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ALASKA MINER
Published at lbe flat eway <4p the SfMtfion River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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FIVE D0LLARS A\YEWR
fly&r <jUrteway to a Marvelous Region of Wonderful!
Ri<4fl«§8, s«ye -John Jtonau ia Booklet Prepared 1tf
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^fc^qwgh ,&« djeeowqry of tbej
mwm* boiy Of xjsh ,qre fqund in!
•** PftWWT M»e
jjftyrtjy Mitt the discovery of
£fyis rich ore body the mining world
Sormri ib* .OPWto?. .that the j?(re
mm was destined to become «
Jr eat mine. The mining world, howr
Over, has net realised that aubacr
90#qt development faau proven that,
not only is the Premier one of the
world's great mined, but prommss
to become the world's greatest thine.
This great mine if looated in the
Salmon River Valiev, and ii be*
lieved by mhdng men of wide ex
perience to only one of many mints
that wilt eventually be developed
jn this section.
To follow the history of tha Pre
mier minf at its different stages of
development and apply that history
to many of the other properties in
th? district would indicate that
many mines of a similar nature
would eventually be developed.
. No description of the mining pro
perties contained in this area would
be complete without at least a lim
ited desoription of the valley, which
occupies a Unique position atnong
the mining fields of the world, in
asmuch as it is International in its
location.
I n* Great Waterway
the Salmon Siver, from which
•Hi Valley takes its name, heads in
a glacier of thfc same name, and
empties into Portland Canal* Port
land Canal is a magnificent body of
fr -ter extending inland 90 miles
end forma the boundary between
British Columbia, and Alaska for
that distance. The passage through i
this canal is one of scenic grandeur,
and UnsUipassed for its safety, as
it is absolutely free from any of the
dangers incident to navigation.
The rivet proper, from its mouth
to its source, a distance of thirteen
miles, flows entirely through Alaska
Territory, but the Cascade, one of
1 .* ntaiu tributaries, heads in Brit
is‘i Columbia, and the magnificent
glacier which forms its source, lies
almost exclusively wi.hin that
Province
Future Greatness of Hyder
In its course, at no point is the
River more than a few miles from
the International Boundary line,
and along this iine, on both sides is
situated the mineral fit! I, which
liruui.s-.s to make Hyder, .ts gate
way, 090 of Jlje world'* greatest'
mining cambs,
In «#(thgt is nece*aty to OialtJ
a groat ngfliQg center, this valley
is W<wdarf#gy supplied, abundant,
timber, tftgjwifed water power an?
a mineral wwaftb #n*urpassed in,
richness and af great extent,
led with cheap transportation awl
a ojiwate. if pot ideal, at laaat so
doss fo the jde#l as to justify tbs
statement that few mining camps
have a climate as weH suited to its
mining environment as has the
Salmon River Valley,
St its gateway, Hyder, the val
ley js two miles wide, which width
it practically maintains for a dis
tance of nine miles, at which point
Tsxa| creek, Am of tbs large tribu
taries of the Salmon, enters the val
ley and forms a junction with the
Saimon River- From this point up
ward the valley very perceptibly
narrows, the fiver flowing through
well-deined channels to the glaeier
from which it springs
Vast Timber Resources
The entire floor of this fralley is
qovered with timber of an immense
size, spruce beiii*} the predominat
ing timber, while 011 all the slopes
and hillsides hem ludt of good qual
ity predominates.
vwuuiuuu* are mem ior me men*
ufacture of pulp for paper mills. In
fact ample power can be developed
to turn ottt the finished product
practically at ship’s tackle for d*
livery to the marts of the world,
rhere is in all America no more
idventageous spot fos the produc
tion and supplying of paper than
right at Hyder.
At the head of this valley is the
3almon glacier, and this glacier, ex
tending across the divide into the
Maas River Valley, tinlike many gla
tiers, is not a hindrance but on the
>ther hand is of great benefit to the
lurrounding country; its surface be
ng undisturbed by crevices or other
>bslacle8t it offers a natural toad
vay to many parts of the district,
and also to the ffaaS River section.
>o much is thiS fact recognised that
the United States Government has
this summer completed a bridge
irossing the Balmon Rivet at Nine
Mile, suitable for the heaviest pos* j
lible traffic, and is also building a ;
wagon road up to and connecting
with the glacier.
This road will go up Texas Creek
lor a distance of one mile, at which
point it will cross a low pass, not
>ver 300 leet in height Bhd a mile ,
ind a half in length, giving wagon
road connection with the maiu gov
srnment wagon road at Nine Mila.
Federal Government Alda
Transportation
At present the U. S. Government
s completing a good wagon road
ip the Salmon River Valley to the
International Boundary, and froflft
1
+h«t jwaat MV«4 tfibe Canadian
GawffMMat is extending tihis road,
aeflbsiwteen completed <it will be
PUkSlble to reach every part *t the
vjdley war a weU-c«oatracti)d wag-'
on* road Tfcu aoad is Mug built
wWh m view to £aS»re automobile;
Ireffic, the heaviest grade being
seven per cent, and is bulk through
the heart of the Mineral Add reach
mi: all of the promising mfesarsl
properties, ft is dbeadjr completed
for a distance of 1A asiles and is
now within taro miles ef the Big
Missouri, Mineral HMl, OrneoTn and
many ether very promising prop
erties that lit en end surround the
head of Cascade Greek.
Next Seaton this rani will Witt*
out doubt be completed, thus tar
nishing S splendid opportunity for
wagon transportation to every part
of the district Thkl road is being
constructed after a very dose and
detailed inspection of the possibili
ties of the district by government
engineers and officials of both the
U. H. «ud Canadian governments,
and to realize that both govern
ments have Already spent approx
imately $200,000 in road construe*
tion, demonstrates that in the
mines of roan having charge of this
branch of the government, there is
abundant mineral wealth contained
Within it.
And this view of the government
sfficials is not only sustained by
the opinion of mining engineers
who have visited the district, but
is proven by the many large and
ricn bodies of ore which have been
uncovered by prospectors.
Geology of Hyder
Country
To go somewhat in'o detail de
scribing the mineral features of this
Wonderful district, it would be well
to begin at, or near, Hyder. At this
place the rock formation is a gtan»
ITe dyrolite, but upon reachihg Pish
Creek, four miles from Hyder, a
complete chatigfe has taken place,
and from here throughout the dis
trict the formation is porphyry,
greenstone and 9chist9, intersected
by dykes of a porphyritic nature,
which strike in a northeasterly and
lootiiwesterly riihsetibn.
Fish Creek Heads against thS In
ternational Boundary line and emp
ties into Salmon river four miles
from Hyder; it is about five miles
long and flows through a well min
eralized section, and in an area df
five miles square, for which this
creek forms the drainage system,
are located many of the promising
properties of the district, among
which may be classed; the Lucky
Boy and Mammoth gtoiips, owned:
by Pat Benson and associates; the |
Titan group owned by Fitzgerald,
Bros., the Fish Creek Mines, owned j
by John Hovland: the fish Creek!
Mining Co., owned by W,R. Tonkin i
and WQf)i««9.
®n» CantenlF
AUofLtbt*bova grqups vcootain
large orebodie* from whioh high
value* Jn gpldjmdsilver haue boon
obtained, and in some instances ad
ditional values in copper and ieati.
A trial shipment of tan ton* of are
•hipparfitOithcjEftoama imejtcr f*an>
the Fish Gaoek Wining Ga prqperty
gavedhe following veadlta:
Gold—1.8 a*.
suw-tumm. j
Laad' <29,8 par,cent.
Cflflper—2.20 pernent.
Three jnlle* from Fish Crank and
•even mile* from Hydac, and with
in a tew hundred feetmf the gov
ernment road. She Ahveraide group
of alaim* 4a gaumed. Upon this
group a tunnel of 3t6 Jeet is dnuoa
on a oae to gen foot loud, ooncying
values averaging tesoatwoeamples,
I19.2S attd $21.00 respectively.
Five different are bodiea are known
on this .groups Near by and • d join
ing, the Ferring group is located.
This group has a dm ouftcSwp <af
ore, carrying good values in gold,
(ilver and Wed.
Oi* BodiM bsvdopeiby
Goyeronwnt Road
Lctviug Sevan Mila and follow
ing Mm government foad Until
reaching Eleven Mile, you pass
through a section of country well
■taeralized. bat upon which ho
*«ak *• determine the value tds b**ti
Iona, but indication* ara that ptvcpecrie*.
vill brina forth Some valuable etc bodies
Near Nine Mile the New Alaska la locat
ed. This group «f claims promises tt> be
a bannet property. Large bodies ot ore
ixist on it. and of the same 'character as
the ore of the famous Premier Mine; val
ues of 7® ox. in sliver and one-hair oz. in
teid have bean obtained from one of its
arge ore bodies
Adjoining the New Alaska, the Alaska
f*remier is located-. This group has all
the characteristiee ot the Premier mine,
front which it and NeW Alaska are but a
ihott distance. The Alaska Premier con
tains are bodies eatrying gold and silver
ralnes that have been pronounced by the
tuceessful owner of the Premier, to eijdal
the vaiues he found when He purchased
that now farribiis miqe-.
The Alaska Premier Mining Gb, was
organized by the elaim owners by deed
ing their claims to Harry Tanner, who is
tuperintendent of Fish Creek Mining Co.
md put Fish Creek in the shipping class
rhe Alaska British Columbia Mining Go.
»wns the claims adjoining the Fish Creek
dining Coi and expects to be shipping
>re soon-, llafry Tanner deeded all these
daims to the Alaska Premier Mining Co-,
thereby paying up the stock of the com
pany, the claim owners taking stock in
the Alaska British Columbia Mining Co.,
■bowing confidente in tiieir property and
Harry Tanner's management.
Available Water Power
In this vicinity the Hobo group is also
located, upon which several bodies of ore
:arrying high gold values have been foundi
rhis section lies on ths western slope of
the nountain which divides Fish Creek
from the Salmon River, and covers an j
irea of approximately eight square miles j
ind contains many claims not enumerat
ed abouei which have promising pros* |
Itects. Leaving Eleven Mile, at Twelue :
Mile the International Roundary is cross*
td, and from here on is Canadian terri
tory. This section is drained by Cascade
3reek, separated into the North and
South Forks, which have a potential
eater power easily and cheaply harness
id, and ef sufficient extent to supply all
I On account of, publishing the sub
ject.matter of e booklet prepare by
JohnHtinjpn for the American Min- .
ling .Congress. trout page apace in the I
Miner (for general newt item* ia aer
: iiopWytfurtailed, and some mattara of I
toeal intercat are necessarily omitted,
while others have to ifce "boiled do
Uhe bone."
BTdt isn't to be
Kawd elsewhere try !
'She Midget Emporium.
Matt me at the Mecca.
Send ttiia paper to your friend
'Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca. •
ft. L. Clothier has resigned at man
ager of the Silverado.
The Midget Emporium baa veedftred a
fine line of packet kniroa
The Anyoa took nut 2M MRk >dl Itpo-'
thier concentrates Sunday.
Dolby B. Morkill, B. <3, Seed surveyoe,,
has gone to Vancouver on 'MrsinetS.
Mlaeet Iren* and tfdlen ftwB f*ee get*
•e Seattle to visit asMti after ChrhMaas. i
M’ II. Huddleateiu. «a£*esr la the'
ft. *■ government, ie here iocfking oaorthej
wharf situation.
Mao. F. C. Lawrence has arrival from
Seattle to Join her husband. the Hyderi
jeweler and tfriicAn.
Dr. Bayfield arrived from VancoavSt
last Thursday to take charge of the how
pital at the Premier.
W. R. Tonkin, president and geUWal
manager of th< Fish OMril Miring Co..
has retun red t0 Seattle.
iit k SlcOsItuaclk One of the
north 'nsrideiughe. and a pWverul f«Ver
'ts, has parcfcaswl the Mecca from fthex
Freest.
Mrs. Hsttrtm ll openin'! rhili peffeN in
her new location adjoining Johnson's
taun&y and bath house, and wilt «to»
aorve noodles to order. Hours will be
from S p. m. till I a. m.
demands that may he made upon it.
Great Values Exposed With
Small Development
Within this secth* are located the
Premier. Bush Limited. fraly and Sullivan,
Northern Light, Woodbine, Indian, Pay
roll. Hig Missouri, Mineral Hill, Unicom,
Silver Tip, Silver Crest, Spider and many
others; while adjoining this auction on the
Salmon RtVer slope afv Induced the Gla
ser. Boundary, Silver Basin, Hercules,
Anaconda, Montana and Montana FrU<r
tion, Forty NlnA, Yellowstone and U num
ber which sptteF forbids to mention,
Showing with a Small amodnt of develop
ment; S mineral wealth to extreme as to
justify our Canadian brttheWn in putting
forth the claim that they ndt only have
in the Held the world's premier Mine, but
alsb haVe the world's premier mining
Reids
$286,000 Frtim first Mill
Rlin of Premier Ore
In support of this claim c8n be stated
the fact that the first mill run of the Pre
mier Mine's mill, milling ore from which
all high-grade ore had been sorted, pro
duced at th« smelter from 160 tons of
concentrates, the sUM df $286,0001 And
When it Is realized that nUfflUfotls proper
ties show better values than the Premier
at a similar stage of development, the
most sanguine hopes of the wealth of
this district stand a Splendid chance of
being realized
100 Miles of Mineral Wealth
Stretching from here northwest for a
distance of over 100 miles, this mineral
area extends, and the not far distant fu
ture will see a mineral wealth produced
that, if reduced to dollars at this time
would stagger the Imagination and could
only be classed as Viaiouary.
Here is a field for capital and for the
creative power of man. Hacked by cap
ita', nlunlt can be placed upon his
achieve.pants
Ml ftfliME
tOMMISSIONER
J*hnvW. Frame, 'ter 23 years an Aias
'kan, and one of the beat known news
papermen in the Tessitery, has been ap
iPoUted United gratae Commissioner for
bhe df ydav diffiaict, anti -arrived on the
(Carmen at 2 dbiloek this morning. He
<will take over'the office on 4he 1st df
December.
Mr. Frame >1*400 Weil known to all <the
oldtime reafterits A Alaska kt> need any
introdiidtion. Be came north in >MI9F
and ha* conducted newspapers tinJWneuW
Cortima, If allies and Anchorage, beside*
hawing resided m a wMnber df other ter
ritorial tosHnt.
•Jfdbn If. Reed, Whe reCiAng •commission
er. Whose resignition JVa* accepted ladt
week, expects to go to '{ sffififdhrin tint*
after the Holidays, and then take up the
peadtioe <tif ftsnr in KHMhfkan. *tt. Reed
assume* office bore on the lit wt Apri^,
l'«20. and Ids departure wiS cause gem
era I ragret. Bet such art* the Waps df
partisan politics.
I*** *wg<* the Movies tenighk
©. fit $teWart, Territorial Mine Inspec
ts. Arrived in camp Thursday and hat
hwon looking ovfer the f*apert*s up tht
Solemn valley.
tth, and lira. #•. fi. Todh have ntov?S
into their new Dome in the Ml hotel fetrit
ding wtilA «M recently brought fcnw»
Stewart to Hyder, B. a
<**e Grathio fcM nVevrd his MftlattMK
cigar a tor* and barber ahop business le
the corner «f First end Mein streets and
has also taken Charlie Frank into part*
MHkip
td
Comfortable and convenient fiouk
rent Enqdfta of Hugh MacDougalK
Mr#. Johnson, Sanitary laundry, A street
tot rent, handing on Main street, forth!
reserve, foriftfeity "Hill’s Boarding Hots*.'
Apply Miner office.
Laundry work done right and promptly
delivered. TMb And shower baths, new.
modern, strictly up to date. Jim Johnsoft.
Imjk-rial Baths. Russian steam baths $i
LBrrKit of Authority
Seattle, Wash.. OCt. 23. 1921;
To WhdlH It May Concern:
Mr. Aleiaiidet Frazier is hereby auth
orized to rent, and c'dliect rental; of a
certain barn structure located On the
Shaw-Dickey lot in the townsite of Hy
dvr; Alaska;
(Signed)
L. F-. Bhaw.
Address!
Carroll Apartment,
Cor. Thomal and Bellevdd,
Seattle, Wash.
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