HYDER WEEKLY MINER
' Formerly The Hydef Alaska Miner
Published every Monday by the Hyder Miner Publish
ing Co., Hyder, Alaska.
Entered as second-classmatter at the postoffice at
Hyder, Alaska, November 4,1919, under tne Act of March
3. 1879.
CHAS. fTsANDFORD. 777 J. .7 .~ Editor.
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The settlement of the Daly- j
Alaska case by a degree of the
district court, which not only
confirms the ownership of the ;
Daly- Alaska company but also
forever enjoins the Caldwell
interests»and assigns from fur
ther attacks on the title based
on the same contentions, is a
matter of more than average
importance to the district in
that it is a drastic blow at the |
tendency to institute litigath-n !
baaed on filmsy contentions ot
law and fact that will not stana
the test of the courts wlie i
br >right to issue.
Legal actions beclouding the
titles of mining properties are
to be deplored at all times be
cause of the harmful effects on
development. Needless to say
the effects are doubly harmful
when such litigation is unwar
ranted by the true facts invol
ved. Time has long demon- j
strated that those interested m
mining development hesitate to
interest themselves in a district
where litigation has developed
to an appreciable extent, par- j
ticularly when it is shown that
unscrupulous or unjustifiable
conltntions^are frequently the
basis of action. All too often
is it the case that litigants in
mining cases have not a leg to
stand on when it comes to plac
ing their alleged cause of com
plaint before the stern eyes of
justice and it is an undeniable
fact that capital fights shy of
the district where such tenden
cy develops.
The announcement that high
grade ore has been found in
the lower tunnel on the Dun
well, in addition to being a
cause for congratulation, is a
most decisive demonstration
of the.permanency of the tnin
eralized formation of the Bear
River district, just as the Pre
mier has proved the downwara
continuity of the Salmon Riv
er ore belt.
One may scarcely imagine a
development of greater im
portance to the Portland Can- j
al district than is provided by
the Dunwell discovery, not
alone bcccuco il will add an
other producing mine but also j
for the reason that it discounts
in most decisive manner the
ill advised assumptions of cer
tain “experts,, who in the past
condemned not only the Pre
mier ’out every other property i
in the district on the score of
alleged lack of permanency.
It matters not that the opm
ions of these learned gentle
men were based upon no more
than superficial studies of the
geology and minerology of the
district or that they have bee n
disproved in practically every
instance where development
has progressed beyond the ei > J
mentary prospecting stage;
the evil effects of their gross, j
even tho unwitting, misrepr :
sentations continue to hinder
and delay development. Ti e
Premier, the Indian, the River
side and now the Dunwell ha-, c
demonstrated the error of the:;
views but, like all evil talc
they persist and will continue
to create distrust in the min is
of investors until such time as
they are conclusively dis
proved by developments like
that in the Dunwell. Thou
sands of dollars and tons .of
printers’ ink would scarcely
restore the loss of confidence
created by the unwarranted
declarations that the local min
jeralized zones were “blanket”
,or shallow in character and
I would decrease in size, if not
| in value, as depth was attained.
The false impression created
by '"’"h utterances can be ef
fectively dissipated in only one
way—by demonstrating, as the
! Dunwell is doing, that the ore
bodies of the district do go
down and that they increase
rather than diminish, both in
extent and in values carried, as
depth is attained. This has
been the case in practically
every instance where enough
development work has been
done to really demonstrate
what is in the ground.
Patronize your home town
merchant. He is the fellow who
'sticks by you when rent is due
and pototoes are out and no
'Work in sight. You complain
that his prices are higher than
the Outside merchant. Natural
ly they are, for he hasn’t one
tenth of the trade of the Out
side firm. Patronize him more
and he can soon afford to char
ige less with the increase in
trade. We know you will say at
once that he won’t-that he will
go right on charging the same
prices. But he will. With all 01
the local business houses enjoy
ing more trade all can afford to
lower prices and competition
will make them do it-or lose
out in the race for the increas
jed business. However mucn
jypu may decry the statement,
the home town merchant is
your friend. He is always here
to serve you whether there is
dust in the poke or not as long
las he knows you are square.
[The Outside business house
I gives you nothing but a slight
'saving for your money at best.
Yqur home town merchant
helps to keep the town that
gives you a living on the map.
Give him your patronage!
Many a business man spends
a lot of time killing time, wait
ing for the day to come when
business will happen their
way.
Such men are blind to the eter
nal fact that business comes
where it is invited and stays
where it is well treated.
No true business man loses
any time waiting for business
;to happen; he gets busy adver
tising and makes it happen.—
Cordova Times.
Alaska journals state that
our old fellow-townsman, John
W. Frame, was “requested to
run for republican national
committeeman against Arthur
Frame, of Anchorage."
We don’t know who did the
“requesting,” but it looks to us
mighty like a frame-up of some
kind.
—
The gross area of Alaska is
590,804 square miles.
Alaska has in operation the
largest high-grade copper mine
in the world.
Alaska soil has the same qual
ities that make the wheat of
Manitoba famous.
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