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VOL 7, NO. 20
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
B. C, SILVER DUE
BODIES SHOWING
GOOD AVERAGE
Continued success in the de
velopment of the new ore bod
ies recently opened up on the
B. C. Silver property is reveal
ed in the December official
progress report issued January
29 by the London offices ot
the Selukwe Gold Mining and
Finance Co.
A copy of the report re
ceived by mail this week is as
follows:
All work was confined to No.
3 level, No. 5 sub-level and No.
6 level.
No. 6 level—651 raise in the
main ore-body south-west of
No. 2 shaft is now 64 fee
above the floor of 626 drift.
All of this raise was in the
silicified and mineralized zone.
The average of all the face1
samples taken over a distance
of 56.5 ft. is $28.06, with an
average sampling width of
5.3 ft. Test holes into both the
foot and hanging walls have
shown commercial ore to be '
considerably greater in width
than is shown by the results i
of the face sampling of the j
raise.
No. 5 sub-level—5 sub-level l
was opened up from the north
east end of 651 raise at a
point about 53 ft. above the
floor of 636 drift, and was ad
vanced about 32.5 ft. This |
drift follows the zone towards !
the north-east, and shows!
maiked improvement in the!
mineralization. The best 5 ft.
face sample assayed $21.2-1
and the best back sample ran
$25.09 over a width of 5 ft.
Test holes toward the south
west have shown the commer
cial ore to be several feet
wider at this horizon than the
width of ore exposed by the
drift.
No. 3 level—The two raises
353 and 354 were advanced
27.5 ft. and 28.5 ft respect
ively. Both of these raises have
been in favourable ground. 353 j
raise is now in a well mineral
ized area, and the work on
No. 3 level will be concen
trated there.
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Mrs. E. E. Hall Passe3 Away
Mrs. Ella Hall, wife of Mr.
E. E. Hall, prominent Van
couver financier and vice
president of the Bank of Hy
der, passed away in Vancouver
Wednesday last week accord
ing to advices received by Mr.
J. A. Hall and family.
Mrs. Hall’s death culminat
ed from a long illness due to I
kidney trouble.
The funeral services were j
held February 13. after which
the remains of the deceased
were shipped to Winnipeg, the
former home of the family, to 1
be interred in the family bur- i
ial plot. In addition to her
husband, the deceased is sur
vived by two sons, Carl I. and
Frank E. Hall, and a daughter
Mrs. Aileen Treadwell. Mr.
Carl Hall is a resident of Van
couver, and his brother and
sister reside in the East.
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Floyd Snyder, local transfer
man, who has been in the
south for several months re
turned Thursday.
Banded Mountain Trail
Construction to Star
Assurances that constructioi
work on the Banded Mountaii
{trail construction project wil
be started as soon as funds ar<
| available, were given by R. A
Zeller, Forest Supervisor of th<
Tongass National Forest, in f
letter to the Hyder Chambei
of Commerce last week.
In an effort to acertain tht
contemplations of the For
est Service regarding this high
ly important project, the
Chamber of Commerce for
warded a letter to Mr. Zellei
on January 17, asking what
action was to be taken toward
constructing the trail this
spi ing.
The reply states that Band
ed Mountain trail has been ap
proved by the Supervisor’s ot
tice and as soon as funds ave
available preparations will be
made to start the project.
‘■\Ve have some hopes,” the
message continues, “of obtain
ing the allotment in time t'
start work as soon as snow
conditions at the glacier will
permit activities of this nat
ure.”
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers are a unit in the view that
the trail to Banded Mount
ain should be pushed through
at the earliest moment to fac
ilitate mining operations in
that now somewhat inaccess
ible district. Under present
conditions supplies can be
transported there only in limit
ed quantities and at consider
able effort and expense ow
ing to the difficulties in tra
versing the Chiclcamin Glacier.
An added incentive for early
completion of the trail is that
one of the districts’ most p 'om
ising gold properties, the Met
calf and Fendley group, is lo
cated in the Banded Mountain
area and is expected to become
the scene of large «eale de
velopment activities by Seattle
interests as soon as better
.1 ansportaion facilities are
provided.
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War Veterans to Meet
A meeting of war veterans has
been called for Tuesday even
ing, February 24th, at Chan
oer of Commerce Hall for the
purpose of considering local
hospitalization and other ben
efits for veterans. The meeting
is not an American Legion
meeting in any degree and al!
veterans are requested to at
tend and bring their Army,
Navy or Marine Corps dis
charge with them.
The meeting will start at
3:20 P. M. and is to be held
in connection with proposals
tor local medical care and hos
pitalization for veterans sub
mitted to the Stewart Hospital
by the U. S. Veterans Bureau.
For complete details see N. M.
Traversv.
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School Nomination
Meeting Saturday
A public meeting will be
held in the school house next
Saturday evening for the pur
pose of nominating candidates
for the office of school direct
ors in preparation for the an
nual school election in March.
Owing to the resignation of
two members of the last elect
ed hoard, a similar number of
vacancies are to be filled at
the election, which will be held
March 14.
HLJSKA COMMERCE
OVER SO MILLION
The total commerce of Alas
ka for 1930 amounted to $90,
j 232,413, according to statistics
1 compiled by the United States
i Customs Service and Depart
ment of Commerce and pre
sented In the annual Customs
j Service report.
Of this total amount of
trade, $57,187,146 represents
merchandise, gold and silver
[shipped from Alaska, while
$33,045,267 represents the val
ue of like commodities shipped
to Alaska during the same per
iod, the statement says.
The balance of trade in fav
or of Alaska for the year
amounts to $24,141,879.
An increase of $403,548 in j
i shipments of gold and silver is !
j noted for the year. The Fourth
I Division, with mining activities ;
centered around Fairbanks,
showed the greatest increase.
in gold production, having a
total of $3,234,786, or an in
crease of $1,334,274 over
1929. The other three divisions I
I showed a slight decline from
,1929. The total domestic gold
and silver shipments from all
1 divisions amounted to $7,842,
493 for the year.
Copper shipments for 1930
amounted to 37,774 , 969
pounds and $5,341,035 in val
ue. This represents a dcewx»?e ,
of 6,123,787 pounds and $3,-1
356,940 in value. The decline
in production of minerals
other than gold during the i
year is well explained in a
statement issued by the U. S.
Geological Surveyv, which
states that general industrial
conditions similar to those of,
the United States and practi- i
cally all other countries, pre-i <
vailed in Alaska during 1930
and were reflected in the de- i
creased value of the mineral
output. The prices paid for
mineral commodities other
than gold were so abnormally1
low as compared with 1929 ';
that more than two million
dollars of the decrease was due
to this cause alone. The low'
prices, however, had perhaps <
an even greater effect in de
terring development of mines ]
whose ores carry principally ■
base metals, so that their out- i
put was either curtailed or al
together stopped.
Total shipments of fish and
fish products in 1930 amount
ed to $36,719,429. This was a
decrease of $9,933,356 from ■ <
1929.
This also was due largely to
abnormal conditions, the de-j 1
cline both in pounds and val it
ue being attributed to the al-jr
most complete failure of the j.
run of red fish in Bristol Bay,
together with adverse market jr
conditions which affected the ' (
price of fish. J
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ACCIDENT VICTIMS IMPROVING
It is reported from Prince r
Rupert that Jimmie Knight, <
who sustained a fractured
skull in a runaway bucket ac-|
cident on the Premier tram
December 2, is making splend- s
id progress toward complete i
recovery and is able to be out 1
a bit. Dimitri Roslaef, who sus-J i
tained a broken back in the i
same accident, is still in a cast '
in the Rupert Hospital but has 1
a very good chance of pulling i
through, the reports say. , t
EXPORTS SHOW GOOD
GUN III JANUARV
Shipments of Alaska mer
chandise to the United States
in January possessed a total
value of $1,024,335, according
to the monthly statement of
Collector of Customs J. O.
McBride.
This was a slight gain over
the preceding month, when
similar shipments totaled
$855,642 in value. Shipments
of fish and fish products led
the list of exports as usual,
with a total value of 8609,479.
Copper and lead were second
with shipments valued at
8208,481. This was a big de
cline as compared to the pre
ceding month, when similar
shipments totaled $444,392
and was due to a reduction in
copper shipments from 3.635,
981 pounds in December to 1,
674,091 pounds in January.
Exports of furs and fur skins
amounted to a total of $130,
730, an increase of more than
$124,000 over December. Ship
ments of miscellaneous pro !
ducts totaled $6,599, and live
animals contributed $6,275.
Gold shipments for the
month were nearly 100 per!
:ent greater than for the same j
month last year, with a total
af $544,386, as compared to
?286,9S7 for January,1930.
The complete Hot of captniwi
,'ommodities and their respect
ve values follows.
50 i
6,225 j
ilue coxes .
Other animals .
' ish : fresh and frozen
[except shell-fish)
Halibut .
Salmon . . .
All othei .
banned: except
hell-fish)
Salmon .'_
,’ured or preserved
except sheli-fish)
Cod.
Hen inn
Salmon .
Shell-fish:
Clams .
Crabs ..
Shrimps .. .
Other fish products:
Oil .
'"nrs and fur-skins.
Alue fox . . .
Silver or Mack fox
Red fox .
White fox.
Mink.
Muskrat.
All other . .
>re, matte, r.'gulus
opper
Lead .
teindeer meat .
itone, marble, etc...
frophies, specimens
V11 other articles .
248,800
118,594
3.965
205,791
1,442
1,277
6,452
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3,64 1
460
18.954
10
72,145
32,750
2,731
80
16.078
151
6.795
j.
190,270
18,211
15
6,189
160
9?,!
fotal value of products
if Alaska . 961,564
Products of the Unit
'd States returned .. 62,771
rotal value of shipments
if merchandise . 1,024,335
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A number of volunteer snow- j
hovelers performed an excel
ent public service in the upper (
ownsite by clearing the snow
rom the sidewalk along Pre
nier Avenue. The clearing i
vork was started by Chas. 1
'’ehring and is much appreci- 1
ited by dwellers in the upper 5
md of town. <
No Legislation on
Assessment Work
There will be no legislation
by congress this session re
lieving owners of mining
claims from doing assesment
work on their claims either for
this year or last, says Harry J.
: Brown in the Boise Statesman.
The senate committee on
mining, after discussing the
bill which would waive this
requirement, decided to side
track the bill and the house
committee, which had before
it a similar bill has been im
portuned to take no action.
The interior department is or.
record as opposing this legis
lation. That is another factor
which insures no action by
congress.
The house Wednesday pass
ed the Smith bill permitting
an exchange of 320 acres o*
privately owned land near
Craters of the Moon national
monument for other public
land, so as to give the govern
ment title to lands to be tra
versed by a pipe line to convej
water to the craters.
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Chinese See Possibilities
for Industrial Independence
In Silver Situation
That the fall in the value ol
Mexican silver dollar in China '
o the lowest figure on record .
ias almost paralyzed foreign
business but that some Chinese
Drofers to see in the situation
he possibility of quick indust- |
ial independence for that
rnuntry, is the substance ot j
ecent press dispatches from |
Shanghai.
With the silver dollar worth j.
>nly 22Va cents gold, Chinese |
mporters have been forced to j -
lecline the acceptance of con- ! ,
racted goods and virtually I ;
top all foreign buying, declar-' j
ng that their customers could j
iot pay four silver dollars for !
roods worth but one dollar in ;
fold.
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Domestic trade as well as ; .
mport and export trade has1 (
offered, the reports said. t
tanks, piled high with silver j
lollars, reported transactions -1
lear stagnation, no one being (
villing to risk buying or selling ,
vith the fluctuating and de- ,
lining currency, and few buy- j
ms possessed enough silver to
neet prices on a gold basis. ]
Some local industries, how-'t
ver, have been benefited, as (
tccumulated silver dollarsi2
vere poured into them rather
han into foreign products. I
teal estate has increased in j
’alue and building and loan j
levelopment has been much r
iccelerated.
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News of the death of his ^
nother, Mrs. Alec. Crawford,
n Vancouver Sunday, was re
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eived Monday by W. J. Craw
ord, Stewart transfer mag
late. The deceased lady was
:ged 75 years and her demise
vas due to an apoplectic j
troke. Mr. Crawford and .
mother, Jack, left for Van
ouver Monday evening to at
end the obsequious.
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Angus McDougall, former
ocal resident who has been in t
/Jctoria and Vancouver for I
ome time, returned Monday I
vening. r
DISASTER SEEN
FOR ALASKA A. D,
IN MONET CUT
Disaster for the Alaska Rail
road and the loss of hundreds
of thousands of dollars to the
commerce of the Pacific North
west is foreseen by business
men of the Northwest in the
$500,000 cut in the Alaska
Railroad’s annual budget
which has been provided in
the general appropriation, ac
cording to Seattle news re
ports.
Several prominent organiza
tions in the Northwest have
started a movement to have
the railroad’s maintenance ap
propriation increased to the
normal amount.
It is reported that by slash
ing the maintenance appropri
ation congress gives no alterna
tive but to double the rates,
which will mean an economic
hardship to the sections of
Alaska which the railroad
serves and will cause acute de
pression and tend to destroy
-he commerce between Alaska
and the Northwest.
At a conference of North
vest business leaders plans
vere laid to have all com
nercial organizations bring
Pressure on their legislatures
' • . w tl*v ill
ireased.
*ioneers to Give Recognition
To Alaska Youths
Formation of an affiliated
issociation for Alaska-born
ons and daughter of pioneers
vill be a chief order of busi
less before the Grand Igloo
’ioneers of Alaska when it
lolds its annual session in Jun
■au next week, according to
he Juneau Empire.
Young men and young wom
n born in the Territory sub
equent to 1905 are ineligible
o admittance into the Pioneers
f Alaska and there is no af
iliated association for them,
fet the wife of any members
if the pioneer’s organization
nay become a member of its
uxiliary, even if she has been
n the Territory only a day.
The meeting will convene
February 25 and will last
bout four days. Delegates are
xpected from every Igloo in
Uaska.
According to the pioneers’
onstitution, no person arriv
ing in the Territory since 1905
s eligible to membership,
’hroughout Alaska there are
umerous young men and
pomen born in the Territory
ince then who are anxious,
nd some have asked, to be
nembers of the old timers’
rganization.
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Frank Hipp, who has been
mployed for some time by the
’rernier, severed his connect
3n with the company last
^eek and left Monday for
ilert Bay.
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Teddy Knox, lately employ
d at the Big Missouri, left
londay evening for Alert
tay, where he expects to re
gain some time.