flow into the No. 4
level, which will considerably
! help our development.”
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Hon. H. H. Stevens, chief
promoter of the Canadian
Northeastern Railway project,
was a visitor in camp last
week.
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The Community Club will
hold a prize Novelty Dance at
Pioneer Hall this evening.
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R. L. Cline, co-owner in the
Leroy Group on Fish Creek,
left on the Norco enroute to
Seattle, accompanied by Mrs.
Cline.
FIRST UNIT. OF TEXAS
HIGHWAY IS COMPLETED
The first of the projected
Texas Creek Highway was fin
ished this week by Seims &
Carlson, contractors, with the
completion of the massive
bridge over the nortn Ibrk of
Texas Creek.
The highway, one of the fin
est to be found in the entire
territory has'been formally ac
cepted by the Bureau of Public
roads department, of . which
M. D. Williams is district eng
ineer and Fred J. Hughes is
resident representative and
supervising engineer.
’ A detailed description of this
splendid road building achieve
ment will be given in next
week’s issue of the Herald.
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CHAMBER OF COMERCE
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the
Hyder Chamber of Commerce,
Inc., was held in Chamber of
Commerce Hall Tuesday even
ing and resulted in the election
of the following officers for
the ensuing year.
Frank Reichenbach, president
E. D. Haddon, vice president
S. V. Warren, secretary-treas.
Trustees: N. M. Traversy, Ben
Oien, Jno. Hovland, Arthur
Moa, E. L. Dale.
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The Norco arrived from Se
attle via Ketchikan Tuesday
night, bringing 70 tons of local
cargo, in addition to freight
for Stewart, which was landed
at the Stewart dock.
The vessel is scheduled to
again visit this port about
October 31, leaving Seattle on
the 26th inst.
Recent betters from Deputy
U. S. Marshal Donald E. Mar
tin and Mrs. Martin disclose
that Mr. Martin is now recov
ered from the recent illness
which caused the couple to go
south several weeks ago in the
hope that Mr. Martin would
be benefitted by surgical at
tention. No operation was nec
essary, however, expert exami
nation having disclosed that
the trouble had been effect
ually; cured by Mr. Martin's
long continued milk diet and
that he was suffering from
nothing more serious than un
der-nourishment, as a result of
subsisting entirely on 2 quarts
of milk daily for months.
With a few “squares” under
his belt, Don was all but ready
to return to Hyder and will be
back shortly.
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Alex. McDonald was among
the number leaving for the
south Monday.
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R. Johnson, foreman for Seims
and Carlson on the Texas
Creek project and Mrs. John
son, were passengers to Ket
chikan on the Norco.
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Louis Seyler, who Bpent a
large part of the summer in
the district, and J. C. McDon
ald were Ketchikan passengers
on the outbound trip of the
Norco.
VISITORS IMPRESSED
BY HYDER LEAD
DEVELOPMENT
N. T. Burdick, president of
the Vancouver Drydock and
Salvage Co. Ltd., and director
of the Amalgamated Mines,
Incorporated, controlling the
Hyder Lead property on Texas
Creek, visited the latter prop
erty during the past week end.
Mr. Burdick, who is also in
terested in the Georgia River
Gold Mines, Ltd., and recently
visited the properties of that
company on Georgia River,
was accompanied on the Tex
as Creek trip by several prom
inent Vancouverites, ineluding
J. C. Hogg, general manager
of the bond house of J. C.
Hogg & Co; Major H. Cobbett,
a member of the brokerage
firm of Whittaker, Haig & Co.,
and Gordon Strickland, gen
eral manager for Beaton &
Co.f Ltd.
Following their inspection of
Hyder Lead development in
company with Attorney Ernest
Blue, local representative of
the Amalgamated Mines, Mr.
Burdick expressed himself as
highly pleased with the excel
lent results so far obtained and
also the promising outlook for
future development. •
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NEW POSTOFFICE
FIXTURES ARRIVE
Handsome and uptodate fix
tures for the new postoffice
quarters in the Hyder Drug Co
building arrived on the Norco.
The principal feature of the
new equipment is a fine, pol
ished okk front containing the
boxes, of which there are 32
more than were in the old post
office, according to an official
statement to the Herald. The
boxes are in three sizes and
are fitted with combination
locks, of the self-locking pat
tern, such as are in use ir. ail
modern postoffices, ‘thereby
relieving box renters of the '
necessity of carrying a key.
The new front also contains
two windows, one of which is
intended exclusively for money
order business, the other for
general delivery and parcel
post. The class of business to
which each window is devoted
is designated by an embossed
metal plate of handsome de
sign and workmanship.
The new postal quarters are
spacious and well lighted, and
include among other improve
ments a private office for the
use of the postmaster.
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Thomas A. Marquam, who
opposed Dan A. Sutherland,
delegate from Alaska in the
house of representatives, in
the 1926 election, was indicted
recently for violation of the
corrupt practices act by the
district grand jury at Washing
ton, D. C.
The act provides that all can
didates shall file with Con
gress a list of their campaign
expenditures and contributions
within ten days after the date
of the election. The indictment,
which is in four counts, alleges
that Marquam refused and
failed to file an itemized state
ment of the receipts and dis
bursements of $3,000, which
he is said to have expended
during his campaign.
SAY CHICKAMIN DISTRICT
IS VERY PROMISING
That the Chickamin River dis
trict, lying immediately west
of the Hyder district, will some
day become an important min
ing section of southeastern
Alaska, is the opinion of Dave
Terwilliger and R. McQuillan,
who recently returned to Ket
chikan after a prospecting trip
in the Chickamin area.
Convincing evidence of the
mineral potentialities were
shown by surface showings
seen by them, one outcropping
ledge of which they located.
“The mineral indications are
there,” they said in a recent
statement to the Ketchikan
Chronicle, ’’and with time and
hai’d work and money some big
producers are going to be op
ened up in the Chickamin Riv
er country.”
The trails built by the gov
ernment survey parties during
the past several years are
proving to be a big help to
prospectors in getting in sup
plies, they said, but all of the
miners now in the district are
looking forward to the time
when a regular roadway, will
be built along the Chickamin
and Ladue rivers to connect
with steamers from Ketchikan.
They also reported that a
small settlement is springing
up at the mouth of the river.
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A GOOD ESTIMATE
One of our friends has not
iced that when a man finds
fault with the Herald the
chances are ten to one that he
doesn’t advertise in it; five to
on that he doesn’t give it his
jobwork; three to one he is
delinquent in his subscription;
oven money that he never did
anything to help the publisher
make it a good paper, and
forty to one that he is anxious
to see it when it comes out.
He forgot to add, however,
that the fellow who finds the
most fault with the paper is
not even a subscriber. Other
wise he is pretty near correct.
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FIND REMAINS OF
HISTORIC BUILDING
While exploring in the woods
at Silver Bay, near Sitka, Dr.
DeVighne and a party of Jun
eau, recently discovered the
site of the first sawmill ever
built in Alaska, by Baranoff,
125 years ago. They found the
site standing and several hand
hammered nails were taken by
the party as souvenirs. They
also found the site of the old
flour mill at Redout Lake,
where Baranoff had one of his
forts. There was little left ex
ben part of the foundation, and
several old graves.
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DOG KILLER IS
HELD TO ANSWER
Charged with shooting a dog,
Nels Olsen, a resident of Ket
chikan, was recently bound
over to the federal Grand jury
following a hearing in the U. S.
Commissioner’s court in Ket
chikan. Olsen’s bond was fix
ed at $1,000.