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VOL 3, NO. 46
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 9,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
BUSH CONSOLI DATED
TO START DRILLING
A big diamond drilling cam
paign will be launched im
mediately by the Bush Consoli
dated Gold Mines, on proper
ties owned by the company in
the upper Salmon basin.
The work will be done by
Lynch Bros., well known drill
contracting firm. A large
quantity of drill material and
equipment arrived on the
Prince Rupert today and work
will be started on the Border
claim, one of the 64 claims
controlled by the company and
situated between the western
border of the Premier and
the International boundary
line at 13-Mije.
In addition to holding a large
number of claims on the Can
adian side of the boundary,
Bush Consolidated also con
trols the Gold Cliff property,
a large group on the Alaska
side.
O. B. Bush .president of the
company, and G. R. Bancroft,
w'ell known mining engineer,
arrived from the south Satur
day to get the development
program under way.
ORE COMING DOWN
FROM PORTER IDAHO
High grade ore is again com
ing down from the Porter
Idaho property enroute to the
Trail smelter. The first pack
train load of the season wa?
brought down from the hill as
far as the Rennie camp at the
forks of the Marmot Thursday
by Jack Rennie, holder of the
packing contract.
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PROGRESS ON
WASHINGTON GROUP
The cross cut tunnel on the
Washington is in a distance of
70 feet, according to R. E.
Lundvall, manager of the
Washington Mining Co., who
came down from the property
Friday .A. H. Jarman, leading
figure in the affairs of the
company also visited the prop
erty and returned with Mr.
Lundvall.
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SUPPLIES FOR NEW
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
The steamer Bellinham arriv
ed Wednesday from Ketchikan
with a large quantity of sup
plies and equipment for use by
Siems & Carlson on the new
Texas Creek wagon road con
struction. The consignment in
cluded everything from con
struction tools to camp equip
ment. The outfit was used re
cently at a Siems & Carlson
road camp in the Seward dis
trict.
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Harold Johnson left this week
for the head of Texas Creek
to investigate conditions on the
Hyder Lead Co. properties
with a view to starting sum
mer development operations.
Recent visitors to that section
say trail conditions were not
bad, although there is consid
erable snow on the hillsides at
some points, as well as on the
pack trail.
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F. C. Outland came in from
the Outland Silver Bar during
the week and reported that the
new compresi >'• and power
plant have been inen'.- d and
are in operation.
MOUNTAIN VIEW IS
LOOKING GOOD
Summer development operat
ions are now in full swing on
the Fish Creek properties of
the Mountainview Gold Min
ing Co. Three shifts are em
ployed, two of which are en
gaged in extending the main
tunnel, the other being em
ployed at surface work.
This property is not only the
most advantageously situated
in the Salmon district, being
located only a short distance
from the district’s main high
way, to which it is connected
by a 4000 foot tram, but is al
so yielding splendid results
from the development work
done both above and below
ground. The main, or Skookum
Creek tunnel has been driven
over 1100 feet. About 500 feet
of the tunnel was driven on
what is known as the Skook
um Creek vein, and has open
ed up an ore shoot about 350
feet long and averaging about
3 feet in width. This ore body
averages between $12 and $14
per ton in gold, silver, lead
and zinc, and is estimated to
contain ore valued at approxi
mately $50,000 above the level
of the tunnel, which cuts the
vein at a maximum depth of
125 feet .The tunnel has also
exposed several other ore oc
curences of important size and
value .which promise large ad
ditions to the known ore re
serve. The property also con
i tains a number of additional
ore deposits, including the Tom
vein, the Gray Copper vein,
the Gold vein, Marsh vein and
Dave’s vein, all of which have
been partially explored by
•hort tunnels and open cuts.
All of these leads may be ex
plored at depths ranging from
150 to 500 feet by extensions
of the Skookum Creek tunnel.
Probably the most important
of these deposits is the Grey
Copper vein .which has been
traced 500 feet on the surface,
where it ranges from a few
inches to eight feet or more in
width, averaging between 3
and 4 feet. Although only
partially explored, the work so
far done indicates an ore shoot
200 feet long and 2Va feet in
width carrying average values
of $11 per ton .mainly in gold
land silver. The Skookum Creek
tunnel will cut the vein at a
depth of about 350 feet, giv
ing an estimated overhead
tonnage for this part of the
,-ein valued at approximately
$150,000. The Marsh vein,
Gold vein and Tom and Dave
veins also give evidence of be
ing highly important ore bod
ies carrying excellent values.
The Gold vein lies in a highly
mineralized area containing
ore occurrences yielding both
ruby silver and native gold. In
one instance 40 pounds of rock
from this vein yielded 2 ounces
of native gold.
H. C. Strong, Ketchikan busi
ness magnate and one of the
owners and original operators
of the Riverside mine, was a
visitor in camp during the stay
of the steamer Bellingham.
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J. A. Hall, president of the
Bank of Hyder, will leave
Monday evening on a business
trip to Vancouver, in company
with his brother, E. E. Hall.
PREMIER-B. C. SILVER
AMALGAMATION DEAL
REPORTED CONTINUING
Reports from the south indi
cate that negotiations looking
to an amalgamation of the
Premier and B .C .Silver inter
ests are in progress. One re
port, apparently based on in
formation emanating from
London sources, asserts that
tentative discussions of the
proposal have reached a stage,
where actual proposals have
been made on both sides.
Another version ,said to be
circulating in Vancouver min
ing circles, is to the effect that
suggestions have been made
that the Premier company re
turn to the Selukwe people
the amount expended in devel
opment work, together with a
certain amount of Premier
Gold Co. stock. The latter re
port indicates that the Nation
al Silver properties of the Se
bakwe company are included
in the negotiations.
LOSES FINGER IN
ODD ACCIDENT
Emil Davis, well known min
ing man, lost a finger from his
right hand as a result of a
shooting accident occurring
Thursday morning on the Ana
conda group, in the upper
Bear district.
When leaving camp to do as
sessment work, Davis took
along a 30-30 rifle in the hope
of getting some game. At a
steep point on the trail he
slipped and while endeavoring
to spare himself a fall, his
right hand slid over the muz
zle of the gun at the moment
it was discharged, presumably
as a result of the hammer
striking a rock. The high pow
ered bullet struck between
the second and third joints of
the little finger, .shattering the
digit and leaving only a port
ion of the third joint. A. T.
Mork and B. G. Raymond,
one of the owners of the Ana
conda, applied a tourniquet
and accompanied Davis to the
Stewart hospital, where the in
jury was dressed.
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Dr. II. T. James, newly ap
pointed resident mining engi
neer for the Stewai't district
left this week for the Cascade
Creek section to look over that
district with a view to extend
ing the wagon road from the
Premier to the Big Missouri
and Woodbine properties.
It is understood that the con
struction of a wagon highway
to the Big Missouri has been
under discussion by the B. C.
1 Board of Public Works offici
als for some time, but the
! project has been held in
| abeyance pending the outcome
of the develoment work car
, ried on by the Big Missouri
1 company during the past two
j years.
1 The opening of a road to the
j BigMissouri will be of inesti
mable benefit to all the mining
interests of that section, as well
as to the Big Missouri, where
development has reached a
stage, where commercial oper
ation appear imminent.
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Archie Patterson, who was
injured on the Woodbine some
days ago, left for Rupert today
to consult Dr. W. T. Kergin,
with a view to an operation.
IMPROVEMENTS ON
WOODBINE GROUP
Preparations for the instal
lation of the new machine and
power plant at the Woodbine
are making rapid progress, ac
cording to late reports from
that property.
The cement foundations for
the power plant and compress
or have been laid and the com
pressor building and black
smith shop are up and work
has been started on the assay
office. Work has been tempo
rarily suspended in the lower
tunnel, but is proceeding in
the upper tunnel, which is
nearing its objective and is ex
pected to tap the ore soon.
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ROAD BUREAU STARTING
LAST STAGES OF NEW
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
M. D .Williams, assistant dis
trict engineer of the Bureau of
Public Roads was a visitor in
Hyder for a few hours last
Sunday. Mr. Williams came
over from Ketchikan on the
Bureau motorship Highway,
bringing with him a complete
gravel screening plant which
will be used by the local road
crew in surfacing the new Sal
mon River road extension from
the cemetery to Fish Creek.
One mile of the new highway
running through the “rock
cut,” a short distance north of
town, has beeh completed by
the Johnson-Gardner company
and was accepted by Mr. Wil
liams during his visit. Funds
and authority are now avail
able to start surfacing operat
ions on that section. T .H. Ev
ans, local superintendent of
the Bureau of Public Roads
will start the surfacing work
as soon as the bunkers and
screening plant can be put in
operation.
Mr.Evans and his crew have
been engaged for several days
surfacing a portion of the new
highway near Fish Creek
where the use of the road is
necessary.
Fred J. Hughes, surpervising
engineer .states that the road
will not be closed to traffic
again, as the contractors are
through at all bad points.
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The Herald is indebted to
Rev. S. V. Warren for a fine
mess of nevv potatoes and spin
ach grown by him in the in
the garden plot of the Metho
dist Episcopal parsonage.
Needless to say, they were
greatly enjoyed. The potatoes
were planted by Dr. Warren
May 16th, and grew so rapidly
that some 5 inches in circum
ference were dug by him July
4th. They are of the “Six
Weeks” variety. Not only are
they of particularly fine flav
or, but also appear to be ex
cellently adapted for local
planting, owing to their rapid
growth. In addition to straw
berries and a wide range of
other forms of “garden-sass,”
Dr. Warren is also experiment
ing with corn, of which he has
a vigorous and very promising
growth.
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Edgar Provinse has taken
over the stock of the defunct
Hyder Mercantile Co., the fix
tures having been disposed of
to various local parties.
SAYS DISTRICT IS
MAKING PROGRESS
E. E. Hall, Winnepeg capital
ist and head of the Riverside
Mining and Milling Co., spent
the past week in camp look
ing alter his local interests.
Mr. Hall was accompanied by
his son Carl I. Hall.
In a statement to the Herald
Mr. Hall expressed his satis
faction over the results of the
past year’s operations at the
Riverside, characterizing the
present situation as “very
good.” Mr. Hall also voiced
the opinion that the camp will
shortly witness a marked in
crease in mining activity as a
result of the wider under
standing of the district and its
possibilities. He was also glad
to know that he had been
able to do something for the
district by taking over the Riv
erside and demonstrating bj
its successful operation that
the complicated ore can be
mined on a profitable basis.
Mr. Hall, who is president
of the Hall Company Limited
a $1,200,000 investment con
i cern, and also head of the
Central Grain Company Limit
ed, the capital and reserve ot
which is $500,000, will leave
for Winnipeg Monday even
ing.
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BIG TOURIST PARTY VISITS
Entering on the last leg of a
10,000 mile sight seeing trip,
a party of 100 tourists from
the Shenandoah Valley, Vir
ginia, arrived in Hyder this
morning and spent the brief
period of the boat’s layover
enjoying the local scenery and
picking up souvenirs of Alas
ka.
The party, under the direct
ion of Howard J. Benehoff, is
on a tour of North America,
which has already extended
from Virginia southward to
the Gulf of Mexico, along the
southern border to Los An
geles and up the Pacific coast
to Hyder, the only Alaska
point included in the itinerary.
The party traveled as far as
Seattle in its own special train,
the “Shenandoah Valley Spec
ial,’ ’stopping at all leading
centers and points of interest
enroute. A special train has
also been provided by the Can
adian National for their return
journey across Canada via
Prince Rupert and Jasper
Park.
In outlining the st^ry of the
tour Mr. Benehoff, who is pres
ident of the Shenandoah Nat
ional Park Assn, and Shenan
doah Valley, Incoporated, said
he had made every effort to
obtain a longer layover here
in order to visit the mines, in
which the party was much in
terested, but was unable to do
so.
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Mrs. Percy Lewis and Miss
Kathleen Bower, both resi
dents of Vancouver, arrived
on the Prince Charles and are
visiting the Fish Creek camp
of the American Mining and
Milling Co., after which they
intend making a tour of the
district.
W. K. Spaulding, of the Sal
mon River Dock Co., returned
to Ketchikan Wednesday after
a short visit.
DISTRICT CELEBRATES
INDEPENDENCE DAY
The Independence Day cel
ebration was not only an un
qualified success but also pro
vided an example of internat
ional amity probably never
seen elsewhere in Uncle Sam’s
domain; due to the presence
of almost the entire populat
ion of Stewart, B .C.
Although a downpour of rain
during the forenoon resulted
in the abandonment of the
parade, the remainder of the
celebration was carried out
under more favorable skies
and was marred by no untow
ard incident. The festivities
were started by an address by
Col. E. R .Stivers, U. S. Cust
oms Inspector, in Pioneer Hall.
With the big hall crowded to
capacity, Col. Stivers was in
troduced by Attorney Ernest
Blue and delivered an interest
ing talk on early American
history and some of the more
notable American accomplish
ments of* later days; touching
briefly upon both the Civil and
Spanish-American wars and
pointing out that since the in
ception of the Republic the
American flag had never
known defeat. Col .Stivers next
I discussed the nation’s progress,
drew attention to the fact that
although the United States and
Canada had started on the
road to national greatness at
practically the same time, the
former now had a population
of over 110,000,000, while
Canada possesses about 10,
000,000 at the present time.
Various other phases of our
national life and advancement
were also touched upon. The
address was decidedly inter
esting and informative and
evoked well merited applause
from the big gathering. Fol
lowing the address the crowd
repaired to the ball grounds,
where field sports, ranging
from races and contests for
tiny tots to more strenuous ex
ercises for their elders, were
held throughout the afternoon.
| Interest centered chiefly in the
i base ball game between Hyder
and Stewart for a $100 purse.
The contest speedily develop
ed a decidedly one-sided as
pect in favor of Hyder and was
won by the local team with a
score of 14 to 6. In addition to
the purse, the Hyder team was
also presented with a base
ball autographed by Walter
Johnson and II. Ruel, the fam
ous Washington battery. The
unique souvenir was the gift
of A. H. Jarman of the Wash
ington Mining Co., a friend of
the great pitcher.
The celebration closed with a
big dance given by the Pio
neers of Alaska in Pioneer
Hall, which was attended by
a capacity crowd from both
sides of the boundary. The not
ed Premier orchestra assisted
| by Victor Durand, violinist pro
: vided the music and rendered
: a delightful program.
| The committee in charge of
I the celebration is to be heartily
I commended for their able and
painstaking labor. Thanks to
their efforts, the celebration
was one of the most enjoyable
4th celebrations held here, de
spite the hindrances develop
ing from the adverse weather.