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VOL 3, NO. 7
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11,1926
FIfTY (Bilb A fll'MH
BIG RETURNS FROM
PORTER IDAHO ORE
The first carload of high
grade ore shipped by the Port
er Idaho mine this year yield
ed the handsome sum of $10
061.50 net, according to ad
vices received last week by
the Porter Idaho management
from the Trail smelter. As the
carload was slightly under
weight, being a trifle under
38 tons, this means an average
of $281 per ton, gross. Allow
ing $16 per ton for freight
and smelter charges, the net
return on each ton of the
shipment amounted to $265.30
according to the smelter state
ment.
This very excellent return is
in full keeping with the values
shown by assays of the ore ex
tracted this summer, all of
which is said to be averaging
$200 or better per ton, in gold,
silver and lead, without con
sideration of the zinc content,
which adds considerably to
the total values. As there has
been no apparent change in
the ore mined since the first
carload was sent south the of
ficials are sanguine that later
shipments will prove fully as
valuable as the first.
The last 20 tons of the third
carload so far shipped went
south Sunday and a carloau
is on the beach awaiting trans
portation. There are also sev
eral carloads sacked at the
mine.
ure nas Deen coming aowii
from the mine at the rate of
about seven thousand pound?
daily but this will probably
be increased to nine or ten
thousand pounds this week as
a result of the acquisition of
seven additional head of stock,
for the pack train last Friday.
As the daily output of high
grade is running around 100
sacks per day, with plenty of
ore in the stopes to keep the
pack train busy until the
snow comes, the outlook for
a highly profitable season ap
pears pai’ticularly bright.
Company officials state that
operations will be continued
throughout the winter season
along the lines of a develop
ment program • which will be
announced later.
Supplies for the winter opei
ations are now being sent
up to the mine.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSN.
HOLDS ELECTION
The following officers were
chosen to preside over the
destinies of the Public Library
at a meeting of the Public Li
brary Association held Thurs
day evening in Chamber ot
Commerce Hall.
Merl F. Thomas, President.
Rev. S. V. Warren, secretary.
E. R. Stivers, librarian,
Mrs. Jas. D. Lyons and T. H.
Evans, trustees.
The meeting disclosed that
the affairs of the library are
in a flourishing condition and
that there has been a steady
increase in patronage by the
public.
OFFICIAL B. C. SILVER
REPORT FOR AUGUST
Following is the August prog
ress report of the B. C. Silver
management, issued by the
I home office of the Selukwe
I company in London September
j 20 and received by mail Sun
day.
| In addition to disclosing sev
ieral new developments of im
i portance, the statement also
J confirms in practically ever>
detail the reports heretofore
; published in these columns
It says:
“No. 3 Level—Drift 334 was
advanced 110 ft and 80 ft of
j crosscutting was done. On the
5th of Aug. it passed out of
the granite dyke and into fav
orable porphyry on the north
ern side of the dyke. Cross
cutting located a heavy silici
j fied area. It is too early to
state whether this is the con
tinuaion of the ore channel or
not. ■"
In July report a 20 ft. cross
j cut had located part of “C”
1 ere body in drift 334. This
ere varies from 40 to 50 ft in
length, and over a width oi
20 ft it averages $27. The
crosscut has been continued a
further 20 ft to connect with
lrift 336 on “D” ore body,and
! his last 20 ft averages be
! .ween $3 and $4 a ton. It
would appear that C and
I ‘D” ore bodies came togethei
; >t this point, giving a total
J width of 60 ft of milling ore.
| ‘Drift 331—In preparation for
* liamond drilling the extension
; of the vein system in the di
| ’ecVion of the Premier, a fur
i her 100 ft of crosscutting was
lone and a diamond drilling
tation was put in.
1 No. 3 intermediate level (50 j
j ft below No. 3 level)—The I
aise was continued a furthei
! 15ft—up to No. 3 level—in
?100 ore, and some high grade
j rre was stoped in this area.
: “General—a total of 365 ft of
| drifting and raising was done
| during the month. Approxi
mately 120 tons of $100 ore
was sacked for shipment. A
new and enlarged assay office
has been built, and a modern
change house for the miners
was completed. A commence j
ment was made on the instal
lation of a 60,000-gallon fuei {
oil tank and on a centralheat-z
1 ing plant for the camp.
“A cablegram from Vancouv
er dated 17th Sept, states:—
| “Drift 334 has encountered !
i zone 10 ft wide on north side j
of dyke; values to date are
low. Have commenced sink
ing.”
“(Office note-The word “sink-,
ing” refers to winze No. 352
for the purpose of opening the
4th level 150 (ft) below No. b!
in “C” ore body.)”
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The motorship Border Queen
; will probably not arrive from
Seattle before Tuesday or
Wednesday, owing to the sail
ing date having been changed
1 from October 7 to October 10,
according to advices received
during the week.
COMPLETE LIST OF
1ST. DIV. CANDIDATE
With a view to enlightening
local voters regarding the can
didates who have entered the
race for Legislative honors ai
the forthcoming general ejec
tion, Nov. 2, the Herald pre
sents below the complete list
of those names will appear on
the official ballots for this
division, together with a brief
statement of their place of resi
dence and qualifications.
There are three candidates
for the office of Territorial
Senator, one of whom will be
elected.
Willis W. Batcheller, Inde
pendent candidate for Terri
torial Senator, is a traveling
salesman, who makes his head
quarters in Juneau and is
widely known throughout this
section of the Territory.
Allen Shattuck, who is also
an Independent candidate foi
Territorial Senator, is a pio
neer business man of Juneau,
having resided in the capital
city since 1898. He is promi
nent in all civic activities and
one of the leading citizens of i
;he division.
Will A. Steel, who was the;
successful candidate on the
Republean ticket for Territori-1
al Senator at the April pri
mary election, is a newspaper
man by profession and has
3ince 1898 been identified with
newspaper enterprises in.D&Ur.
son, Nome, Cordova and Jun
eau.
Eight candidates will make
the race for Territorial Repre
sentative, four of whom are
republicans and the choice of
the April primary. The rest
are independents. Four of the
number will be elected by the
voters.
Heading the list is Chas. Ben- j
jamin, Republican, who resides j
in Wrangell, where he is en
gaged in business. He is presi
dent of the Wrangell Cham- i
ber of Commerce and is active
in civic affairs.
C. B. Ferguson, Republican,
resides at Craig and is a pio
neer Alaskan. He is a success
ful business man. Mr. Fergu
son served in the last legis
lative and also in the 1921
legislative session.
A. E. Gurr is a candidate on '
the Independent ticket. He is
a pioneer resident of the dis
trict and widely known in the 1
Juneau section.
N. E. Hardy, Independent j
candidate, served in the last
legislature and achieved an
excellent record. He is a bank
er, being associated with the
First National Bank of Juneau,
where he has resided for
many years.
L. H. Kubley, is a leading
business man of Ketchikan
and is running as an indepenu-1
ent candidate. As head of the
B. P. O. E. Elks in Alaska, he
has visited a large part of the
Territory and is one of the
most widely known residents
of this division. Ask any Ket
chikan resident who Kuble>
is and you are sure of an eat
ful.
Edward Locken, Indepenu-1
ent, is a pioneer of the dn>-1
! NEW CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ORGANIZED
The Chamber of Commerce,
completed organization as an
incorporated body at a meet
ing held in Chamber of Com
merce Hall Tuesday evening,
! with a majority of the mem
bers present. The following
were elected to fill the various'
offices for the ensuing year.
President, Merl F. Thomas,
vice president, John Hovlana,
secretary-treasurer, S. V. Wai
ren: The following were nam
ed as members of the Boaru
of Directors: J. A. Hall, E. L>.
Haddon E. L. Dale, John IIov
land, Holger Johnson, Merl F.
Thomas and Arthur Moa.
All members of the old Cham
ber of Commerce in good
standing were made members
of the new organization by
unanimous vote. The old
Chamber of Commerce will
hold its last meeting Novem
ber 2 for the purpose of trans
ferring its possessions to the
new body and will then ad
journ sine die.
Meetings of the new organi
zation will be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Mon
day of each month.
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HECLA ENGINEERS
VISIT DISTRICT
Rush J. White, well known
western mining engineer, ar- j
rived in camp Wednesday
morning, after completing an
examination of the Stampede
Group, near Haines, Alaska,
owned by J. S. (Stampede
John) Stenbraten and William
Bunting and recently bonded
by the Hecla Mining Co. of
the Coeur d’Alene district. Mr.
White was accompanied by ■
George Bohannon, anothei ■
member of the Hecla company |
engineering staff.
The visitors made the trip
from Juneau in the power boar
Jazz, owned by Cash Cole,
prominent Juneau transfer
man, who personally piloted
the vessel down the coast.
Herman T. Tripp, an old timer
of the Juneau section, was al
so a passenger on the trip.
Messrs. White and Bohannon j
will spend a week or ten days
in the district looking things!
over before returning to Idaho,
to make their report on the
Stampede properties.
trict and makes his home in (
Petersburg. He is a successful!
business man and a highly j
capable and useful citizen.
William L. Paul, Republican j
candidate, hardly needs an in
troduction to the voters of tins
district, having been a promi- j
oent figure in politics for sev
eral years. He resides in Ket- j
rhikan and is an attorney by ;
profession. Paul was a mem
ber of the 1925 legislatui’e
md is alleged to control the j
Indian vote of this section.
William E. Worth was nomi
nated on the Republican ticket
it the April primary. He is a
resident of Petersburg, where
be is engaged in business, anu
is one of the pioneers of the j
district.
JOHN FERGUSON
PASSES Or
Victim of a heart ailment from
which he had suffered lev
a considerable time, Joh
I Ferguson, well known ol
; timer of the district, passe,
away suddenly at 9-Mile abou
6 a. m. Saturday morning
Death occurred while he wa
going to work at the 9-Mil
ingle station on the Premie
ore tram, where he was eri
ployed as a station man.
Andrew Jensen, who w;
j with the unfortunate man t
| he time, states that Mr. Fei
[ guson and himself were on th
i night shift but, owing to i
I breakdown, the tram wa3 shu
| lown for several hours Frida.
light and they had returnei
! to the camp at 9-Mile am
j gone to bed until repairs wer
made. On leaving the cam
together Saturday mornin,
Jensen says Mr. Ferguson ap
peared in his usual health am
spirits. They had proceeded j
short distance up the trail t
the angle station,' when Jen
sen, who was walking a fev
paces in advance heard hi
companion utter a sharp ex
clamation. Turning quickly tu
-aw Mr. Ferguson attempt tc
.v-cii- iijiiirtcii uii ct rocK oy lilt ;
trail and then suddenly plungt.
i-Orward on his face. Hurrying
;o the stricken man, Jenser i
found him apparently uncoi, j
scious and breathing, heavily |
After placing the sufferer ir 1
a comfortable position Jenser j
ran back to camp to summer: \
assistance.. He then hurriec |
back to where Mr. Fergusoi '
lay, only to find that he hai :
ceased to breathe. The bodj
was examined by Dr. Carson
who pronounced life extinct
and ascribed death to hear,
failure.
The deceased was aged aboui
60 years and had been a resi
dent of the district for six oi
seven years. Little is known rt» :
garding his antecedents, save
that he was a native of New ^
York state. Nothing is known
locally regarding his relative: 1
and the commissioner’s office
is endeavoring to trace or lo
cate them through clos<
friends residing in California.
Deceased was a man of excei-1
lent character and habits and
possessed the highest re gar a
of all who knew him. He was i
a member of the Moose orderj
and the burial arrangements
are in charge of the local
Moose lodge.
Definite arrangements for the
funeral had not been made at
the time this was written, but
the final rites will probably no i
held Wednesday afternoon.
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Louis Levensaler, noted min
ing engineer, was a visitor in
camp last week. Mr. Levensal
er devoted several days of his
stay todooking over the Big
Missouri and appeared much
interested in that promising i
property. He left for the States
Sunday.
E. A. Haggen, the well known
mining engineer, arrived last
week from Vancouver and vis
ited the Albany property. i
TAKES FATAL DOSE
QUININE FOii COLD
•I. F. Bowman, employed as
I carpenter at the Big Mis
i uri passed away at the mine
I t 8 a. m Thu; ...day monang
'•s a result of an over
use of quinine, taken to
'eak up a cold from which
le had been suffering for
ome time. Apparently una
ware of its toxic qualities
^hen taken in large doses,
!ie deceased is said to have
taken 27 grains of the drug
vithin the space of two 01
I hree hours. Bowman’s conclit
j on then became so serious
! hat Dr. Carsoji was sum.aoa
| :d from Premier bu. was un
j tble to resuscitate him. A or
{ rner’s jury summoned b„ J
j -ner Whillans, of Ste.va . ■<.
: urned a verdict that death
: >vas due to poisoning . an
>verdose of quinine
| The deceased was rg 3 >
'ears and had been ■ in 1 >. ed
; >n the Big Missouri *•- the
present operations were m
tuted.. He is survived by uia
(mother who resides at New
berg, Oregon, to which poir.
the remains were shipped for
interment.
reminiscent of the days of
the great gold rush to Jaw
son and of the valuable clean
ups made by several enter
prising individuals who took
“lays” on sawdust swept from
the bar-room and dance hr. !
floors and rocked out the j.du
dust scattered by cor.viv.al
spirits is the following r
printed from the Valde . tu
er.
A gold placer strike tha
may lead to further operation
was made recently in D.. v o
when the floor of one
dance halls, that wr*
in the days when Daw .■••• -
in flower, was taken
the ground under if w
up and washed out a o.
to M. S. Whittier, aisi ant
collector of customs at ^ nr
eau, who recently rct..r.ie<!
from a trip througho
ka. Mr. Wh tti_r s.-iu
while in Dawson li
on the river fro L a. ...
using a gold pan. ii . ..
down and found that ;h
contained a lot of <rol ' h •
man with the pan to d ;
where the rich •
from. He said he ii • i
panned out 18 ounce.-, o g >.».
and declared that the - o ui
under other dance h 1
places where gJ 1 ha en
used extensively as a I
of exchange, wmU be e
WINTER WORK ON
WASHINGTON G O'JP
Development work will > ?n
tinue throughout th~ -
on the Washing on f ■> o..
:he Washington Min :
on the south fork of ti.
mot River, according to . E.
Lundvall, manager, wh fates
that a crew of five ci ten
will be employed.
The company has ju com
pleted the Iconstruccio: of a
fine new camp bu.ldin ; for
lousing the crew and contem
plates an extensive p .\i
ng campaign.