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VOL 2, NO. 42
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16,1926
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FIFTY GENTS A fctKTH
RICH GOLD ORE
ON BIG MISSOURI
Reports relative to the new
strike made on the Big Mis
souri reaching town during
the week indicate that the dis
covery is of considerably great
er importance than was indi
cated by earlier announce
ments. Work done during the
interval since the ore was en
countered has revealed that
the vein is not only of work
able dimensions at the point
where it was encountered in
the tunnel, but also carries av
erage values considerably in
excess of $200 per ton in gold
alone. Extensive sampling of
the ore is reliably reported to
have disclosed a gold content
averaging 12 ounces per ton,
in addition to minor values in
other metals.
The first reports relative to
the location of the strike were
apparently erroneous, as local
parties who visited the prop
erty during the week state
that the discovery was made
near the northerly boundaries
of the Big Missouri group, not
far from the Unicorn group,
recently purchased by the Big
Missouri Gold Mining Co.
B. C. SILVER
AGAIN SHIPPING
The B. C. Silver is again on
the shipping list. Several large
loads of sacked ore arrived in
town, during the past week and
a considerable quantity is re
ported in readiness at the mine
for transportation to tide
water.
According to the best inform
ation available, the company
plans' to continue shipments
throughout the open season
and has let a contract to the
Crawford Transfer Co. to haul
2,000 tons.
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As a result of the public spirit
ed endeavors of some forty
citizens who responded to the
cemetery clean up call of the
Riverview Cemetery Associat
ion last Monday, the local
burial ground is now in splen
did shape. The fallen timber
and brush have been removed,
the hollows have been filled
and rough spots smoothed and
a large portion of the grounds
has been fenced in. Aside from
the completion of the fence,
the cemetery could hardly be
placed in a better condition
than at present, except at con
siderable expense and great
attention.
The volunteer workers per
formed a splendid servic’e that
will redound to the credit of
the town and are well entitled
to the thanks of the commun
ity. Lunch, consisting of a big
chicken “mulligan” topped off
by cake and coffee, was serv
ed at noon, and iced lemonade
was on tap for the workers
throughout the day. The “mul
ligan” was prepared by L. R.
Doggett, Alex Fraser and Hen
ry Houcke. Harry Boer was the
presiding genius at the coffee
pot and the cake was donated
by ladies of Hyder who wish
ed to lend assitance to the
very worthy movement.
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Geo. Lemmons and L. C.
Thornton of Ketchikan will
operate near the head of Tex
as Creek this summer.
Two tons of supplies were
atarted on the way to their
( MUCH ACTIVITY ON
CANTU GROUP
With lumber sufficient for
| the construction of four good
sized camp buildings on the
ground; and with a crew of
about 25 men engaged in trail
building, packing and other
surface activities, preliminary
work on the Cantu and Fran
ces groups is being pushed
with all possible dispatch by
1 general manager Dale L. Pitt
of the Premier Gold Mining
, Company.
1 Employing a crew of 12 or 15
| men. the company, during the
past two or three weeks has
' completed the opening of a
wagon road from the Salmon
, River highway to the so call
I ed “shake cabin” in Texas
i pass, approximately one mile
from the Cantu properties,
thus enabling the hauling of
j heavy supplies to that point
by teams. Beyond the cabin
the going is fairly good and
supplies can be transported
; by packing or hauling on skids
without difficulty. It is under
stood that the company con
templates erecting 4 camp
buildings, including a bunk
house, mess building, ware
house and office before pro
ceeding to actual development
work on the property. The
work of surveying the group
is still in progress, and will
probably not be completed for
| some days. ,
FINE ORE FROM
PREMIER EXTENSION
As fine a display of local ore
as has been shown here this
year as brought down from the
Premier Extension last week
by Manager Hugh B. McGuire,
jf the Alaska-Canadian Con
solidated Gold Mines, Ltd. be
fore his departure for the
outh Sunday. The specimens
shown, while not of the spec
tacular order, wrere strongly
mineralized, showing argen
tite, grey copper, zinc and py
rites in a gangue of gray
quartz.
The samples shown also in
cluded a number of fine look
ng specimens from the Glac
ier creek properties controlled
by the same company, with ga
lena, chalcopyrite, zinc and
qrey copper the predominant
mineral elements in a white
quartz gangue.
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F. C. Outland arrived in town
from the Outland Silver Bar
Wednesday and reports the
resumption of underground
work. The main tunnel is be
ing extended on the ore and
the high grade is being sacked
is fast as extracted in readi
ness for shipment later in the
season. The tunnel is now in
about 70 feet and will prob
ably be continued for 75 or
. 30 feet before the close of the
season to determine the extent
af the vein.
Mr. Outland came in to secure
additional lumber for the new
camp buildings and also em
ploy .more help, which will
arobably be sent out Satur
day.
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Forest Supervisor R. A. Zel
ler arrived from Ketchikan
Tuesday evening on the Forest
Service steamer Highway. Mr.
Zeller was accompanied by
by M. R. Hughes, a Forest Ser
; vice engineer. Their visit is
MAMMOTH ZINC LEDGE
ON MARMOT
A zinc ledge of such appar
ently huge proportions that it.
may ultimately be classed as
one of the largest deposits of
its kind on the continent, is re
liably reported to have been
discovered on the Marmor
Metals properties in the Mar
mot River section.
The huge ledge is conserva
tively estimated to be over two
hundred feet in width over a
known distance of several
hundred feet, with every pros
pect that it extends far beyond
the boundaries of the area so
far explored.
Although til t ledge has been
known to exiut for some- time,
its great size was not deter
mined until recently, as a re
sult of stripping and open cut
ting operations carried on un
der the direction of Angus Mc
Leod, managing director of the
Marmot Metals Co., who has
had a crew of men on the
property since the early part
of May.
With zinc showing a steady
I upward tenedency and the
, Trail, B. C. smelter within
j easy shipping distance, the
i discovery in the opinion of
mining men, promises to be
come one of tremendous im
portance with further devel
opment.
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PKMIEft EMPLOYES
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Failing a distance of 40 feet
into a tangled mass of broken
timber and stumps, from an
ore bucket on the Premier ore
tram at Nine Mile Friday ev
ening, Bruce Colquette, an
employee of the Premier Gold
Mining Co. is in the Premier
Hospital, with both legs, an
arm and collar bone broken
and his lower limbs terribly
cut and torn.
Full details of the accident
are unobtainable at present
and no one appears to know
exactly how it happened. An
other employee of the com
pany saw Colquette as he was
falling but failed to see how
he came to be dislodged from
the loaded bucket on which
he was riding to town. When
picked up unconscious by fel
low employees the bones of
both lower limbs and his left
arm were found badly shatter
ed, with the splintered ends
protruding through the flesh
in ghastly manner. Despite the
seriousness of his injuries Col
quette is expected to survive.
Acquaintances of the young
man, state that he is a medi
cal student and came here a
few weeks ago to earn funds
to finish his medical education.
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Ernest Bryson returned Sun
day from a freighting trip to
the head of Texas Creek, dur
ing which he took in the first
load of supplies to the Hyder
Lead Mines properties.
Mr. Bryson reports traveling
conditions much improved and
he found no difficulty in pack
ig in a ton of supplies on 10
head of stock.
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Bryson and Mahood lost one
of their best pack horses near
the foot of Salmon Glacier
while taking supplies t<S the
;Outland camp last week. The
animal caught its foot between
| two rocks during the night
RIVERSIDE TO MAKE
RECORD SHIPMENTS
The largest shipment of ore
concentrates to leave the Riv
erside mine for the smeltet
will be taken by the motor
ship Norco on her next trip
to this port, according to of
ficials of the Riverside Mining
and Milling Company. The
shipment is expected to ap
proximate about 50 ftons by
the time the Norco arrives.
The mine is responding splen
didly to the recent enlarge
ment of the scope of operat
i ions, resulting from the strong
j financial backing given by E.
| E. Hall, Winnepeg capitalist,
' and production is steadily in
i' creasing. A crew of 25 men is
now employed and is being
increased as fast as under
ground development processes
makes room for more.
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C. N. R. SUMMER
BOAT SCHEDULE
The Canadian National Rail
ways has announced the fol
lowing summer schedule of
steamboat sailings between
Vancouver and Stewart, ef
fective after June 15th.
S. S. Prince George and
■Prince Rupert, sailing on al
ternate weeks:
r Leave Vancouver, 8 p. m.
Wednesdays.
j Leave Prince Rupert 4 p. m.
| Fridays
: lore Anyox 10 p. n». Frl
I days
i Arrive Stewart 7 a. m. Sat
i urdays.
Prince Charles, sailing week
ly:
Leaves Vancouver 8 p. ni.
Saturdays
Arrives Stewart 6 p. m Tues
days.
The Prince Charles will ar
rive and return via Anyox.
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Ruby Dolan, who with Gladys
Gale was accused of the shoot
ing of James Neil Donald in
Stewart on January 1, was
convicted of manslaughter as
a result of evidence given by
herself at the trial of the case
before Mr. Justice W. A. Mac
Donald in Prince Rupert last
Friday according to the Prince
Rupert News. The jury was
out 5 hours and threatened to
disagree before finally bring
ing in the verdict, with a rec
ommendation for leniency by
the court.
During the course of her evi
dence, the accused admitted
that the gun was in her hand
when the fatal shot was fired,
but claimed she did not shoot
until after she had been threat
ened and attacked by Donald,
whom the testimony showed
was drunk and abusive at the
time.
At the conclusion of the trial
Justice MacDonald postponed
sentence until Monday June
14th.
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Win Goddard, district Game
Warden, arrived Saturday
from Ketchikan on board the
gas boat Sea Otter to look ov
er local conditions connected
with his department.
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The Premier Gold Mining Co;
has announced another quart
erly dividend of $400,000,
which will be paid to stock
holders on July 3.
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The Chamber of Commerce
PRESIDENT WITHDRAWS
ALASKA NOMINATIONS
The nominations of Judge
Thomas M. Reed, for judge of
the First Division, Elmer E.
Ritchie, for judge of the
Third Division, and Arthur G.
Shoup for District Attorney of
the First Division, were with
drawn from the Senate by
; President Coolidge on June
! 4th, according to Washington
press dispatches of that date.
In announcing the withdraw
al of the names.of the three
nominees the President stated
I that his action was caused by
, the difficulty of obtaining con
firmation of the appointments.
The withdrawal of the nom
: inations followed a conference
! of Chairman Cummins of the
Senate Judiciary committee
1 with Mr. Coolidge, in which
i the former is said to have told
the president that confirmat
ions were impossible.
President Coolidge is expect
ed to appoint non-residents of
Alaska when he again acts on
Territorial judicial appoint
ments, although he is not ex
pected to submit new appoint
ments to the Senate at this
1 session of Congress.
Judges Reed and Ritchie and
District Attorney Shoup will
continue to hold office until
! their successors qualify.
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iAIR MAPPERS
REACH KETCHIKAN
The first unit of the great pho
I tagraphic expedition which
will map the entire Alaska
, coast and later the entire Ter
ritory from the air, arrived at
Ketchikan June 8th, after fly
ing up the Pacific coast from
San Diego.
The flyers, commanded by
Lieutenant Ben Wyatt, arriv
ed in two planes and were giv
en a rousing welcome by the
citizens of Ketchikan. The two
planes were later increased by
an additional plane from the
aircraft tender Gannet, which
will form the floating base ot
the expedition while in Alaska
waters.
The expedition will com
I mence its work of mappihg
the coast from the air immedi
! ately and airplanes of the ex
pedition may possibly visit this
section during the course of
i the present season. The Gan
i net willl remain at Ketchikan
| throughout the seaspn.
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Ketchikan has adopted Pa
cific coast time as official city
time. The clocks of the city
were set ahead at midnight
May 29, in response to a reso
! lution by the city council and
a proclamation by Mayor Tor
j ry. The change was (Jue to a
desire to have the time of the
city conform with the time
system in cities with which
Ketchikan does it principal
business.
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Harry Townsend, consulting
engineer for the Big Missouri
company, arrived Sunday from,
the south. Mr. Townsend ex
: pects to remain in the district
' about two months.
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W. G. Strench, District Di
rector of Immigration for Alas
I ka, spent two days in camp
this week in connection with
ithe Immigration Bureau busi
DETROIT INTERESTS
TO FINANCE
INDEPENDENCE MINE
The Independence group,
owned by the Independence
Gold Mining Co., and one of
the most promising properties.
in the Portland Canal district,
. will soon become the scene of
large scale development activi
ties backed by Detroit and *
Portland, Oregon., capital as
a result of a deal recently conr;>:
eluded in the south by S. P.
Fitzgerald, president and gen
aral manager of the company,
with Chas. D. Bosh, a promi
nent Detroit dngmeer, *reiSre
senting the Detroit interests. > ..
and Isham N. Smith, a Port
land attorney who represents
the Portland parties. v
The arrangements are said to
involve-an initial expenditure
of $25,000 in development
work on the ground, with aii
additional $100,000 to f.o'ibw
in the event that the initial
operations develop results sat
is factory to the new backets.'
who are said to include bank
ing and other financial inter
ests of the two cities. As: a 'rtf- ""
suit of the deal, a new direct
orate has been named with
Mr. Fitzgerald as president'
and general manager and' with
Clarence B. Taylor of D-t o"' ■
and Isham N. Smith repre lin
ing the investing interest-, of i
their respective cities. Mr.
Kush, who will .be the con till
ing engineer; is expected to .
arrive at an early date.
Initial development- operrt
ions under the new regime w H
be devoted principally to run- ■
ning a new tunnel, the site of
which is now being survey’’/l
by Dalby Mo.rkill, to crosa-cUl :
the ore bodies so far onerted- -
ip in the earlier operations-at *
\ vertical depth of 7j00' feet-. “
The proposed, tunnel is qjcpfefct-’
id to tap three of the - large
known ledges,, all of -which •/
are said by the management
o contain ore of good cofh
mercial-grade-.
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The remains of.tijeJate J&
rome Dugas, who .^was. foAhti v'
dead last week/on tl>e ,Ibsx .as '
trail near Texas ’Creek, dp-;.*' 1
parently from apoplexy :&?■ ’!
"heart failure, were, laid a,t rest ri;
in. Riverview Cemetery,-Friday «k*.
afternoon, following. -grave.. *
side services by the Pioneers, :
of Alaska, under the auspices
of which the interment ■tyd*-?’1 s ••
held. The funeral was’attend-^
ed by a considerable hurtfrer •
of friends 'and acq-iaint-arre. c: *
of the aged prospecto* V.tii* ;
may beautiful floral of: r . •
attesting the high ■ reglud : f •
which the deceased wa hili
by all who knew him in '*.-•»
In! the absence of a prie t oi
th'e Catholic faith, no rel/iou;
ceremonies were held. The ’
impressive Pioneer burial ser
vices were read by T. H. Evans;
president of Hyder Igloo, Alex • “
Fraser, acting t historian; and" ’•
Robert L. Stewart, chaplain,
after which the remains We:'a
conSjgned to the care of Moth
er Earth. *
Those acting as pall bearere ^
were: Oren. F. JPill. Thomas
Kelly, Angus Kennedy, John
Ferguson, L. R. Doggett and
Sam \Vall. ” ’
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J. D. Littlepage of the River-'
side left last week enroute to
California. .