The Hyder Weekly Herald
Established 1924
Published Saturday at the Herald
Building, Second Ave., Hyder, Alaska.
Chas. F. Sandford
Sole Owner and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at the
postoffice at Hyder. Alaska, under the
act of March 3. 1879.
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PIONEER MEETING
FAVORS SILVER
Remonetization of silver and
federal aid to stimulate geld
mining and prospecting were
among the outstanding recom
mendations of the week-long
annual convention of the
Grand Igloo of ithe Pioneers of
Alaska, held in Anchorage a
few days ago.
The convention also- recom
mended placing the permanent
value of gold at not less than
$35 an ounce; early construct
ion of the international high
way to Alaska; establishment
of army and navy airplane bas
es in the Territory; continu
ance of grants for maintenance
of a government assay office
at the Alaska College, and a re
duction in assay fees.
The convetibn also favored
purchase by the government of
Alaska products for all gov
ernment purposes; early con
struction of federal buildings
at Ketchikan and Anchorage;
establishment of a woman’s
ward in the new Pioneer home
at Sitka, and pensions for all
persons- who have resided in
Alaska 20 years or more.
Andrew Nerland, Fairbanks,
was named Grand President;
George Love, Valdez, secret
ary; John Rick, Juneau, treas
urer. Juneau was selected as
the scene of the next annual
convention.
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Salmon Exchange at Seattle
Stabilized prices for salmon
and improved markets for fish
ermen are presaged in the an
nouncement from Seattle that
the Trolling Vessel Owners
association has voted t1o estab
lish a salmon exchange there.
The decision will affect ap
proximately 6,000 trolling ves
sels on the Pacific coast from
California to Alaska.
Wood Freeman, president of
the association was named as
manager of the exchange and
will open headquarters at once.
The exchange will establish
minimum prices at which fish
will be sold.
SEA DREDGE TO
MINE NOME BEACH
A sea-going dredge designed
to mine gold deposits believed
(to lie under the waters !of Ber
ing sea, adjacent to the famous
gold beach at Nome is planned
by Capt. John C. Benson, 70
year-old sea veteran.
A 200-foot salmon cannery
ship, the Gold King, is being
equipped in San Francisco to
undertake the unique treasure j
hunt and will be the first sea- j
going gold dredge ever built. !
The vessel will be fitted with
powerful suction pumps cap
able of handling 8,000 cubic
yards iof sand every 24 hours.!
Clam shell buckets of 1 cubic
yard capacity each will also bp
employed to dig into the blue
clay below the sand on the sea
floor. The sand and clay will
be carried to six amalgamators
which will separate the gold.
Capt. Benson estimates the
dredging will yield 50 cents in
gold to the cubic yard at a cost
•of only 4 cents a yard. The
40 members iof the crew will
work for small salaries and
participate in 25 percent of the
net earnings.
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Pioneer Home Bids Well
Within Appropriation
Basic bids for the construct
ion of the new Pioneers’’ Home
at Sitka, opened in Juneau
last week, totaled $199,467,
well within the appropriation
of $225,000, made available by
the Territorial legislature last
year, according to reports from
the capital city.
The Warrack Construction
Company, with a bid of $157,
000 for the general building
contract, was the lowest of six
general bidders. The Pioneer
Construction Company of Se
attle was the next lowest with
$169,800. Six other tenders
were received.
H. C. Hastorf, Inc., a Port
land firm, submitted the lowest
bid for plumbing and sanitary
work, $14,400, and was also
the lowest bidder for the heat
ing and ventilation installa
tions; their tender being $18,
838. A total of eight bid?
were received.
Only $15 separated the bids
of the Stewart Electric Com
pany and N. E. Page Com
pany of Seattle for the electric
al installation, the former sub
mitting the basic low bid of
$5,777.
Otis Elevator Company of
Seattle submitted a basic low
bid of $4,462 for installation
of the elevator and dumb wait
. er systems. The /only compet
itor, a Mcline, Illinois firm, bid
$5,469.
' As alternative bids in all of
' the several classifications must
be compared and may alter the
standing of the basic bids, no
awards have been announced.
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More than half of the fresh
water area of the world lies
within the boundaries Oi f
Canada.
1933 COMMERCE
SHOWS INCREASE
The total commerce for Alas
ka for 1933 showed a substan
tial increase in the value of
merchandise shipped from the
Territory as well as into it, ac
cording to the annual statement
of James J. Connors, collector
of customs.
The grand total of all ship
ments aggregated $64,080,445,
an increase of $3,186,295 over
the value of shipments forl932.
Outbound commerce for the
year was valued at $43,263,
295, an increase of $2,897,666
over 1932. Incoming com
merce aggregated $20,816,867,
an increase of $306,629 ever
the preceding year. The bal
ance of trade in favor of the
Territory was $22,446,711.
Fish products shipped dur
ing the year were valued at
$29,640,518, an increase of
$3,462,580 over 1932.
Shipments of furs and fur
skins other than seal skins
made during the year aggre
gated $1,478,596, an increase
over 1932 of $275,218. Seal
skins, numbering 54,616, val
ued at $545,918, represented
an increase of $51,829 over
1932.
Alaska gold and silver ship
ments to the United states
amounted to $9,899,153, as
compared with $9,328,879 for
1932. Gold and silver export
ed from Alaska duringthe year
was valued at $65,446.
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Gold From Sea Water
Experiments Declared
To Be Successful
Discovery of a chemical meth
od for recovering gold and sil
ver from sea water, •where the
metals have long been known
to exist in vast quantities in a
dissolved or liquid form, was
announced recently to the
American Chemical Society
and is attracting world-wide
interest.
Experiments with the new
formula, which is said to “ion
ize” the gold and silver in sea
water, have been carried on
during the past two months in
a plant at Wilmington, North
Carolina, and have been pro
niounced a success. Gold, sil
ver and also mercury are said
to have been obtained in pay
ing quantities.
Two cf the best known chem
ists in America are said to have
forecast paying commercial ex
traction within ten years.
MENTAL NUTS
Can You Crack Them?
The Toothpicks—
Place 8 toothpicks in a row
parallel to each other. Jump
two at a time and have four
piles of picks of two each.
No pick to jump twice.
Suppose—
If the fourth of 20 were 3,
what would the third of 10 be?
Answers on page 3
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL i MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
JUNEAU ALASKA
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