LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged lUt
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 concern* 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 compsnies. As a result,
the list fails 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. 5750,000. Par 51.00; properties
Fish Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear R. district. Canadian registry. I
American Mining & Milting Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par $1.00; properties Fish
Cr. Hyder district. American reg.y
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
Cap. $5,000,000, no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines, Inc., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Anier.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000, par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadlan 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.
British-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon
district. Controlled by Selukwe Gold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
B. C. Bonanza Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmou dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
500,000 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. $6,000,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Amer. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500.000, 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. Dist. Can. (Controll- >
» ed by National Silver Mines, Ltd. ) j
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. district;
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.)
Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $6,000,000, 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.
$5,000,000, no par val., prop. Salm'on
R., Hyder dist. American.
Chief Metals Mining Co.: Property
Salmon R. dist. Amer.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Copper
Co., Bear R. dist.; Buena Vista Min- j
ing Co., Salmon R. dist. Can.
Commonwealtn Mining Co.: Prop, j
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 Jl; prop. Salmon R., 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 R.
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
Creejc, 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 U.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3,000,000,.
par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
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International Metals Exploration Co.,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. diet. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .25; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Lakevlew 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. $1,500,000, par .50; prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate, Glacier Girl Mining Co., Block
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.-: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. dist. Amor.
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
H. dist. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .50; 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, uo par; prop. Fish Cr. Hy
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cnp. $1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmob R. dist.
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,
000,000 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.
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 unit3, 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.
j $2,000,000, par .50; prop. Marmot R.
I dist. Can. (Controlled by Premier
| Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
] Portland Canal Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
| $1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd. I
Cap. $2,500,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R., llyder (list. Can. (Also is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$5,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. \
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. SC00,
000, par .20; prop. Barney's Gulch,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Beer
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.: j
Cap. $2,000,00, par $1; prop. Bear R. j
dist. Can. (Controlling Independence j
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. j
Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal
mon R. dist. British.
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $500,000,
par $1; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist.
(Controlled by Premier Gold Mining
Co.) Can.
Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Salmon H. dist,
Can.
I
Silver Bell Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Mt. Rainey, Bear. R. dist. Can.
Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek,
Bear 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,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitt'er 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 $1,000,000.
par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
dist. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500,
000, par $1; prop. Kish 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 Vidnity
By Prof. A. F. Buddington
Department of Geology, Princeton University
FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 807
—
Tenth Installment
West of an approximately
north-south line passing thru
the head of Ferguson Glacier,
Casey Glacier, and Ib^x- Gulch
the Texas Creek granodiorite
plunges beneath a roof of tuff
aceous graywacke and slate
and is exposed only on the
slopes and in the bottom of the
valleys of Ferguson Glacier
and the West Fork, which have
been eroded below the level of
the roof of the batholith, and
locally farther west where up
ward bulges or cupolas of the
batholith have been partly un
roofed or trenched in the val
leys of Texas and Chickamin
Glaciers.
From the west s ide of Fer
guson Glacier the contact be
tween the Texas Creek grano
diorite and the tuffaceous gray
graywacke strikes west and
rises to 3,800 feet on the slope
facing the West Fork and to
3,600 feet on the east side of
the first small glacier west of
Ferguson Glacier. It drops to
about 3,500 feet where it
crosses very near the foot of
this glacier, and then rises to
about 3,800 feet or a little
more on the spur between the
two small glaciers, again drop
ping where it crosses the sec
ond glacier. On the ridge west
of the second glacier the con
tact is at about 3,900 feet. In
the second gulch farther west
the contact descends abruptly
to an altitude of about 3,340
feet and then swings north
west around the west spur, de
scending to about 2,600 feet
in the gulch southwest of
Blasher’s cabin. It then strikes
west to the bend of Chickamin
Glacier, at an altitude of about
2,350 feet.
North of the West Fork the
boundary of the granodiorite
is at an altitude of about 2,400
feet near the east end of Dis
appearing "Lake. From this
this point it strikes 9 little
north of east along the slope
and reaches an altitude of
about 3,650 feet on the should
er between Ibex Creek and the
West Fork, just south of the
Ibex tunnel. Above the head
of Ibex Gulch it passes beneath
Texas Glacier at an altitude of
about 4,500 feet.
Cupolas of the Texas Creek
batholith are exposed on the
west side of Texas Glacier
near its junction with the
Chickamin: on the east side of
of Chickamin Glacier about a
mile north of Disappearing
Lake; on the west side of
-Chickamin Glacier lVi to 2
miles north of the turn; and on
the north side of Chickamin
Glacier in the vicinity of the
creek about l’/> miles west of
ihe turn. None of these cup
olas reach an altitude much
above 3,500 feet, and at the
level of exposure they are
small in diameter.
The Texas Creek granodio
rite forms the south slope of
the ridge north of Texas Glac
ier for about 3 miles west of
the international boundary. It
| is bordered on the west pnd
north by the Boundary grano
diorite, which is intrusive into
* %
it, except where a narrow bind
of argillite about a mile long
intervenes, capping the ridge
just above the shoulder that
produces the impassable crev
asses in Texas Glacier about 2
miles above its foot. Just west
of the international boundary
the Boundary granodiorite
comes down as low as 3,300
feet. The Texas Creek grano
diorite forms the low pass be
tween Texas and Salmon Glac
iers and the north slope of the
pass up to the contact with the
Boundary granodiorite at an
altitude of of 3,300 to 4,000
feet. The cojitact between the
Boundary and i-Texas Creek
granodiorites turns at about
the international boundary and
approximately parallels it,
passing a little to the west of
the peak of Mount Bayard.
The lower part of the south
side of the valley of Boundary
glacier is in Texas Creek gran
odiorite.
The eastern contact of the
[Texas Creek granodiorite with
the rocks of the Hazelton
group probably lies beneath
Salmon Glacier. For a mile
below the foot of Salmon Glac
ier the contact follows the val
ley of Salmon River; then it
makes a jog to the west across
the pass between Salmon River
and Texas Creek and extends
along the west side of Mineral
Hill to a point about half a
mile north of the south end of
the hill; here it turns south
east and strikes across Salmon
River to a point about half a
mile above the Salmon River
bridge, whence it strikes south
west for a quarter of a mile to
an altitude of about 850 feet,
then turns and strikes south
east for a mile to an altitude of
about 3,100 feet on the west
slope of the Bear River Ridge.
It then turns a little west of
south and with several small
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
HYDER, ALASKA
)
T
jogsthrough the Fish Creek
and Mountainview mining
properties strikes approxi
mately along the valley of
Skookum Creek and the lower
part of Fish Creek to a point
about 1 1-5 miles above the
Salmon River road. It then
turns at right angles and
strikes up the mountainside un
til it is cut off by the Hyder
quartz monzonite at an alti
tude of about 3,500 feet.
Granodiorite Core
The core of the Texas Creek
batholith occupies the area
from Texas Glacier on the
north to the contact with the
Hyder quartz monzonite south
of Thumb Creek. Its approx
imate western border is a line
through the shoulder east of
the intersection of the Home
stake and West Fork trails,
Casey Glacier, and the head of
Ferguson Glacier; from this
line it extends east to Texas
Creek and Salmon River and
up the lower part of the slope
of Bear River Ridge. The
rock forming this core is in
general a medium-grained por
phyritic rock with large phen
ocrysts and is dull greenish
gray to light gray, mottled
with black. The phenocrysts,
which usually form several
per cent of the rock, are cryst
als of dull-pink orthoclase 1 to
3 centimeters in length. The
rock nearly everywhere shows
abundant black prisms of horn
blende as much as 1 centimeter
in length, many of them orient
ed in common planes so as to
give a gneissic structure or
grain to the rock. The large
crystals of orthoclase are us
ualy oriented with their longer
diameter parallel to the gneiss
ic structure. Rarely the rock
is almost free of dark miner
als. Some of the granodiorite
has a distinctly greenish hue
due to mashing and chloriti
zation, or a pale yellowish
green hue due to epidotic al
teration.
The treasury of the Territory
of Alaska was substantially in
the same healthy condition at
the close of the fiscal year,
June 30, last, as on June 30,
1928. The cash balance this
year was exactly $137.82 less
than last year, the balance on
hand being $1,059,153.51, as
compared to $1,059,291.33 on
the same date last year.
Chamber
of
Commerce
-o
Hyder, Alaska
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