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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 13.
I1YDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1934.
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WHEELER TO CONTINUE
FREE COINAGE FIGHT
A split in the senate silver
bloc was again disclosed last
week when Senator Burton K.
Wheeler of Montana issued a
statement that he would once
more reintroduce and continue
his fight for his bill to author
ize free coinage of silver at a
ratio of 16 to 1. The measure
referred t'o was twice defeated
in previous sessions but only by
the scantiest of margins in the
face of administration oppo
sition.
Senator Wheeler’s view re
garding silver is in direct con
flict with that expressed by
Senator William King of Utah,
who said recently that the sil
ver situation is satisfactory and
that no further legislation is
needed.
Senator Pittman is also on
record as opposed to the pres
ent situation and favoring re
monetization.
International Way Fill
Nearing Completion
Work on the International
Way culvert and fill, in prog
ress during the past three
weeks under the Bureau of
Public Roads, is nearing com
pletion under the direction of
engineer E. R. Wright and T.
H. Evans, local bureau super
intendent.
The old wooden bridge for
merly occupying the site of the
fill was entirely removed dur
ing the past week and traffic
is now passing over the perma
nent earth causeway flanked
by rock retaining walls erected
in its stead. The waters of Hy
der creek are carried under
the filled-in section by two
large corrugated steel tubes of
sufficient capacity to handle
the flow under all conditions.
The improvement has in
volved the handling of many
square yards of rock and earth
and has provided employment
for a considerable number of
workers, in addition to the reg.
ular Bureau of Public Roads
maintenance crew.
It is understood that the
present work is to be supple
mented by a widening of the
narrow roadway east of the
fill, to a point beyond the
Chamber of Commerce build
ing. This will be accomplished
by filling in along the upper or
northerly side of the present
roadway. The work will be
done by the maintenance crew.
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Jack Fitzgerald left Monday
for Seattle, where he plans to
spend the winter.
I King and McQuiUan Ship
First Unuk Ore For Tesi
One ton of gold-bearing ore,
the first ever to be taken out of
the Unuk river country as far
as can be determined, was
landed in Ketchikan last week
by George King and T. J. Mc
Quillan, owners of extensive
mineral properties in that sec
tion, according to the Ketchi
kan Chronicle. The ore will
be given a mill test to deter
mine its recovery value.
Continuing the story of the
shipment, the Chronicle states
that legal difficulties have
slowed up the process cf deliv
ering the ore to a milling plant,
owing to it having been mined
on the Canadian side of the
boundary, which brings it un
der the law governing import
ed gold or gold-bearing ore.
As a result of this contingen
cy, the ere will remain in
Ketchikan in charge of the cus
toms service until communi
cations with the United States
mint at San Francisco have
been an-wered.
The claim from which the
ore was obtained is on the
main Unuk, 30 miles upstream
and is one of several proper
ties located by Messrs. King
and McQuillan during the past
season. Assay te s of n- val
ue average around $40 a ton,
with samples as high as $2,000
a ton, Mr. King informed the
Chronicle, which describes the
ore as follows:
“Believed to be about 75 per
cent free milling, the ore is
quartz bearing with a little ga
lena and shot with 'iilphides.
Engineers who examined it
termed the rock as “likely
looking.”
The ore war- carried down
the river with a minimum of
difficulty, Mr. King explained.
Both men are enthusiasts re
garding the mining possibili
ties of the country, insist fkat
t is accessible and shcuia be
given active attention in -pite
of the fact that no regular
roads and few trail- traverse
ir tap it. One of tii objects of
bringing the ore out is, “to show
them that it can be done,” they
told the Chronicle.
The Unuk was reported still
open to small boat navigation.
King and McQuillan spent
the past six weeks in the dist
rict taking out the ore and re
ported they experienced no dif
ficulties. They plan to return
there next spring a- soon a- the
district is open.
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William Dann. manager of
the United Empire mine, re
turned Thursday from a short
business trip to Vancouver.
UNICORN REPORT SHOWS
INTERESTING OUTLOOK
Massive mineralized zones
averaging better than 20 feet
:n width and carrying values
langing from $2 to 8.40 per
| ton in gold, in addition to im
portant silver values, are de
scribed in the following annual
progress report of Unicorn
j Mines, Ltd., made public this
! week by John Hovland, man
| aging director and pioneer
j mining man of the district.
| Ag is well known to a maj
ority of Herald readers, the
j Unicorn property lies east of
1 and adjoining the noted Big
! Missouri properly, now being
. pened for commercial explot
J ation by the Consolidated Min
j ing and Smelting Company,
j Mr. Hovland’s report not on
ly details exceedingly prom
i ising results from the develop
ment work of the past summer
but als'o discloses a range and
i quality of ore deposits which
1 amply sustain the opinion of
| experienced mining men that
: he property gives every indi
i cation of developing into a big
; mine. The complete report
j follows:
No. 3 Tunnel
Last season we completed
301 crosscut (see report 1933)
j and cut the footwall of the Un
| ity zone or vein at 72 feet. The
\ zone is 22 feet wide and indi
cates an average value of $5 in
gold and 1 to 2 ounces in sil
ver. Eight feet on the hanging
wall averages $8.40 in gold.
This crosscut was started 135
feet in from the portal of No. 3
lunnel and driven westerly for
92 feet.
No. 201 Crosscut
This crosscut is located 160
feet north of No. 301 and 295
feet in from the portal of No. 3
tunnel. The zone or vein was
cut 22 feet west of the main
tunnel. Work was resumed in
this crosscut and extended 15
feet to the hanging wall of the
zone. The average value is $2
in gold and 2 ounces in silver,
with 5 feet on the hanging wall
averaging $4.20 in gold.
No. 101 Crosscut
This crosscut is located 100
feet north o)f 201 and 395 feet
in from the portal of No. 3 tun
nel. The zone or vein was cut
19 feet west of the main tunnel
and has a width of 22 feet. The
total distance of this crosscut
is 45 feet. The average value
;s $2.75 in gold and 2 ounces in i
silver. Five feet on the hang-i
wall assays $4.20 in gold and i
2 ounces in silver.
No. 3 Tunnel
This tunnel was extended
10 feet to 430 feet. The ob
jective is the “A” vein out
cropping on the surface about
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Dimond Says National Safety
Demands Alaska Fortification
A. J. Dimond, Alaska dele
gate to Congress, declared Sat
urday in Washington that the
safety and peace of the United
States demands fortification of
Alaska and the entire Pacific
coast.
Designating as “short-sight
ed” the policy of the navy de
partment in keeping the fleet
based in southern California,
the delegate said that although
he did not consider it necessary
or desirable to base the entire
fleet at one point in Alaska, he
believed that a strong base in
the Aleutians, together with at
least one strong army air base
on the mainland would be the
best assurance to peace that
this nation could obtain.
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Annual Public Litcary Meeting
The annual general meeting
of the Hyder Public Library,
Incorporated, will be held in
the library building next Fri
day evening, December 7, com
mencing at 7 p. m. As the
business of the meeting will in
clude not only the election of
directors for the ensuing year
but also matters of policy re
specting the future conduct of,
the library, all shareholders
are urgently requested to at
tend.
Remember the date-next Fri- ;
day evening at 7 p. m.
Salt Chuck Mine Closed
After Successful Season
After five m'onths of oper
ations on tailings impounded
during prior operation--, the
Salt Chuck mine near Ketchi
kan closed down a few days
ago after what was described
as a successful period of activ
ities, according to the Chron
icle.
A total of 15,000 tons of tail
ings were treated for left-over
mineral values.
During previous operation
of the mine copper and palad
ium were the chief minerals re
covered and gold was not both
ered with, as it occurred in a
mineral combination which i
hard to break down. For over
a decade the paladium was
the main object of operations,
the gold values being left in
the tailings. This is now being
recovered. Enlarged opera
tions which will include bre
from the mine are planned for
the future.
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The lumber mill resumed cut
ting operations for two days
this week, starting Monday i
morning.
UNITED EMPIRE MINE
NOT CLOSED DOWN
Reports circulated locally to
the effect that the United Em
pire mine had been closed
in response to telegraphic or
ders Ifr'om Vancouver were ap
parently much in error, accord
ing to reports from Stewart
Friday.
One cf the diamond drills
has been laid off owing to
lack of sufficient air. but two
others are reported still at
work exploring the farther ex
tension of the ore bodies. A
few members of the mine crew
are also said to have been dis
charged but mining is proceed
ing as usual, although upon a
slightly reduced scale, accord
ing to information obtained
from well-informed sources.
Insofar as could de ascer
tained, the erroneous reports
appear to have been the result
o f misconstrued statements
made by some of the released
employees.
Later— Further .refuting the
reported closing down of the
United Empire, word comes
from Stewart today (Satur
day) that the company let last
evening a contract for a 500
foot extension of the Brindle
tunnel. The announcement
cf this increase of activities
was made by manager William
Dann.
The proposed extension is ex
pected to give approximately
600 feet of backs.
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P-A Highway Construction
Will Open Vast Resources
Intensive development and
the opening up of vast natural
resources will result from the
construction of the proposed
Pacific - Yukon-Alaska High
way, according to Washington
reports quoting statements
the Joint Commission appoint
ed by Canada and the United
States to determine the feasi
bility of the project.
More than eleven and one
half billion feet of timber will
be made available in British
Columbia, Yukon Territory
and Alaska by the construction
of the great international road,
the report indicates. In addit
ion, the report said, there are
large deposits of minerals,
while with proper transport
ation, agriculture and stock
raising, dairying and fur trap
ping, as well as the production
of vegetables and berries can
be made profitable.
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Reports reaching Stewart say
W. H. Tolin is holding his own
following recent operation in a
Seattle hospital, but may have
to undergo another operation.