*£* GEOLOQCAL aiRVEY
REPORT ON HYPER DISTRICT
Reprinted from U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin No.
773—B, “mineral invsstigatio ns in southeastern Alaska," 1
925: By A. F. Buddington.
JOHNSONrBAYNE-HUMMEL
The; Johnson-Bayne {Hummel
claim, which is undeveloped,
is near the head of the West
Fork of Texas Creek, on the
south side, at an altitude of
4,900 feet, at the foot of the
third small glacier west of
Ferguson Glacier. The min
eralized rock consists of a
fissured zone in slate, gray
wacke, and tuff from 3 to 6
feet wide, with stringers of
quartz from a fraction of an
inch to a foot wide. The
quartz is locally heavily min
eralized with galena and py
rite. The veins can not be
traced far, as they pinch out
in one drection and pass un
der the glacier in the other.
There is considerable min
eralized float in the adjac
ent moraine on the glacier,
including one boulder of
quartz 3 by 1*4 feet, very
heavily -mineralized with gal
ena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite.
KENO
The Keno group of claims,
staked in August, 1923, com
prises nine claims on the west
side of Ferguson Glacier, at
altitudes of about 4,000 feet,
about 3 miles south of the
West Fork of Texas Creek.
The mineral prospects are
several quartz fissure veins in
granodiorite. A small open
cut has been made on one of
the veins, which in the cut is
3 feet wide and is mineral
ized with sparse pyrite. The
vein has been traced up the
hillside for 400 feet by
trenches and natural expos
ures, through a difference in
altitude of about '200 feet.
The predominant vein matter
is milky-white quartz with
sparse sulphides. Through the
center of the vein is a band
several inches wide of quartz
heavily mineralized with
streaks of solid sulphides in
which galena predominates.
A specimen sample of this
mineral shoot is reported to
assay 0.6 ounce of gold and
3 ounces of silver to the ton
and* 48 per cent of lead. A
specimen of the prevailing
white quartz of the vein was
assayed by B. J. Erickson in
the chemical laboratory of
the United States Geological
Survey and yielded a trace
of gold and 0.08 ounce of sil
ver to the ton. The vein
strikes N. 40 degrees W. and
dips 80 degrees *NE. Locally
it pinches to a few inches, but
generally it is from 2 to 4
feet in width. Small inclus
ions of the wall rock are found
here and there in the vein.
The wall are slickensided, and
the quartz breaks clean. The
wall rock appears to be un
sheared but shows consider
able alteration to epidote.
Another vein, at an altitude
of 4,440 feet, 7 inches to 2
feet wide, is exposed for
about 30 feet along the strike.
It is of similar character to
the one just described strikes
N. 60 degrees W., and dips 70
degrees-80 degrees NE.
McGRAW
Chapin in 1916 indicated on
his map the location of a pros
pect on Texas Creek know as
the McGraw but did not de
scribe it.
IRON CAP
Five claims known as the
Iron Cap group lie west of
the Ibex group and run paral
lel to the West Fork of Texas
Creek. David McVey says
that the vein is a band in
the argillite carrying chalco
pyrite disseminated and in
threads and that a sample
gave an assay 0.04 ounce gold
and 6.28 ounces of silver to
the ton and 2 per cent of cop
per.
CONCLUSION
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
HYDBR, ALASKA
THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
Present* Greeter Opportunities for UptinnU Minins' Investment then any Mining District
on the Continent. In Aadditionto the greet Premier, the most Specteculer Silver-Gold Mine
in Existence, with e record ofover Seven Millions fas Dividends in Four Years, the Portlend
Canal District contains Two Producing Mines; a Hall Doxtfh or More on the Very Thresh*
old of Production, and Numerous^PsurtisJly Developed Properties Which Hold Forth Every
Tkc. MfreraMsajoab P»yp3t CMy. Capital and IstslUMl Mining is Required to Make
the District the Greatest MtarlLPNm Area en tlftQ&fes. __
ALASKA NOTES
The Standard Oil Company
of California, drilling on the
Lee claim, Peari Creek dome,
in the Cold Jay oil fields,
have reached a depth of 3,858
feet. The new Standard Oil
drilling crew has reached the
Pearl Creek dome and has
started to drill on the McNal
ly-claim.
The Mines Smelter Finance
Corporation, a recent organi
zation which has for its presir
dent Fred Heilig, a well
known former resident of
Fairbanks, announces that it
will build electric smelters for
the treatment of all kinds of
ores in Seattle. The company
will employ the Swedish Elec
tric Smelting process, having
obtained control of that pro
cess for the United States.
The Swedish electric smelt
ing process has been success
fully used in Sweden since
1909, when the first electric
smelter was installed there.
It is now in general use there.
Work has commenced at
Cordova on an 800-foot ex
tension to the city wharf, the
contract for the work having
been let to the Cordova Lum
ber Company. It is expected
the extension will be com
pleted about July 15.
Word was brought to Nome
x-ecently by Jean DuPertius,
who returned from a trip to
Teller and Wales, that the
Dr. Grice Mission House at
Point Barrow, was destroyed
by fire some time during the
winter. Dr. Grice was away
on a trip when the fire oc
curred.
A report from McCarthy
says that a seam of copper
glance has been struck in the
Green Butte mine, near that
place. The extent is not given,
but it is said this is the first
glance that has been encount
ered in the mine.
Allbert Wilson, a trapper,
entered a plea of guilty when
he was brought before Com
missioner Kehoe, in Ketchi
kan, charged with taking
beaver out of season. He was
fined $200 and costs and
sentenced to serve ten days
in jail. Wilsoin was arrested
at a logging camp on Thorne
river, by Game Warden E. M.
Goddard, who found six salt
ed beaver skins there. Wilson
admitted taking the skins. His
guns, traps and the skins were
confiscated by the authorities.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska June 16,
1925
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that John Hovland, a citizen
of the United States, whose
postoffice address is Hyder,
Alaska, has filed his applicat
ion, Serial No 06444 for par
ent for the FISH CREEK
CLAIM NO.l LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 2 LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 3 LODE, FISH
CREEK NO. 4 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE and FISH
CREEK NO. 5 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE, included with
in U. S. Survey No. 1482, situ
' ated in the Hyder Mining Dis
trict, Territory of Alaska
about eight miles from the
mouth of Salmon River, on
Fish Creek, a tributary of Sal
mon River, in Lat. 56 degree*
; 00' N. Long. 130 degrees 03
j W., more particularly describ
| ed as follows:
FISH CREEK CLAIM NO. 1
LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 oi
the Fish Creek Claim No. ]
Lode, whence U. S. L. M. No.
27 bears N. 00 degrees 24' 10"
W., 1663.20 ft. distant; thence
:S. 25 degrees 01' W., 600 ft
| to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 62 de
crees 49' E., 1335.80 ft. t(
Cor. No. 3; thence N. 25 de
grees 01' E., 600 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence N. 62 degree*
49' W„ 1335.80 ft. to Cor. No.
1, place of beginning. Con
taining an area of 18.386
acres.
FISH CREEK NO.. 2 LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
i bears N. 3 degrees 51' E., 1521.
06 ft. distant; thence N. 85
degrees 49’ W., 594.20 ft. tc
Cor. No. 2; thence S. 7 degrees
31' E.( 1417.80 ft. to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 85 degrees 49' E.,
594.20 ft. to Cor. No. 4:
thence N. 7 degrees 31' W.,
1417.80 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning. Contain
ing an area of 18.938 acres,
! less conflict with Fish Creek
! No.l Lode, this survey, 1.358
acres. Net area claimed 17.
j 580 acres.
! FISH CREEK NO.3 LODE
.
! Commencing at Cor. No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bears N. 00 degrees 25' W„
2427.11 ft. distant; thence N.
89 degrees 38' W., 587.40 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 4 de
grees 09' W., 1493.30 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 89 de
grees 38' E., 449.11 ft. to Cor.
NATIONAL SILVER MINES, LTD.
CONTROLLING
BUSH MINES, Ltd.
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT PORTLAND
CANAL MINERAL BELT AND ADJOINING THE FAM
OUS PREMIER AND B. C. SILVER MINES, THIS PROP
ERTY, NOW IN PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT, OF
FERS A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT.
SHARES NOW SELLING AT TWENTY FIVE CENTS
F. R. Jancowski, General Broker
STEWART, B. C.
SENR IN YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE WEEKLY HERALD
Vo. 4; thence N. 9 degrees
23' 52" E., 1508.75 ft. to Cor.
Vo. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing an area of 17.728
icres, leas conflict with Fish
Creek No. 2 Lode, this survey,
5.594 acres. Net area claimed
12.134 acres.
CISH CREEK NO. 4 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1.
.vhence U. S. L. M. No. 27
iears N. 3 deg. 28' W., 2410.
32 ft. distant; thence S. 22
leg. 34' W., 1500 ft. to Coi.
Vo. 2; thence S. 80 deg. 46’
C., 614.80 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
Whence N. 22 deg. 34' E., 1500
t. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 80
leg. 46’ W., 614.80 ft. to Cor.
Vo. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing an area of 20.600
icres, less area in conflict
I vith Fish Creek Claim No. 1
Code, this survey, 1.305 acres;
Cish Creek No. 2 Lode, this
survey, 0.477 acres; and Fish
Creek No. 3 Lode, this survey
2.363 acres. Net area claim
ed 16.455 acres.
?ISH CREEK NO. 5 QUARTZ
CLAIM LODE
Commencing at Cor. No. 1,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 27
bears N. 0 deg 37’ W., 3773.
10 ft. distant; thence S. 77
leg. 37' W., 654.90 ft. to Cor.
Vo. 2; thence S. 11 deg 39"
W., 1458.30 ft to Cor. No. 3;
hence N. 77 deg. 37' E., 654.
H 90 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N.
LI deg. 39’ E., 1458.30 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of be
rinning. Containing an area
if 20.024 acres, less area in
:onflict with Fish Creek No.
3 Lode, this survey, 0.435
icres, and conflict with Fish
Creek No. 4 Quartz Claim
Lode, this Survey, 0.232 acres.
Total area claimed 19.307
acres. Magnet^ variation, all
lines 30 deg. 10' E. Total area
claimed 83.862 acres.
U. S. L. M. No. 27 to which
his survey is tied consists of
i granite stone 18 x 22 inches,
i showing 8 inches above the
ground in Lat. 56 deg. 00' N.
and Long. 130 deg. 03’ W.
Conflicting claim is the Bon
ley Lode, unsuiveyed, lying
due north of and conflicting
with Fish Creek No. 1 Lode,
| the area of conflict being
i Maimed by the applicant
herein. The owner of the said
3onney Lode is Fish Creek
Mining Co., a corporation,
whose postoffice address is
Hyder, Alaska.
Any and all persons claim
ing adversely any of the
above described veins, lodes
or premises are required, to
file a notice of their adverse
j claim with the Register of the
I U. S. Land Office at Anchor
age, Alaska, within the period
| of publication, or eight months
; thereafter, or. they will be
barred by the provisions of
the statute.
1st. Pub. July 22, 1925
Last Pub. Sept. 23, 1925
J. Lindley Green,
REGISTER.
j Harry Patterson, one of the
best known mining men
in interior Alaska, is reported
to.have met a tragic death in
the Chandlar country on May
16, as the result of the acci
dental discharge of a gun,
which he was removing from
a boat. Patterson was associ
ated with former Governor
Sulzer, of New York, in the
development of some quartz
j properties in the Chandlar
district_