ftn» Salmon River District Is
Marvelously Rich in Miherils
unci llyder is the Gateway in
c u.sequence of Which llyder is
llic fastest Growing Town in
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Gateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 1. NO. 17.
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
HYDER, Alaska, Feb. 80. 1920
Clothier’s
Report on
TheSalmon
George Clothier, B. C. govern
ment engineer for the division in
fill ling the Portland Canal district
h is patented his 1919 preliminary
ftji .rt to the Minister of Mines and
has the following to say concerning
ti.e S amoa river section:
The Salmon River section lias this
year hid a geological survey made of
It by tlie Canadian Geological Survey
under the direction of J. J. O'Neill.
Th’s valuable report will be available
jvithin the coining year.
There are a number of properties
forking all winter in the valley, and.
uniting from the number bonded and
jhe number of new companies being
put on the market, there vyill be a
k cat on of far greater activity in min
next year than this has been.
The International group, situated
j is: over the Boundary-line above 11
Mile, was under bond to Pat Daly and
associates. A crosscut tunnel yas
. ;tilted at an elevation of 2."75 feet
and driven 90 feet towards getting
; nder the surface showing. It is esti
mated that a 300-foot tunnel would
have a depth of Ifip feet vertically un
der the vein. For some reason the
work was closed down early in the
summer.
The Premier Gold Mining Company,
i.lmited, has had a busy summey pn
outside work. The wagon-road from
the beach to the mine has had a crew
steadily on it all season and is now an
excellent sleigh-road. It will be im
proved into a wagon-road next season.
A camp for teamsters was' erected
^t 9-Mile as a half-way house betwee
.i-o n U c and the beach, pnd accom
modation made for teams, supplies,
etc.
Camps were i\Jso built at the upper
or working'tunnel'for this winter fo.
the accommodation of a hundred men
and one at the mouth of the PlatJ
tunnel that will accommodate forty
men. At the mouth of Nq, 1 tunnel
a new blacksmith shop was built The
ore bunkers were remodeled and a
new frame builcling put on them to b,;
used for crushing, sorting and sack
ing ore. At the camp a new fou
story bunk-house was built, a two
story mess house, a two-story office
and an assay office. At the mouth it
the Plate tunnel a three-story bunk
house, a two-story mess-house, a
blacksmith shop, timber-shed, com
pressor building, and an extension < f
*0 feei on the snow-shed were built.
Very little work was done in the mine,
consisting mainly in the driving of
the upper or No. 1 tunnel about 200
feet, No. 5 crosscut for 68 feet, No. 6
crosscut for 6 feet, and No. 7 crosscut
for 20 feet. Ip No. 2 tunnel No. 1
crosscut was driven 215 feet. The
ivork outlined for this winter includes
the driving of the Plate tunnel, cross
putting and raising, anti further work
in No. 2 tunnel, and the production of
il possible tonnage from No. 1 tun
pel.
uusn Mines, i,ta.— inis property is
situated about a mile above or further
up tbe valley" from the Premier. A
very creditable amount of work lias
been done this summer; camps were
erected in the spring and a crew of
eight to ten put on the surface open
. ; up the showings. Two open-cuts
were run across a mineralized belt
apparently having a width of about
100 feet. These cuts show that there
are possibilities of ore-shoot; on the
foot and hanging walls, with very lit
tle in between. On the hanging-wall
there is about 6 feet of altered ree::
stones containing small stringers and
patches of high-grade silver sulphides,
the whole averaging low grade. The
tunnels were driven on this showin.;
at intervals of about 20 feet below the
open-cdt. The first tunnel found the
hanging-wall, on which there are a
few inches of good-grade ore. The
tower tunnel had not found any ere
gt the time of my examination. Some
200 or 300 feet down the creek from
this another tunnel wa3 being driven,
then in about 130 feet, in country-rock
all the way.
B. C. Silver Mines, Ud.—This Com
pany has recently been rneorporate 1
fer $1,500,000 by O. B. Bush, and has
taken over the Lake and O’Leary
c!’:tnp. lying between the Premier
ground and the Bush Mines, Limited,
and some cl'dfms north of the Inter
national.
The Spider group of three claim j
belfi; ging to Bill Hamilton and Charlie'
Larpeh, of Stewart, is situated north
M Long Lake. The group was bonded
«Mv in thw spring tty Triteh Woods.
owners of the Premier mine, which
did some development work, but did
not exercise their pption, the property
reverting to the owners. Some very
high-grade silver ore was found in a
small vein, but not enough work was
done to prove anything. The claims
are now under option to W. A. Me
loche, who will commence operations
as soon as possible in the spring.
All that country from the Bush
Mines. Limited, to the Spider claims
have been staked this summer.
Some fine specimens of high-grade
ore were brought in fron* some claims
that had been staked over the glac'er
from Ixrng l^ake, on the N’ass River
slope. The stakers returned, built-a
cabin and are putting in the winter
working on their claims.
Mineral Hill Group.—Thi3 property
|ias been under bond and development
for the past two years, during which
time very extensive work has been
done under the supervision of At
tiarris. There are several fine show
ings of high-grade ore in the surface,
under which several hundred feet of
undergroup^ work has been done.
-a, tui.u uean lou 3ABII stinsej apj,
hoped for, so far as high-grdde ore Is
concerned, but the developainet of
milling-grade tonnage is a different
proposition. The property is under
bond to Welch, tetter, Carlton and
associates, of Seattle.
Big Missouri Group.—A number of
open-cuts were put in last year on
two claims of Jhis group adjoining
the Mineral Hill group—the E Pluri
bus and the Laura. The property was
taken over by Sir. D. D. Mann and
work commenced early this spring.
Several more open-cuts were made,
disclosing very high-grade ore, and
diamond-drilling wa^ decided upon as
the best method of pwspecting. A tun
nel was also started and driven about
30 feet towards getting under the
high-grade ore exposed in the open
cuts. This tunnel is now being con
tinued this winter. Nine or ten dia
mond-drill holes were drilled during
the summer, some of them giving very
. r. -o rtts. D’illing will bo
resumed in the spring on the immense
showings' on the other claims. The
Big Missouri has been examined by
many engineers, and the general con
clusions drawn have heen that, with
thg Proper metallurgical process for
the ore, it would make one of the big
gest producers in th« country.
The Unicorn group lies east of the
upper claims of the Big Missouri
gfoup. Unfortunately I did not get
on the ground uptil the seasqp's work
had been finished, so did pot kne w
where all ^ha work Uad been done.
However, I saw three or four of the
open-cuts and all showed good-lookipg
(Continued on page 2)
INDUSTRIAL
SITES STAKED
Notices were posted this week
on the east bank of Salmon river at
the foot of First street claiming two
sites for industrial purposes under
the United States laws pertaining
to tide flats. One of the locutinos
was made on the south side of the
street by Sam Estes, who claims
about five acres as a mill and man
ufacturing site, and the other, on
the north side of the street, is taken
by W.H.Campbell for a lumber yard.
The location is such that Che land
ing of barges and craft of light draft
is feasible at most stages of the tide.
DOING~RAPID
TUNNELING
Lon Doggett who. with F.W.Petrie
is driving a 200-foot crosscut tun
nel on the Unicorn, came down
Wednesday evening and reports
that the tunnel is already 65 feet
unu-.-r ground. The two men went
up to the property only about five
weeks ago. Mr. Doggett expected
the arrival of J. R. McDonald of Se
attle who; with Nkw York and San
Francisoo associates has the Unicorn
bonded, bift the latter did not come
dp nti rh* lew boat
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Charlie Lund has (tone to work at the
Bid Missouri.
C. W. Alexander has returned from a
visit in Ketchikan.
Jim Dolan and O.C. Lake, Nenana min
ing men, have located here.
Charlie Berardi. a business man from
Juneau, is in looking for a location.
Harry Shaw, a former store keeper of
Nenana. came in on the Taku last Sun
day.
Milton Broadwell hgg been |gid yp
with an attack of the flu but is around
again. •!
J. McLaughlin, the rppl gsfate man
left this week for 'Seattle on a sport bus
iness trip.
ffafry Reid returned this week from
Nova Scotia where he spent the winter
visiting relatives,
W, Dann, proprietor of the King George
Cafe in Victoria, came in on the Albert
and is looking for a location.
Jack Young is back from a trip to Se
attle. While there he met Jack Clegg,
George Clothie*. and llerney Stong, all in
one bunch.
W.H.Johnston has stuck up a sign on
his International Avenue residence ad
vertising the fact that he is in the build
ing contracting and jggl estate business.
G.E. Hodgkinson of Ketchikan has pur
chased the Eleven-mile roadhouse from
Park Stump and has taken possession,
he and Mrs. Hodgkinson and Mrs. Lang
ley having gone up the latter part of last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Stump and Billy
have moved into Hyder.
A big crusher which is part of the Pre
mier concentrating mill equipment, was
too heavy for the snow roadbed at the
Stewart wharf and blocked traffic for a
time between the two {gyvna. About 65
tons of freight came in bn ihp Albert for
the Premier.
Jack McKee U recovering from an at'
tack of pneumonia,
Electric lights have begn installed in
the Up to Date store,
Wm. Thompson went up to the Big
Missouri yesterday to work,
George Fraser, rhe Stewart druggist,
has returned from Victoria,
Jee Green is convalescing from an at
tack of the flu, but Mrs. Green is quite
sick.
*. A, Hedstrom, a prospectqr from
Fairbanks, is here to get aq early start
into the h|lls.
Jack Ronan. formerly head of the gov
ernment electric plant in Nenana, is a
rqcent arrival.
W. A. Hodgson is painting Hill's drgg
store and.everyqne is admiring tne big
sigp he has just finished,
The Taku II came in last Sunday with
ten passengers and witnqut her skipper.
Capt. Ed Williams, who is sick with flu,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin have purchased a
half interest in Smith's kitchen and are
taking an active part in its operation.
D. C. Stuart of Prince Rupert, auditor
for the Salmon River Trading Co., has
spent the past two weeks going over the
company's books in Hyder and Stewart,
Bob Keith, proprietor of the Alaska
Grill, is back from a six weeks' visit jn
Vancouver, hjrs. Keith, who had a spell
pf sickness there, has recovered and gone
east to visif relatives.
Dr. and Mrs, R.R.Myers of Nenana
paid the camp a visit this week, leaving
on the Albert for Seattle. They are
used to pioneering, having spent fourteen
years in the north, and are pleased wjth
the start Hyder has made.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Campbell, proprie
tors of the Marks restaurant and bakery
have purchased the Anstin building on
International Avenue, and the lot upon
which it stands, which belonged tp Alex
Frazer. In about a mopth they expect
to move the Marks ipto the new premises
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF ALASKA, DIVISION
NUMP'Rft ONE, AT JUNEAU.
In the Matter of modifying the)
boundaries of the Ketchikan)
Recording district. Number)
Eight, and establishing a Ue )
cording District thereout, to)
be known as the HYDER)
RECORDING PRECINCT; de-) ORDER,
fining the boundaries thereof.)
and appointing a United)
States Commissioner, ex off,-)
cio Justice of the Peace. Re-)
corder, and Probate Judge)
therefor „_ _ _ )
Now, on this day, it appearing to the
satisfaction of the conrt that the public
interests demand, and that the. conven
ience of the public requires that, the
boundaries of the Kt^nikan Recording
District, Nuii.rjer“ Right. lqcatpd within
the District of Alaska, Division Nnmber
One, be modified, apd a portion of said_
Recording District he detached therefrom I
qnd the portion so detached be establish
ed as a separate Recording District, and
that a United States Commissioner's Pre
cinct be established therein.
And it further appearing to the conrt
that a proper and qualified person should
be appointed United States Commissioner
and. ex officio Justice of the Peace, I le
corder, ano Probate Judge, in and for
said Precinct,
IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY OR
DERED that, the Order of this'court,
heretofore made and entered op the
fifteenth day of November, A. D. 191)1,
defining the present boundhnes of the
said Ketchikan Recording District, Num
ber Eight, be, and the same is, hereby so
far modified as to detach, except, am(
exclude from the said Ketchikan Record^
ing District, Number Eight, and to place
and embrace within the said hereby es
tablished Recording Precinct, all that
portion of the said Ketchikan Recording
District, Number Eight, contained within
the following described boundaries, to
wit:
Beginning at the point where the Inter
national Boundary tine between the
United States of America and the Dom
inion of Canada intersects the shore of
Portland Canal; thence southerly along
said International Boundary line through
said Portland Canal, Pearse canal, and
Dixon Entrance to a point on the suiu
International Boundary line due south of
Cape Fox; thence northwesterly following
the center line of Revillngigtuo channel
to a point opposite the entrance to Behm
canal; thence northerly along a line in
said Behm canal passing through the
center of the channel between Smeaton
island and Revillagigdeo island and con
tinuing along the center line of said
Behm canal to a point "due south Of Point
Leer; thence to said Point Lees) thence
northerly to the summit of tbs divide be
tween the watershed of eaid Behm canal
^nd that of BrmtoeW email tftenee north
easterly along the summit of the divide
between the streams tributary to the
Unuk river and Jhe streams tributary
to said Bract field canal to a point where
the divide intersects the ssid Internation
al Boundary line between the United
States of America and the Dominion of
Canada; thence southeasterly along the
sajd International Boundary line to the
place of beginning.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER
ORDERED that, the said portion of the
said Ketchikan Recording District, Num
ber Eight, detached, excepted, and ex
eluded therefrom by this Order be, and
the same is. hereby established gs a sep.
arate Recording District, to be’ known as
and called the HYDER RECORDING
RRECINCT.
And reposing speciaj trust and confi
dence in the ability and integrity of John
T. Reed.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDER
ED that, the said John T. Reed, be, and
he hereby is, appointed UNITED
STATES COMMISSIONER and ex officio
JUSTICE OK THE PEACE, RECORDER
and PRORATE JUDGE, in and for the
said HYDER* RECORDING PRECINCT,
and hg is hereby authorized and empow
ered to execute and fulfill the duties of
that office according to law, and to Have
and to Hold the said Office, with all the
powers, privileges, and emoluments to the
same of right appertaining unto him, the
said John T. Reed, in the penal sum of
one thousand dollars, ($1000.00) to be
approved by the.said Judge, conditioned
for the faithful performae.ee of his official
duties.
AND IT IS HEREBY- FURTHER OR
DERED that, the said Commissioner, ex
officio Justice of the Peace, Recorder and
Probate Judge, shall reside and keep his
office at the town of Hyder, within sa: l
HYDER RECORDING PRECINC 1.
ANr> IT IS HEREBY FURTHER OR
DERED that, the Clsrk of this Court for
ward to the United states Commissioner,
ex officio Justice of the Peace, Recorder,
and Probate Judge, in and for the Ketch
ikan Recording District, Number Eight,
a certified copy of this Order; and also
that notice of said Order be given to the
public by publishing a copy thereof once
a week for four successive weeks, in the
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, a newspaper
published in the city of Ketchikan, Alas
ka; and also in the Hyder Alaska Miner,
a newspaper published in the said town
of Hyder, Alaska.
DONE IN OPEN COURT this seventh
day of February, 1920.
Robert W, Jennings,
DISTRICT JUDGE.
Date of First Publication, February 20,
1920,
Date of Dost Publication, March 12,
1920.
CITIZENS’
MEETING
SUPPLIES
FOR CAMPS
ARRIVING
Witii 52 tons of freight for the
establishment of camps at the Nor
thern Light and Spider groups of
claims, W.A. Meloche who bonded
the properties this winter for the
Ajgunican byndicutp arrived on the
Prince Albert Thursday morning
and the outfits will be moved to the
claims as quickly as possible.
The first work at the properties
will be the building of camps. This
will be followed by preliminary hand
wofk preparing for the installation
of compressors which have been
ordered aqd should be here in about
a iqqnth. Crude oil is to be used
for fqel both for power and heating
purposes and the Teco is due Sun
day vyith a full load.
John Hovla*d, a pioneer assayer
and mining man of this district, is
to have charge at the Spider and
has prepared to pack in the sup
plies from the end of the Premier
wagon road by means of horses
equipped with snowshoes. The dis
tance after leaving the mine is nine
miles. While superintending both
properties Mr. Meloche will person
ally oversee the development of the
Northern Light, which is more ac
cessible than the Spider, as it ad
joins the Premier oq the north and
west.
Complete plqns fof {he develop
ment of both properties have been
formulated, but these of course are
subject to modification as condi
tions encountered may demand.
R.J.McDonell
Looses Daughter
R.J.McDonell, qne qf the Alaskan
Hotel proprietors, returned Thurs
day morning from a business trip
to the south, only to receive a tel
egram that necessitated his immed
iate departure for Victoria. The
wire contained the sad intelligence
that his daughrer, Mrs. Lottie Bums
died Wednesday ip that city.
Mrs. Burns was vyell known \o
the oldtimers of the Bulkley river
section of British Columbia, having
lived there for many years. She
was on her way to California for a
visit and was taken sick on the
boat and removed to a hospital in
Victoria. She is survived by her
husband, Bob Burns, a business
rpan of Tslkwa, and two children.
To Paint Signs
H, ier at last has a sign painter,
W.A.Hodgson having arrived Thurs
day from Vancouver, bringing with
him a supply of gold leaf and high
grade paints, and was not ip Hyder
half a day before he was up to his
neck in work. Mr. Hodgson’s name
may be seen on signs all over Van
couver, but never on a poor one.
Later ia the spring he will send for
Mrs. Hodgson and build a home
here.
Gets Big Salmon
Ed Jones landed a fifty-pound
king salmon in front of Hyder
Thursday after an exciting battle
which lasted an hour or more. Dur
ing the metee one of liis oars went
overboard and when he had the
fish safely in the boat the missing
blaide could not be found and Ed
Was forced to paddle ashere.
For the purpose of fortnin j in or
ganization to promote the go) erti
welfare of the co mmunity, and un»
dertaking the direction of su h
affairs as are handled tn the cities
by chambers of commerce, a more
or less spontaneous meeting was
held last Tuesday night in H.:’'n
drug store, and although the at e .1
dance was thoroughly represent;!
tive of tne town’s business interests
it would have been larger if more
publicity had been given.
Several names for the body wen
suggasted, and it now stands as the
Hyder Commercial Club. Early ir
the meeting officers were also se
lected, but later as the objects o(
the association became more crys
talized in the minds of the gather
intg a committee of five on organize
tion, constitution and by-laws wat
appointed, to report at a meeting to
be called by the chairman pro tent
The meeting elected Robt. Small
and Wm. Orr as temporary chair
man and secretary respectively
and on the organization committee
Mr Snfall appointed Messrs. Sund
macher, Howard, Hill, Le^ge and
McLaughlin. There was a genera,
discussion on matters of public in
tereat, and particularly fire protec
tion.
An article in the Seattle Timet
purporting to be an interview wuth
a representative of steamship inter
ests, and seriously libeling the town
wa’s read, and a committee appoint
ed to draft an answer to the Tim*?
yvith a request for its pnbhication.
A roll was prepared for those
wishing to joiu ui a permanent or.
ganization, and received 51 signa
tures,
WORKERS SET
WAGE SCALES
Pursuant to a call to the “wage
workers of Stewart and Hyder,” a
meeting was held Monday night iri
the Willard building wUh about 6(|
men in attendance.
Scales of wages for Hyder were
fixed as follows:
Carpenters. $1.25 per hour.
Carpenters’ helpers, $1.00 per h r
Longshoremen., $1.50 per hour
except for coal and cement, which
call for $1,73 per hour. Time and
a half will b* asked after eight
hotjrs.
A resolution was passed that all
yerk in Alaska be paid for in U. S’
currency or that the emplqyer stand
the discount on Canadian currency"
The meeting w*>nt on record as,
*>udarsing the stand tabsn by the
Stewart Citizens’ Association, and
called upqn the United States au
thorities to enforce tne immigra
tion laws against Oriental laborers
Tbe men now working at the
Premier were given five day§ iu
keep in good standing by quitting
their present occupation.
The meeting was presided over
by A1 Elliott and A- W, Robinson
acted as secre'ary.
STEWART - HYDER
STAGE
LEAVES
Stewart Hyder
11 a. m. 12:3d p. m.
2:30 p. m. 3:30 p. m#'
Special trips arranged.