HYDER ALASKA MINER
W. R. Hull - - - - Editor
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HYDER, ALASKA, October 24, 1919.
KLOSH KLA-HOW-YA
It is customary for the perpetrator
of a new newspaper to make excuses
in the first issue for its birth. Among
the high-brows this would probably
be called a “salutatory”. When the
last number of an expiring sheet gives
it’s pre-mortuary gasp, an obituary
notice appears at the head of the edit
orial column.
The Hyder Alaska Miner is going to
make no excuses The reason for it’s
existance at the newest and greatet
mineral belt of the north-west should
be patent to anyone acquainted with
local conditions.
Neither will the e be any obituary
for the very simple reason that none
will be necessary.
It is enough to state at this time that
the editor of this paper is an old-timer
in western mining camps and fortunate
in having the acquaintance of a large
proportion of the town’s pioneers. He
wants to keep in continual touch with
them and to get acquainted with the
others, so that all may pull together
for the fulfillment of Hyder’s destiny.
With a continuance of the spirit in
which the town has been established,
Hyder will soon be the biggest town in
Alaska, as it is now the busiest and
brightest.
But it’s up to everyone to keep boost
ing.
The Miner will do it’s share.
When Boston entertained the king
and queen of Belgium the astute resi
dents of the “Hub” treated them to a
feed of beans. No report has been giv
en out as to the after effects.
The Alaska government railroad gets
$17,000,000 for further construction but j
red tape at Washington will prevent1
the money from being available for
weeks and possibly months.
If an I. W. W. should say the same
things about the president that some
hot air politicians are saying, he would
be sent up for six months twice a year
for the rest of his life, and serve him
right, too.
When the Copper Cent comes sneak
ing in the front door it’s time to lock
the back door to keep Prosperity from
beating it.
Heard the Salvation Army in Seattle
a while back singing: "There is Sun
shine in My Soul”. Sounded as though
they had Moonshine in Their Tummies.
Robert Leeson, Klondike sourdough,
has lsft Dawson for Irerand to claim
the estates of the Earl of Millbank.
Wonder if the Earl had as big a roll as
Millbank Sound sometimes carries.
Japanese laborers are leaving the
Hawaiian Islands because they can no
longer get hooch or Jap rice. Which
should make the white workmen worry.
An exchange says: “Alexander Mc
Lean of Dawson, said to be the original
of Jack London’s ‘Sea Wolf’ was
drowned on the Sophia, his body being
one of those recovered recently.” This
is darned queer. He was also drowned
several years ago by falling from a log
boom at Vancouver B. C.
WHAT OTHERS SAY OF US.
(Portland Canal News.)
A weekly newspaper, under the edi
torial management of W. R. Hull, will
appear at Hyder soon. Mr. Hull ar
rived from Seattle last Thursday and
the plant is expected in a few days.
“Rube” Hull is one of the best known
mining writers and all-round newspa
permen in the west. He is a pioneer of
such camps as Republic, Wash., Grand
Forks and other camps of British Co
lumbia.
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ECONOMICAL TRIP
IS MADE BY
TECO
Robert C. Sweatt of the Tay’or En
gineering Co., Vancouver, has been
giving the camp the once-over with a
view to determining its future necessi
ties in the commodities which his firm
handle. He expressed himsel as being
much impressed with the way the peo
ple here are getting things going, and
intends returning in a couple of months
for a longer stay.
Mr. Sweatt is a very strong advocate
of the semi-diesel type of engine and
believes that they will become extrem
ly popular in any part of this country
where hydraulic power is not available.
He says that the steamer Teco, upon
which he came north from Vancouver,
made the trip at a cost of $72 for fuel
and lubricating oil.and was six days on
the way. The Teco can handle 300 tons
of freight, and is equipped with a 160
h. p. semi-diesel engine. The fuel oi
for this type costs in Vancouver seven
cents a gallon which, compared with the
price of gasoline, looks like getting
money from home.
SNOW MOTORS
FOR PREMIER
The first of the battery of snow mo
tors to be used in hauling ore this win
ter from the Premier mine is due to
arrive in a few days. It is understood
that eight of these tractors, which are
reported to operate on the snow roads
with the same ease as the ordinary
truck on a pavement, are under con
struction for the Premier Mining Co.
Jack Parsons, who has been running
the crusher at the Gold Bullion mines
this season, has returned to Anohorage.
TO EXPERIMENT
AT VALDEZ
The Seattle SnowSled company will
bring one of its newly invented vehi
cles to Valdez this winter and give it a
thorough try out over the Richardson
road and on the flats in this vicinity,
i says the Valdez Miner. The snow at
tains a depth of from ten to twenty
feet in this vicinity and if the sleds can
work under conditions obtaining here
' thay will be a success in any part of
the northland.
At many points on the trail, after the
mountain range is reached, the drifts
become as hard as ice, and a sled would
have to overcome sideslip as well as go
ing over the drifts. The road is gener
ally in excellent condition after snow
fall, as the glacier streams cease run
ning with cold weather.
In case the sleds are given a try-out
here there is no doubt but that several
can be sold to local men, as they will
solve the winter freighting problem.
MOOSE MEANT
MISCHIEF
W. W. Flynn at Mile 21 on the Alas
ka railroad recently had an exciting ex
perience with a cow moose and her
calf. The cow charged him and leaped
upon the handcar. Mr. Flynn found it
was not large enough for both him and
the moose and sprinted for a telegradh
pole with the enraged moose tickling
his neck with her whiskers. The ani
mal was too close for him to try to
climb the pole and after dodging abont
for some time some dogs nearby drew
the animal’s charge, and Mr. Flynn
again hit the handcar with Mama Moose
in pursuit. Rounding a curve a number
of section hands were encountered who
charged in mass formation, rescuing
Mr. Flynn from a serious predicament*
F. P. Reece, an old-time Alaskan,
died recently in Seattle of heart failure*
HAS COPPER OUTPUT REACHED
ZENITH?
Talcing the advance estimates of the
United States Geological Survey for
last year as a guide, we think It may
reasonably' be adduced that domestic
production, of copper reached a max
imum in 1918, when smelter output
totaled 1,908,500,000 pounds, compared
with 1,886,000,000 in 1917, or Increase
ut 1.17 per cent.
After allowing for the tremendous
output In 1917 and 1918, it Is now re
nabiy estimated that surplus cannot
ue more tnan one billion pounds, or ap
proximately six months' output at last
} ear's level, and that in spite of the
tact that the armistice and later peace
stopped the how of reimed meiai to
Europe and caused a bacKing-up ot
prodigious propouions. let tue esti
mate of one billion pounds in surplus
seems to be an ultimate limit and the
probabilities are that it is really very
cunsiueiaoiy less, counting rehnea
copper, blister copper, material in pio
cess of reuuing and stocx in hands oi
ioreign sineiters or in transit from for
eign smeuera to leunenes in this
country.
Under these conditions, which we
believe may saieiy be taxen as ap
proximately coirect, it seems very pat
ent mat tue ieeuug ot pessimism ap
parent for the past few months, and
uow oegiuiimg to life, was never war
ranted. with peace definitely estab
lished and rtuiope on the eve of the
greatest reconstruction worn in all
uistory, even the best students of the
situation will probably tall very far
suui t ot correct estimates of the am
ount ot copper that win be needed.'
the question is where will it come
i:om. The answer seems very plain
to us. it must come from the United
states, ami troth ioreign miues owned
oy citizens of the United States, not
only because we hold such a vast pro
portion pi tue world’s supply, but also
because, and this is the main argu
ment, we shall be compelled to hnance
the greater part of the world's re
construction aud shall natuialiy sup
ply those commodities in wnich we
are richest.
beveral weeks ago,when copper met
al was selling at the bottom, the ed
itor of Mining Truth, in reviewing the
situation in New York, ventured the
opinion that the position of the metal
was basically sound and that the lact
was recognized by the biggest operat
ors and shiewdest speculators, who,
even then, were loading up on copper
stocks and laying plans for acquisition
of potential properties. Since then,
there has been a nice advance in the
price of copper, and we fail to see how
any serious recession can be expected,
even by the gloomiest "gloom” in this
country of plenty—practically the.only
nation on earth that is not bankrupt
or seriously bent in a financial way.
it will not be long until the 'bug-a
boo of heavy surplus will be removed
and neither will it be long until the
price of copper takes another big
jump. It is said by reliable statistic
ians that there is no more than thirty
years’ supply of copper in sight in all
the world. Something may take its |
place before it has been exhausted, j
but most people will agree that the ;
world lias been pretty well combed
for big copper deposits and that the
price must be forced upward in the
absence of any satisfactory substi
tute.
We are strong optimists upon the
copper situation and therefore very
naturally, also upon all other branches
of the mining industry. Copper min
ing has always been the leader and
will probably continue to be. As pros
perity again overtakes it, so will pros
perity, In increasing volume, overtake
all other branches. The mining indus
try is entering the greatest era in our
country’s history. At least, that is
our opinion and it is not altogether a
case of the wish being father to the
thought. The world needs metals—
for reconstruction and for specie. We
have more of them and more kinds of
them than any nation on earth. Why
should we not be optimistic? Pessim
ism is impossible.—Northwest Mining
Truth.
Someone stole five windows from the
Presbyterian church in Whitehorse.
If caught, the thief should be exhibited
as the world’s meanest man.
The Nome Industrial Worker has
suspended publication and quit the field
according to word from the north.
It ia stated that it will require at
least another year to prove the Katalla
coal fields being developed by Falcon
Joelin.
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