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MINING NEWS OF THE
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HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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VOL 6, NO. 50
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SILVER NUGGETS .
FROM ARGENTINE
Samples of native silver bear
ing ore of decidedly spectacu
lar appearance are coming
down from the Kenneth group
in the Glacier Creek section.
The property, which was
foimerly known as the Mobile
is controlled by the Argentine
Syndicate, of which Clay Por
ter, noted local mining man
and developer of the Porter
Idaho property, is the leading
figure.
A sample of the rich silver
ore seen by the Herald repre
sentative this week carries a
nugget of native silver fully j
of an inch in length and nearlj
a half inch wide in its widest
part, in addition to mam
smaller particles disseminated
throughout the rock. The ort
was obtained from a recently
opened lead which has wid
ened from a foot or so at tin
surface to approximately (
feet within a short distant ;
from the surface. The orebod,
in question carries a vein of thi
rich silver ore a foot or so widi
which shows native silve;
wherever broken. The lead i ;
one of a series of three largi }
and heavily mineralized zone
found on the property and is tc
all appearances a true fissure
with the walls clearly defined
and free from the ore body*;
One of the zones is 80 feet o |
more in width and all thret j
yield high silver assays, in ad j
dition to other values.
Ruby silver is said to be si
prevalent in one of the veins
that drill bits when drawn
from the drill holes appear tc s
be bloodstained. The rich silvei j
ore referred to above has not i
been assayed, but samples !
taken earlier from the several I
leads are said to have ranged |
from a few hundred to nearly
a thousand ounces in silver.
Some lead and zinq values art
are also shown, with the latter
predominating.
Mr. Porter is preparing to
make a shipment of the high
grade ore and has about 15
tons sacked and ready for ship
ment to the smelter in a few
days.
Weather Checks Texas
Creek Road Construction
Bad weather during the past
week caused a considerable
slowing down of the Siems
Spokane Company constructor
operations on the last section of
the new Texas Creek highway,
according to reports from that
section.
The heavy rain is said to i
have made the as yet- unsur
faced grade so soft that truck
ing and other activities were
carried on with difficulty and
resultant slowness.
As a result of the difficulties
created, the completion of the
highway may be delayed some
what beyond the anticipated
time, October 5, unless better
weather conditions prevail dur
ing the interval.
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The first snow of the fall
season fell on Mt. Rainey last
Sunday morning.
B. P. R. Will Replace Old
Fish Creek Bridge
The Bureau of Public Roads
has appropriated the sum of
$2,000 to replace the antiquat
ed trestle bridge at Fish Creek
tin the Salmon River highway,
it was announced this week by
L. W. Turoff, resident engineer
jf the government road bu
reau.
The present bridge was in
stalled when the highway was
constructed between Hyder
and the international boundary
line at Thirteen-mile nearly a
decade ago and has practically
outlived its usefulness. It will
be replaced, Mr. Turoff said,
by a 70-foot trestle, with a
width of 16 feet and protected
by a guard rail along each
side.
Mr. Turoff staked out the
work this week and construct
on is scheduled to start in the
near future. The work will be
done by the Bureau of Public
iloads crew under the direct
on of resident overseer T. H.
Svans and will be completed
.his fall.
With the installation of the
lew bridge and the elevetion
ind widening of the road be
tween Eight-mile and Eleven
nile, the Salmon River high
way will be one of the finest
oads in the North and also a
splendid examplification of the
highly beneficial efforts of
he government road bureau to
assist in the development of
his great territory by con
■tiucting highways.
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Woodbine Development
Again Under Way J
Much activity is now in evi
dence at the Woodbine mine,
vhere work was commenced
last week on the winze off the
main level to develop the ore
body found in the course of
diamond drilling operations
early this year, according to the
Stewart News. This ore
oody is forty feet vertically be
ow this level, and carried good
values. The winze is being put
iown at about 70 degrees ang
!e and should cut the orebody
between forty and fifty feet.
Ten men are at present em
ployed and everytihng has
been placed in shape for con
inuous development during
he winter.
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Stewart Council Adopts
Itinerant Vendor Law
Piompt action to check the
nioads of transient traders in
to the business of local merch
ants was taken last week by
the Village Commissioners of
Stewart in the adoption of an
ordinance or “bye-law,” as it is
termed over there, providing
that transient traders shall pay
a license fee of $100.00 every
six months.
The Commission has also es
Itablished regulations for the
' keeping of dogs within the cor
porate limits and providing a
license tax of $3.00 a year for.
•each dog kept; $5.00 for each
female dog, and $10 for a ken
nel of five dogs. The bye-law
also creates a dog catcher and
dog pound and no dogs are
| permitted to run at targe be
> twen the hours of 9 p. m. and
[7 a. m., or on holidays.
BIG GROWTH Nl ALASKA
1 TRANSPORTATION
Alaska’s airplane transport
ation industry in the fiscal year
ending June 30, last, almost
trebled in growth over the pre
ceding 12-month period, ac
cording to statistics compiled
by Gov. George A. Parks and
made public today. It carried
a total of 3,654 passengers
without a'single mishap or ac
cident involving injury t a,
them.
During the year 24 planes
were flown a total of 684,361
passenger miles in all parts of
the Territory. In the previous
year eight planes flew a total
of 273,000 passenger miles, it
was estimated. There was a
smaller growth in the express
carried which in the fiscal year
1929 - 1930 totaled 103,043
pounds. In the preceding fiscal
year only 94,251 pounds were
transported by air.
Mail shipments, however,
showed a decline despite the
improvement of facilities and
the increase in the number of
planes operating in the field.
In 1928-29, 24,250 pounds of
mail were shipped by air, and
last year this class of traffic
dropped to the low figure of
17,690 pounds.
Five companies operated air
craft in Alaska—one at Nome,
one at Fairbanks and Anchor
age, one at Seward and two at
Juneau and Ketchikan. —Jun
eau Empire.
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Peace Rail Action Laid Over
With unemployment the
dominant question in the minds
of the new Dominion govern
ment, the Peace River rail out
let issue has been laid over un
til the convening of the next
parliamentary session soon af- j
ter the New Year, according to •
a special Ottawa dispatch to
the Stewart News last week.
The government’s attitude i
was announced by Premier
Bennett in the House of Com-1
mons.
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Pcwer Co. Engineers Arrive
Arthur M. Clark and E. R.
Willard, Portland Canal Power
Company engineers, arrived
from Seattle last Saturday
night to work on the Davis Riv
er power developmert project.
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J. A. McAllen, Portland, Ore.,
mining engineer, who visited
the district last week to look
over the Davis River power de
velopment project, left for the
south Thursday.
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Development work on the
George Enterprise was con
cluded last week for the pres*
ent year after three months of
general prospecting activity,
including the extension of two
of the tunnels.
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Dr. J. T. Mandy, resident en
gineer for the Stewart district,
was an arrival on the Prince
George Thursday.
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W. R. Tonkin was an arrival
on the Prince Rupert last Sat
urday pight.
SILVER PRODUCTION
SHOWS SHARP DROP
A sharp reduction in the pro
duction of silver was effected
in the United States last month
with a total output of 3,638,
000 ounces, compared with 3,
969.000 ounces during june,
according to the American bu
reau of metal statistics.
World output of silver in
June, the last month for which
world statistics were available,
increased to 18,607,000 ounces
as compared with the May
production of 18,237,000 ounc
es. The large increase in the
world output in June is partly
attributed to the increased pro
duction of the metal in Mexico,
where it was boosted from 9,
080,000- in May to 10,276,000
ounces in June, an increase of
more J.han one-fourth the total
production in the United States
during June. Available fig
ures for July show that two
leading silver-producing coun
tries reduced their output as
compared with June, while one
increased production. Canada
produced 2,100,000 ounces in
June and decreased to 1,485,
000 ounces in July, while Aus
tralia’s June output was 873,
000 ounces and the July pro
duction 740,000 ounces. Peru
increased its production from
1.480.000 ounces in June to 1,
1 527,000 in July.
World silver production fig
ures show that Mexico is the
I largest silver producer, the
: United States is second, Cana
da third and Peru fourth. Sev
eral other countries produce
silver but their output is too
small to have much bearing on
world figures.
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Election Notices Pasted
Notices of the general elect
ion to be held on Tuesday, Nov
ember 4, were posted this week
by the U. S. Commissioner’s
office.
The election will include tho
selection of the following of
ficials: Delegate to Congress,
Territorial Treasurer, Territor
ial Auditor, Territorial High
way Engineer, Commissioner
of Education, one Territorial
Senator, four Territorial Rep
resentatives, and tjvo Division
al Road Commissioners.
The Commissioner’s order
of election designates Cham
ber of Commerce Hall as the
place for holding the election.
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C. G. MacKenzie, secretary
of the Canadian Institute of]
Mining and Metallurgy, amd ]
Mr. Parsons of tha Ore Testing
■ branch of the Department of!
Mines at Ottawa, were visitors
in the district this week and
delivered interesting addresses
at the Tuesday night meeting
of the Stewart Board of Trade.
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N. Belyin and Rev. H. R.
I Cross, genial pastor of the M.
E. Church, have been engaged
during the week in placing a
new corrugated iron roof on
the M. E. Church building on
Premier Avenue.
It is understood that plans
for painting the church are un
der way.
New Airplane Company
Starts Alaska Operation
The Pioneer Airways, with
headquarters in Ketchikan, is
the latest addition to the list of
aerial navigation companys
operating in Alaska.
Roy Jones, pioneer Alaska
airman and the first man to
engage in commercial flying
out of Hyder, is the general
manager of the new firm. Mr.
Jones gave many local resi
dents their first experience in
flying during the course of sev
eral visits with his plane in 19
22 and 1923 and will be well
remembered by many old-tim
ers of the camp.
The new company is. excell
ently equipped with two four
j place Stinson planes of the lat
I est type, one of which, the
! Northbird, visited Hyder re
cently, bringing two represent
atives of the Wiight Construct
ion Co. to inspect the Salmon
River road improvement pro
ject. The second plane is
called the Seabird. Both are
powered with 210 horsepov or
motors, have a wing spread of
42 feet, and a normal cruising
speed of lOOmiles per hour and
a top speed of 130 miles./
Piloting the two ships is
done by Jerry Smith, one of
the best known flyers on the
Pacific Coast, and Jim. Dod
son, who until recently was a
U. S. Navy pilot and operated
off the U. S. airplane carrier
Lexington.
The company has erected a
hangar at Ketchikan and plan
another at Juneau next spring.
B. C. Silver Company
Reports Progress
No new developments are
shown in the July progress re
port of the B. C. Silver manage
ment, released at the Selukwe
Gold Mining and Finance Co.
offices in London on Sept. 1.
All work done during the per- j
iod was confined to No. 6 level j
and a total of 23o feet of drift S
ing, crosscutting and sideswip
ing was done during the per
iod. Details of activities out
lined by Mr. Douglas Rae,:
manager, are as follows:
Drift 644, the northeasterly
drive on the zone from the j
main 627 crosscut, was ad
vanced 52.5 feet, thus bringing j
the face to 115.5 from the main i
crosscut. This was all in high
ly silieified mineralized por
phyry. No commercial values
weie found in either drift or
crosscuts.
Crosscut 606 was advanced
a further 136.5 feet into the
hanging wall of the main zone,
in a N. W. direction, thus put
ting the face at 346.5 feet from
the main 631 drift. This is all
in green porphyry showing no
mineralization.
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Work has closed for the seas
on the Windsor property on
Bitter Creek. Two tunnels were
driven 80 and 50 feet under
contract during the season,
with what are said to be very
1 satisfactory results.
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T. J. Shenton, mines inspect
or, left for the south Monday,
after a short visit.
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Rev. Leray left Thursday en
i route to Terrace.
NOTED ALASKANS
REACH TRAILS ENO
The week ending September
13 witnessed the, passing of
two of Alaska’s most widely
known citizens, Emery Valen
tine, of Juneau, and Anton J.
Nordale, of Fairbanks.
Mr. Valentine died at his
home in Juneau September 10,
after an extended illness due
to a form of stomach trouble
which at intervals during the
past six months had confined
him to his bed for periods of
several weeks at a time. Death
came at the ripe age of 72
j years and culminated an active
I and useful lifetime.
Mr. Valentine was a pioneer
resident of Juneau, where he
was engaged in the jewelry
business for 44 years. He was
at all times prominent in the
business and political affairs
of the city and possessed the
distinction of having served 6
terms as mayor of Juneau. He
also served one term in the city
council. He was one of the
city’s largest property owners,
holding at the time of his death
a large number of valuable
properties.
He is survived by a brother
and sister and one stepson, all
of whom reside in the States.
Mr. Nordale was one of the
most prominent of Interior
Alaska residents. He was a
pioneer of Dawson and Fair
banks and a prominent figure
in the civic and political life of
the latter city. tie was me
owner and proprietor of the
Nordale Hotel, for many years
the leading hostelry of interior
Alaska. Mr. Nordale served
one term as a member of the
Alaska legislature in 1919. His
death occurred in Seattle Sept.
9 as a result of acute bronchitis
after several years of failing
health. He is survived by a wid
ow, six children and several
grandchildren, most of whom
reside in Fairbanks.
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Another Territorial Law
Is Declared Invalid
That the Alaska Legislature
has no authority to enact laws
concerning the mode and man
ner of instructing juries in the
United States District Courts
in the Territory, and that the
act of the 1929 legislature to
that end is, therefore, invalid,
is declared by the Circuit Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Cir
cuit in a recent decision.
' The decision was rendered
in the case of Carl Hauptman,
et al, on appeal from the
j district court at Ketchikan.
Judges Wilbur and Dietrich
concurred in the decision,
Judge Rudkin dissenting. The
latter in a minority opinion
held that the law is valid for
i the reason that a “territorial
judge is not as free from the
control of a territorial legislat
ure as a United States district
judge is from the control of a
1 state legislature.”
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A dance in aid of the Crip
pled Children's Hospital in
Vancouver was held at Premier
Friday evening after the pict
ure show and is reported to
[have netted a substantial sum.