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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY S, 192S
FIFTY CENTS A KCKTH
FINE ORE BODY
ON HOMESTAKE
Jas. Hewitt, of Hewitt and
Carlson, owners of the Ibex
and Homestake groups on
Texas Creek, was a visitor in
town during the week and re
ported that a recent extension
of the cross cut tunnel on the
Homestake in an effort to lo
cate the hanging wall has re
vealed another foot of the fine
high grade ore found last fall.
The extension discloses that
the ore zone is six feet wide
at the point of intersection
with the tunnel, and about
one and a half feet wider than
the surface outcrop thirty
feet above. The foot of ore dis
closed by the extension is no
different in appearance from
that found last year and prob
ably contains the same ex
cellent lead-silver values. As
says made last fall by Assay
er John Hovland gave returns
ranging from $21.55 to $112.50
from samples taken across the
then exposed portions of the
lead. The ore contains a valu
able lead content, some of tnt
samples showing over 54 per
cent of that metal. The entire
six feet of exposed ore con
tains working values in gold,
silver, lead and copper, mak
ing it a decidedly promising
proposition in every way.
In addition to the tunnel
work, the partners have also
completed a pack trail to the
H bmestHTre "Properties ftr went
tate handling of supplies, to
both the Ibex and Homestake
properties. The trail also pro
vides easy communication with
the government pack trail.
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Ray Snyder came in from
Mineral Hill during the week
and reported that the cross
cut tunnel on which he and
Dan Woodmore have been
working is now in 40 feet and
is penetrating a very promls-.
ing looking ore zone. No as
says havs been made of the
ore and its value as yet is un
determined.
Ted Cline was the victim of
an unfortunate accident last
week whitfft resulted in a
broker arm. Mr. Cline was
coming down the steep mount
ain irail from the R. L. Cline
properties, near the Stoner
group above Eleven Mile,
when he slipped in some man
ner and fell, breaking the arm
near the wrist. Following the
accident Mr. Cline made his
way to the Salmon River road
and was brought to town on
the Bureau of Public Roads
truck, which fortunately hap
pened to pass shortly after
wards. Dr. Standard set the
broken limb, and found the
break to be of a peculiar type
known to the medical fratern
ity as the “Colies fracture.”
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Mrs. H. A. Beaton, of Port
Madison, Washington, arrived
on the Prince Rupert to spend
the summer with her cousin,
Mrs. J Campbell. Mrs. Beat
on’s visit marks the first real
visit enjoyed by the two cous
ins in 27 years.
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The Pioneers of Alaska have
erected a new flag pole on the
trig Pioneer Hall.
PREMIER PLANS
ENLARGEMENT POWER
AND MILL FACILITIES
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The Premier Gold Mining
Company is preparing to great
ly enlarge its present power
and milling capacities by the
installation of two new power
units and extensive milling
equipment within the next two
or three months. Preparatory
work for both installations Is
reported by arrivals from the
mine to be already in progress,
According to reliable inform- j
ants, the new power equip-1
ment will provide a total oi j
720 additional horsepower and !
will be derived from two 360
h. p. full Diesel engines,
which are said to have been
ordered and are due to arrive
within a brief season. Details
of the increased milling con
templations could not be
learned. It is understood, how
ever, that the company plans
j to increase the present milling
capacity to around 400 tons
| per day and more than double
the present production of con
centrates.
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i By beating both Hyder and
1 Premier on the local baseball
j grounds Sunday afternoon and
evening the Stewart base ball
team not only evened up the
season’s score with Hyder but
also annexed the $100 purse
hung up by the Independence
Day celebration committee.
The first game Sunday after
noon btween Stewart and Hy
der resulted in a 5-3 victor}
for the visitors after a decid
edly ragged contest in which
both teams distinguished them
selves only in running up er
rors by the score.
The Stewart-Premier contest
in the evening was an easy
victory for the Stewartites, tne
Premier aggregation being un
able to connect with the ball
| often enough to land a win
I ning score. Tl\e score was 6-3.
Mrs. Frank Fisher, wife of
superintendent Frank Fisher
of the Premier tram, arrived :
Thursday from Ketchikan, ac
companied by their son, Ray
mond.
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Mrs. Wm. Assyltine, of Pre
mier, who has been undergo
ing medical treatment in Van-!
couver for some time, return- j
ed on the Prince Charles, ac-1
companied by her son, Jimmie, j
Mrs. Assyltine is much improv-j
ed in health as a result of her
stay in the south.
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Walter Forester, geologist at |
the Premier, enjoyed a brief
visit by his mother and father,
who arrived on the Rupert
and left on the Prince Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. Forester, who
are pioneer residents of New
Westminister, B. C. were on
their return from a visit in the
east.
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J. J. Elliot, of Dime Creek,
Seward Peninsula, who was a
member of the last House of
the Territorial Legislature, is
a candidate for the office of
U. S. Marshal for the Second
Division.
WORK ON MOUNTAINVIEW
Fine progress is being made
in the work of installing the
machinery and other equip
ment on the properties of the
Mountainview Gold Mining
Company on Fish Creek, ac
cording to Manager Arthur
Moa.
The big power dam and pipe
line grade have been complet
ed and the power houst
foundation is laid. Power for
prospecting and development
purposes will be provided by
a 50 H. P. Haws wheel. It Is
also planned to utilize this
power to operate the 4000
' foot tramway connecting the
company properties with the
government road. Work on
the tramway is practically
completed and that important
adjunct of the transportation
system is now ready for serv
ice, although a small amount,
of adjusting will be necessary
before heavy freighting is at
; tempted. The tramway termi
\ nal stations and platforms
have also been built, in addit
' ion to a small tramway con
necting the upper terminal
station with the power house,
j Small trams will also be rui.
between the tram terminal anu
the two tunnels. At the lower
end of the main tramway a
1600 foot road has been cut
j to permit easy access to the
! government road. No under
| ground work is in Droarasa a.t
* present. Some surface work Is
: being done and Mr. Moa ex
i pects to have things in shape
j to proceed with active mining
i about the last of August or
| the first part *of September.
| A crew of ten men is employ
I ed at present.
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C. W. Wiley, head of the
Todd Drydocks, Inc., famous
Pacific Coast construction firm
was a visitor in Hyder during
the week, accompanied by a
party of friends. The visitors
arrived on the private yacht
Alician, a handsome and pal
atial vessel owned by Mr.
Wiley and commanded by
Capt. M. M. “Mike” Jensen,
widely known former Alaska
navigator and now in com
mand of the crack Pacific lin
er President Grant. Capt. Jen
sen was given leave of absence
to permit him to pilot the Wil
ey party on the cruise, which
will include visits to a major
| ity of the larger Alaskan
! ports.
i During their stay the party
I visited the Premier mine and
other points of interest and ap
i peared greatly interested in
| the district and its prospects.
| The party arrived here Mon
: day and left Tuesday morning.
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Alaska commodities shipped
to the States last month ag
gi-egated $1,413,222 in value
or approximately $213,816
I less than for the month of
May, 1924, according to the
report of J. C. McBride, col
lector of customs. Decreases
in copper ore and the products
of the fisheries account for
tall of the reduced value. Cop
‘per exports last month were
$126,432 less than for title
same month a year ago.
BEAR ATTACKS MAN
To be attacked and knocked
senseless by a big bear and to
escape death in a most provi
dential manner as a result of
the activities of a small dog
was the experience of James
Locke, while staking claims
in the Salmon Glacier Pass
Wednesday .last week.
Locke and W. S. Sullivan
went to the locality to locate
some mining ground Wednes
day afternoon accompanied by
“Jazz” a small terrier belong
ing to Mr. Sullivan. After
reaching the spot where they
intended to locate, Sullivan
went, some distance up the
heavily wooded mountainside
to place their stakes, leavin*
Locke below. Shortly after
ward Mr. Sullivan was at
tracted by the unusual actions
of the dog which had accom
panied him up the hill. The
little animal was apparently
scenting the presence of the
bear, barked frantically and
dashed madly back and forth
in the brush in an effort to at
tract attention. Mr. Sullivan
at length decided that some
thing must be wrong anu
made his way back to the
place where he had left Loc
ke. Nearing the point, the act
ions of the dog disclosed clear
ly that something was amiss,
and a moment later Mr. Sulli
van was startled to see a big
haarjaaking off into the brush.
The animal is said by him to
have been of unusual size and
was apparently a silver tip. A
moment later he was startled
to find Mr. Locke lying uncon
scious, and bleeding from a
deep gash under one eye, in
flicted by the claws of the
bear. Sullivan hastened to his
companion’s aid and brought
him to after a few moments,
only to fnd that Lokke had
not seen the bear and had no
idea what had occurred. It is
presumed that the big beast
crept up on his intended victim
striking him down before tnc
latter became aware of its
presence. Luckily the blow
was a glancing one and in
flicted no damage beyond a
severe bruise and the cut be
low Locke’s eye.
“Buck” the big, white dog
owned by Deputy U. 3. Mar
shal T. W. McDonald was
electrocuted July 4th as a re
sult of stepping on a faultily
grounded wire connection of
one of the transmission lines
of the International Electric
| Co. at the corner of Pre
mier Avenue and International
Way. The grounded wire was
fastened to an iron post fixed
In the ground in a deep pit
partially filled with water and
was also attached to an old
.iron wheel lying in the water,
to secure better grounding.
The dog apparently stepped
on the rim of the wheel and
a current of several thousand
volts passed through his body,
killing the animal instantly.
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Miss Minerva Grant, school
teacher at Premier, wras a
passenger on the Cardena to
spend her summer vacation at
her home in Seattle*
INDEPENDENCE DAY
CELEBRATION
Under summer skies and with
a major part of the population
out to witness the fun, Hydcr
celebrated Independence Day
with vim and vivacity from
the hour of the big parade un
til the last strains of the Pre-!
mier orchestra at the dance
j given by the Pioneers in Pio
| neer Hall as a wind-up for the
| day of festivity.
' The parade, intended for one
' of the chief events of theday,
i was hardly up to expectations,
; many who might have partici
pated being apparently un
willing to go to the little
trouble involved in making it
! a real success. However, it was
a very pleasing parade with
six handsomely decorated
floats in line behind Marshal |
of the Day T. W. McDonald,
i First came the big truck of the
j Bureau of Public Roads nicely
' draped with bunting and
j bearing the Flag and the Boy
! Scouts in their natty uniforms
: then the handsome float of '
the M. E. Church, made in the
form of a boat and with its
I occupants, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hovland, Miss Marion Hunt,
and a group of school children,
; representing “the Church, the
School and the Home.” Next
j came the float of the Moose
lodge, loaded with shouting
! kiddies, from both sides of the '
i boundary line; then the floats
of the Hyder Drug Co. and
Porter-Idaho Mining Co. The
former was a handsome cre
ation in the form of an ever
green draped bower with em
bellishments of bunting and
carried Helen and Bobby Lee,
dressed as Uncle Sam and an
Indian, the ensemble repre
1 senting Uncle Sam protecting
his aboriginal wards, ihe
Porter-Idaho float, was a
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unique conception. Ore sacks
and samples of ore from the
famous mine were piled on the
; prettily draped body of the
car, with a large basket from
which arose the chubby faces
of the Lee twins occupying the
i center. Placards announced
I that the float represented
i “High Grade’’ from the Port
er-Idaho. The last float was
that of the Hyder Machine
j Shop, prettily decorated but
1 representng nothing in partic
! ular. “Buddy” Thurman, on
horseback, brought up the
rear of the procession, which
traversed Premier Avenue to
First; to International Avenue,
thence to Premier Avenue and
out to One Mile Bar and back
to the ball grounds via Nevada
Street. The $25 prize offered
for the best decorated float
or car was awarded to the Hy
der Drug Company, although
not until the judges, Messrs,
i E. R. Stivers, E. W. Hinckley
j and H. H. Howard, had care
! fully considered the merits of
! the various floats from every
j standpoint. It was reported for
! a time that the judges were
unable to agree and had made
; the award as a result of toss
ing a coin. It appears however,
that this was not correct, the
choice having been made pure
ly on the merits of the several
floats.
WILL MAKE MORE
EXTENSIVE SURVEY
OF DISTRICT
A. F. Buddington, geological
expert of the U. S. Geological
Survey, whose first report on
the geology and minerology of
this section is now being re
printed in the Herald, return
ed to Hyder Tuesday on a
private vessel owned by W. C.
Waters of Wrangell and win
spend the greater part of the
summer on an extended sur
vey of the district, prepara
tory to a more extensive re
port on the local geology and
mineralization. Mr. Budding
ton, was accompanied by W.
B. Jewell, who will assist him
in his labors. The work is ex
pected to require about two
months.
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Lute reports are to the effect
that this summer will witness
the greatest mining develop
ment in the history of the
Nome country. New methods
of thawing have been brought
from Norway by engineers of
the United States Mining and
Smelting Company and these
will be tried out this summer
in the company’s wo kings
near Nome. They are expect
ed to result in the working
of a vast area o' low grade
gravel on the Seward Penin
sula.
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Farmers of the Fairbanks
district are preparing to pLvt
the season’s crops, whi 'h
promise to be more than usu
ally bountiful this summer,
says an exchange. More tha i
a carload of seed has been
distributed throughout the dis
trict, and it not be long befo’ t
the fields will be turning
green.
The field snorts held on the
ball ground following the pa
rade, embraced a wide range
of contests and included com
petitions for everyone, from
the kiddies to the ladies. Gw
mrr +o *he large number, space
will not permit more than gen
eral mention of the more im
portant events, the full pro
gram of which was pub’i hod
last week. Most of the various
events open to men were won
by Premier contestants their
victories including the 100--yd.
dash, the half mile race and
base running contests. The
tug of war contest between
Hyder and Premier went to
the former and Hyder was al
so victor in the Hyder-Premier
baseball game, the final score
being 9-4.
Cash prizes donated by citi
zens and aggregating $241.50
were awarded the winners of
the various contests.
The closing event of the day,
the Pioneer dance, drew a
crowd of about 200, many of
whom were from Stewart, and
who greatly enjoyed the splen
did dance music provided by
the talented Premier orches
tra, which gave its highly ap
preciated services without
charge as a contribution to th3
day’s festivities.
A fine luncheon served during
the evening wa3 donated by
the merchants and ladies of
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