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VOL 1, N0.50
RYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19,1925
FIFTY CENTS A KCMH
FIRST SHIPMENT
FROM TEXAS
The first shipment of ore
from the Texas creek area
most recently discovered sect
ion of the American mineral
belt, will leave for the Selby
smelter on the next trip of the
Curacao, according to James
H. Hewitt, co-owner with
Charles Carlson in the Home
stake Group, which possesses
the distinction of being the
first Texas Creek property to
produce a shipping tonnage.
Mr. Hewitt states that the
initial shipment will comprise
about eleven tons, not a large
atnount to be sure, but suffic
ient to demonstrate the ship
ping value of the fine body of
ore crosscut late last fall on
Homestake Claim No.l.
Assays from every section ol j
the five foot vein have disclos
ed values which warrant the
belief that the ore can be
handled at a small profit de
pite the extreme difficulty ot
transportation by pack train,
but the owners with wise dis- 1
cretion intend to thoroughly
prove the values by smelter
tests before proceeding with
more extensive development
work on the vein.
Several tons of the shipment
are already in town and the
remainder will be brought
down by Wm. McGrew with
in the present week. Pending :
the receipt of returns from the j
■writar,- Mm«w Hewitt and J
Carlson intend to proceed with j
general development work on
their property, which possess
es some of the best looking 1
surface showings found in the I
district.
LOOKS GOOD ON
TROY GROUP
A large amount of develop
ment work is being done on
the Troy Group of the North
land Mining and Milling Com
pany, according to recent vis
itors to that property.
Under the direction of Neil
McDonald, the original locator
of the property, the main vein
of a large system of ore shook
is being opened up and some
good ore is being taken out
and may form the basis of test
shipments to be made later in
the season.
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G. E. Chaffey, senior mem
ber of the brokerage firm of
Chaffey & Fraser, of Van
couver, has been a visitor in
camp during the past week
for the purpose of personally
inspecting a number of prop
erties in which his firm is in
terested, particularly the Bay
view and Spider, both of
which were bonded by himself
and associates last spring and
are now being placed in the
first stages of production.
The Chamber of Commerce
met in regular session at the
Chamber of Commerce build
ing Tuesday evening but noth
ing of public importance trans
pired during the meeting.
k Wm. Sloan, manager of the
LDaly Alaska, arrived from
Hfancouver Saturday.
TEXAS CREEK MINERAL
SURVEY COMPLETED
A. F. Buddington, U. S. Gto
logica] Survey expert, who has
been engaged for some weeks
in making an extensive exarai
nation of the mineral and geo*
logical formations of the Tex
as Creek section, the results
of which will be embraced in a
Geological Survey report, ar
rived in town Tuesday evening,
accompanied by his assistant,
W. B. Jewel.
During the past three weeks
Mr. Buddington and Mr. Jewel
covered both slopes of Texas
Creek and the West Fork be
tween the boundary line and
Chickamin Glacier and also
investigated the Mineral Hill
area. Mr. Jewel will leave
Thursday for Ketchikan, from
which point he will proceed
jp the Chickamin River to in
vestigate the district adjacent
to the head of that stream.
This survey, with those al
ready made, will complete
their work in the northwest
ern comer of Hyder district,
except for an investigation to
be conducted by Mr. Budding
ton along the east slope of Sal
mon River valley from the vi
cinity of Hyder to the bound
ary while Mr. Jewel is on the
Chickamin. They expect to fin
sh their work in the district
iuring the early part of Sep
tember.
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EASTERN CAPITALIST
VISITING HYDER
E. E. Hall, prominent busi
ness man and capitalist of
Winnipeg, and brother of J. A.
Hall, president of the Salmon
River Banking Company, has
been a visitor in Hyder during
;he past week, accompanied by
Mrs. Hall.
In addition to being the presi
dent and owner of the Central
Grain Co., Ltd. which owns
and operates a large line of
country grain elevators in the
Canadian wheat belt, purchas
ing grain direct from the
farmers and disposing of it in
the large markets; Mr. Hall is
also the owner of Hall and
Company, Limited, one of the
leading investment, brokerage
concerns of eastern Canada,
with a million dollar capital
ization.
Although a stranger to Hy
der, in the degree that his
present visit is the first he has
made to this section, Mr. Hall
is not unacquainted W|ith us
financially as his manifold in
vestments include an interest
in the Salmon River Banking
Company. At present Mr. Hall
has no mining interests, hav
ing preferred to devote him
self to more conventional pur
suits, but he speaks remini
niscently of having been in
terested many years ago in a
mine which failed to “pan
out.” Mr. Hall visited the Pre
mier during the first days of
his stay and will also take a
look at the Porter Idaho be
fore leaving Saturday.
Lon Doggett left Wednesday
to resume operations on his
Border Group near 13 Mile
after a short vacation in town.
NEW ORE BODY ON TEXAS
Joe Connors arrived in town
from Texas Creek during the
past week and reported that
the strike .on the Connors-Mc
Vey properties reported in
these columns last week, is
the finest possible examplifi
cation of how little is actually
known of the Texas Creek,
area. Although Messrs. Con
nors and McVey have been
prospecting in the locality for
two years nothing was known
of the bog ore body until very
recently, when Mr. Connors
decided to investigate a small
draw runnig up the hill from
their pfoperifds. The- gulch
had been previously explored
by the partners but no partic
ular evidences of mineralizat
ion were noted beyond an oc
casional piece of float. This
time, however, Mr. Connors
had not proceeded far before
he discerned a heavy piece of
float lying in the gulch and
upon further investigation he
encountered the outcrops of
a large and heavily mineral
ized ledge a few yards away.
A large piece of the ore body
lying close to the face of the
zone proved to be so heavy
that it could be moved only
with great exertion. Owing to
considerable slide, Mr Connors
found it difficult to determine
much concerning the extent
of the vein although there is
I no doubt that it is of consider
able size and heavily mineral.'
ized with galena and lead.
Edgar Provinse and Deputy
U. S. Marshal T. W. McDonald
have completed the rather siz
able task of filling in the big
hole on the north side of Inter
national Way fronting their
respective places. The hole in
question was of such dimens
ions that more than 100 truck
loads of sawdust and other
material was required to fill
it to the street level. As a re
sult of their commendable
display of public spirit the
street at that point is now
practically doubled in width
and so immeasurably improv
ed in general appearance that
other property owners along
the thoroughfare can hardly
avoid seeing the benefit of im
proving their own premises in
the same way.
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1 Despite an exceedingly poor
showing at the start of the
season, the Stewart ball team
has lately been more than ev
ening up the score with the
Ilyder aggregation and now
has a lead of several games
to its credit. The last victory
was chalked up Sunday when
the Canucks walloped the lo
cals to the tune of 6 to 3 in a
seven inning game* on the
Stewart grounds. The victory
was well earned, with both
teams playing good ball.
The next game will take
place on the local grounds
Sunday afternoon, at which
time the Hyder bunch promise
to “come back" with a ven
geance. J M
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GOOD PROGRESS
ON FORTY NINE
Late visitors to the Forty
Nine report that the work of
prospecting tha t noted prop
erty is making splendid prog
ress. Three diamond drills are
exploring the underground ore
deposits and a crew of 35 men
ris engaged largely in surface
work of various kinds. A pack
train of 15 horses is employed
steadily in transporting sup
plies from the Premier.
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Material for the new tele
phone system, to he installed
between Hyder and 13 Mile
by the Hyder Radio and Tele
phone Company, will arrive
on the next trip of the steamer
Curacao, by which time it is
expected that the new poles,
now being installed by E. A.
Schneider, along the uppe*
valley, will be in position for
stringing the wires.
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Frederick Cronholm, well
known mining man and lead
ing figure in the Hollywood
Mines, Ltd., was married July
22 to Miss Frances Foster, ac
cording to announcements re
ceived by local friends of the
groom.
The wedding took place in
Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs.
Cronholm are expected to- re
turn to Hyder within a short
time, according to the inform
ation received.
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ROAD CREW
BUILDING JETTY
The Bureau of Public Roads
crew under superintendent T.
W. Evans is engaged in con
structing a small rock jetty
a short distance north of Hy
der to keep the highly turbu
lent Salmon River from in
flicting damage on the road
way and incidentally the town
in case it takes a notion to go
on the rampage. The jetty is
expected to be of material as
sistance in turning the river
back to its original course
along the west side of the val
ley.
The jetty is being installed
at what is commonly known as
the “rock cut,” about one mile
from town. The work is being
done in a systematic manner
and the jetty will undoubted
ly prove most effective in pre
venting flood damage during
period of high water until
such time as Uncle Sam sees
fit to grant us more extensive
and permanent protection.
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The unusually lai’ge outgoing
passenger list list of the Wales
last week included the follow
ing departures, I. G. Anderson,
W. G. Carlton, Oscar Larson, I
Ed. Hensley, Mrs. Hensley,
Master Hensley, Mabel Welch, ■
Eddie Hanson, Dan McDonald,
George Campbell and Harold
Johnson.
Holger Johnson, is making
preparations for extensive re- j
pairs to the Hyder Dock Com
pany dock.
KETCHIKAN BUSINESS
. MEN DUE ABOUT 29th.
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers are looking forward to
the projected visit of a large
number of Ketchikan business
leaders during the later pan
of the present month. , . ;
So far as known at presenl
the party will arrive here Aug- j
ust 29th and will remain, foi I
several days. The exact num j
ber of visitors is also somewhat !
uncertain, although between •
thirty and forty are expected
to make the trip. The Cl}am-1
her of Commerce plans to qx
tend the glad hand in becom- !
injgr manner but is awaiting de- !
tails regarding the plans oi j
the visitors before arranging !
a definite program for theii j
reception and entertainment
Final word as to their - con-!
templalions is expected on '
Thursdays’ boat.
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E. M. Reynolds will shortly
reopen the Lawrence- jewelry
store on International Way
with an up to date line of jew
elry, watches clocks, etc., and
will Specialize in fine nugget
and ivory jewelry. Pending*
the arrival of his stock Mr.
Reynolds will receive orders
for jewelry repairing of every i
kind.
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J. F. Duthie, of Seattle, not-;
ed in mining circles as the I
owner o£ tYio Duthio mine, 1
near Smithers, B. C., was an i
interested visitor in the dis-!
trict during the past week. Mr. 1
Duthie was accompanied b> !
J. R. Turner, mining engineer, j
who. is associated with the '
Duthie mining interests.
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The new Methodist Episcopal
parsonage, on which work has
been in progress for some
time, has now reached the
final stages of construction
and will soon be ready for oc- j
cupancy. Owing to a shortage
of fininshing lumber, the fi
al embellishments cannot be
put on the building until
new material arrives.
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Mrs. Ernest Blue and her
mother Mrs. R. G. Brown, left
Monday on a visit to Prince
Rupert, where they will re
main a week.
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A few more copies of the
U. S. Geological Survey report
on the geology and minerol
ogy of the Hyder district re
main in the hands of the U. S.
Commissioner and will be dis- j
tributed free of charge while i
they last.
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Mrs. Harry Tanner and
‘‘‘Buster” Scott were passen-:
gers on the Grand Trunk boat i
Saturday enroute .1 Vancouv-;
er. After placing "Buster” in i
school, Mrs. Tanner will pro
ceed to Seattle where she will
remain for an indefinite^ peri-!
od. ijiy! i
'INE OUTLOOK FOR
OUTLAND BAR
Wjth as fine a lead of steeil
ralena, grey copper, and nati
ve silver bearing ore a3 can
e found in the country ex
iosed for several hundred feet
along the hillside by open
:uts and short tunnels, as a
•esult of recent development
work, the Outland Bar group
near the head of Salmon Glac
ier gives splendid promise of
becoming a producer with a
mall amount of development
work, according to mining men
who have visited the property
since the big lode was discov
ered two weeks or so ago.
The lead, which is now found
o average over 5 feet in
width throughout its known
ength, rises sharply toward
he summit- of the mountain,
vhich in turn slopes at an
angle that will give almost a
'oot of depth for every foot
>f horizontal penetration at
practically every point. The
juartz is said to be well min
eralized throughout, ar.d in
addition carries a practically
solid belt of the galena and
?rey copper ore from 10 inches
:o over a foot in width along
he entire length of the lead
jo far uniovered. Mr. Out
■and, who is personally direct
ng operations, in addition to •
driving a number of short tun-,
nels on the lead, was at last
accounts also endeavoring to
trace out its lower extension
some 200 Teet or so rower -
down the mountainside.
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SHOOTS BIG EAGLE
L. G. Miller, employed at the
Edgar Provinse store, killed an
unusually large eagle near the
nouth of Salmon River Satur
iay while hunting in that lo
cality. Measurements disclosed
that the big bird had a wing
spread of eight feet.
E. D. Haddpn of the Salmon
stiver Banking Company al ,o
illed a huge hawk, Wednes
lay morning after the bird
lad attacked and killed one of
his chickens.
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R. J. Somers, Territorial
Highway engineer, who re
cently went to the interior to
supervise the construction of
airplane landing fields, left
Fairbanks recently for Lake
Minchumina, where tlie first
of the new fields will be lo
cated, to serve as an emer
gency field, on the Fairbanks
Kuskokwim route. From there
he will go to Tacotna where
another field will be located,
and from there to McGrath.
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According to information re
ceived at Miller House, ii the
Circle district, the dredge
owned by Clarence Berry,
which has been operating in
that section for some years,
started up for the season on
June 17, with a busy season
ahead of it if the water con
ditions continue favorable. The
dredge has a capacity of 2 000
yards of gravel daily, and is
said to be operating in some
very good ground.