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VOL 3, NO. 21
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17,1927
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FISH CREEK MINING CO.
SELLS OUT TO
A. M. & M. CO. j
Concluding a long continueu j
absorption process carried on
by the American Mining &
Milling Co., the Fish Creek
Company, has formally tram*
ferred to that organization
its entire mineral holdings
in the Fish Creek section a*,
cording to the terms of a deed
filed in the the office of
the Recorder during the past
week.
Under the provisions of this
instrument the entire Fish
Creek Group, consisting of s>
patented and 22 unpatented j
claims, pass to the ownership ;
of the A. M. & Milling Co.
The consideration named in
deed is $100, “and other
valuable considerations.” The
transfer also includes all per
sonal property of the vending
concern situated on the group.
So far as could be deter
mined the Fish Creek Mining
Co. possesses no other min
eral holdings in the Hyder dis
trict and the transfer appa*
ently removes the company r
entirely from the local devel-•
opment field. It has been
known for some time thai
the American Mining & Mill- '
ing Co. had absorbed all but
a small part of the stock of the
Fish Creek Mining Company.
A circular letter to stockhold
ers of the A. M. & M. Co.,
sent out by the secretary of
the latter company over a
year ago, anounced that the ;
A. M. & M. Co. had securea j
control of all but about 15 pei i
cent of the Fish Creek stock, j
hence the change of ownei j
ship is not unexpected.
The Fish Creek Mining Co.
is one of the oldest local min-1
ing organizations, having been !
identified with the district j
since 1911.
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HORSE HAS
THRILLING EXPERIENCE |
A valuable horse belonging
to the Bryson stables which i
became what is known to the j
stockmen’s vernacular as “lo
coed” nine days ago and either '
fell or flung itself into Sail
mon river and disappeared, |
was located late last week in S
Marmot river section, accord
ing to a telephone * message j
from Jack Rennie, Porter |
Idaho packer, to Mr. Bryson!
Sunday.
On the day of its disappear
ance, the horse, apparently
crazed, dashed madly down j
the docks, then returned at
break-neck pace and headed in
the direction of the river.
Tracks found later along the
bank showed where the ani
mal had entered the water,
but no evidence that it had
emerged could be found oh
either side of the stream. Find
ing no trace of the horse, Mr.1
Bryson concluded it had been
drowned. Hence he was not a
little surprised to learn from
Mr. Rennie thav; the animal
had been located on Bull Dog
creek, nine days later. That the |
animal survived the long swim J
to the Marmot through the!
NO DEAL FOR
PORTER IDAHO MINE
Refuting current rumors to
effect that certain interests
are seeking to purchase con:
trol of the Porter Idaho mine
and that a transfer of the
property is in prospect, the an
nual report of Managing Di
rector Clay Porter, the text of
which is published elsewhere
in this issue, shows conclusive
ly that the board of directors
have definitely decided to en
tertain no proposals for the
ale of the property or any
part at this time.
The report states that the di
rectors, at a meeting held
January 5, voted unanimously
to make no deals for the prop
erty of any character.
The annual meeting of the
company will be held next
Thursday, but as there will
probably be no important
changes in the present direct
orate, there is practically no
prospect that there will be a
change in the present attitude
respecting a sale.
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PROGRESS AT
RIVERSIDE MINE
Development work at the
Riverside mine under the win
ter program continues to yield
the encouraging results attain
ed in recent weeks, according
to company officials.
The work of extending the
raise from the. 325 foot level
is still in progress and will not
be finished for ten days or
two weeks. When completed
the raise will provide a short
route for transporting the rich
ore found in No. 4 tunnel to
the mill, by way of the 200
foot or main level.
As reported earlier a good
body of milling ore has been
located in an eastern extension
of the 325 foot level and un
der the ore body found in No.
4 tunnel, of which it appears
to be a part.
Reports from Seattle say
developments at the Riverside
are attracting considerable
attention among miping men
who are interested in the dis
trict.
WORK ON TITAN
TO STikRT SOON
Active development operat
ions will be resumed on the
well known Titan property
in a short time, according to
an announcement made re
cently in Seattle by S. P. Fitz
gerald, px-esident of the Titan
lold Mining Company.
Mr. Fitzgerald stated that
the development plans con
templated include the driving
xf a crosscut tunnel about 100
feet long from the present
*00 foot tunnel to get under a
high grade exposure which the
oresent tunnel failed to reach
during earlier operations.
near freezing waters of Port
land Canal and continued to
sxist through the recent cold
3pell on such scant fodder as
may be found at this time
.peaks volumes for its strength
nnd endurance.
Mr. Bryson left Sunday after
noon to bring the animal back
to town. '
SMELTER NEAR
B. C. SILVER RUMORED
IN LONDON,
Are the backers of B. C. Sil-"
ver and Sebakwe considering
the advisibility of constructing
a smelter in the vicinity of
those well known properties?
While to us a development
of this highly desirable char
acter seems to be still far away
in the future, a late issue of
the Mining World and Engi
neering Record, one of the
leading British mining journ
als, reports London rumors to ,
the effect that such a project
is being contemplated in con
nection with the Selukwe-Se*
bakwe operations, and with
Lhe object of treating not only
the ores of those well known
properties but also other ores
of the Portland Canal district.
It says:
"Just as we are going to press
we hear there are rumours
that a smelter is to be erected
in the neighborhood of the
B. C. Silver Mines to treat all
the ores in the district. Prob
ably a separate company will
be formed, financed to a large
extent by Selukwe, and possib
1 ly its subsidiaries. The grow
ing importance of the Portland
Canal district, the huge depos
its of ore dealt with, the po
tentialities of the B. C. Silver
and Sebakwe properties, all
point to the desirability of
such a smelter being erected.
Although the capital expendi
ture would be large, the prof
its should be considerable,
while the benefit to all co-op- i
erating in the district will be
very important owing to the
large savings that could be ef
fected in freight charges.”
As indicated by the World
and Record, local development
conditions are nearing the
stage where a development of
such magnitude need no long
er be looked upon as vision
ary. This section is now defi
nitely known to contain vast
quantities of accessible smelt
ing ores, which need only the
impetus of reduced reduction
costs to make them speed
ily available. The district is
literary seamed in all direct
ions by huge ore bodies con
taining what would be looked
upon elsewhere as excellent
working values, but which
are not sufficiently valuable
o pay the present excessive
eosts of transportation to far
away smelters. Reduction in a
local plant would result in sav
ings in transportation costs
ranging from $12 or $15 to
upward of $50 a ton—a decid
edly nice profit anywhere.
With immense quantities of
good ores available and coal
af the highest grade within a
hundred miles to provide fuel,
the district unquestionably of
fers a very promising field for
smelter operation.
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Arthur Moa, manager of the
Mountalnview Gold Mining
Co. and his bride, formerly
Miss Alice Fitzpatrick, are ex
pected to arrive from the south
| Thursday.
ANNUAL REPORT,
PORTER IDAHO
SHOWS FINE PROGRESS
Showing net smelter returns
of $40,650.44 from 174.414
tons of ore shipped to the
smelter and a surplus of $22,
360.86 on the season’s operat
ions, the annual report of the
Porter Idaho Mining Co. shows
splendid progress achieved
during the working season of
1926. Production in 1926 was
■l’ghtly lower than in 1926,
although returns on the ore
hipped were considerably
greater, despite a considerable
Reduction in the value of the
chief mineral content, silver.
Although couched in the most
omervative terms, tlje state
ment of managing ^irector
Clay Porter nevertheless dis
poses a spirit of optimism
hat is well sustained by the
figures covering the year’s op
erations on this splendid
property. Following is the
complete report:
Stewart, B. C.
January 10th. 1927
To the Shareholders
of the Porter-Idaho
Mining Co., Ltd.,
(N. P. L.)
I submit herewith, for your
perusal, the Second Annual
Report, covering operations for
the calendar year endr g De
cember 31, 1926. Included
herein as a Balance Sheet pre
pared by the Company'* Audi
tor, together with Profit &
Loss Statement for the year
1926.
Since the last report, dated
January 10, 1926, we have
ione 1311 feet of work at the
Porter-Idaho, which work is
composed of 885 feet of drift
ing on the veins, 65 feet of
winze, and 161 feet of cross
cut in workings. There are
pour fissure zones; one striking
cast and west, and the other
three striking nearly north
and south. We have done most
nf the work on the center,
north and south zone, but have
shipped ore from all three. We
have three workings on this
’enter zone, which is about
2000 feet long, one working
where 5t intersects with the
“he east and west zone, one at
■he highest point where it goes
nut of our property, and one
about the center. The width
nf each working averages
nlimit 16 feet.
On the east and west vein we
have driven about 500 feet.
We have not gone deep enough
yet, for it is mostly oxides
and carbonates, but it will
make good commercial ore
when we reach the sulphide
zone.
I cannot say anything'about
the ore blocked out, as we
have not appraised nor have
we done sufficient cross cut
ting. The ore that we shipped
this season came mostly from
the west zone and was about
75% carbonate. This west
zone has not been well pros
pected. We have not done
much work on the east zone,
so do not know which is the
more important. In all, silver is
the predominating value. In
Continued on Page 3.
WINZE EQUIPMENT
FOR B. C. SILVER
Installation of the necessary
machinery for operating on th
ewly opened No. 4 level o,
he B. C. Silver will soon be n
>rogress. The new level i.
reached through what is
known as Winze 352, located
between the "C”‘and “D” ore
bodies in Drift 838 and is plan
ned to open the two ore bodies
at greater depth. The cage
which will be installed in the
winze for hoisting purposes ar
rived last week and is being
transported to the mine by j
fche' CraWford Transfer Co.
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HAYSEED DANCE
DRAWS BIG CROWD
The “Hayseed” dance, given
in Pioneer Hall Saturday even
ing under the direction of Mr.
and Mrs. O. F. Hill; proved
the banner attraction of the
season and drew one of the
largest dance crowds in the
history of the camp.
The crowd, which numbered
150, included about 25 Pre
mier residents and an equal
number from Stewart, in ad
dition to the bulk of Hyder’s
dancing population.
With few exceptions all pres
ent were dressed in rustic or
other garb in keeping with
the "Haysee$” character of
dance and many exceedingly
novel costumes were obser
able in the gathering.
The Premier contingent made
an especially interesting con
tribution in this respect and,
in addition to adding a great
deal of “pep” to the affair by
fully sustaining the burlesque
spirit, also contributed a topi
cal song that was the hit of
the evening. Mrs. J. Stewart
of Premier also executed a
fancy step dance in which she
displayed unusual skill and
was accorded much well mer
ited applause. Messrs. Ross
Nicholson and Harry Cochran
also contributed step dances
with profesional skill; and
little Jackie Bunting figura
tively “brought down the
house” by adding an impromp
tu step dance of his own con
ception when the others were
The rural spirit was fully
sustained by the decorations
which temporarily converted
ihe big hall into a huge, pump
kin festooned, lantern lighted
barn, with harness and other
barn paraphernalia hanging
along the walls. “Old Dobbin”
contentedly reposed in his stall
in one corner and chickens
clucked and scratched in the
fragrant hay. The ensemble |
was as realistic as could be!
achieved outside of a real ■
barn and betokened consider
able ingenuity on the part of
the decorators, Messrs. Wm.
Bunting Clay Porter and O. F.
Hill.
Splendid music was provided
by the Victor Durand orches
tra and there were few who
were contented to remain
mere spectators after listening
to their inviting strains.
The novelty of the dance was
DECEMBER EXPORTS
NEARLY TWO MILLION*
.
Shipments of merchandise
om Alaska to the U ;iteo
ates in December totaleo.
early two milion dolars, ac
>"ding to the monthly state
ment of Customs Collector J
C. McBride.
The report follows:
Fish:—
Animals.$ 28,150
Cux-ios. 2,947
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish):
Halibut. 280,169
Salmon. 105,840
A11 other . 6,370
Canned (except
shell-fish):
Salmon. 311,962
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish):
Cod . 721
Herring. 55,078
Salmon. 24,893
Shell-fish:
Clams. 1,01b
Crabs . 2,300
Shrimps .23,830
Other fish products:
Meal . ..400
Oil . 1,000
Fure and fur-skins:
Blue fox. 11,230
Silver fox .. 2,800
All other . 8,197
Manufactured furs.... 900
Ore, matte and
regulus:
Copper ..
Lead.
Palladium.
Stone, including
marble .
Trophies, speci
mens, etc..
Wood, timber and
lumber.
All other articles.
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska.
Products of the Unit
ed States returned ....
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise .
Items included in
“All Other Articles”
2 Paintings ...
742,004
15,13b
2,263
22,511
4,935
45,894
750
1,690,239
89,703
1,786.002
. $750.00
further enhanced by the
luncheon, the main features of
which were savory chicken
tamales, prepared by the ex
pert hands of Mesdames Big
ham and Barton, and delicious
doughnuts from the Ideal cafe.
The beyerages were cider of
soft variety and coffee. Harry
Boer and Johnny Dallas of
ficiated as caterers.
Floor arrangements were in
charge of Wm. Bunting, who
was up to his old time form
as floor manager.
That those attending thor
oughly enjoyed the dance is
amply attested by the fact
that the fun was still at its
height at 3 a. m. Sunday morn
ing and still another hoar had
passed before the merrymak
ers were content to leave what
is described by #)1 as the most
enjoyable dance in years.