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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 12.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1934.
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NEW PREMIER POWER
PLANT UNDER WAY
Work on the new power plant
of the Premier Gold Mining
Company is now in full swing.
Three shifts are employed in
the various operations and the
work is being rushed with all
possible speed. Advantage is
being taken of the present ex
cellent weather conditions to
place the required construct
ion materials on the ground
and trucks are going up the
valley to Premier at all hours,
day and night.
The newr iplant, which will
replace the one destroyed by
fire several weeks ago, will
be located near the site of the
old power house but some
what farther up the hill and
close to the road leding to the
Indian mine.
Although less than 20 per
cent, of the normal power sup
ply is how available, the com
pany has effected adjustments
which enable it to maintain an
extensive scope of operations,
including the occasional run
ning of the tram for tran-port
ing supplies. Advantage is al
so being taken of the shut
down to make needed repairs
to the tramway and other
equipment.
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Lumbar Mill Deal Completed
Transfer of the Hyder lum
ber mill property from William
Gray to Roy McLeod and R. L.
Stewart was completed last
week and the new owners are
preparing for a renewal of ac
tivities in the near future.
A contract has been given to
Holger Johnson and associates
to supply a quantity of saw
logs and these are now being
brought in from a point about
three miles up the Salmon val
ley, where some good timber is
available. Those assisting in
the logging activities are Ben
Oien, Gus. Erickson, George
Brown, Pete Lowe and Hans
Bunzel. Later on logs will be
brought from the Ketchikan
district, owing to the difficulty
of obtaining adequate suppiles
in this section.
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Seward Residents Find
Beach Gold Deposits
Reports from Seward last
week said Frank Copper, fol
lowing the close of the fishing
season, washed out 12 ounces
of gold in a few weeks on the
beach below Ninilchik in Cook i
Inlet. Ted Crawford and John )
Kelley wore also said to have
found gold on the beach there
recently.
Good Ore Encountered
In United Empire Mine
A four-foot vein of good
grade galena ore carrying ruby
silver and gray copper has
been encountered in the north
west drilft of the United Em
pire mine, according to reports
from Stewart.
The ore is said to have been
cut into for some distance and
appears solid and permanent.
The contact was made at a
depth of 325 feet on the vein.
Official confirmation of the
report is lacking but various
evidences indicate that it is en
tirely correct.
Remits from the recently in
stituted diamond drilling oper
ations are also reported very
satisfactory so far, two strong
veins of ore having been cut by
the drills at 275 feet depth.
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Community Service Sunday
The second of the Community
Services to be held at the Hy
der M. E. Church during the ,
winter season, will take place
tomorrow (Sunday) evening.
The program will include
special songs and music, a talk
by the pastor, Rev. G. L. Har
vey, B. A., followed by refresh
ments.
Everyone is urged to attend
these monthly services and all
who do so are assured of a
pleasant and interesting even
ing.
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Alaska Oysters Are
Displayed In Ketchikan
Alaska-grown oysters in the
shell were displayed recently
by J. J. Zerbetz in the window
of his Central Market in Ketch
ikan and presaged, perhaps,
the development of a new
Alaskan industry.
Oysters grown from stock
planted some years ago have
been taken in that locality for
several years but have been
kept pretty well cleaned out
by peoiple who possessed know
ledge of where they grow.
So far as is known there is
no law in Alaska to protect
oyster spawning beds. Before
such an industry can be made
to thrive, it will be necessary
to extend some kind of protect
ion to those interested enough
to try and raise them for the
market, according to the Alas
ka Fisherman.
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The Crawford Transfer com
pany was engaged during the
week in loading a scow with
Dunwell silicious ore for the
Granby smelter.
SEN. KING SAYS SILVER
PROGRAM SATISFACTORY
That the silver program of
the administration is satisfact
ory and no new legislation is
needed, was the view ex
presed by Senator William
King of Utah on his return to
Washington last week.
King indicated that he fore
sees international monetary
stabilization in the near future
on a bimetallic standard, as a
direct result of the administra
tion program.
King’s views, however, do
not coincide with those of Sen
ator William Borah, who de
clared in a public statement
that he is not satisfied with the
government’s silver program.
Borah said it is necessary to
get more money into the peop
le’s hands. He also proposed
anew his idea for a central
bank to issue and control the
national currency.
Senator Pittman is reported
preparing new silver legisla
tion providing for 16 to 1 re
monetization but details of the
proposals have not yet been re
ceived here.
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Delegate Dimond Recovering
From Critical Illness
Alaska Delegate A. J. Dim
ond is canvalescing rapidly
from the serious illness with
which he was recently afflict
ed following an operation for
hernia, according to reports
from Washington.
Delegate Dimond became
critically ill when blood clot
formed while he was recuper
ating from the operation ana
for a time his condition was
dangerous. Later reports indi
cated that the clots were clear
ing up in satisfactory manner
and he was much improved.
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Small Returns From Final
Cleanup of S. S. Islander
Operations on the wreck of
the long-lost steamer Islander
were brought to a conclusion j
and the crew left for the south |
a few days ago, according to
reports from Juneau.
Gold recoveries from the
clean-up of the engine room!
and bilges of the vessel were j
said to have been disappoint->
ingly small and are believed to j
total less than $1,000. The'
work of cleaning the ship was
carried on under supervision of
E. E. Peterson of Seattle, with
M. E. Kelly and George Corn
stock of Juneau supervising
the slyicing operations.
Ben AH Reported Producing
Valuable Ore Tonnage
The Ben Ali property of the
Dunwell company, north of
Stewart, is reported producing
around fifteen tons of ore per
day and appreciably increas
ing the value of the company
output.
The ore is said on reliable
authority to carry around one
half ounce of gold, in addition
to several ounces in silver.
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Premier to Receive
Dividend From Toburn
The Premier Gold Mining
Company was scheduled to re
ceive on Thursday of this week
a dividend payment of approx
imately $29,800 from its To
burn property in Northern On
tario, according to reports
from the south.
The property, formerly known
as the Tough Oakes-Burnside,
was taken over by Toburn Gold
Mines, Ltd., a Premier subsid
iary, in January, 1931, and has
since been under extensive de
velopment. During 1933 it
produced 23,020 ounces of fine
gold from 36,913 tons of ore
milled and paid a dividend of
two cents a share in January
of this year.
Attorney General Improved
Attorney General James S.
Truitt has returned to hi; j
headquarters in Juneau after
spending nearly two months in
Portland, Ore., where he re
cently underwent an operation
in the Coffey Clinic.
Judge Truitt has not fully re
covered from his illness but is
steadily recuperating and feel
ing much better than before
the operation.
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Petersburg Man Starts
New Alaskan Industry
Knowing that approximately
100,000 dozen pairs of work
gloves are used annually in
Alaskan industries, Ben Mazer
of Petersburg, Alaska has
launched a new industry by es
tablishing a glove-making en
terprise which he believes will
be profitable, according to
The Alaska Press of Juneau.
His p’air will be located in
Petersburg and six sewing ma
chines and one electric cutter
will be operated Pending the
arrival of this equipment, wo
men employees are turning cut
gloves in their homes.
As a result of Mr. Mazer’s
enterprise, gloves worn by can
nery, saltery, mine and other
workers, usually made in the
States, can now be purchased
from an Alaskan business em
ploying Alaskan labor.
PAT DALY, PORTLAND
CANAL PIONEER, DEAD
Pat Daly, ipicturesqe charac
ter of the early days of the
Portland Canal mining district
and .said by the old timers to
have been chiefly responsible
for the discovery of the miner
al wealth of the famous Pre
mier mine, thirteen miles north
of Hyder, passed away in
his room at a Montreal hotel a
few days ago, according to re
ports from Vancouver.
Death came suddenly to the
old prospector, who ten years
or so ago was known to every
individual in the district and
whose quaint and colorful id
iosyncrasies were an ever pop
ular topic for local conversa
tion. Pat was also wid'ely
known throughout the west,
having mined and prospected
in most of the important min
ing districts during his 70-odd
years of existence.
Daly is credited by old-time
residents with having been the
chief factor in inducing the
opening up of the Premier by
talking mining engineers into
visiting the property, thereby
setting into motion a train of
events which led to opening up
of the mine which has given
to the world upward of $35,
000,000 in new wealth and
paid to shareholders nearly
$18,000,000 in dividends in
twelve years of operation.
Daly at one time held a lease
on the Premier property and
is said to have worked on it
single-handed when funds ran
low.
Daly was also interested in
the early day development of
several other local properties
before leaving the district sev
en or eight years ago.
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Bush Cobalt Planning
Renewed Activities
Bu?h Cobalt Mines, Ltd., is
planning a renewal of develop
ment activities on the adjoin
ing properties of its affiliate,
Bush Consolidated, north of
and adjoining the Sebakwe in
the upper Salmon basin, ac
cording t o announcements
made in Vancouver.
The announcement indicates
that Bu?h Cobalt is to under
take development of the Bush
property on the basis of a 60
per cent, interest in the latter
property as consideration for
providing the required funds.
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Robert M. Stewart, general
manager of the Dunwell com
pany, left Monday evening af
ter a three months visit in the
district.