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 concerns the
publishers have been unable in some
instances 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 falls to include titles or
other data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list as 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. 1750,000, Par $1.00; properties
Fish Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Hear R. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining & Milling Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par $1.00; properties Fisli
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. Amor.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000, par $1.00 (see above) Cauadian.
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.
Britlsh-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon
district. Controlled by Selukwe Hold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
B. C. Bonanza Mining Co.^Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
600.000 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 $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Amer. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
600.000, 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
district. American.
British Dominion Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon R. Hist. Can. (Controll
ed by National Silver Mines. Ltd. )
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. district;
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.)
Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $6,0u0,000, par .50; prop. Salmon
R. dist. Can.
Butte-Hyder Mining Co., Inc. Cap. $1,
000,000, par $1; American.
Cassiar Gold Mines, Ltd.: Properties
Salmon R. district. Canadian.
Century Mines, incorporated: Cap.
55.000. 000, no par val., prop. Salmon
R., Hyder dist. American.
Chief Metals Mining Co.: Property
Salmon R. dist. Amor.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Copper
Co., Bear R. dist.; Buena Vista Min
ing Co., Salmon It. 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. Salmon It., Hyder
district. Amer.
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
R. district. Can.
George-Enterprise Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
George Gold-Copper Mining Co., 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 It.
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
Croek, Hyder 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 $1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3.000.000,.
p»r fl; prop, Salmon R, dist. Can.
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International Metals Exploration Co.,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .26; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Lakeview Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000,
par ..25; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Last Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dist. Can.
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,600,000, par .60; prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate. Glacier Girl Mining Co., Black
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .26; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. dist. Amer.
Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $5,000, 000, par $1; Marmot R.
dist. Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
Prop. Marmot dist. Can.
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
0OO.000, par .60; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
M. C. Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
units, par $5.00; prop. Marmot R. dist.
Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Pisli Cr. Hy
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmon R. d-lst.
Georgia R. 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,
00U.U00 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.
Outl3nd Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Amer.
Pat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd.: Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. dist. Can.
Pedro-Georgia River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd. Cap.
$2,000,000, par .50; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
Sl.000.000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
(list. Can.
premier tioraer ooid Mining to., Ltd.
Cap. $2,500,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder tlist. Can. (Also is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Go'd Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$5,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600,
000, par .20; prop. Ramey's Gulch,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Rear R. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. 82.000,00, par *1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlling Independence
Mining Co.)
Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$350,000, par £1; prop. Bear R. 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
mon R. dist. British.
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. £500,000,
par SI; prop. Mt Rainey. Bear R. dist.
(Controlled by Premier Gold Mining
Co.) Can.
Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
3500.000, par .25; prop. Salmon It. dist,
Can.
Silver Bell Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Mt. Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
3250.000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek,
Rear R. dist. Can.
Silver Range Consolidated Mines,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining'Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Rainey,
Rear 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 $1,000,900,
par SI; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
dist. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500,
000, par $1; prop. Fish 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 ts, 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
(Eighth Installment)
Geology (Continued)
The beds forming the mount
ain ridges between Casey and
Ferguson Glaciers are predom
inantly of the graywacke type.
Thickbedded massive gray
wacke and local beds of con
glomerate preponderate at the
north on the slope to the West
Fork. They are adjoined on
the south by beds which in gen
eral are somewhat finer grain
and have considerable argill
ite, but coarse graywacke is
common throughout. The ridge
on which the Sunset claims are
located is composed of argillite
and graywacke.
The bedded rocks of the south
slope of the valley of the West
Fork west of Ferguson Glacier
consist almost wholly of gray
wacke with very little slate.
The first big beds of slate oc
cur at an altitude of 5,100 feet
on the northeast slope of of the
ridge north of Hummel Glac-.
ier, where they are interbed
ded in thick zones with gray
wacke. Slate forms the crest
of this ridge. Beds consisting
of fragments so long and
coarse that the structure seems
breccia-like are common in the
graywacke. The ridge west of
Ferguson Glacier is composed
of graywacke-like beds, pre
dominantly medium grained,
with intercalated sparse slaty
and thin argillaceous layers
and ong band of greenstone.
In this ridge between the alti
tudes of 4,800 and 5,100 feet
there is a belt of greenstone
. schist with intercalated beds of
graywacke, which locally has
a breccia structure. These
beds dip steeply to the north,
though the prevailing dip is
uniformly steep to the south.'
Graywacke beds With only a
little slate form the slope north
east of Hummel Glacier and
the north spur of the mountain
between Hummel Glacier and
Through Glacier. The top
and south slope of the ridge
between Greenpoint and Hum
mel Glaciers, however, are
composed of banded slate and
very fine grained graywacke
and quartzitic beds, with inter
calated thick beds of gray
wacke and dark blue-gray fis
sile limestone. The slates are
crinkled and show a tendency
toward pencil structure.
Banded Mountain, which ris
es between Chickamin Glacier
and Through Glacier, and the
shoulder between Greenpoint
and Through Glaciers are com
posed of graywacke with a
very few thin beds of argill
ite. They strike about N. 60°
W. and dip 30°-50° S.
The ridges between the West
Fork and Texas Glaciers west
of Ibex Creek is composed pre
dominantly of argillite, in
part of a slaty character, thin
ly banded with fine to coarse
graywacke or quartxitic lay
| ei*s and with sparse interbeds
I of graywacke. Locally there
; are beds of coarse graywacke
I with a structure similar to that
of volcanic breccia, and rarely
1 a bed of dark fine-grained
limestone. Beds of argillitic
character afe domihant. At the
west end of the ridge, below
4,500 feet, graywacke beds are
dominant.
The mountains in the angle
north and west of Chickamin
Glacier are composed of gray
wacke with a little interbedded
argillite.
The mountain spur that ex
tends southwest from the inter
national boundary between
Texas and Chickamin Glaciers
is composed of graywacke and
argillite, intruded on the north
west by a stock of Boundary
granodiorite and on the south
east tip by an extension of the
Texas Creek quartz diorite.
The mountain at the head of
the spur appears to consist of
a syncline of thin-bedded slate
and graywacke overturned to
ward the south and riven by
great dikes of granodiorite. A
belt of graywacke with an east
west strike and a northerly dip
forms the mountain spur to the
foot of the glacier that covers
much of it. The narrow neck of
the spur and the steep slope
up to the foot of the glacier at
the north are composed of slaty
argillite. On the west side of
the spur the contact between
the slaty argillite and the pre
dominant graywacke formation
lines on the north side of the
shoulder that projects to the
west. The southwesternmost
part of the spur, for a length
of three-quarters of a mile, is
composed of metamorphosed
graywacke.
The rocks here called gray
wacke are compact, massive,
green-gray to gray, and fine to
coarse. At many places they
are so uniform that bedding
is indistinguishable even with
in thick masses. Some of the
beds are coarse and show a
somewhat modified agglomer
atice structure. The materials
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PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYDER, ALASKA
of which these rocks are com
posed are almost wholly vol
canic, and it is probable that
they are waterworn andesitic
tuff and breccia. They are so
wholly volcanic in nature that
it may be possible that some
portion of the beds are of di
rect volcanic origin; but their
bedded character, the intercal
ation of argillite, the complete
absence of anything that might
be considered a flow, and the
somewhat waterworn charac
ter of the materials in the
coarser beds suggest that they
are predominantly only indi
rectly of volcanic origin. The
term tuffaceous graywacke
might be appropriate for them.
They probably correspond in
part to what Hanson calls tuff
aceous sandstone. The finer
grained beds, interlayered with
the argillite, are much more
quartzitic in nature.
Continued Next Week
ALASKA NOTES
The Kennecott Copper Cor
poration has taken over and is
now operating the Green Butte
copper property, located not
far from the famous Mother
Lode and Bonanza Mines. De
velopment work on the prop
erty has resulted in the open
ing of deposits of copper
glance, which appears in pock
ets in the limestone.
!
The Kennecott Copper Cor
poration has been clearing
ground and erecting camps
preparatory to beginnig devel
opment work on high grade
copper properties on the Chit
tystone river, recently taken
over from “Chick” Nelson. It
is said that a tunnel will be
! driven on the contact, where
! there has been uncovered a
! large body of high grade cop
| per ore over 150 feet in width,
with the end not in sight. It
is said that the find is bigger
than either the original Bonan
za or the Mother Lode.
Notice to Advertisers.
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or reading, will be accepted
only at an advance of 25 per
cent over regular rates.
Location Notice Forms and
Proof of Annual Labor Blanks
for sale at the Herald office.
i
j
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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