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HYDER ALASKA MINER
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HYDER, Alaska, Jan. 11. 1923
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
VETERAN TRAM MAN
IS GOING TO PERU
It’* ft long cry from Unimak
island to Peru, yet that is the kind
of a trail that Tom Graham, the
veteran tram builder, is called upon
lo travel. The recognized king
of tram constructors, after building
the longest aerial in the world,
from the the Premier mine to tide
water, thought that he was entitled
to call it the crowning achieve
ment of thirty years in this line of
Work; so he went to Spokane, took
(into himself a wife, moved to Chi
cago and went into business there.
But when his associates of a quar
ter-century, the Riblet Tram Co.,
undertook to install a particularly
difficult piece of construction in
South America, the prospect of
overcoming formidable obstacles
was too alluring to resist, so he
will soon be scaling the Andes.
Mr. Graham came here from
Unimak, where the wind blows so
fiercely and continuously that ici
cles stand out on the horizontal.
He built a tram there to transport
sulphur from an extinct volcano to
the seashore. That was a tough
£>iece of work, but it works. Here
he put into successful operation
an aerial system that is particularly
intricate, in that it is not only the
longest in the world, but that it
angles down from the mine in such
Si way as to form almost a com
plete turn. The millions of dollars
in dividends being paid by the
Premier tell the story of how well
he performed his task. Here is
what Mining Truth of Spokane
says about his next job:
"Riblet Tramway Co., of Spokane,
has secured a $155,000 contract to
construct a six-and-a-half mile
tr irnway tor Northern Peru Min
ing & Smelting Co., a subsidiary of
American Smelting & Refining Co.,
operating what is known as the
Diana group of mines on the Moche
river, at a small town called Samne
Peru.
The contract was signed by By*
ton C. Riblet, head of the local
company, in New York, where he
went to consult with H. A. Guess,
mines director of Arper^ean Smelt
ing & Refining Co., who has charge
of the operation of the company's
holdings in Peru and elsewhere.
The local firm met with severe
Competition, not only from United
States concerns, but particularly
from German dealers. The former
satisfactory work of the local com*
' pany, however, particularly at the
Premier mine, in the Portland Ca
nal district, where it installed the
longest tramway in the world, fin
ally turned the scales in it* favor.
Tiie tramway will bt 6 1-2 miles
|>ng. connecting the company'.*
mill at Satnne with the mine. The
difference in elevation between the
upper and lower terminals is 4,900
feet and on aeeount of the hes^vy
fall the construction will be in two
sections, connected by a transfer
'station, which is so arranged that
the buckets pass from one section
to the other automatically.
There will be two horiaontal an
gles, one in each section. All tow
ers, tension stations, terminals and
angle stations are to be construct
ed of steel, resting on concrete
I foundations. Both sections of the
carrier will operate by gravity,
electric motors, connected to the
company’s own hydro-electric plant,
being used to control the speed of
the tramway.
The mine is at att elevation of
9,900 feet, while the mill is 5,000
feet above sea level. It is reached
from the port of Salaverry, which
is 13 miles from Trujillo, and con
nected by railroad From the lat
ter point the lower tramway ter
minal will be reached over an ex
cellent automobile road, about 35
miles in length.
The contract calls for completion
within six months and construc
tion will be placed in the hands of
T. H. Graham, for many years sup
erintendent of construction, now
of Chicago, who has already earn
ed the name of being the most effi
cient tramway builder in the world.
PROSPECTS 6000
ON CRIPPLE CREEK
Harry Hummel aud Harold John
son were down this week from the
Cripple Creek property, where they
are driving a tunnel. They are in
about 45 feet and report a heavier
mineralization in the quartz as
depth is attained. Progress is nec
essarily sLw, with only the two
men working, hut they will have
the property in good shape for the
installation of a compressor next
spring. Judge James Wickersham,
J. W. Kehoe and Lockie McKinnon
of Juneau, and Commissioner John
W. Frame of Hyder are interested
in «the property, being directors,
with' Harry Hummel, of the Cripple
Creek Mining Company, owning it.
MOOSE WILL tlANCE
Moose are to hold an election
on the night of February 26 and
have their friends there afterwards
for a dance in the Hotel Stewart.
The committee on arrangements
are Messrs. Toiin, Gibson, Craw
ford, Armstrongs Crosbie, Tooth
and Not! Traveriy.
personal aNd Pertinent
If it isn't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Mrs. I. N. Hoguewood left Thurs*
day for a visit in Rupert.
Leonard Waide has gone to Ru
pert for a few weeks' visit.
Oak Olson, of Olson & Mehern,
wholesale groceries, is here from
Juneau.
A team of work horses arrived
en the Prince George for the Mo
bile mine.
Bert Heaton of Seattle is reliev
ing Joe Orashio in the Malamute
barber chair.
H. C. Comer of Stewart left on
the Prince George on a business
trip to Seattle.
R.. L. Clothier, superintendent of
the Indian and Mobile mines, vis
ited Alice Arm this week.
The Griffco took out 1100 tons
of Premier high-grade ore to the
Tacoma smelter this week%
Jack Malone was down this week
from the Fish Creek mine to have
a luxuriant crop of alfalfa mowed.
G. T. Jackson, who ie connected
with the Thane-Jackling interests,
left for San Francisco after making
an examination of the Fish Creek
mine.
T. W. McDonald, our own Bill,
has returned from the south and
Ketchikan, bringing his wife and
children, including little Jean, who
was born there.
Tom Savoie left on the Prince
George for a visit in Seattle. Tom
has been 24 years in Alaska and
does not expect he can sta.id it for
very long Outside.
The Crawford Transfer Co. has
received the agency for theCunard
Anchor and Anchor Donaldson
steamship lines, plying acfoss the
Atlantic.
Mrs. LLG. Bregonze has open
ed tonsorial parlors in the McGrew
bnildiug, near the head of Main.
G. D.B. Turner, consulting engi
neer fer the Indian and Mobile
mining companies, has gone to
Montreal and New York to confer
with his principals.
The steamer Latouche. accord
ing to information received by the
i Dorey Transfer, will substitute for
'the Jefferson on the trip to Hyder
1 leaving Seattle Feb. 15.
Dr. C. C. Carter, the well known
i Alaskan dentist, has wired that he
; will arrive here Ffeb. 8 to open a
! dental office. Dr. Carter is a pio
1 neer of this eamp and still has
; various mining interests here,
j Ed Edwardson has come down
I from the Silverado mine, where
be had been working. Ed doesn't
I like the scenery up there at this
time of tbe year, and there are
many here who will agree that he
showed good judgement.
W. R. Tonkin, president of the
Fish Creek Mining Company and
vice president of the American
Mining and Milling Company, left
on the Prinee George for Seattle
land Vancouver after spending
two weeks at the Fish Creek mine.
Captain Moerehouse, skipper of
; the Prince George, is taking his
1 vacation, being relieved by Captain
D. Donald of the Prince Rupert,
1 which is on the ways for an over
i hauling. Two more popular master
1 mariners never trod the bridge in
northern waters,
Bert Kergin of Alice Arm, and
T. D. Patullo of Rupert, members
! of the B. C. legislature, the latter
: being Minister of Lands and Works,
' were in during the stay of the
| Prince George, conferring with res
idents of Stewart on road matters.
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| Green Theatre |
Saturday and Sunday
| Mother O’ Mine |
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=Big, Dynamic and Magnificent as the Great Divide, With the==
EsRemarkable Cast of
=Betty Blythe, Betty Ross Clark, j
(Claire McDowell, I loyd Hughes]
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EVERYBODY WELCOME 1
ROBERT STEWART
SEES PROSPECTS
EXTREMELY BRI6HT
R. M. Stewart of Victoria, presi
dent of the Stewart Land Compa
ny, is in for a visit. Mr. Stewart
told the Miner that he anticipates
a season of unusual activity this
year throughout the Portland Can
al district. Everywhere one goes
on the Outside, he said, he hears
this section being talked about, and
with the opening of spring a large
influx of visitors may be expected,
many of whom will invest here
and beoome permanent residents.
The Stewart Land Company’s office
in Victoria is in receipt of scores
of enquiries from residenis in all
the Pacific coast states for infor
mation as to business opportunities
jn this section.
STARTS AMERICUS GIRL
Joe Cullen has gene up to re
sume operations on his Americus
Girl property in the Bitter creek
section. Last summer he made an
important discovery about a mile
from the Bear river wagon road
and did some open cutting, dis
closing a vein seven feet in width
that he has traced for a consider
able distance up the hill. The sam
ples of ore he brought down at that
time showed a heavy mineraliza
tion of fine-grained chalcopvrite
and steel galena and he intends
doing some more work where these
samples were taken.
LOUIS HARRIS LOCATES
Louis Harris, Mrs. Harris and
their son and heir, Dugan, arrived
on the Prince of Wales from Ket
chikan Local sports will remem
ber to their sorrow how Harris won
the ball game last summer for Ket
chikan. Just him, and nobody
else, when he went out of shortstop
and pitched, beside batting every
! twirler that we could put np.
Louis has been on the dry squad
in Ketchikan but reports are that
he has reformed and is going back
to his trade as an electrician. Next
summer Harris will be a tower of
strength to the local team.
CALL FOR BIDS
Plans and specifications will be in Hy
der, Alaska, at our office Feb. 20 for Bid
ders on Painting and Decorating for a
forty room concrete and frame construc
tion hotel to be built at Ilyder, Alaska.
Also for hauling Sand and Gravel to the
Bunkers for Concrete work at the Build
ing. John S. Sutherland & Co.
Russian steam baths $1. 11. J. Scott.
Cabins te rent. BlonCy Charlton.
Don't go homo hoagry. Set a hineh a
the Ocean View.
Large coal heater, now in Salmon
River Store, for sale. Ernest Blue.
Lawrence, the Watchmaker.
CONCRETE HOTEL
IS TO BE BOUT
HEjy SPRING
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found i call for bids for painting
and decorating a 40-room hotel
in Hyder. The Miner has no
informaton regarding this project
other than containedin thej follow
ing dispatch from Seattle, which
was published in the Juneau Cap
ital and Ketchikan News:
A three-story, concrete exterior,
with frame interior, hotel is to be
constructed at the new camp of
Hyder, according to the announce
ments of Seattle and Alaskan cap
italists made public here.
The hotel will be called the
“Sutherland” and will have rooms
on the ground floor for business
concerns, with the two upper floors
for accommodation of the traveling
public.
The hotel will be steam heated,
electric lighted and thoroughly
modern in every respect. John S.
Sutherland & Co. will be in charge
of its construction which is finan
ced by Alaska and Seattle capital.
The plans call for the construc
tion of forty rooms and work will
begin on the building February 20
at an estimated expense of $50,
000, and it is to be ready for oc
cupancy by Juno 15 of this year.
SERVICE CLUB DAKCE
A dan9ant extraordinary will be
I rfiven by the International Servile
j Club on the night of February 14
jin the Stewart Hotel ball ioom.
There will be trench scenes, songs,
I specialties of various kinds, and a
genuine estaminet, such as brought
comfort to the boys in France, will
be in evidence. Special music by
a fiye-pieee orchestra has been en
gaged.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA. DIVISION
NUMBER ONE AT KETCHIKAN.
ALASKA.
D. W. MC LEMAN )
Plaintiff [ NO. 532 KA.
vs ) NOTICE OF
HELEN BELL 1 MARSHAL S
Defendant f SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
pursuant to a Decree of Foreclosure and
Order of Sale in the above-entitled cause
issuing out of the District Court under
date of November 27, 1922, 1 will offei
for sale to the highest bidder for cash.
I that certain frame building situated at
j Hyder. Alaska, on Lot Nineteen (19) in
Block O, Tohgasa National Forest Town
site Addition to Hyder, Alaska.
This sale will take place ot the pre
' mises on Wednsday, March 7th, 1923, at
the hour of 10:00 o'clock A, M.
WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of
January, 1923.
GEORGE D. BEAUMONT
UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR
THE FIRST JUDICIAL DIVISION
T. W. MCDONALD
DEPUTY,
Cl I AS. H. COSGROVE.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA,
ATTORNEY FOR FLaINTIFF.