LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged list
of active and semi-active min
ing organizations operating in
the Portland Canal Mining Dis
trict.
Note: In compiling the.following In
dex of local mining concern! the
publisher* have been unable in some
instance* to secure much desired in
formation; owing principally to in
ability to locate the office address
es of various companies. As a result,
the list fails to include titles or
other data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list aa fast
as the necessary Information can be
secured.
Companies not represented in the
listing are requested to advise this of
fice.
Adanac Mines Company of Alaska:
Cap. $750,000, Par $1.00; properties
Pish Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear It. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining & Milling Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par $1.00; properties Fish
Cr. Hyder district. American reg.
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
Cap. $5,000,000, no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines, Inc., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Amer.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000, par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadian Consolidated Mining
Co. Ltd: prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Atlas Gold-Copper Company, Inc.:
Cap. and reserves $1,200,000, par $1;
prop. Bear River dist: Can.
Bayview Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $3,
000,000, par .25; prop. Bear River
district. Can.
Brltish-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000. par $1; prop. Salmon
district. Controlled by Selukwe Gold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
B. C. Bonanza Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
500,000 units, par $10; prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bear Valley Mines, Ltd: prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bimetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15,000
units par $10; prop. Marmot R. dis
trict. Can.
Big Missouri Mining Co.: Cap. $5,000,
000, par SI; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Amer. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.: cap. $1,- i
500,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dis
trict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
Metals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Black Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.
Bridgeport Syndicate: Cap. 20,000 un
its, par $10; prop. Salmon R. Hyder j
district. American.
British Dominion Mining Co., Ltd.: i
Prop. Salmon R. Dist. Can. (Controll
ed by National Silver Mines, Ltd. ) I
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500.- j
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. district; i
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.) j
Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $6,000,000. par .60; prop. Salmon i
R. dist. Can.
Butte-Hyder Mining Co., Inc. Cap. $1,-,
000.000, par $1; American.
Cassiar Gold Mines, Ltd.: Properties j
Salmon R. district. Canadian.
Century Mines, Incorporated: Cap. ;
$5,000,000, no par val., prop. Salmon j
R., Hyder dist. American.
Chief Metals Mining Co.: Property !
Salmon R. uist. Amor.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Copper;
Co., Bear R. dist.; Buena Vista Min-j
ing Co.. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Commonwealth Mining Co.: Prop.
Cascade River. American.
Crest Consolidated Gold Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $2,000,000, par .50; prop.
Salmon R„ Hyder dist. Can.
Dalhousie Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can.
Dandy-Star Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Daly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; prop. Sannon R., Hyder
district. Araer.
Dunwell Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Emperor Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,500,000,
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist! Can.
Extenuate Gold Mines, Ltd.: Prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
Forty-Nine Mining Co. Prop. Salmon j
R. district. Can.
George-Enterprise Mining Co., Ltd.: j
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
George Gold-Copper Mining So., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1. prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Georgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$3,000,000, par $1; prop. Georgia R.
Can.
Glacier Girl Mining Co., Ltd.: prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by Mar
mot Metals Co.)
Gold Standard Mining Co., Ltd: Cap.
$3,0000,000, par .25; prop. Texas
Creek, H-yder dist. Amer.
Hyder Lead Mines Inc.: Cap. $2,
500.000 par $1; prop. Texas Creek.
Hyder dist. Can. (Controlled by
Amalgamated Mines, Inc.)
Independence Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $3,500,000, par SI; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3,000,000,.
par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
International Metals Exploration Co.,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .25; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Lakeview Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000,
‘par ..25; prop. Bear R. diet. Can.
, Last Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dlst. Can.
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par .50; prop. Marmot
R. dlst. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate. Olacler Olrl Mining Co., Black
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot R.
dlst. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. dlst. Amer.
Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap.f $5,000, 000, par $1; Marmot R.
dlst. Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
Prop. Marmot dlst. Can.
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. dlst. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .50; prop. Benr R. dlst.
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
M. C. Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dlst. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
units, par $5.00; prop. Marmot R. dist.
. Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountainvicw Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Fish Cr. Hy>
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500,000 par .50; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Georgia It. dist. Can.
Ninety-Six Mining Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; American.
North Country Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$2,000,000 par $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot dist. Can.
Northern Light Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
000,000 par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
Northern Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dist. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Canadian.
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.1
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
dlst. Amer.
Pat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Amerlcan-Creek, Bear
R. dist. Can.
Pedro-Georgia River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par |10; prop. Georgia It.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd. Cap.
12,000,000, par .50; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
j dist. Can
• Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $2,500,000, no par value; prop,
j Salmon R„ Hyder dist. Can. (Also is
! registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
1*5,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon It.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600.
j 000, par .20; prop. Barney's Gulch,
: Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
j Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
1 Cap. $2,000,00, par $1; prop. Bear R.
! dist. Can. (Controlling Independence
Mining Co.)
• Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
I $350,000, par SI; prop. Bear It. dist.
] Can.
! Rufus-Argenta Mines, Ltd.:Cap. $3,000.
000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal
j mon R. dist. British.
j Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $500,000,
! par $1; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist.
1 (Controlled by Premier Gold Min.rig
J Co.) Can.
, Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
I $500,000, par .25; prop. Salmou R. dist,
Can.
i Silver Bell Mining Co., J_td.: Prop,
j Mt. Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop, Glaeier Creek,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Range Consolidated Mines,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000. par J25; prop. Mt Rainey,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr.,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.,'
Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; prop.
Glacier Cr„ Bear R. dist. Can.
Terminus Mines, Ltd.: Cap $1,000,000.
par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
| dist. Can.
j Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500,
i 000. par $1; prop. Kish Cr., Hyder dist.
; Amer.
United Empire Gold & Silver Mining
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Ameri
can Cr. Bear R. dist. Can.
White River Placer Syndicate: Cap.
20.000 uni t3, par $5; prop. Nass R.
dist. Can.
Woodbine Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $5,000,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
Geology of Hyder and Vicinity
By Prof. A. F. Buddington
Department of Geology, Princeton University
from u. s. Geological survey bulletin no. 807
Fifteenth Installment
Geology (Continued)
Light-Colored dikes, genetical
ly asociated with the Hyder
quartz monzonite here collect
ively grouped as granodiorite
porphyry dikes, are common
and locally abundant every
where throughout the Texas
Cre^k granodiorite and the
sedimentary and volcanic rocks
of the Hazelton group of this
district, except in a belt be
tween Casey Glacier and the
ridge top between Ferguson
and Greenpoint Glaciers and
west of the Salmon River be
tween the ridge at the heads of
Ferguson, Casey, and Hidden
Glaciers and a line within a
mile of the southern boundary
of the Texas Creek granodio
rite in the western half and
within 2 miles of the boundary
of the eastern half. They are
abundant within a belt 1%
miles wide along the southern
border or the Boundary grano
diorite. Many of these dikes
are exposed along the Salmon
River road north of the' mouth
of Fish Creek and along the
international boundary on the
bare ridge extending north
from Mount Dolly. The cream
colored bands which from a
distance are seen to cut across
Mount Dolly in such conspicu- j
ous fashion are the granodio-i
rite porphyry dikes. They cut
across the zones of rusty
weathering rock impregnated
with iron sulphide but are not
themselves affected by the
metallization. More than a
dozen large dikes are exposed
along the Salmon river road
between the bridge at Ninemile
and the international bound
ary.
The granodiorite porphyry
dikes range in width from 10
to 1,200 feet and have in gene
ral a northwest strike, usually
between N. 20° W. and N. 70°
W., though here and there they
strike northeast. Along the in
ternational boundary line they
dip in general 45°-60° SW.
At some places there are
dikes 10 feet or less in width
of a fine-grained, inconspicu
ously porphyritic dark-gray
rock. The narrower granodio
rite porphyry dikes usually
show borders of similar rock.
These dark-gray dikes and bor
ders are less sicilious and alka
ic than the granodiorite por- ■
phyry and have the composit- j1
ion of a typical diorite or a
quartzose diorite. A number of i1
such dikes are shown on the
map by Schofield and Hanson 1
of the adjoining Salmon River j
area in British Columbia, j'
where they are termed granite *
dikes; they are described more '
specifically as quartz diorite •
dikes. These dikes also show !
the persistent northwest strike. *
The granodiorite porphyry is! 1
much more resistant to weath-j'
ering than the country rock, so \
that the percentage of boulders i
of rock of this type found in
glacial moraines or stream
gravel may give a misleading
impression of the relative ex
tent of these dikes in the drain
age area from which the frag
ments have come. The bould
ers are, for instance, very
abundant in the material
brought down by Texas Glac
ier, though they are not unus
ually abundant in the country
along the course of the glacier.
Furthermore, they tend to
weather out in relief, so that
below timber line in that part
of the country covered by veg
etation they may form the pre
dominant outcrops. This is con
spicuously the case on Mineral
Hill, where most of the ex
posed bluffs and outcrops are
of the granodiorite porphyry
dikes, which are not represent
ative of the country rock.
The granodiorite porphyries
ire pink to white or light gray
md, owing to the abundance
of plagioclase phenocrysts,
;hey resemble granodiorite in
ippearance. In hand speci
nens the rock is characterized
oy the presence of biotite or
lornblende crystals, or both,
»nd occasionally orthoclase or
luartz may be distinguished,
rhe interstital groundmass is
iense to fine grained. The
olagioclase phenocrysts are 1
o 2*/i millimeters in diameter.
Jnder the microscope the plag
oclase shows a zonal charac
er, but its average composit
on is about that of andesine.
n the dikes that have been
lomewhat quickly chilled plag
oclase forms the predominint
ohcnocrysgts, with associated
oiotite, hornblende, and a lit
is magnetite and apatite. In a
nore coarsely crystalline type
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
HYDER. ALASKA
jorthoclase and quartz and loc
ally titanite occur as pheno
crysts in addition to the other
minerals mentioned. The bio
tite and hornblende are partly
or completely altered to chlor
ite, with a few associated
grains of epidote and second
ary magnetite.
The groundmass consists us
ually of a micrographic inter
growth of quartz and potassic
feldspar or a microgranitic ag
gregate of quartz, potassic
feldspar, and plagioclase. The
composition of the rocks may
vary toward a diorite or quartz
diorite porphyry, on the one
hand, or toward a granite por
phyry, on the other hand. Cal
cite veinlets commonly trav
erse the rock and locally re
place it. The plagioclase cryst
als are in local portions partly
altered to sericite.
Continued next week.
Frank D. Coombs, an old
timer of the Fairbanks district,
passed away recently in Col
orado, having gone to that
State to secure relief from as
thma.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Hyder, Alaska,
October 19, 1929
To John Carlson (deceased), his
heirs, executors, administrators, as
signs and to whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1922,
1923, 1924, 1925, 192G, 1927 and
1928 twelve hundred dollars in
labor and improvements upon the
Alaska Quartz Claim Lode and the
North Star Quartz Claim Lode be
longing to the Monarch Group,
situated near the top of ridge on
Fish Creek, the location certificates
of which are found of record In
Volume One of Lodes at pages 124
and 126 respectively in the office of
the Recorder, Hyder Recording Pre
cinct, Hyder, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 2324 of the Revised Statute of
the United States, and the amend
ment thereto approved, January 22,
18S0, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount to
hold said lodes for the years above
mentioned, July 1st of each year
being the end of each assessment
year. And if within ninety days from
the personal service of this notice,
or within ninety days after the final
publication thereof, being January 18.
1930, you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure
upon or for the benefit of the Alaska
Quartz Claim Lode and the North
Star Quartz Claim Lode, two hundred
dollars on each of said claims, a
total of $100.00, you holding a one
third interest in each of said claims,
your interest in said claims will be
come the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the
required expenditure of $100 each
year on each of said claims, by the
terms of said section.
JOHN HOVLAND.
Publish Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9. 16, 23,
30, Dec. 7, 14. 21. 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18.
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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