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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 52.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1933.
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GOLD RELEASE HAILED
AS BOON TO MINING
High elation as well as relief
is expressed in the mining
press over the recent executive
order permitting American
gold producers to obtain the
world market price for their
product. The journals are a
unit in declaring that the re
sults of the President’s action
are the greatest boon the gold
industry has received in years
and will result in a wide accel
eration of gold mining activi
ties, particularly in the lower
grade mines, wherein the mar
gin between production costs
and the former fixed price was
frequently too slight to war
rant operations.. With re
turns 50 per cent greater now
obtainable, hundreds of these
low grade properties are ex
pected to become active. This
will in turn result not only in
an increase of gold production
but what is more vitally im
portant at this time, will pro
vide much additional employ
ment in the mining and many
other industries associat e d
with mining.
Clearer understanding of the
President’s proclamation re
veals that it does not actually
permit free gold exportation in
any form. In other words pro
ducers are not permitted to
ship gold at will for sale in any
obtainable market. All new
mined gold must be sold
through the agency of the
U. S. Treasury or the Federal
Reserve banks, by whom it
may be sold, for a small hand
ling charge, either on the
world markets abroad or to
domestic consumers of non
monetary gold. Under this
ruling American refiners ben
efit as well as producers, since
earlier rulings permitted ship
ment of concentrates for refin
ing, thus turning over to for
eign refiners business that will
now go to American refiners.
Under late rulings of the
Treasury consignments of new
mined gold intended for sale
must contain at least 2 ounces
of refined gold and at least
two parts of gold in five of as
say. Gold will be received in
the form of bars, buttons, re
tort lumps, grains and dust in
their native state and free of
rock and earth, or nearly so.
Consignments must be ac
companied by affidavits show
ing the source of the gold and
when mined. Persons deliver
ing gold are required to keep
an accurate record of all gold
mined or acquired, which must
be available for official in
spection for at least one year
after a consignment is deliv
ered.
The Treasury will announce
DUCK REGULATIONS
SLIGHTLY CHANGED
Word comes from Washing
ton that the duck season in
Alaska will not be altered in
respect to time but the daily
bag limits have been slightly
reduced by the department of
agriculture.
Under the new ruling the
open season for waterfowl, cot
and jacksnipe will be of two
months duration, from Septem
ber 1 to October 31. The daily
bag limit on ducks is reduced
from 15 to 12. Not more than
8 of the 15 may be canvas
backs, redheads, scaups, teals,
shovelers or gadwalls.
The possession limit for ducks
is reduced from 30 to 24 and
from 20 to 16 on certain spec
ies.
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Former Local Man Makes
Important Gold Discovery
Louis McCallum, former lo
cal man, is reported to be one
of a quartet of prospectors |
who have made a gold quartz
discovery in the Chisana dist
rict which bids fair to develop
into one of the greatest quartz
finds so far made in Alaska, ac
cording to Alaska exchanges.
The locators are McCallum,
Earl Hirst, Joseph McNeill and
Bob Reeve. They have located
a group of 45 claims, covering
seven veins of gold quartz
ranging in width from three to
six feet, which have been
traced for a distance of three
and one-half miles. The claims
are located on Gold Hill, at the
head of Eldorado Creek and
are believed by old-timer3 to
be the source of approximately
a million dollars worth of plac-!
er gold taken from Eldorado j
Creek in earlier years.
a daily price for gold, to be es
tablished by that department
every 24 hours on the basis of
I the prevailing world price, less
handling charges.
The Tacoma smelter has an
nounced that it will pay the
world price for new-mined gold
and advance to the seller $20.
67 an ounce, with a later pay
ment of the difference between
that amount and the world
price of the metal at the time
of settlement.
The daily Treasury quotat
ions so far announced have
I ranged a few cents over $29 an
ounce, the difference between
this and the world price rep
presents shipping charges, as
say fees, insurance costs and
the Treasury handling fee.
This daily price, however, is
subject to revision at any mom
ent to conform with fulctuat
ing markets.
AUGUST EXPORTS
CLOSE TO $16,000,000
Exports of Alaska commodi
ties to the United States in
August, including gold and
silver, were valued at $15,670,
256, according to the monthly
statement of Collector of Cus
toms J. J. Connors. This was
the highest export figure for
August in two years and ex
ceeded those of-August, 1932,
by $4,330,089.
Canned salmon, as usual,
formed the leading item with a
total of 135,455,641 pounds,
valued a t $13,881,057, a s
against shipments of 103,695,
459 pounds valued at $9,519,
774 in August 1932.
The total value of all exports
of fish and fish products for
the month was $14,699,300.
Furs, including 18,128 musk
rat and 2,462 beaver, were val
ued at $57,139. Gold and sil
ver shipments were the lowest
since May, with a combined
value of $562,290. . The full
list follows:
Animals ... $ 750
Curios . 365
Fish
Fresh and frozen
HaiiDut. it>,z yy
Salmon . 45,035
Canned
Salmon . 13,881,057
Cured or Preserved
Cod . 3,891
Herring . 175,758
Salmon . 324,526
Shell-fish:
Clams . 26,280
Crabs . 13,720
Shrimps . 6,110
Other fish products
Meal . 105,761
Oil. 146,605
All other fish prod
ucts . 5,292
Furs and fur-skins
Seal skins. 225
Blue fox . 40
Silver or black fox 80
Red fox . 2,159
Mink . 6,835
Muskrat . 7,140
Beaver . 27,420
All other . 13,240
Whale oil . 46,144
Ore, matte, regulus
Oopper. 8,117
Lead . 4,085
Trophies, specimens 150
All other articles .... 12,560
Total value products
of Alaska . $14,879,040
Products of U. S.
returned . 228,836
Total value of for
eign products -.. 90
Total value merchan
dise shipments .. $15,107,966
Gold . 558,918
Silver . 3,372
Grand Total
$15,67U,256
ORVILLE HOGUEWOOD
REPORTED MISSING
Lost while hunting on Duke
Island, near Ketchikan, last
Saturday, Orlive Hoguewood,
Ketchikan fisherman and for
mery Hyder resident, had not
been located up to Monday
morning and was feared to
have met with some mishap,
according to the Monday issue
of the Ketchikan Chronicle,
the last received this week.
Hoguewod and his father,
I. N. Hoguewood, had been
trolling near East Island and
were returning to Ketchikan
when they decided to stop at
Duke Island and hunt deer.
They went into the woods at
Morse Gove Saturday after
noon, but Orlive did not re
turn to the boat that night.
After waiting until Sunday af
ternoon, Hoguewod senior,
fearing that his son was either
lost or had met with some mis
hap, contacted the coast and
geodetic survey steamer Ex
plorer, which was operating in
the vicinity of the island, and
radioed to Ketchikan asking
for assistance. A searching
party left for the Island Mon
day. J. S. Pitcher, also a for
mer local man, was one of the
searchers.
Orlive ia 37* years old and is j
reported to be a competent
woodsman, so it is believed
that only a mishap could be re
sponsible for his failure to re
turn to the boat.
Duke island is uninhabited.
Within recent years several
parties have been lost on the
island, which is fairly large
and except for one large peak,
Mt. Lazro, is very flat.
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GENERAL BREVITIES
Silver has advanced slightly
in the past week but whether
as a result of demand or spec
ulation could not be ascer
tained.
Rumors are current of a
possible sale of the Georgia
River Mines to a big operating
company. Nothing defi n i t e
could be learned this week.
Radio reports Friday night
said President Roosevelt will
be ready in about a month to
announce his monetary policy,
on which experts have been at
work for some time. The lo
| cal reaction is: “Will he make
j ues of silver?”
I use of silver?” Wish we could
[tell the answer, folks.
NEW COURT OFFICIALS
NAMED BY ALEXANDER
Appointments made by Dist
rict Judge George F. Alexan
der during recent days have
changed virtually the entire
list of district court officials
in this division.
John H. Dunn ha3 been suc
ceeded as clerk of the district
court by Robert E. Coughlan,
a resident of Juneau and vicin
ity since 1902; John Newman,
also a Juneau resident, has
been apointed court reporter,
succeeding Lawrence Kerr,
who has taken a position in the
district attorney’s office; Mel
vin Grigsby, son of George B.
Grigsby, is court baliff and li
brarian and R. H. Sheppard
has been named as jury com
missioner and John Mullen
has succeeded Charles Sey as
United States Commissioner for
the Juneau precinct. Wilfred
J. Leivers, Deputy Clerk of the
Court for several years past, is
the only member of the former
court regime, aside from a few
outside Commissioners, who
still retains his position.
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Alaska S. S. Co. Announces
Winter Eailing Schedule
The winter sailing schedule,
of the Alaska Steamship Comp
any, now in effect, discloses
that the company will send
but one boat a week to Alaska
during the winter season. The
Yukon, Alaska and North-west
ern will alternate on a 21 day
schedule, leaving Seattle each
Saturday morning at 10 a. m.
On southbound trips, the Yu
kon and Alaska will leave
Ketchikan on Saturday nights
and arrive in Seattle Tuesday
mornings. The Northwestern
will leave Ketchikan south
bound Monday nights and ar
rive in Seattle Thursday morn
ings.
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Northern Lights at Ketchikan
A brilliant display of north
ern lights was witnessed by
residents 'of Ketchikan last Sat
urday night, according to the
Chronicle. The entire sky was
illuminated during the display,
which was brightest between
midnight and 2 a. m.
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Sidney Anderson, proprietor
of the Fish Creek roadhouse,
was advised this week of the
death of his mother, Mrs. W.
W. Anderson. Her demise oc
curred at the family home in
Long Beach. Cal., on Septem
ber 5. The deceased lady was
70 years of age and is survived
by one son, Mr. Anderson, and
one daughter, Mrs. Bollas, of
Anchorage, Alaska.