LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alphabetically arranged li^t
of active and semi-active min
ing organizations operating in
the Portland Canal Min'ng 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 veil! 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:
t ap. $750,000, Par $1.00; properties
Pi ill (’reek. Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear R. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining & Milling Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par SI.00; properties Pish
Cr. Hyder district. American reg.
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
Cap. $5,000,000. no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines, lnc., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Amor.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000. par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadian Consolidated Mining
Co. Ltd: prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Atlas Goid-Copper Company, Inc.:
Cap. and reserves $1,200,000, par $1;
prop. Bear River dist: Can.
Bayview Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. Si’,
000,000, par .25; prop. Bear River
district. Can.
British-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,090, par $1; prop. Salmon
district. Controlled by Sehtkwa Gold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., Loudon.
Can.
B. C. 3onama Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon dist. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
500,000 units, par $10; prop. Beal
R. dist. Can.
Boar Valley Mines, Ltd: prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Bimetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15,000
units par $10; prop. Marmot R. dis
trier. Can.
E g Missouri Mining Co.: Cap. $5,000,
000, par SI; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Amer. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.; Cap. Sl,
500,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dis
trict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
Metals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Black Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop.
Bear It. dist. Can. (Controlled by
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.
Bridgeport Syndicate: Cap. 20,000 un
its, par $10; prop. Salmon K. 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.
$5,000,000, 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-Copper
Co., Bear It. dist.; Buena Vista Min
ing Co., Salmon it. 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
Boar R. dist. Can.
Dandy-Star Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Daly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $2,000.
000, par $1; prop. Salmon It., Hyder
district. Amer.
Dunwell Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
par §1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Emperor Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,500,000.
par 91; 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 It. dist. Can.
Ceorge Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1. prop. Bear It.
dist. Can.
Georgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$3,000,000, par $1; prop. Georgia R.
Can.
Glacier Girl Mining Co., Ltd.: prop.
Boar it. dist. Can. (Controlled by Mar
mot Metals Co.)
Cold Standard Mining Co., Ltd: Cap.
$3,0000,000, par .25; prop. Texas
Creole, Hyder dist. Amer.
Hyder Lead Mines Inc.: Cap. $2,
500,000 par 91; prop. Texas Crec-k,
Hyder dist. Can. (Controlled by
Amalgamated Minos. Inc.)
Independence Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $3,51)0,000, par $1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3.000,000..
par $1; prop. Salmon K. dist. Can.
International Metals Exploration Co.
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. (’an.
: L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $.1 <0,000, par .25; prop. Hear K
dist. Can.
Lakcview Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,030,000
par ..25: prop. Hear It. dist. Can.
Last Chance Mining Co.: Prop, Sal
mon rt. di.it. Can.
Marmot Metals Mining Co., Ltd.:
cap. $1,500,000, par .50; prop. Marmot
It. dist. Can. (Controlling Melvin Syn
dicate. Glacier Girl Mining Co., Blacli
Hill Mining C6., Bitter Creek Mines
Co.)
! Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
j $1,000,000, par .25; prop. Marmot It.
j dist. Can.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot It. dist. Amor.
: Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
! Cap. $5,000, 0UU, par $1; Marmot It.
i rlht. Can.
! Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
| Prop. Marmot dist. Can.
; Mar lurid Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
I it. dist. Can.
f Mayflower Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $1,
: 000,000, par .50; prop. Hear It. dist.
j Can.
j Mayou Cold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
: Prop. Bear It. dist. Can.
i M. C. Mining Cc., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
1 It. dist. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
unll-r. par $5.00; prep. Marmot It. dist.
Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
S500.000, no par; prop. Fish Cr. Hy
der dist. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. ?1,
500.000 par .50; prop. Salmon K. dist.
Georgia It. dist. Can.
Ninety-Six Mil Ing Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1;-American.
; North Country Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
2 Orto.Ov-O p :r $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot dirt. Can.
Northern Light Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
■ 000,000 par $1; prop. Salmon It. dist.
: Can.
Northern Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Sal
; men R. dist. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop,
j Boar it. dist. Canadian.
Outl.md Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
;-'1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon it.
1 dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
! 1)00 units, par $10; prop. Marmot It.
dist. Amer.
Pat. Daly Mining and Development
Co., Ltd : Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. dist. Can.
Fcdro-Goorgia River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop, Georgia It.
dist. Can.
Pcrter-ldaho Mining Co., Ltd. Cap.
c 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 It., iiyder (list. Can. (Also is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Co'd Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$5,0:10,000, par $1; prop. Salmon ft.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. StlOO.
000, par .20; prop. Barney's Gulch.
I Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co.. Ltd.: Prop. Mt.
Rainey, Bear It. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
ft. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $2,000,00. par SI; prop. Bear It.
! dist. Can. (Controlling Independence
Mining Co.)
1 Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$350,000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Can.
Rufus-Argenta Minnc, Ltd.:Cap. 53,000,
; OoO, par $1; prop. Bear il. (list. Can.
Sebakvve and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2s 6d, prop. Sal
mon It. (list. British,
] Oilverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. §500,000,
I par SI: prop. ?,It Rainey, Bear it. dint.
: (Controlled by Premier Cold Mining
! Co.) Can.
, Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
> 500,000, par .25; prop. Sainton It. dist,
I Can.
i Silver Bell Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
1 Ait. Rainey, Bear it. dist. Can.
j Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
j 3250,000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek,
| Bear It. dist. Can.
! Silver Rang; Consolidated Mines,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot It. dist. Can.
] Sliver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
••5500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Rainey,
I Bear It. dist. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
j 5250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr.,
| Bear It. dist. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; prop,
j 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.l Cap. $1,500,
; 000, par 51; prop. Fish Cr., Ilyder dist.
Auier.
; United Empirg Gold & Silver Mining
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear It. dist. Can.
| Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Ameri
I can Cr. Bear R, dist. Can.
| White River Placer Syndicate: Cap.
20,000 uni ts, par $5; prop. Naas It.
(list. Can.
Woodbine Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
C&p. S5,000,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R. (list. Can.
Geology of Hyder and Vicinity
By Prof. A. F. Budding ton
Department of Geology, Princeton University
FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 807
( Second Installment )
Vegetation
All the valley bottoms, excep
those occupied by glaciers o
the immediate flood plains o
the rivers, are well wooded. Ii
general, the slopes, up to an al
tilude of 3,000#feet and ii
favorable places 3,500 feet
are clothed with a dens<
i growth of forest, except when
it has been swept away bj
snowslides. Above the timbei
line to a height of about 4,00(
or 4,500 feet there is a bet
which is covered by heather
with here and there straggling
patches of stunted and scraw
ny trees. Above the heathei
is a zone of alternating bare
i rock, rock flakes, and angulai
J glacial debris, with patches oi
snow, which extends to to the
lower limit of the glaciers and
the snow or ice caps. On comt
ridges too narrow to support a
i snow field this zone may ex
; tend as high as G,400 feet,
j The forests consist chiefly ol
! hemlock and spruce, common
! ly with hemlock predominat
| ing. Yellow cedar is found lo
| rally. There is sufficient tim
I her along Salmon river. Texas
j creek, West Fork, and at the
| mouth of Thumb creek to sup
j ply all mining needs.
| The slopes at the ends of the
ridges between Through and
Greenpoint Glaciers, between
| Greenpoint and Ferguson glac
iers, and between Texas and
Chickamin glaciers are covered
with timber as high as 3,000 to
'3,500 feet; but near the head
I
of Skookum creek, east of Sal
mon river, the forest extends
only to a height of 2,800 feet.
Water Fewer
There are water-power sites
on Thumb creek, the West
Fork of Texas creek, Salmon
river, and many of (lie smaller
mountain streams. Develop
| ment of water power on the
’ three major streams, however,
’ would necessitate consider
ation of the fact that in the
| spring and rummer,they carry
considerable glacial flour,
which would tend, to silt up the
| reservoirs. Adequate power for
prospecting can usually be de
veloped from the mountain
streams on most of the proper
ties.
Topography
General Features of the Relief.
The Salmon river district lies
within the eastern part of the
Coast Range. The topography
of the district is one of great
relief, with the highest peaks
4,000 to 5,000 feet above the
valley bottoms.
The scenery is bold and strik
ing and is particularly grand in
the vicinity of the internation
al boundary just west of Mount
Bayard, where the highest
sharp-pointed peaks reach al
j titudes of over 7,000 feet above
sea level, and though they rise
above great, uniform fields of
'snow and ice that cover many
of the lower mountain tops and
partly fill all the valleys, yet
they themselves bear, carved
in their sides, large ampithe
aters occupied by glaciers.
The mountains in general
have been glacially rounded to
a height of about 6,000 feet or
more, and sharp-pointed, ser
rate peaks are found only
above this altitude. Snow or
ice caps cover all large arear.
above 5,000 feet that are not
too steep, and on protected di
vider, they occur locajly as low
as 4,600 feet. Glaciers are
found in protected basins at
still lower levels. The valley
walls have been glaciated and
usually have very steep slopes
or, in some parts of the region,
sheer cliffs. Except where
broken by these cliffs or by the
! narrow gorges and gulches cut
j in postglacial time, the slopes,
though steep, are generally
smooth. At the base of the
steeper slopes in the valleys
that are now free from glaciers
there are large accumulations
of talus which, with the alluv
ial fans buiit up at the mouths
of gulches, have flattened the
lower slopes and have tended
to give a V-shape to what were
previously glaciated U-shaped
valleys.
The major tributaries of Sal
mon river are Cascade Creek,
Texas Creek, Thumb Creek,
Fish Creek, and the creek that
enters from the southwest on
the west side of the river about
3(/e miles northwest of Ilyder.
The divide between the drain
age basins of Chickamin River
and Salmon Riiver trends, in i
general, almost true south par- j
a 1!e 1 to Salmon River and Sal-1
mon Glacier. The West Fork ■
of Texas Creek has, however,1
pushed its headwaters far back
into this divide and has pro- j
duced in it a big bend to the
west. Indeed, the West Fork ;
would not have to cut its bed
much lower and advance head
ward much farther to capture
the drainage of the upper part
of Chickamin valley, now occu
pied by Chickamin Glacier.
The dominant elements of the
relief are the Bear River Ridge
between Salmon and Bear Riv
ers, the unexplored group of
mountains south of Thumb
creek, the ridge between
Thumb Creek and the West
Fork of Texas Creek, the ridge
between the West Fork of Tex
as Creek and Texas Glacier,
and the ridge between Texas
Glacier and Boundary Glac
ier. The Bear River Ridge
trends north, the other ridges
trend west.
The part of the Bear River
Ridge that is within the district
is rounded and flat-topped. It
has a general altitude of about
5,000 feet and culminates on
the south in the snow-capped
peak of Mount Dolly, at an al
titude of 5,475 feet. This ridge
rises with steep slopes from the
valley floor of Salmon River.
The divide between the drain
age to Thumb Creek and Green
point Glacier and the drainage
to the West Fork" is 1 t/t> times
as far from the West Fork as
as from Thumb Creek.. It has
a length of about 5 miles, and
for a third of this distance it is
0,000 feet or more in altitude.
The lowest pass across it is
Ferguson Glacier, at an alti
tude of about 4,600 feet. Sever
al peaks rise to heights of 6,
300 feet. Snow fields and ice
caps cover most of the divide,
and from it flow five major
glaciers—Hidden, Casey, and
Ferguson to the West Fork,
and Grayand Thumb to Thumb
Creek. The divide between the
West Fork and Texas Glacier
is three times as far from the
West Fork as from Texas Glac
ier. It is about 41/2 miles long,
and nearly half of it is above
5,000 feet in altitude. There
are two ice caps with their
crests at about 5,800 feet, sep
arated by a pass at the head of
Ibex Gulch at an altitude of
about 4,800 feet. The ridge be
tween Texas and Boundary
Glaciers in general slopes from
a maximum of 6,100 feet at the
head of Boundary Glacier to
4,700 feet just west of the in
ternational boundary. Prac
tically the whole ridge is
capped with snow throughout
the year.
Continued Next Week
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