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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDIfESDAY, MARCH 18,1925
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NEW COMPANY TO OPEN
UP THE HOBO GROUP
A newly organized company
known as the St. Ledger Mines,
Ltd. has been incorporated in
Vancouver to take over and
operate the Hobo Group, re
cently bonded by William
Bunting from the owners, Mar
ius Pederson and Albert -John
son.
Following Mr. Bunting's re
turn to Vancouver the proper
ties were turned over to the
new organization which is cap
italized at $500,00, divided in
500,000 shares of a par value
of $1. Only 125,000 shares of
vendors stock has been issued,
the remainder being in the
company treasury, which plac
es the organization in a fine
position.
The group comprises 6 claims
located a short distance north
of the headwaters of Fish
Creek and contains a number
of well defined veins and de
posits of ore carrying good
working values, principally in
gold.
It is learned from reliable
sources that ' the company
plans to inaugurate develop
ment work as soon as local cli
matic conditions are favorable.
Wm. Bunting will be the
local representative of the cor
poration.
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B. B. Smith, former United
States Commissioner for the
Ruby district and widely
known old-timer, returned
Thursday from a stay of sever
al months in the salubrious
climes of the south to resume
his local mining activities.
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S. F. Knight, head of S. F.
Knight & Co. Ltd, financial
agents, of Vancouver, and one
of the directors of Victoria
Mines, was an arrival on the
Prince George, in company
with C. R. Reed, who is also in
terested in that company.
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F. R. Janskowski, local agent
of the National Silver Mine.s,
Ltd., operating on the Bush
group, has been advised by
his principals that a contract
for drilling that well known
property is being arranged
with Boyle Bros.
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Seymour Campbell, manager
of the Silver Crest operations,
is sending in summer supplies
to the company properties on
upper Cascade Creek, where
an extensive development pro
gram will be launched as soon
as conditions are favorable.
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Harold Arseneau, of Edmon
ton, Wn., brother of Geo. Ar
sepeau and son of Joseph Ar
seneau, of the Premier, spent
the past week here visit
ing his relatives. Mr. Arseneau
is an “old-timer” of the district
but has not visited the locality
for several years.
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It is reported from the Koy
ukuk country that the United'
States Smelting and Refining
Company is considering enter
ing that field during the com
ing summer.
MOUNTAINVIEW DAM
IS UNDER WAY
Arthur Moa, manager of the
Mountainview Gold Mining
Company operations on Fish
Creek, has been busily engag
ed during the week forward
ing supplies and the equipment
for the new 4000 foot tram to
the company properties. The
| first teams encountered diffi
cult going in the unbroken
snow but managed to get
through to the scene of operat
ions Tuesday.
The work of putting in the
istorage dam which will be the
main source of power supply
for the mine is already under
way, with a crew of men en
gaged in taking out the logs
which will form the foundation
of the dam structure.
Gastave Seiffert manager, of
the Emperor Mines, formerly
the North and South Syndi
cate, left for Vancouver, Mon
day after arranging for the in
stallation of the large machin
ery equipment which arrived
i last week.
! T. J. Hurley, reputed to be
connected with a large outside
mining organization, \yas * a
visitor in Hyder . during the
stay of the Prince George.
Nothing could be. ascertained
regarding the- object of his
brief visit but from certain ev
idences it is believed it is his
intention to pay us a more ex
tended visit later bn.
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A number of Hyderites at
tended a “Kid” dance held at
Premier on the evening of the
17th and had a rare good time,
according to all accounts.
The costumes were numerous
and varied in design, with the
“kid" idea as the motif. The
Premier residents are enter
tainers par excellence and the
entertainment from the open
ing dance to the delicious
luncheon, and the splendid
music of the Premier orc.hes,
tra, fully sustained their rep
utation as hosts.
The dance was held in the
big Assembly Hall under the
auspices of the Community
Club, an organization with a
membership of close to 200.
The decorations were white
and green and in accord with
spirit of St. Patrick’s day,
harps and shamrocks being
much in evidence. The electric
lights were also draped in
grben, lending a remarkably
beautiful effect to the hand
some decorative scheme. A
large number of appropriate
prizes were awarded for var
ious costume effects. The fun
lasted until 3 a. m. Wednesday
morning.
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j Noel Wein, airman, who con
ducted an earoplane passenger
service at Fairbanks last sum
mer, is planning to bring in
this spring a new six-passenger
late model plane for service
'between Fairbanks and the
Kuskokwim and other districts,
gjccording to Jas. Rodebaugh,
pioneer aeroplane man of the
; Territory. The new plane will
i cost in the neighborhood of
$12,000 and will be the last
| word in construction, in motor,
! general construction, equip
ment, etc. Trips will be made
by Wein to the Kuskokwim,
Koyukuk and other points in
[the middle Yukon basin.
SHIP HIGH GRADE
FROM SILVERADO
A, small shipment of high
grade ore, extracted during
the present exploratory oper
ations on the Silverado, was
shipped to the smelter on the
steamer Amur during the past
week.
The shipment comprised
about 80 sacks. The ore is said
to be from a vein which yield
ed some excellent smelter re
turns from shipments made in
earlier years.
The No. 1 vein on this prop
erty was recently encountered
in the main tunnel, in which
work has been in progress
throughout the winter, but fail
ed to show more than slight
mineralization until a short
drift was run on the lead. This
is said to have opened up a 7
foot zone of ore of which some
thing like a foot is said to be
high grade, carrying large sil
ver values.
The hew tunnel is being ex
tended to cress cut three very
promising leads running north
and south a short distance be
yond the No. 1 vein. The tun
nel is said to be in something
over 400 feet at present.
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The steamer Chilliwak arriv
ed in port Friday from Nanimo
with a cargo of coal for the
Hyder Fuel Company and the
Crawford Transfer.
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According to the usual custom
the annual election of the
school board members in the
school districts outside incor
porated towns will take place
on the first Monday n April.
The law requires that a nonce
of such election shall be post
ed in three public places in the
school district at levt ten days
before the election. The . eho.d
board members elected take
active charge of school affairs
in the district on July J and
serve until June 80, 1926
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Diptheria . has appeared at
Cordova, with one death and
11 contact cases reported up to
March 2. The one fatality was
that of a child aged 2 years.
The contact cases were prompt
ly quarantined and the schools
were closed to prevent a furth
er spread of the disease.
The advices say an epidemic
is not expected and there is an
ample supply of serum avail
able.
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There are now a total of 212
fur farms in operation in Alas
ka.
Both blue and silver foxes
are being reared, and on some
of the smaller fur farms at
tempts are also being made to
propagate such smaller fur
bearers as the mink, marten,
muskrat and beaver.
All but one of the 10 islands
lying off the southern coast of
the Territory hav^ been releas
ed to the present holders for a
term of three years at the same
rental as before. •
Of the total number of fox
farms 119 are on islands in
south-eastern Alaska, 31 in the
Prince William Sound region,
14 in the Kodiak-Afognak reg
ion, 13 on the islands off the
coast of Alaska Peninsula, 9 in
the Cook Inlet region, and 26
on islands within the Aleutian
Islands Reservation.
FIRE THREATENS
DESTRUCTION OF
STEWART HOTEL
| The probable total destruct
ion of the Stewart Hotel, one
of Stewart’s leading hostelries,
was narrowly averted Wednes
day afternoon with the timely
discovery of a hot blase in
the furnace room in the rear
of the ball room. The origin of
the fire is not definitely de
termined but is believed to
have been due to defective
electric wiring. That the spac
cious building and valuable ad
joining properties were not
swept away in a whirl of flame
was undoubtedly due to the
highly efficient work of the
volunteer fire department and
citizens. When discovered by
Jack Taylor, the fire had made
considerable headway and by
the time the fire fighters ar
ried with the chemicals and
hose dense masses of smoke
were rolling from the upper
story windows. The engine
room was so black with smoke
that vision was impossible and
rhe wielders of the chemical
had a difficult time while sub
duing the flames. While the
'fight was going on inside the
building a stream of water
from the fire engine was
ibrought into play and the
blaze was quenched in hurry
up style. The interior of the
engine room was-badly scorch
ed and also part of the hall
and some of the furnishings.
The fire brigade and citizens
are entitled to praise for their
speedy work, which alone pre
vented a disastrous conflag
ration.
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Provincial Constable Bevan,
of Anyox, was a visitor in Hy
der during the stay of tho
Prince George. The constable’s
visit was made in ■ connection
with the prosecution of one
Gallagher for the alleged theft
of the gas boat George B., be
longing to the estate of Fred
Dorey and Samuel L. Fry. The
vessel was sold to Gallagher
by the owners about two years
ago under a time payment
agreement. Gallagher is alleg
ed to have not only defaulted
in the payments but also ab
sconded with the boat, taking
it into British Columbia waters,
where he is said to have sold
it to others. The boat was fin
ally located at Alice Arm late
last year after an extended
search instigated by Ernest
Blue, administrator of the Dor
ev-Fry estate.
During his stay Constable
Bevan examined a number of
local witnesses in connection
with the case.
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Delegate to Congress Dan
Sutherland has advised the
Herald that a Congressional
enactment, approved February
25, authorizes the Secretary of
the Interior to establish a sys
tem of vocational training
schools for the natives of Alas
ka. The locations of the var
ious schools is to be selected by
the secretary. - The measure
provides for the assignment to
the Bureau of Education any
unoccupied buildings in the
Territory in the custody of (he
interior department and the
Secretary of War is authorized
t, transfer to that-department
ary unoccupied huildiitg un
der his jurisdiction for use a
S'-bocls, dormitories and hos
pitals suitable for the purpose.
BIG DAILY GIVES
PUBLICITY TO THE
PORTLAND CANAL AREA
In a nine page special mining
; edition issued March 15th.
the Vancouver Daily Sun, one
of the largest and most influ
ential newspapers published in
Western Canada, gives to the
Portland Canal section prob
ably the most valuable bit of
newspaper advertising so far
received by. the district. In ad
dition to exploiting the mining
industry of this section, the
edition-aiso gives considerable
publicity to the Stewart-Hy
be ' - *eace River railway pro
ject, which is characerized as
the “economic solution of pop
ulating Northern British Col
umbia and Alberta with ulti
mate millions of people,” in
addition to providing the
wo; Id with countless of tons of
w: hracile coal from the
Ground Hog section and mil
lions of bushels of wheat from
the fertile Peace River coun
try. Hyder and Stewart as ter
minals of file railway are des
ignated the “only international
world port.”
The edition devotes space to
practically every important
! mining development in the
Bear River section, and is illus
trated by numerous maps and
photographs, including two 8
column panoramic views of
Stewart ‘and Hyder, the latter
by II. A. Ives, the local pho
tographer.
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Making his first trip to the
big outside in 18 years. Bert
: Olsen, well known local resi
dent and until recently one of
the tunnel contractors on the
L Q L, left Monday on the Ca
moUsun to visit relatives in the
east.
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Steahiship men predict that
the coming open season will
witness another vast influx of
tour; ts into the Territory. It is
• aid that all previous records
for tourist traffic will be brok
en. It was recently announced
that the accomodations on all
Alaska boats are reserved un
i! late in August.
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Lester D. Henderson was
It ted to his fifth successive
hei 1 of two years as Commiss
: of Education for Alaska
| at a recent meeting of the Ter
rit irial Board of Education in
7 .. ;.u. Mr. Henderson was
fi ■ named for the Commiss
;ions,'hip in 1917, when the
!Territorial Department of Ed
ination was‘created, and has
ci . ed with-marked efficiency
-hroughout his ten years of of
! fice.
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Tiie House recently passed a
jSonate bill to permit placer
; mining claims in Alaska in ex
c ; of the 20 acres now pro
v' ied by law to be patented
, providing that the tracts lie
| between adjoining patented
'claims on all sides and are not
o r 1,320 feet long.
The new law, it is said, is aim
ed to meet a situation that has
arisen in interior Alaska in the
sale of certain areas of low
grade placer mining ground. It
will eliminate the necessity of
patenting small fraction claims
lying in ground already pat
ented. The provision limiting
claim length to 1,320 feet s de
signed to guard against “shoe
string’’ locations.
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POWER EXPERT LEAVE3
TO REPORT ON SOULE
GLACIER POWER PLANT
C. W. Wibon, who spent the
oast week or so in the district
representing the Guggenheim
interests in connection with an
investigation of the power
possibilities of the Soule Glac
ier Creek hydro-electric pow
er project, left Thursday on
the Prince George.
It is understood that Mr. Wil
son,who is an experienced hy
jdro- electric power engineer,
was entirely satisfied as to the
power possibilities of the Soule
Glacier proposal, after in
specting the various sources of
water supply during his recent
visit in company with the Pre
mier officials and P. R. Back
us.
Mr. Wilson will proceed to
New York to make his report
on the project, after a stop
over at St. Paul, where it is
understood he will confer with
the officials of the Seims, Ilel
mes and Schaffner Company,
who have the power develop
ment proposal in hand.
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Robert Martin, directing head
of the Victoria Mines, left for
Vancouver Monday with a
large batch of ore samples
from the big ore zone recent
ly encountered in the new
tunnel extension on the Dandy
claim. The ore is said to have
been taken from the vein of
high grade struck last week
and will be thoroughly tested.
A large section of the south
ern coast of Alaska was reeent
visited by severe earthquake
shocks. Seward, Anchorage,
Cordova, Haines and other
points along the coast between
Lynn Canal and Cook Inlet
experienced shocks of varying
degrees of violence, while
tremors that shook buildings
and rattled dishes were felt as
far inland as Fairbanks.
Seward apparently experien
ced the worst shaking up,
water pipes being broken and
chimneys wrecked, while the
population ru lied into the
:streets for safety The shocks
were heavy and la ted a half
[minute. The damage in 1 ided
;the breaking op the Seward
lend of .the V*dde • cable.
Two shocks lasting 19i/» sec
onds were record'd at Anchor
age. The second nho k was the
most severe and was accomp
anied by a deep rumbling
'sound, apparently in the earth.
Only slight damage was done,
principally in broken dishes,
although the reports say that
[patients in the hospital were
shaken out of their beds, and
the school children were sent
home. The quakes stopped the
clocks at Curry, on the Alaska
[railroad. Cordova was visited
by two shocks lasting two and
ten seconds each. Buildings
were shaken but no material
damage was done at that point.
Fairbanks reported a shock
at the same hour which shook
buildings but did no damage.
The quake was registered by
seismographs at Victoria, B. C.
and Berkley, Cal.
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A. R. Holmes, representative
of the Rock Drill Company of
[Vancouver, was a visitor at
Premier between Monday and
iThursday, when he left for the
j south.