LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged list
of active and aemi-active min
ing organization* operating in
the Portland Canal Mining Dis
trict.
Note: In compiling the following In
dex of local mining concerns the
publishers have been unable in some
instances to secure much desired in
formation; owing principally to in
ability to locate the office address
es of various companies. As a result,
the list fails to Include titles or
other data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list as fast
as the necessary information can be
secured.
Companies not represented in the
listing are requested to advise this of
fice.
Adanac Mines Company of Alaska:
Cap. $750,000, Par $1.00; properties
Fish Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear R. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining & Milling Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par $1.00; properties Fish
Cr. Hyder district. American reg.
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
Cap. $5,000,000, no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines, Inc., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Amer.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000, par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadian Consolidated Mining
Co. Ltd: prop. Salmon R. (list. Can.
Atlas Gold-Copper Company, Inc.:
Cap. and reserves $1,200,000, par $1;
prop. Bear River dist: Can.
Bayview Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $3,
000,000, par .25; prop. Bear River
district. Can.
British-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon
district. Controlled by Selukwe Gold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
B. C. Bonanza Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
500,000 units, par $10; prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bear Valley Mines, Ltd: prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bimetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15,000
units par $10; prop. Marmot It. dis
trict. Can.
Big Missouri Mining Co.: Cap. $5,000,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Amer. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
600,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dis
trict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
Metals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Black Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by
Marmot Metals Mining Co.. Ltd.
Bridgeport Syndicate: Cap. 20,000 un
its, par $10; prop. Salmon R. Hyder
district. American.
British Dominion Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon R. Dist. Can. (Controll
ed by National Silver Mines, Ltd. )
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. district:
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.)
Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $0,000,000, par .50; prop. Salmon
R. dist. Can.
Butte-Hyder Mining Co., Inc. Cap. $1,
000,00), par 51; American.
Cassiar Gold Mines, Ltd.; Properties
Salmon R. district. Canadian.
Century Mines, Incorporated: Cap.
55,000,000, no par val., prop. Salmon
R., Hyder dist. American.
Chief Metals Mining Co.: Property
Salmon R. dist. Amer.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Coppor
Co., Bear R. dist.; Buena Vista Min
ing Co., Salmon R. dist. Can.
Commonwealth Mining Co.: Prop.
Cascade River. American.
Crest Consolidated Gold Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $2,000,000, par .50; prop.
Salmon R„ Hyder dist. Can.
Dalhousie Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can.
Dandy-Star Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Daly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R., Hyder
district. Amer.
Dunwell Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Emperor Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,500,000,
par $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Extenuate Gold Mines, Ltd.: Prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
Forty-Nine Mining Co. Prop. Salmon
R. district. Can.
George-Enterprise Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
George Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1. prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Georgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$3,000,000, par $1; prop. Georgia R.
Can.
Glacier Girl Mining Co., Ltd.: prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by Mar
mot Metals Co.)
Gold Standard Mining Co., Ltd: Cap.
$3.0000,000, par .25; prop. Texas
Creek, Hyder dist. Amer.
Hyder Lead Mines Inc.: Cap. $2,
600,000 par $1; prop. Texas Creek.
Hyder dist. Can. (Controlled by
Amalgamated Mines. Inc.)
Independence Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $3,500,000, par $1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap, $3,00(L®00,.
par $1; prop. Saljnon R. dist. Can.
s
International Metals Exploration Co.,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot It. dlst. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .25; prop. Bear R.
dlst. Can.
Lakeview Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000,
par ..25; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Last Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dlst. Can.
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par .50; prop. Marmot
R. dlst. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate. Glacier Girl Mining Co., Black
Hill Mining Co., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mlne^, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,090 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. dlst. Amer.
Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
(tap. $5,000, 000, par $1; Marmot R.
dlst. Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
Prop. Marmot dist. Can.
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. dist. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
M. C. Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
units, par $5.00; prop. Marmot R. dist.
Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Fish Cr. Hy
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Georgia R. dist. Can.
Ninety-Six Mining Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; American.
North Country Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$2,000,000 par $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot dist. Can.
Northern Light Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
000,000 par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
Northern Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dist. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Canadian.
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Amer.
Pat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd.: Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. dist. Can.
Pedro-Georgia River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd. Cap.
$2,000,000, par .50; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $2,500,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder dist. Can. (Also Is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$5,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600,
000, par .20; prop. Barney's Gulch,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. S2.000.00. par $1; prop. Boar R.
(list. Can. (Controlling Independence
Mining Co.)
Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
5350.000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dlst.
Can.
Rufus-Argenta Mines, Ltd.:Cap. $3,000.
000, par $-1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal
mon R. dist. British.
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $500,000,
par SI; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist.
(Controlled by Premier Gold Mining
Co.) Can.
Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
8500.000, par .25; prop. Salmon R. dist,
Can.
Silver Bell Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Mt. Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Range Consolidated Mines,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
8500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Rainey,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr„
Bear R. dist. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; prop.
Glacier Cr., Bear R. dist. Can.
Terminus Mines, Ltd.: Cap $1,000,000,
par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
(list. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500,
000, par $1; prop. Pish Cr., Hyder dist.
Amer.
United Empire Gold A Silver Mining
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Ameri
can Cr. Bear R. dist. Can.
White River Placer Syndicate: Cap.
20,000 uni ts, par $5; prop. Nass R.
dist. Can.
Wvodblne Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $5,000,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
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Geology of Hyder and Vicinity
By Prof. A. F. Buddington
Department of Geology, Princeton University
FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO- 807
Sixth Installment
Geolog y ( continued)
In the Salmon River area of
the Hyder district there are
beds along the international
boundary east of Salmon River
that strike north-west and dip
steeply southwest; but in gen
eral within the area covered by
this report the trend of the
folds of the bedded rocks, of
the gneissic structure of the
Texas Creek batholith, and of
the schistose structure of the
greenstones is within 20 deg
rees of true east and is there
fore completely out of har
mony with the prevailing
structure of the surrounding
country. -
The granodiorite that forms
the core of the Texas Creek
botholith has a marked fine
banding* or gneissic structure.
There are many slickensided
planes of movement within the
rock; but thin sections examin
ed with the microscope usual
ly show no evidence of crush
ing or metamorphism such as
might have produced the foli
ation. The gneissic or banded
structure is due in large part to
the parallel orientation of the
conspicuous crystals of black
hornblende and of the large
phenocrysts of potash feldspar
and therefore had its origin in
flowage currents within the
magma during its crystallizat
ion and consolidation. As this
foliation is of primary origin
and strikes N. 60°-90° E., it
follows that the peculiar struct
ural trend of this area had its
inception prior to the intrusion
of the younger Coast Range
magmas which formed the Hy
der quartz monzonite and the
Boundary granodiorite. It is
thought, nevertheless, that the
prevalent approximately east
west stiucture of the bedded
rocks of this area is in consid
erable part due to the thrusts
exerted by the intrusion of
these younger Coast Range
magmas. The northeastern con
tact of the Coast Range batho
lith as a whole usually trends
northwest, but in this area it
swings around to more nearly
east-west, probably as a result
of the control exerted by the
cider structure of the Texas
Creek batholith and the sur
rounding rocks, which had a
similar strike.
There is abundant evidence
of the great pressure exerted
by the younger magmas at the
time of their intrusion. The
Texas Creek granodiorite
along its southern boundary
adjacent to the Hyder quartz
monzonite is partly or com
pletely pulverized as a'result
of the pressure exerted by the
intrusion of the magma that;
consolidated as the Hyder
quartz monzonite and grades:
away from the contact through
an augen gneiss into the nor- |
mal granodiorite. To the west j
of the Texas Creek granodio-!
rite the Hyder quartz monzo- j
nite magma comes into con
tact with the graywacke-slato
division of the Hazelton group
and produced in those rocks
close folds overthrust toward
the north. On the north side
of the area the magma of the
Boundary granodiorite similar
ly exerted a thrust upon the
graywacke-slate division of the
Hazelton group and produced
close folds overturned toward
the south. The bedded rocks
were thus pinched between the
Hyder quartz monzonite mag
ma on the south and the
Boundary granodiorite magma
on the north, and the folds
overturned in opposite direct
ions were the result. Micro
scopic examination shows that
locally, near the contacts with
the intrusive masses, grains
that compose the bedded rocks
and the intrusive aplite dikes
belonging to the Texas Creek
batholith have been severely
mashed and pulverized. It is
probable that part of the
schistose structure in the por
phyry dikes associated with
the Texas Creek granodiorite,
the gneissic structure in- some
of the sulphide masses, and
the crushing of some of the
mineralized quartz veins also
resulted from the pressure at
tendant upon the intrusion of
the younger Coast Range mag
mas.
On the east side of Salmon
River the contact between the
Texas Creek batholith and the
greenstones of the Hazelton
gioup strikes about north. The
gneissic structure of the grano
diorite, however, and the foli
ation of the greenstone both
strike approximately east. The
veins cross the structure of
both rocks at an angle. There
must have been, therefore, an
epoch of marked deformation
and folding slightly preceding
and accompanying the intrus
ion of the Texas Creek batho
lith. Subsequently both the
Texas Creek granodiorite and
the Hazelton group were af
fected by a second epoch of de
formation accompanying the
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING -DISTRICT
IIYDER. ALASKA
•mim
intrusion of the Hyder quartz
monzonite magma.
The mapping is not sufficient
ly detailed to indicate the gen
eral direction of strike of the
porphyry dikes in the rocks of
the Hazelton group. The gran
odiorite porphyry dikes con
nected with the younger Coast
Range intrusive rocks that cut
both the Texas Creek granodi
orite and the Hazelton group,
however, have in general a
northwest strike ranging usu
ally from N. 20° W. to N. 70°
W., but at some places their
strike is northeast. In the dist
rict to the north these dikes
have a northwest strike.
Hazelton Group
General Character
No fossils have been found in
the sedementary and volcanic
beds of this area. The beds are
assigned to the Hazelton group
because of their lithologic sim
ilarity to the formations of that
group to the southeast and
north in British Columbia and
l because of similar structural
I relations to the Coast Range
i intrusive rocks. . The Hazel
j ton group has been described
j by Hainson as consisting of a
lower formation comprising
volcanic tuff, breccia, and
flows of green or gray to purp
lish andesite rock and an up
per formation comprising arg
illite, quartzite, and tuffa
ceous sandstone. The argillite
of the upper division carries
fossils which are referred to
the Jurassic. The sedimentary
and volcanic rocks found north
of this area, on the British Col
umbia side of the international
boundary, are assigned by
Schofield and Hanson to three
conformable formations of
probable Juarassic age. * *
The greenstone, tuff and vol
canic breccia of the Alaskan
side along the international
boundary east of Salmon River
are continuous with the similar
rocks of the so-called Bear Riv
er formation on the Canadian
side and correspond to the low
er division of the Hazelton
group.
A bed resembling the Salmon
River conglomerate of the Can
; adian Geological Survey was
I seen at one locality. This is a
Sthin bed of fine conglomerate
| included in a porphyry dike at
an altitude of about 4,500 feet
! on the slope of Bear River
Ridge east of the mouth of
Thumb Creek.
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