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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 51.
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1935.
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PLANE TRANSPORTS
PROSPECTING PARTIES
TO UNUK DISTRICT
A Canadian Airways sea
plane arrived from the south
last Saturday afternoon and
has been busy during the
week transporting prospecting
parties and supplies into the
Unuk river district, some 70
miles north of Sltewart, in
which important gold discover
ies made during the past two
years by Thomas Mackay and
associates, of Premier, have
created considerable interest.
The plane, a Fokker type
machine of approximately 1,
000 pounds carrying capacity,
will be based here for a month
and will be open for sightsee
ing trips and charter flights.
The plane i's piloted by T. M.
McGregor and L. J. Jacquoit is
mechanician. The machine
has lately been engaged in
fisheries patrol work out of
Swanson Bay for the Canadian
government.
Six round trip flights were
made into the Unuk section
during the first part of the
week and nine men, represent
ing three outfits, were landed
there before bad weather de
layed further activities. These
included representatives cf the
Unuk River Gold Syndicate,
more generally known as the
Mackay syndicate, which has
carried on prospecting activ
ties there for several years, op
erating on a group of 22 quartz
claims; and of the Unuk Val
ley Gold Syndicate, a more re
cent organization of Premier
people headed by Harry Kay
and Ralph Swartfiguer and
controlling 16 claims north of
and adjoining the Uunk River
Gold Syndicate holdings.
representatives ot the iirst
named organization leaving so
far were D. L. Coulter and
William Prout, syndicate mem
bers, and Jack Krugg, “Slim”
Carlson and Ed. Edwardson,
employees. A Boyles Bros,
portable diamond drill was in
cluded in the outfit taken in on
the plane. Harry Melville, a
third member of the syndicate,
is still to go in.
The Unuk Valley Gold Syndi
cate was represented by Mess
rs. Kay and Swartfiguer and
two employees, Jack Storey
and Ole Bjourke.
Another Voyager into the
district was A. H. NichoD,, a
representative of Dr. J. H. Car
son and associate's of Prince
Rupert, who plan to locate
new ground in the district.
Both parties plan to remain
in the district about one month.
Miss Mary Harvey, a resi
dent of Kobe Japan, who is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Prout
I Consolidated Very Active
On Big Missouri Holdings
Reports from the Big Miss
ouri disclose that .the Consoli
dated Mining and Smelting Co.
is very actively engaged on
preparations for driving the
projected new low level tunnel
from the adjoining Day group.
A camp has been established
on the Day property and a
16-horse packtrain is steadily
employed taking supplies and
materials from the main camp
on the east side of the Big
Missouri ridge to the west
slope.
A lime of snow shed has also
been started which will later
connect the upper or Province
tunnel, now being extended
through the ridge, with the
new tunnel, the portal of which
will be some 600 feet farther
down the east slope of Salmon
valley. A crew of 25 men is
employed in grading the route
for the snowshed and erecting
the framework. A small com
pressor has been taken to the
new camp, probably for use in
facing up for the new tunnel.
The extension of the Prov
ince tunnel through the ridge
will not be completed for 6 or
8 weeks, according to reports.
The upraise from the Prov
ince tunnel to the surface,
which will'be in the neighbor
hood of 700 feet in length, is
also being continued at full
speed.
Recent visitors at the proper
ty report that it presents a
scene of great activity and
demonstrates in most effective
manner the progressive meth
ods off the big Canadian mining
company in carrying on its op
erations.
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Canadian Destroyers Coming
The Canadian desroyers H.
M. C. S. Skeena and H. M. C.
S. Vancouver will ;pay the
district a visit from September
21 to 24, according to advices
from the Canadian naval head
quarters in Ottawa received in
Stewart this week.
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M. M. O’Brien of the Consol
idated M. and S. staff arrived
this morning on one of his per
iodical visits to local operations
of that company.
Unuk district, making the
round trip on the first flight of
Ihe plane.
Following his first trip, Pilot
McGregor reported that some
difficulties were experienced
in landing owing to the pres
ence of considerable ice on Mc
Kay Lake, which is used as a
WHEELER PLEADS FOR
FREE COINAGE SILVER
Declaring that the present
nationalization of silver does
not mean much and that the
nation is facing the alternative
of free coinage of silver or
great inflation, Senator Burton
K. Wheeler of Montana, in a
radio address from Spokane
Sunday evening, delivered a
strong urge for further moves
toward complete remonetiz
ation of the white metal.
Wheeler asserted that if sil
ver is remonetized it would
prevent Chinese and Japanese
manufacturers from dumping
their products in the United
States despite tariff walls and
asserted that liberal use of sil
ver as a money base would aid
employment, ;b u t remonetiz
ation would protect American
■ markets in South America and
I throughout the world.
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Dimend Would Have U. S.
Build Portion Of Pacific
Highway Through Canada
Plans for a new effort to se
cure construction of the Pacif
ic-Yukon-Alaska Highway by
Congressional assistance were
revealed last Saturday in Seat
tle by Alaska Delegate A. J.
Dimond in an announcement
that he is planning to introduce
a bill authorizing the Presi
dent to arrange with Canada
and provide funds for the con
struction of a thousand miles
of the Canadian section.
Explaining the proposal, Del
egate Dimond said be believed
we should offer to build a
thousand miles of road in Can
ada in addition to 200 miles in
Alaska if necessary to link the
Territory with the United
States.
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Supplies For Porter-Idaho
The Premier Gold Mining
Comipiany was engaged during
the latter end of the week in
sending supplies to the Pros
perity and Porter-Idaho prop
erties over the Porter-Idaho
ore tramway, which was
turned over for the first time
this season on Friday, accord
ing to reports from the Mar
mot.
It i» understood that the sup
plies are for winter use by the
caretakers.
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C. M. Archbold, forest rang
er, left this afternoon on the
forest service motorship in
which he arrived from Ketchi
kan Wednesday, after inspect
Cantu Ore Zone
Not Yet Located
Reports from the Cantu prop
erty reaching town Friday in
dicate a possible change in the
! downward trend of the ore
I which the Consolidated Mining
| and Smelting Company is seek
ing to contact some 400 feet
belowr the surface by diamond
drilling.
The initial hole was in 704
feet at that time but had not
encountered the zone, which
was expected to be between
600 and 700 feet in the hil, ac
cording to the reports.
It is understood that the bore
is to be extended to 800 feet if
neccest-ary to reach the ore
body.
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S. S. Bornite Leaves With
Premier and Dunwell Ores
The Coastwise freight steam
er Bornite left Thursday with
1500 tons of Premier concen
trates for the Tacoma smelter,
in addition to 43 tons of con
centrates and 15 tons of high
grade ore from the Dunwell,
also for Tacoma. The big
freighter also tow'ed away a
500-ton barge load of silicious
ore from the Dunwell destined
for the Granby smelter at An
yox.
The vessel brought in a ship
ment of 2,000 boxes of powder
and a heavy cargo of mixed
merchandise.
Enroute south the steamer
will ipick up a heavy shipment
of copper at Anyox and contin
ue the run with the heaviest
load any boat has carried from
this section within the past two
years. It is reported that in
crease of business from this
district resulting from the pres
ent revival of mining may ne
cessitate the recommissioning
of the steamer Griffco to meet
haulage demands.
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President Roosevelt Plans To
Visit Alaska Next Summer
Provided no untoward cir
cumstances develop, Alaska
will next summer enjoy, for
the second time in its history,
the honor of a visit from the
nation’s chief executive.
Radio reports from Washing
ton Wednesday said President
Franklin D. Roosevelt is seri
ously contemplating a visit to
the Territory next year.
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Grant Mahood, well known
mining promoter, was an arriv
al from Vancouver today to
WlIttiiMMiiiBH
UNITED EMPIRE TUNNEL
REPORTED TO HAVE
REACHED OBJECTIVE
Reports were circulated in
Stewart Thursday evening to
the effect that the long cross
cut tunnel on the United Em
pire property had reached its
objective Thursday afternoon,
after almost a year of continu
ous driving.
Beyond that the tunnel was
said to have penetrated the ore
zone a distance of three feet
and disclosed ore of the same
character as found in the 'sur
face ore exposures, no details
cf the alleged strike could
be obtained.
Efforts to ‘secure official con
firmation of the rumors were
unavailing. Reports from Stew
art Friday indicated that the
management had declined to
make a statement regarding
their verity up to that time.
However, it appears from
various significant, evidences
that the rumors are in all prob
ability correct.
Something over 1,000 feet of
tunnel has been driven to reach
the vein, which is one of a ser
ies which yield high gold and
silver values in surface assays.
The tunnel has been driven
on a plane which would cut
the vein at a depth of but 60
feet. This was necessary in or
der to escape snowslides which
render closer approach to the
ore zone extremely hazardous
in winter. However, from this
point onward a depth o|f almost
foot for foot'may be obtained,
cowing to the sharp upward
pitch of the zone, with an ul
timate depth of 1000 feet in
prospect.
With a 5,500-foot, 120 ton
capacity aerial tramway now
in operation, the company is
in a position to commence im
mediate and economical hand
ling of all ore extracted.
Final confirmation of the re
ported strike is being awaited
with keen interest on both
sides of the boundary line, aj
the success of the operation
will not only be a tremendous
boost for the whole Portland
Canal district but also provide
a large local payroll and result
ant prosperity for the camp.
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Hill Opening 8-Foot Vein
Recent blasts in the vicinity
of the Silverado property are
attributed in reports from
Stewart to Harry Hill, who lo
cated an 8-foot vein of heavy
sulphide ore on ground known
as the Gold Creek Group on
the north side of and adjoin
ing the Silverado,and on which
he has run a short tunnel. The
ore is said to show galena,
iron, zinc and copper in abund