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RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27,1927
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RICH PORPHYRY ZONE
» ON 96 GROUP
A massive zone containing
rich gold values has been open
ed up by Ray Snyder on the
96 Group on Mineral Hill as
a result of recent development
work. Assay returns from
samples taken from the zone
have yielded gold values rang
ing from $2 to upward of $70
per ton, Mr. Snyder says. The
ore also contains-small values
in silver. Owing to the ore be
ing apparently identical, it is
believed that the zone is an ex
tension of the famous Premier
porphyry zone. This view is
further enhanced by the fact
that the Premier is situated
only a short distance to the
east of the 96 Group and the
porphyry belt extends in the
general direction of the Pre
mier properties. Mr. Snyder,
who is associated with P. R.
Wilson in the ownership of the
group, states that a number of
experts who have examined
the surface aspects of the
group have also expressed the
opinion that the porphyry it
probably a continuation of the
Premier zone.
Although the owners have
known of the existence of the
porphyry for several years
practically no attempt hat
been made to to determine itt
extent or character until this
summer, development hithertc
being directed to exploring
promising galena showings lo
cated some distance below th*
porhyry, which is situated a-,
an elevation of about 160(
feet. A cross cut tunnel ha;
been driven on the galena ii
earlier seasons and has tapped
a fine vein of oi*e showing
good commercial values in sil
ver, with a small gold content
The property embraces su
claims and is located along tht
west slopes of Mineral Hill
Transportation conditions are
of the best, as the property if |
only a short distance from the
Salmon River road and the new
Texas Creek highway, now in
course of construction will run
almost along the lower border
of the group.
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J. A. Talbot, senior member
of Talbot & Spaulding and as
sociated with W. K. Spaulding.
W. P. Boos and N. Sorenson, ol
Ketchikan, in the ownership o'
the Salmon River Dock Co., re
turned to Ketchikan Wednes
day after spending a week in
the camp in connection with
the transfer of the company’s
local dock and business to the
Hyder Dock Co., Inc. The
former Salmon River dock if
now under the operation of
the latter concern, as is also
the Standard Oil Co. and other
agencies formerly conducted
by Talbot & Spaulding.
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Miss Elinor Fisher, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher,
left for the south Monday to
resume her duties as teacher
in the public school at Powell,
Ore.
Mis3 Fisher was accompanied
by her aunt, Miss Rose IIa3
sing, who is also a school
teacher and employed at Mt.
Angel, Ore.
BIG MISSOURI
DEAL IS REPORTED
NEAR COMPLETION
No definite ^information re
garding the reported Big Mis
souri—Consolidated M. & S.
deal has been received locally
during the past week.
Commenting on the situation,,
the Vancouver Sun of Aug. 20,
says:
The deal between the Big
Missouri and the Consolidated
Mining and Smelting Co.,
whereby the noted- Portland
Canal property will turn over
to the Trail smelting organizat
ion is reported to be nearing
completion.
In th e meantime the Consoli
dated is proceeding with its
first acquired property in the
district by shipping in two dia
mond drills, which will be used
to explore the George Copper
ore bodies in the upper Bear
River.
Advent of Consolidated Mining
& Smelting Company to the
rich northern field is further
•stimulating interest in its de
velopment.”
The Northern Pool Hall and
3arber Shop, Hyder’s pioneer
amusement resort, is now un
der the management of Don
Mills, who has leased the pop
ilar establishment from Walt
er C. Blanton. Mr. Mills, who
s widely known in Alaska as
a commercial traveler, intends
;o conduct the resort along
;he same hospitable lines es
zablished by Mr. Blanton and
-vill carry the usual fine line of
;mokers’ supplies, confections
md ice cream. The barbering
annex will remain in charge oi
Mr. Herb. Buckmeir, who has
aeen connected with the estab
lishment for some time.
Mr. Mills,* who is himself a
former professional baseball
olayer, intends to make the re
ort a headquarters for all who
are interested in sports and is
arranging to have the latest
^porting dope always on hand.
Attention is called to his op
ining announcement in anoth
ir section of this paper.
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Wm. Matson and John Holk
ir, employees of Seims and
Carlson on the new Texas
Creek road construction, were
'ined $25 each by U. S. Com
nissioner McDonald in the
Commissioner’s Court this
morning, after entering pleas
of guilty to charges of disord
;rly conduct preferred by Dep
ity U. S. Marshal Donald E.
Martin. Deputy Martin arrest
id the pair Friday afternoon
ifter they had tarried too long
iver the flowing bowl in the
booze marts across the bound
ary line. Both were released
>n payment of the fines and
leparted for the road camp,
mowing not to “go into Canada
no more.”
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Miss Jessie Allison, of Ta
loma, was a visitor in camp
for several days during the
pst week. The young lady is
employed by the McKenna
“Lumber Co. of Tacoma as an
accountant and greatly enjoy
ed her stay in our somewhat
primitive environs.
HYDER DOCK CO.
SECURES S.S. NORCO—FOR'
SEATTLE-HYDER RUN
The motorship Norco, of the
Northland Transportation Co.
will take the place of the Bor
der Line Transportation Co.
steamer Border Queen on the
Seattle-Hyder route, according
to announcements during the
week by officials of the Hyder
Dock Company.
Under the arangements made
the Norco, which was former
ly engaged in the local trade on
the same run, will ply between
Seattle, Ketchikan and Hyder
on a schedule calling for a visit
to this port at intervals of 20
days or so, the officials state.
After leaving Seattle the ves
sel will proceed to Ketchikan
before coming to Hyder, and
will also return to Seattle via
Ketchikan, thus providing ad
ditional two-way transportat
ion between Hyder and Ket
chikan.
The vessel will leave Seattle
about September 2, on the first
trip under this schedule and
will probably arrive here
about five or six days later,
the time required to make the
through trip being dependent
largely on the quantity of
freight landed at Ketchikan.
Although the Norco is of
somewhat smaller capacity
uian me steamer rsoruer
Queen, the vessel is well fitted
to handle the Seattle-Hyder
traffic and should provide an
efficient and dependable ser
vice under the arrangements
effected by the Hyder Dock C..
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Lome Jamieson, who has been
working with the Boyles Bros,
diamond drill crew at the Dun
well mine, has been tranferred
to another drill outfit of the
same company at Anyox and
left for the latter point this
morning.
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W. Lee, mining man of Canby,
Ore., arrived from the south
Tuesday to look the district
over.
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One of the greatest caribou
spectacles ever witnessed in
this country was reported re
cently by Tom Gyn, veteran
sourdough of the White River
country who reached Dawson
by launch the latter part of
last week, says the Dawson
News. Gyn was coming down
the White River in his launch
from his cabin eight miles be
low Donjeck Island, when lie
ran into the giganitc herd. For
120 miles he ran through band
after band of the trekking an
imals. On three occasions he
had to stop his launch in or
der to let the swimming herds
pass in the river. “I had never
seen anything like it before in
all my experience on the White
River,” states Mr. Gyn. “There
were thousands of the animals
crossing over from the Tanana
into the Yukon Valley. At one
place along the river, where
the banks are steep, the young
calves were unable to climb out
of the water after they had
crossed the river and, as a re
sult, the sandbars in this vi
cinity were lined with the dead
young. The older animals,
j though, were able to climb
' out of the water and up the
i straight banks.”
LOCAL NOTES
Barry Blue, son of Attorney
Ernest Blue, who has been as
sisting in his father’s law of
fice during the summer, return
ed to Seattle today to complete
his last year in high school.
A fine baby boy arrived Wed
nesday at the home of Holger
Johnson, president and man
ager of the Hyder Dock Co.
The new arrival tipped the
beam at ten pounds in his nat
al hour. Mother and child are
reported progressing nicely un
der the care of Dr. H. A. Whil
lans.
The Standard Oil Co. tanker
Alaska Standard arrived in
port early Friday with a fresh
supply of oil for the company’s
local station, represented by
the Hyder Dock Co. Inc.
Fred Joudry, Prince Rupert
optician and optometrist, spent
the week in camp looking after
local ocular needs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Sullivan
left this morning on the Grand
Trunk steamer enroute to Ket
chikan where Mrs. Sullivan
plans to consult Dr. Beeson for
an obscure ailment which has
been bothering her for some
time.
Although carrying off first
honors in the last game of the
series at Stewart Firday even
ing, the B. C. Silver basket ball
team lost the championship
cup to the Stewart team, which
has been defeated but twice
since its organization two
years ago.
A reward of $25 is being of
fered on behalf of the govern
ment by Oren F. Hill for in
formation leading to,the arrest
and conviction of unknown
parties who are alleged to
have maliciously torn down
the mail box at the Texas
Creek bridge and also purloin
ed U. S. mail matter left in the
box.
Florence Brennan, former lo
cal resident, passed away re
cently at Snoqualamie Falls,
Washington, according to a
communication received by U.
S. Commissioner T. W. McDon
ald.
The messge gives no intimat
ion of the cause of death. The
deceased is supposed to be sur
vived by a sister who resides at
Manton, B. C.
Denny Jackson, former Pre
mier staff member, who is now
interested in the Boyles Bros,
diamond drill firm, was an ar
rival from Vancouver today.
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Boundaries of the three Alas
ka Land districts will be
changed on August 31 to cor
respond with the judicial
boundary lines, it was recently
anounced by Governor Geo. A.
Parks. The First and Third
judicial divisions, under the
new order, constitute the Jun
eau Land district, with head
quarters at Anchorage; the
Fourth division comprises the
Fairbanks Land district, and
the Second division, the Nome
Land district.
TRITES ADVOCATES
TRUNK R. R. TO ALASKA
Declaring his belief that the
time has come when a great
international trunk railway
should be constructed for the
development and safe guard
ing of Alaska, and the Pacific
realms of Canada, A. B. Trites,
famed as one of the group of j
men who brought the great
Premier mine into existence,
gives tacit endorsement of the
proposed Peace River to Stew
art and Hyder railway in the
following statement to P. A.
O’Farrell, noted publicist.
Mr. Trites’ views on the sub
ject, as related by Mr. O’Far
rel in a recent article in Mining
Truth, are as follows:
“Three large rivers of Brit
ish Columbia, the Omineca,
the Parsnip and the Finlay,
rise west of the Rocky Mount
ains and from the Peace River.
This river and its affluents
drain the richest agricultural
country of North America and
a country possessing immense,
coal, iron and hydro-electric
resources. Almos£ paralleling
the Peace and flowing north
to the Great Slave Lake is the
Hay River. The region drained
by the Hay is greater in area
than England, and in grain,
hay and livestock production
will surpass in time that of the
whole of Great Britain.
fhe potential empire drain
ed by the Hay and the Peace
has more mineral, forest, agri
cultural and hydro electric re
sources than had the defunct
German and Austrian Em
pires. *****
From the mouth of the Hay oji
the Great Slave Lake to the
Grand Canyon of the Peace is
some 450 miles and from the
Grand Canyon to Stewart at
the head of Portland Canal is
about 400 miles.
‘‘Thus, Great Slave Lake can
be linked with Stewart by a
railway some 900 miles long.
Such a line would connect by
rail the Pacific and the Arctic
Ocean. Were canal locks pro
vided at the Grand Canyon, at
the Rapids below Vermillion
and at the portage near Fort
Smith, ships could sail from
British Columbia down the
Peace and the Mackenzie to
the Arctic Ocean.
“It is illuminating to know
that the Premier Gold Mine at
Stewart pays more income tax
than all the farmers of Mani
toba and that the Sullivan
-nine in East Kootenay pays
twice the income (axes of all
the farmers of the Dominion.
“Tne Canadian Northwest is
the Dominion’s greatest and
richest inheritance and any
capital invested in the* better
ment of its rail, lake and river
t? ansportation will be repaid
ten fold in taxes.”
“Near the junction of the i
Parsnip and the Peace,” con
tinued Mr. Trites, “lies Mount
Selwyn, a mountain of gold
bearing quartz. Not far from
the Grand Canyon of the Peace
are billions of tons of the best
steam coal. It is superior to
the best Welsh coal, with only
one per cent moisture and two
! per cent ash. It is 50 per cent
! better than any coal now con
sumed on Canadian railways.
I This coal can be shipped to
Stewart over a railway 350
: miles long whose maximum
SURVEYING ROAD
UP CHICKAMIN
Recent reports from the Chick
amin river section, announce
that the survey crew, which,
left Ketchikan recently to sur
vey a wagon road route thru
Chickamin valley, has reached
a point a short distance above
the confluence of the Chicka
min and Ladue rivers, or about
half way between the mouth
of the Chickamin and Chicka
min glacier, to the neighbor
hood of which the survey wiil
ultimately extend.
The survey is being made iu
accordance with an act of the
la3t Territorial legislature, pro
viding for road and trail sur
veys along main . waterways
between tidewater and the In
ternational boundary line and
appropriating $20,000 for such
purpose.
The primary intent of the
act is the development of new
districts which are difficult of
access at present. The plans
now in hand include surveys
along all main river courses
between Hyder and Skagway
where the purpose of the act
will be served.
Speaking before a large audi
ence of members of the Ketch
ikan Commercial Club, U. S.
Commissioner of Fisheries,
Henry O’Malley, sent out a
warning against “the eyer in
creasing amount of gear in
Alaskan waters." This pyra
miding of traps and seiners,
growing each season, will nec
essarily result in further re
strictions and will ultimately
mean that none can operate on
a profitable basis,” O’Malley
declared. “We have two inter
ests," he said. “First, the per
petuation of fish and, second,
those who make a livelihood
in the fishing business. It is
our aim and desire to harmon
ize these two factors, but our
first duty is to the preservat
ion of the product.”
grade need not exceed twenty
feet to the mile. This will yet
become the greatest coal high
way on the globe, for this
smokeless coal of the Peace
will find a market in every
seaport of the Pacific.
“It seems to me that the time
has come when a great Inter
national Trunk Railway to
safeguard Alaska and the Pa
cific realms of Canada from
Oriental aggression should be
constructed. There is ample
room and scope for 200,000,
000 Orientals between Atha
basca, the Pacific and the Ber
ing Sea. There are the metal,
chemical, forest and agricult
ural resources which Japan
and China are greatly in need
of. Once in possession of these
resources Imperial Japan could
defy the world. Today in this
vast territory bigger and richer
than the Roman Empire, there
is not half the population of
the City of Quebec. * * *
“Personally, I am in favor of
intensive development of this,
the last and richest unoccupied
and unexplored region of
North America. It ought to be
saved for the white man and
for the white man's civilizat
ion.”