T Salmon River District is
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
htad Hydet is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in
* the North.
MINER
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VOL, 3. NO. 44.
HYDER, Alaska, Oct. 11. 1922
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
BOND IS TAKEN
ON SUNSHINE
BY GRANBY CO,
The Granby company this week
bonded the Sunshine group and
let a contract for I 50 feet of tun
nel to be driven in on the main
vein, and the contractors are now
taking in supplies and will start
work immediately.
The Sunshine consists of three
claims on Glacier creek, and is
owned by Fred Young and God
frey Anderson. It was bonded
last July to A. G. Hill of Denver,
who recently applied for an exten
s.on of time, but was denied be
cause the Granby people were
ready to take it over. The prop
erty is said by competent men who
have examined it, to have one of
the best surface showings in the
district. In the main vein copper
predominates, but smaller leads
carry values high in silver, and re
turns from two tons of ore taken
out several years ago but only re
cently shipped, were received Sun
day by the owners in the form of
a check for $472.
UES TIDE LAKE DISTRICT
R. W. Martin and F. K. Der
by, the latter a mining engineer of
Scranton, Pa., came down from
the Tide lake district Saturday,
and on Sunday left for the east.
1 hey examined a group of claims
iu which Mr. Martin is interested,
and looked over the general physi
cal conditions of the district. Mr.
Derby expressed himself as being
favorably impressed with the geo
logical features and the extent of
t i ■ surface mineralization. Although
the district is 35 miles or more
fr m tidewater the showings are
s :h as to lead to the belief that
it will, when transportation facili
ties are provided, become an im
portant factor in the ore produc
tion of this section.
Green
Theatre
Saturday Night
MARY
MILES I
minter;
“Sweet Lavender”
COMEDY
AND
Weekly News
f
The Hyder Commercial As
sociation meeting called for last
1 hursday night fizzled because
most of the officers were so
busy with other matters that
they could not attend. Maybe
they were afraid of losing their
jobs, as a new election is due.
However, another try for a
meeting will be had Thursday
night of this week, and it is
hoped that there will be a full
attendance.
SNOW AND ICE FIELDS
' FAST DISAPPEARING
Oldtimers say that never since
the white man landed here have
the snow and ice on the high ranges
disappeared with such rapidity as
during the summer just drawn to
a close, and that they are not draw
ing on their imaginations can be
proven by a look around from
Hyder at the various peaks. Every
where rocks are exposed that never
before were touched by the sun’s
rays, and some large snowfields.
presumably everlasting, have disap
peared entirely. On the head
waters of the south fork of the
Marmot, where R. E. Lundvall has
mining property, his ice road, upon
which formerly it would have been
possible to work a four-horse team,
has melted away until he cannot go
over it on foot, and all property
owners and prospectors operating
in the upper reaches of the mount
ains have similar stories to tell. If
such summers as this become the
rule, in a few years we will be able
to see nothing on the mountain
peaks in the latter part of the
summer but bare rocks.
A new belt conveyor, the latest
word in equipment of this type,
was received by the Premier Sun
day to replace the extension across
the wharf from the main conveyor
to the loading ship. The old ex
tension was a makeshift on wheels,
and although doing the work caus
ed considerable delay every time
it was shifted. The new conveyor
is on a steel framework and when
not in use will be tilted back against
the ore bunker building. The frame
is about 45 feet long.
Deputy Marshal McDonald last
Saturday knocked the heads off of
Johnny Dewar, Roderick Diiu, Haig
& Haig and Queen Anne, the exe
cution affecting 17 representatives
of these famous fun makers. The
Queen Anne family was most num
erously represented, probably be
cause the female of the species is
more deadly than the male. Offi
cial witnesses were the commiss
ioner, deputy clerk of the court,
probate judge, mining recorder,
coroner, customs collector, immi
gration officer and village scribe.
A number of unofficial witnesses'
were there, and the sepulcheral si
lence was caused bv their un-shout
ed cheers as the life blood of the
victims oozed out Into the creek.
Lawrence, the Watchmaker.
One-half interest in a lot on Premier
avenve, Linrteborg addition, for sale for
oira-l»lf the origimrt cost Aik Joe Gfwn
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Reg Macfarlane left Sunday on a
trip to Vancouver.
H. Horstman left Sunday for a
visit in Vancouver.
Miss Ila Young left Sunday to
enter the academy in Rupert.
Wm. Forrest left Sunday on a
trip to Vancouver and Victoria.
Friday of this week falls on the
13th of the month. Watch your
step.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Keith left
Sunday on a business trip to Van
couver.
The North Star cigar store and
restaurant has been equipped with
electric lighls.
The Marmion took 700 tons of
Premier silicious ore to the Granby
smelter Saturday.
T. J. Shenton, B. C. mine inspec
tor, left Sunday after spending a
week in the district.
Alex McRae, a leading business
man of Rupert, gave the camp the
once over last Sunday.
Alex Gallagher has taken a con
tract to cut 300,000 feet of logs for
the Hyder Lumber Co.
Miss Muriel Forsyth left Sunday
for Vancouver where she will at
tend school this winter.
The Canadian fisheries patrol
Marfish was in the harbor from
Saturday morning until Sunday.
George Turner, who spent the
summer with his father, G. D. B.
Turner, left Sunday for Victoria. 1
The Dorey Transfer have moved
their headquarters into the Junc
tion building on Volunteer Drive.
The Amur was in last Thursday
and took away 600 tons of Premier
hige-grade ore to Tacoma smelter.
Traversy Bros, are making ex
tensive improvements and redec
orating the interior of the Miners
Home.
A. H. McCallum, who has various
mining interests here, left Sunday
for Victoria, after spending the
summer here.
R. E. Moore, northern manager
of the P. Burns &. Co. markets, was
in camp during the stay of the
Prince Rupert.
Chas. Hickman, B. C. fisheries
inspector, left Sunday for Victoria,
after spending several weeks on
Meziadin and Bowser lakes.
A. G. Larson, consulting engi
neer for the Daly Alaska, left Sun
day for Vancouver. He intends
returning in a month or less.
Jesse J. Kahn, president of the
Daly Alaska Mining Co., left Sun
day for his home in Vancouver,
after spending a week on the prop
erty.
An aerial cable has been strung
from the wharf to the foundation
for the Premier oil tanks, for the
purpose of conveying building ma
terial.
Sam Gourley, who accumulated'
a competence in 1910 from his!
mining claims on Bear river and is j
now the recognized camp philos- j
bpher, left Sunday for Seattle where!
he dens up every winter in one of.
the hot canyons.
The committee in charge of the
r Lundvall subscription have closed
I the list and left it at Frank Reicb
enbach’s store, where it may be in
spected.
The Crawford Transfer Co. have
sent five horses to Maple bay where
operations were recently commen
ced by the Granby Co. on the Out
sider mine.
The new bunk-house at Fish
creek mine is completed and can be
seen from the Salmon valley road.
It is two stories high and 20x24
feet in size.
G. D. B. Turner, who has the In
dian mine bonded, and has been
for several weeks in Toronto and
Montreal on mining business, re
turned Sunday.
The R. E. I. & I. Association’s
hydroplane Hazelton made her
second trip here Tuesday, bringing
a number of B. C. government offi
cials from Rupert.
Bill McGrew is erecting a three
story building, 24x28 feet in siae,
near the road at Eleven-mile, and
may perhaps conduct a tourist ho
tel there next summer.
W. R. Tonkin, president of the
Fish Creek Mining Co. and vice
president of the American Mining
and Milling, left Sunday for Seat
tle to be gone about six weeks.
Grant Mahood, president and
managing director of the American
Mining and Milling Co., left Sun
day on a business trip to Vancou
ver. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Mahood.
Mrs. J. K. Green and Mrs. H. C.
Shough ieft Sunday for a visit in
Seattle. Mrs. Green, who came to
Alaska in 1896 when a t®t of a
| girl, is making her first trip Out
side in 18 years.
M. (Cougar) Huntley, Emil Poi
son and H. F. Gordon have taken
| a contract to supply 200,000 feet
of logs for the Hyder Lumber Co.,
i and left this week for Halibut bay
i to commence operations.
R. R. Wilson M. E., whose father,
W. R. Wilson, of Fernie, B. C., is
one of the heaviest shareholders in
the Premier, left Sunday for his
home in Vancouver, after spending
several weeks in the district.
Deputy Marshal McDonald has
selected a courthouse site on the
forest reserve, being the two lots
at the corner of Main and Third
streets chosen at one time by the
Pioneers as a site for their hall.
Lockie McKinnon, proprietor of
the Zynda hotel in Juneau, left on
the Prince of Wales after spending
the week here looking over the
camp and making some invest
ments. He expects to return soon.
L. Jessen, district manager for
Boyle Bros., the diamond drill firm*
returned Saturday from Britannia,
where the firm have three drills in
operation, He says construction of
the new million dollar mill there is
making good headway, the con*
crete h .ving all been poured and a
large part of the steel work placed,
The mill will have a capacity of
2500 to ts daily. Boyle Bros, have
recently reorganized tinder the
name ' Boyle Bros. (Canada) Ltd.”
with offices in Spokane and Van
couver.
r->.
A rumor, probably started
by the Ancient but Obnoxious
, Order of Chair Warmers, cir
| culated this week to the effect
I that A. B. Trites had thrown
up his bond on the Unicorn.
; Harry Howson, manager of this
property and the Big Missouri,
who was down Sunday, denied
that such is the case. The Uni
corn crew, he said, was taken
off because living quarters there
are inadequate for winter.
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TELLS TALES OF EARLY
STEAMBOAT TRIPS HERE
On the last trip of the Chilcoot
the Miner enjoyed a visit fromWm.
Vaughn, fieight agent for the Union
Steamship Company, who own the
ship. Mr. Vaughn is one of the
real oldtimers of the British Colum
bia coast, having brought up the
first party of mining argonauts to
land at the head of Portland Canal,
in 1888. In the party were “Dad”
Raney, who settled down in what is
now Stewart, and was killed a few
years ago by falling from a cliff,
and “Pap” Stewart, after whom the
town was named, who now has a
ranch in the Skagit valley, but
spent most of the summer of 1920
here. About twenty years ago, Mr.
Vaughn said, he brought Dan
Lindeborg from Kitimat, and on the
way up herepioked up Andy Linde
borg on Prince of Wales island,
I where he had been wrecked, and
was marooned. Chances are Mr.
Vaughn would have spun quite a
yarn, but the Chilcoot whistled for
him about the time he became
warmed up.
!
| Big time Oct. 20. Hospital dance
in Ocean View hotel.
Eddie Gillingham of Anyox was
in camp during the stay of the
Prince Rupert. He was on his way
to Rupert to meet his father, Chas.
Gillingham, who had chasge of road
and trail construction in the Port
land canal section ten years ago
and is now ranching north of Ed
monton. He is going to California,
being called there by the death of
his brother.
Frank Stariha of Duluth Minn.,
! one of the heavy shareholders in
the Daly Alaska, who has spent
I three weeks in camp and looking
over various properties of the Sal
mon basin, went out Sunday,' but
expects to return in a few weeks.
He is confident that this will, in a
| short time, be the leading district
i on the American continent in point
of production.
R. A. Zeller, who has been for
some years connected with the
Forest Service in Alaska, and who
helped lay out the forest addition
to Hyder, arrived Sunday and is
staying over to catch the Prince of
Wales for Ketchikan. Mr. Zeller
has recently been appointed forest
supervisor for this district to suc
ceed C; T. Gardner of Ketchikan,
who has been transferred to the
States^
Cabins to rent. Blondy Charlton.
Don't go home hungry; Get a lunch at
the Ocean Vljw;
ASSESSMENTS
ENHANCE VALUE
DF THREE GBDUPS
Dan Woodmore, who has been
doing assessment on the Idaho
group of four claims for Arthur
Noble, the Silver Lake group of
five claims for himself and Frank
Reichenbach’s four claims on Slate
mountain, came down this week
and says that he found ore on
every claim but two, and did not
prospect them. The Idaho group
adjoins the Big Missouri on the
south. Seven or eight open cuts
were run, all in ore that appears
to be of good quality. Nice show
ings were also made on the Silver
Lake group, and just before he
had to quit he worked out the
vein system on the Reichenbach
property, where the strike of the
veins does not conform to the
general north-west and south-east
trend of the district as a whole.
By taking the veins as they do oc
cur, he says, instead of as they
theoretically should occur, this
property holds considerable prom
ise.
MOOSE HAVE FULL QUOTA
Portland Canal Lodge, Loyal
Order of Moose, got away to a fly
ing start at the meeting held Fri
day night in the Ocean View Ho
tel, 30 members, the number re
quired to secure a charter, having
signed up. The next meeting will
be held Friday night of this week
in the same place.
As usual, the Prin«e Rupert was
an hour or more behind her sailing
schedule last Sunday because of
the large volumn of freight to be
unloaded. The outgoing passengtr
list was exceptionally full and tin*
activity on the wharf was greater
than on any previous trip of the
ship. Every passenger however,
with the esception of the "round
trippers” who came in, intends re
turning-, so their departure caused
no tears to be shed.
30 H.P. UNION HOIST AND HNGlNil
Two-cylinder Union gas engine, hoist
with extended crank shaft fined with
10x30 clutch pulley engine pr.per and
driver mounted on segment base.
Size of drum body 24 in. x 24 in., flan
ges of drum 6 in. deep making outside of
drum about 36 in., bull gear of drum 4 in.
face, 4 in. diameter,
Also one Ludlow Dun and Cordow lOx
10 air compressor which has been driven
by the clutch pulley and engine crank
shaft.
Also one 36 in. x 9 in. air tank with
guages, pipeing, safety valves and all
necessary fittings for immediate instal
lation,
Single drum, simple geared and one
way drive.
Equipment in fair condition and ready
for immediate delivery.
The above is at Ketchikan and can be
bought very cheaply by applying to J. R.
Ileckman, Ketchikan, Alaska.
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