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AN INDEPENDENT
WSPAPER
CHEERING NEWS
The announcement that the
Forest Service has authorized
the construction of a wagon
road into the Texas Creek
section is the most welcome
news thi3 district has receiv
ed in years. The construction
of a wagon highway into that
section means not only the re
moval of the most serious ob
stacle to the operation of a
number of properties, the pro
ductive possibilities of which
have been conclusively demon
strated, but also makes acces
sible a richly mineralized area
which gives every promise of
becoming one of the world’s
great mineral producing cen
ters. Convincing evidence of
the immense importance of
the projected highway is pro
vided by the fact that its in
stallation will reduce the cost
of ore transportation alone
from ijSI’.O and upward a ton to
$8 to $10 per ton. Combined
with a proportionate reduction
in the cost of transporting min
ing and camp supplies, the
saving represented equals and
even exceeds the gross value
of the ores produced by many
highly profitable mines.
Granted a saving of such pro
portions, there are at least a
half dozen properties in the
Texas area which can be mad*
to yield an excellent profit for
f their operators and will in all
probability become productive
as soon as the projected high
way is completed. In addition,
there are literally dozens 01
“prospects” of considerable
promise, the development ot
which has been greatly retard
ed by the excessive costs of ,
operating under present con
ditions, many of which will un'-'
doubtedly become the scent
of increased activities undei
the improved conditions pro
vided by the road. Opening o:
the district to wagon trans
'portation will also remove an
other highly important ob
stacle to development; namely
the natural reluctance of in
Nestors toward becoming inter
ested in districts where ab
sence of roads will compel
them to expend large sums for
'•oad construction before de
velopment can proceed to good
advantage.
Relieved of the indicated de
terrents, the district will un
doubtedly prosper. Unless all
visible indications are mislead
ing the Texas area is destined
o yield vast mineral riches In
he years to come. Those who
enow the conditions there art
positive in the assertion that
:t majority of the more im
-ox-tant properties actually
ontain enough surface ores
f shipping grade to start sub
tantial shipments enroute to
uelters the moment the road
open to traffic.
The government has done
veil to give belated heed to
!r plea for assitance in open
this remarkable mineral
strict to exploitation. Un
' irtunately, however, the ap
’•opriation authorized will not
'ormit the extension of the
ad more than a mile or so
hove the mouth of the west
•rk of Texas Creek, whereas
majority of the locations
■ e situated from two to seven
tiles above the mouth. This
leans that most of the oper
ations will continue to be
omewhat handicapped by the
ecessity of employing pack
ng methods to reach the road,
his inhibition could be entire
* removed by the construction
f five additional miles of
~>ad way, through enabling
ill 75 per cent of the claim
wners to land their ores di
^ctly beside the road through
xe medium of tramways, few
f which would need be more
ian a half mile in length,
iowever, to quote the ancient
w, “a half loaf is better than
ne at all" and we should be
id are truly thankful that the
«>ng continued efforts of the
-hamber of Commerce and
Texas Creek Claim Owners
Association to enlist govern*
mental interest in this remark’-!
able section have been reward
ed with such evcellent success.
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SELLING A PROSPECT.
One of the most difficult
problems in the mining indus- i
try is that of bringing togeth- i
er owners and prospective pur-1
chasers of undeveloped or:
partly developed but possibly
valuable mining properties.
There are hundreds of entirely
honest, square-dealing owners
of promising prospects who
are in search of someone who
will buy on bond-and-option,
enter into partnership under
equitable agreement to supply
funds, or in some other man
ler finance the work that is I
accessary to make a start at
'.etrmining whether the prop
erty is worthless or has a
easonable chance to become a j
rofitable mine.
There are, too, companies
and individuals that have mon
y that they can afford to
pend in financing such under
akings, and who are anxious
0 find prospects of merits.
Engineering and Mining Journ
il is continually receiving let
< rs from people in the first
category—the owners—seek
ng help in finding those in
he second category—the poss
1 le buyers. About the only ad
vice that can be given is to
consult the officials, first, of
established mining companies
who are operating in the gen
eral vicinity of the property
n question; and second, of the
arger exploration companies
vhose activities are widely di
versified as to geographical
; cope, and to whom conse
quently the location makes
little difference.
In some instances such recom
mendations have resulted in
' he financing of operations.
;ut usually the prospect has
tot been developed to the
mint where the established
ompany is interested. At the
ame time there is good reason*
o believe that there is ample
peculative capital to finance
preliminary work. There are*
ndividuals of means, or small
lyndicates or companies, that
would like to participate in a
jona fide attempt to prove up
a prospect; and who had much
better do that than to toss
heir money to sure-thing
vendors of worthless mining
ihares. The problem is to put
he honest prospect owner in
! touch with the speculative
| buyer. —Engineering and Min
: ing Journal.
Just for Fun
What is the quickest way to
widen a road? —To add the
letter B and make it broad.
“Yes, I hear he’s a broken
man since he married her.”
“I’m not surprised. I thought
he was cracked when he got
engaged.”
Some persons seem to be satis
j fied if they can prevent others*
from having a good time.
Suppose the radio wave does
travel more slowly than light.
It gets there just the same.
Teacher ( during a lecture on
success): “Why should we en
deavor to rise by our own ef
forts?”
Tommy: “Because there’s no
knowing when the alarm clock !
may go wrong.”
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Black: “Do you always ac-!
knowledge it when you know!
you are wrong?”
White: “No; only when other
people know it.”
“Dad,” said the beautiful girl,
‘George and I are two souls
with but a single thought.”
“Don’t let that discourage
you,” replied her father kind- j
ly. “That’s one more than your
mother and I had when we
were married.”
Guard: But you don’t mean
to tell me this boy is under
twelve?
Passenger (on very slow
train): Maybe not—but he was
when we started.
Methusaleh ate what he found
an his plate
And never as people do now,
Did he note the amount or
calories count
He ate because it was chow.
He wasn’t disturbed as at din
ner he sat
Destroying a roast or a pie, •
To think it was lacking in i
granular fat,
Or a couple of vitamines shy.
He cheerfully chewed every
species of food
Untroubled by worries or
fears,
Lest his health might be hurt
! by some fancy dessert
And he lived over nine hun
dred years 1
Politics make strange bedfel
lows- and, boy, how they love
the bunk!
A smile a day brings a friend
I your way.
O’er the scenes of my child
hood what tears I could shed,
When sad recollection pre
sents them to view;
The strop and the birch rod
hat hung in the woodshed,
And every sore spot that my
infancy knew.
If the road to success was an
easy one it would be too
J crowded for ordinary mortals
1 like you and me.
“Rastus, I see your mule has
“US” branded on his hind
quarters. Was he in the US
Army?” ■>
“No sir, boss, dat “US” don't
stan fer “Uncle Sam,” it means
‘unsafe’.”
OUR idea of a brainy man is
one who can write Roman
numerals up to a hundred.
Motto for letter-writers:
“When in doubt, cut it out.”
The Ground-hog is always
chasing his shadow.
Lawyer: “Why don’t you two
settle this out of court?”
Client: "That’s what we'd
prefer to do, sir, but the police
always stop us.”
Pete Wilson says a flapper,
is everything our Puritan
Grandmothers and Ancestors
wanted to be and couldn’t.
Martyr: The carefree gin
who married “the life of the
phrty."
A lazy man is willing to do
all the labor saving for the
family.
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
Reliable Information
Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
The reason for there being
many contemptible parasites in
politics, ;is explained by the
very word itself, “poly ticks."
Mrs. Bim: “I never have gone
through my husband’s pockets
yet.”
Mrs. Bam: “Neither have I. I
hold ’em up over the bed by
the legs and shake ’em and
then help myself.
Loafing is getting so expen
sive that the only solution is
more work.
John Hovland
Assay Office
Hyder, Alaska
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