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VOL 5, HO. 52
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER ,51929.
B, C, SILVER ORE
RESERVES MOUNT
INTO MILLIONS
With sixten feet of ore yield
ing average assays of thirty
dollars a ton in crosscut 621 on
the sixth level, in addition to
several large and highly valu
able ore bodies previously lo
cated in other sections of the
same area, the known ore de
posits in the B. C. Silver prop
erty have an aggregate value
running well into millions of
dollars, according to unoffic
ial but reliable information.
It is said that the mine officials
themselves estimate the prob
able total value of the ore bod
ies so far revealed at close to
$10,000,000. This is in full
accord with an announcement
made earlier in the year by C.
A. Banks, general manager, to
the effect that the ore values
known to exist at that time
were estimated at approxi
mately six million dollars.
Although the company gives
out no information locally, it is
a matter of common knowledge
that the area now being ex
plored contains various exten
sions of the rich ore bodies
found on the adjoining Simpson
claim of the Premier Gold Min
ing Co. and that several so far
encountered display every in
dication of yielding very large
tonnages of commercial ore.
Ore developed during the
past few weeks is alone esti
mated to be worth close to a
million dollars.
A cable report from the mine
to the home office of the Se
lukwe Company dated Septem
ber 12 reports late develop
ments as follows:
“Sixth level: 621 crosscut,
southeast off drift 633 at Stat
ion 602, plus 777 feet. Sulphide
zone at 17 to 32 feet from drift.
Average of assays is dollars
thirty.”
A subjoined office note says:
This body of ore is opposite the
Premier workings.
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Rev. Henry R. Cross arrived
from Seattle Thursday to take
over the pastorate of the Hy
der M. E. Church, which has
been closed since the resignat
ion and departure of Rev. S. V.
Warren in August.
Unlike all previous incum
bents, Rev. Cross is a bachelor.
Until shortly before his ap
pointment to the local post he
was pastor of the M. E. church
at Culdesac, Idaho, a farming
community situated near the
western border of the state
and adjacent to the Washing
ton-Oregon state lines.
Rev. Cross will resume the in
terrupted church and Sunday
school activities tomorrow.
His anouncement relative
thereto will be found in an
other column.
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Diamond drilling operation:
on the George Copper proper
ty were suspended this week.
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Hugh B. McGuire, prominem
mining man, was among the
number leaving for the soutl
this week.
SAYS BRANCH LINES
BEFORE WESTERN
PEACE OUTLET
President Beatty of the Can
aidan Pacific Railway is of the
opinion that branch railway
lines must be constructed into
the Peace River1 district before
the constructionyof a new west
ern coast outlet will be war
ranted, according to press dis
patches from Edmonton this
week,quoting statements made
by the noted rail executive on
returning from a visit to the
Peace district.
Mr. Beatty was quoted in the
reports as saying that “when
the time arrives that the coast
outlet is warranted it will be
provided, and it will be pro
vided because development
will then have reached such a
stage that its construction will
not be a drain upon the own
ers.”
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Mrs. Agnes Cascadden, pion
eer resident of the camp and a
resident of Alaska and the Yu
kon for more than 30 years,
passed to the Great Beyond at
4 p. m. Sunday afternoon, after
a short illness. Death was due
to chronic myrocarditis.
Mrs Cascadden was a native
of Pennsylvania, having been
born in Pittsburg in 1875. She
came to Alaska in 1898 and
was a resident of Dawson for
some years before removing
to Fairbanks, where she lived
for a number of years before
coming to Hyder in 1921. Fol
owiug her..arrival heiy» t ha-da.
ceased resided continuously in
the district until her death.
During the earlier days of
her career Mrs. Cascadden be
came an actress of marked
ability and personality. Stage
work was her ocupation during
a large part of her residence
in Dawson and under the stage
name of Agnes M<oore she is
said to have been a great fav
orite with Dawson theatre go
ers. She is also said to have ap
peared on the old Orpheum cir
cuit in the States.
She is survived by a son and
also a sister, both of whom re
j side in the States.
The funeral was held Tues
day afternoon from Pioneer
Hall and under the auspices of
the local branch of the Pion
eers of Alaska, the services be
in accordance with the ritual
istic burial services of the or
der. The ceremonies were
largely attended and the floral
offerings were many and beau
tiful. The remains were laid at
rest in Riverview cemetery af
ter impressive graveside ser
vices. The funeral was under
the direction of E. E. Charle
ton and the pall bearers in
cluded Alex. Frazer, Roy Mc
: Leod, J. J. Regan, George Ber
lin, Clyde Hager and Herman
Nichols.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS NEXT TUESDAY
The regular monthly meeting
i of the Hyder Chamber of Com
.! merce will be held in Chamber
| of Commerce Hall next Tues
day evening at 8 p. m.
Included in the business to be
transacted will be the annua]
election of trustees and all
i; members are requested to at
tend.
i NEWSY JOTTINGS ,
BEARING ON LOCAL
MININGACTIVITIES
A large body of ore fouqd
recently on the Blasher proper
ty and carrying quantities pf
chalcopyrite is attracting con
siderable interest among tfye
miners of the Texas creek dist
rict.
The zone is made up mainly
of a crystaline white quartz,
! banded with a gray material
of slaty appearance and bears
no resemblance to other ores
found in the same locality.
Where exposed along the hill
side, the zone is about 40 feet
wide, as determined by a cut
I across the face, and is visible
I over a length of about 70 feet.
I The zone lies between the
granite and what appears to
be a porphyry zone and strikes
northwest-southeast. Although
the ore appears promising on
the surface, no work has been
done and values are not deter
mined.
Negotiations looking to the
transfer of the interest of of
George Lemmons in the prom
ising Marietta group, on Tex
as creek, to' outside interests
have been virtually completed
and await only the final ratifi
cation of the purchasers, ac
cording to information made
public during the past week.
The purchasing interests were
represented by Walter Hav*
ens, a mining engineer, who ar
rived from Seattle last week
in company with Oliver Thorn
ton. Mr. Thornton is a brother
of Larry Thornton, well known
local prospector who is associ
ated with Mr. Lemmons in the
ownership of the Marietta
property.
Questioned by a Herald rep
resentative regarding the deal,
Mr. Lemmons refused to com
ment, other than to say that he
did not care to make a definite
statement ,as the deal was not
fully concluded and must be
approved by the outside purch
asers before becoming assured.
It is understood that a trans
fer of the interest will involve
a total payment- of $10,000,
none of which has yet been
paid.
The August progress report of
; the Premier Border company
j the Northern Light property
| reports late developments as
' follows:
j The main Premier Border tun
j nel being projected on North
1 ern Light property was at the
end of August in 742 feet.
The month’s driving footage
amounted to 220 feet in the
main tunnel, with side swip
. ing equivalent to ten feet of
! driving, making a monthly
; footage of 230 feet. This tun
i nel is being projected in one of
the Premier quartz-porphyry
sills which has produced the
ore bodies of the district. Gold
and silver values have persist
ed throughout the month’s
footage with spot assays of
; $6.06 in gold and silver. Occas
I ional bands of tuffs and silici
J fied greenstone have occurred
in conjunction with the por
phyry and in the face of the
tunnel on August 31 some col
ored tuffs appeared.
ALASKA MINE
FATALITIES SHOW
VERY LOW RATE
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That the number of men killed
per 1,000 workers in the min
ing industry of Alaska is near
ly 30 per cent less than among
mine workers throughout the
United States is disclosed by a
report of D. B. Stewart, super
j vising mining engineer, on the
cooperation between the Terri
tory of Alaska and the United
States in -mining investigat
ions and the inspection of
mines.
The fatality statistics pi-e
sented by Mr. Stewart cover a
period of 15 years, ending with
the year 1927. During this per
iod the total number of men
killed in all Alaska mines was
only 232. Of this number 164
were killed prior to 1921, and
68 were killed after that year.
The average annual fatality
rate for the entire period was
only 3.48 men killed for each
11000 full time or “300-day”
workers. Figures covering the
: two halves of the indicated
I period show that the average
[ fatality rate for the first half
was 3.93 and for the last half
2.77, a reduction of 30 per
cent. The marked improvement
in the latter period is ascribed
by Mr. Stewart as due in a
large degree to safety activi
ties inaugurated by the mine
operators and to the mine saf
■ ety service maintained in the
Territory by the U. S. Bureau
of Mines.
The most striking features of |
the fatality records are the ex
ceptionally low rate for coal
miners and the very high rate
for gold-lode mines. In view
of the natural hazards that
coal mines a re usually thought
to possess, the record made at
the Alaska coal mines of not a
single fatality during the per
iod of seven years ending with
1925, although the mines were
operated with an average crew
of 207 full-time workers, is re
markable.
Records covering the period
from 1921 to 1927, inclusive,
show 69 per cent of all fatali
ties occurred underground and
| 31 per cent on the surface and
in and about milling plants.
Comparison of fatality rates at
the different types of mines
discloses that the average fa
J tality rate per 1,000 “300-day”
workers for all types of mining j
| was 2.77 For all lode mines j
the average was 4.37, while for j
j gold quartz mines alone the |
average was 8.50 per 1,000 j
! full time workers and the aver- j
age for the copper mining
i group was 2.89.
| Placer mining, owing to the
materially lower hazards in
j volved, achieved the lowest
; record during the indicated
period with an average of on
ly 1.08 per 1,000 full time
workers. Corresponding fatal
ity rates for similar mines
throughout the United States i
from 1911 to 1919, inclusive,
show the lowest average for all
mines t o have been 3.97, with
a highest rate of 4.92. For
lode gold mines the lowest rate
was 3.83 and the highest 4.97.
The copper mines showed a
low of 3.45 and a high of 5.18
SUTHERLAND ASKS
SURVEY OF CANADA—
ALASKA ROAD PLAN
A measure designed to auth
orize the president to appoint
a. special commission to coop
erate with Canadian represent
atives ir making a study of the
feasibility of the proposal to
connect the United States with
British Columbia, Yukon Terr
itory and Alaska has been in
troduced in the House of Rep
resentatives by Alaska dele
gate to Congress Dan. Suther
land, according to recent press
dispatches.
The measure provides for the
appointment of twro commiss
ioners, one of whom is to be an
official of the interior depart
ment and the other the presi
dent of the Alaska Road Com
mission, who will make a full
investigation of the proposal
in cooperation with similar
representatives from Canada, j
to determine whether the the
proposal is economically prac
ticable. Results of the study
are to be reported to Congress.
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With the present issue the
Herald resumes publication in
the usual four-page form, after
several weeks of issuing in two
page form as a result of condit
ions created by the recent de
mise of Mrs. C. F. Sandford, co
owner and a member of the
Herald staff.
For the ability to continue
publication in any form during
the past month, the publisher
is deeply indebted to Messrs
Hector Stewart and R. W. Hull
of the Stewart News and also
to Ashbury Blue, of Hyder,
who assisted them in the publi
cation. All three gave very
generously of their time and
labor in keeping the publicat
ion active.
During a long journalistic ex
perience the writer has en
countered fine examples of the
remarkable fraternal spirit ex
isting among members of the
Fourth Estate, but never one
in which sympathy and assist
ance were more generously
manifested than by the Stewart
News staff in undertaking full
responsibility for continuing
this paper while the publisher
was absent. Such gifts of kind
ness are not only rare but also
are beyond all material recom
pense and their bestowal has
placed us under a debt of grat
itude that we fear can never
be discharged.
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John Ronan returned Thurs
day from a two day visit in the
Texas section and reported
that there is considerable ac
tivity in that locality and much
interest among miners in the
new ore discovery on the Blash
er property.
Coal mine fatalities for the one
year for which figures are giv
en showed a high of 3.94 per
1,000.
Non-fatal injury rates for all
Alaska mines from 1911 to 19
19, inclusive,show a rate of 98.
68 per 1,000 “300-day” work
ers for all types of mining;
176.38 for the gold-lode group;
170.89 for the copper group;
95.95 for placer mines and 95,
■62 for the coal mines.
GOVEHOR PARKS
IS REiMIHATED
Jf HOOKER
George A. Parks, governor of
Alaska, has been nominated
by President Hoover for reap
pointment to his present office,
according to press announce
ments from Washington, D. C.,
early this week.
The governor’s term of office
expired June 15th and the
question of who was to be his
successor has been a source of
much speculation. So for as
known there was but one other
candidate for the position; a
Texan, who appeared in a po
sition to put up a strenuous
fight for the office.
As Governor Parks is probab
ly the most popular federal of
fice holder the territory has
had since the retirement of
Governor J. F. A. Strong, his
renomination will undoubtedly
receive the approval of an
overwhelming majority of
Alaska residents. During his
or Parks has made a splendid
or Parks has made a cplendid
record and he is justly entitled
to another term.
The next federal appointment
to be made for Alaska will be
for the office of Secretary of
Alaska, now held by Karl
Thiele, whose term of office*
expires next month.
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Messrs. D. J. Mulcare and
Don. E. Martin returned Mon
day from a goat hunting trip in
the upper Texas Creek section
but brought back no succulent
chops, as they were unfortun
ately unable to get within
shooting distance of the elus
ive and nimble denizens of the
mountaintops. Several were
sighted, but too far away for
shooting.
3o far as could be ascertained,
James Roberts s the only Hy
der resident who has bagged
a goat this fall. The affable
James shot one near the Hew
itt residence at the north end
of town a few days ago; the
animal having strayed almost
into the townsite. It appears,
however, that Jimmie’s friends
refuse to concede that he is
entitled to any hunting laurels
as a result of hia exploit. They
insist that his success was due
not to Jimmie having hunted
the goat but rather that the
Sfoat must have been hunting
him.
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ALASKA BROADCAST
Of interest to the numerous
local radio fans i# the an
nouncement of the Pacific
Fruit & Produce Co., of Seat
tle, of the intention that firm to
continue their Alaska radio
programs during the present
season. The first program of
the series will be given next
Wednesday evening, October
9th, from 8:45 to 9:30 p. m.
Present plans are to broadcast
an Alaska program each fourth
Wednesday after the first date.
The Wednesday program will
be given over principally to
topic s of interest to south
eastern Alaska.
G. Fronholm left on the Taku
II enroute to Juneau.
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