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VOL 2, NO. 51
HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18,1926
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FIFTY CMS A KCK1H
E. W. HINCKLEY KILLED
IN MOUNTAIN FALL
Victim of one of the most
shocking tragedies in the hist
ory of the camp, Earl W.
Hinckley, local immigration
inspector and a prominent fig
ure in the social and business
activities of the community,
lost his life early Monday
morning by falling into a can
yon on the granite slopes 01
the great bald peak known as
Mt. Lincoln, which raises its
lofty head a short distance
west of town. The fall which
resulted in Mr. Hinckley’s
death occurred about 10:30
Sunday evening while he was
engaged in piloting a party of
eight young people down the
mountain, after they had
climbed to the summit earlier
in the day. The party, consist
ing of Thelma Burleigh, Grace
Birkland, Lillian Stewart, Mr.
Hinckley, Hubert Thomas, Bar
ry Blue, Robt. Sutton and Wen
dell Fehring, had arranged to
climb the mountain if the
weather was clear in company
with Attorney Ernest Blue,
who wished to obtain pano
ramic views of the surround
ing district from the summit.
On arising Sunday morning
and finding the nearly 6000
foot peak was shrouded in
fog, Mr. Blue decided not to
make the trip and warned
some of the others not to at
tempt it if fog remained on
the mountain.
The remainder of the party
proceeded down the Canal
about two miles in the Silver
Heels and landed a short dis
tance below Salmon Point. The
place of landing is practically
at the foot of Mt. Lincoln. By
the time the party arrived the
fog bank along the mountain
side was beginning to raise
and members of the party say
they decided to follow it up
in the hope of reaching the
peak. Progress was slow at
first owing to the fog but the
party eventually reached the
crest about 6 p. m. Sunday
evening.
After a short stay on the
summit, they started down but
although good progress was
made, they were still several
miles from the beach when
overtaken by darkness. The
going was fairly good;, how
ever, and as all were anxious
to get home they pressed on
for a time with the aid of a
flashlight. How long this con
tinued no one appears to know
with certainty but at length
?he flashlight ceased to funct
ion and the expedition was
confronted with the alterna
tive of risking the dangers
of continuing in the dark or
passing the night on the
mountain. At this juncture Mr.
Hinckey and Miss Burleigh
were a short distance in ad
vance of the rest and appar
ntly failed to understand the
, a’U of their companions when
the latter wisely decided to
camp for the night, about 10
p. m. After vainly attempting
to recall Mr. Hinckley and his
companion, the rest of the
party proceeded to build a
big fire and prepare lunch
and coffee, but continued to
call at intervals for some time,
hoping that Mr. Hinckley and
Miss Burleigh would respond.
Failing to receive an answer,
and realizinng the futility of
attempting to find thm in the
[ RICH STRIKE ON
OUTLAND BAR
A massive vein of ore carry
ing high values in gold and
silver was encountered Mon
day on the Outland Silver Bar
properties on the west border
of Salmon Glacier, according
to reliable reports from that
section.
I The new ore body is said to
be about 12 feet in width, and
\ carries a wide vein of solid
high grade ore. Samples are
said to range from $67.50, the
lowest obtained, to $350 a ton.
Full details of the strike are
lacking, although it appears to
have been made in a new tun
nel started a week or two ago
■to cross cut an hitherto unex
plored surface showing.
The recently inaugurated dia
mond drilling operations on
-the Cantu group are reported
to have been greatly retard
ed lately by lack of water. The
water supply, obtained from
a small lake near the crest of
Cantu Mountain, is said to
have given out during the
long continued dry spell and
forced a temporary suspension
of operations.
Matthew Lodge, of Monck
ton, N. B.f now owner of a
1 portion of the Stoner grup, ar
rived from the South last week
| to look after his local inter
ests.
Mr. Lodge, who holds large
mining interests in the iron
regions of eastern Canada,
i plans to secure patent for his
local holdings before under
; taking active development
work.
dark they at length conclud
1 ed that the couple had reach
ed the beach. In the meantime,
all unknown to the campers,
a fearful tragedy had been
j enacted on the rock strewn
j slopes about three-fourths of
a mile below. According to
Miss Burleigh, Mr. Hinckley
appeared imbued with the
idea of reaching a canyon
; which earlier observations had
shown offered and easy and
comparatively safe descent
to the beach. Despite the
i heavy gloom, they were able
to see objects close at hand
and, finding the footing good,
they continued down the
slope, assuming that th„e oth
ers were coming on behind.
During the descent Mr. Hinck
ley pointed out to her the
dark line of the canyon and
stated the belief that if it
could be reached they would
have no difficulty in gaining
the beach. Moving cautiously
along they finally reached the
rim of the canyon and Mr.
Hinckley stepped forward to
reconnoiter, leaving her stand
ing a short distance from the
edge. She said it was his aim
to find an easy place of de
, scent into the canyon. She
; watched him go out upon what
i appeared to be a slightly slop
1 ing mass of rock until he
i reached a point where a small
tree threw out its branches
over the brink. Up to this
’ point he appeared to be safe
but on going a step or two
! farther he apparently lost
! his footing on a steeper sur
1 face and started to slide
downward. Evidently realizing
NEW HIGH GRADE
DEPOSIT FOUND
ON BIG MISSOURI
Reports from the Big Mis
souri announce the recent dis
covery of a new body of high
grade silver-lead ore on the
Terminus claim. The vein is
said to be located some dis
tance above the fine ore body
previously found on the Ter
minues property and apparent
ly is a distinct deposit, the ores
being of widely varying char*
acter.
Owing to the short time elaps
ing since the discovery, little
is known regarding the extent
of the new deposit or the val
ues carried, although -it re
quires no more than a glance
to determine that the ore is
undoubtedly of shipping grade.
Samples from the lead seen
the Herald representative
were solid masses of steel
galena with an intermingling
of chalcopyrite and were dis
tinctly spectacular in appeat
ance. The vein is said to be six
feet or more in width, and 01
practically solid ore through
out.
The vein of rich gold ore
found last fall by Pat Daly in
the old Mann tunnel has also
been located at greater depth
in the new tunnel, known as
the Showm tunnel, on which
work has been in progress foi
some time. The vein is said to
have been encountered Tues
day night.
The latter discovery is of
wide importance as it indicates
the downward continuity of
high grade ore found in the
Mann tunnel.
his danger he attempted to
grasp a limb of the small tree.
But for the fact that he was
holding a small prospector’s
pick in one hand, she believes
he would have been able to
save himself. Unfortunately he
was unable to gain a suffici
ently strong hold to check his
progress and a second later
plunged swiftly downward
and disappeared from view.
All she could see was a trail
of sparks from his nail shod l
shoes, grating along the rocky 1
slope with ever increasing
speed as he shot down the al
most precipitous slope below.
A moment later and the only
sign of his swift descent into
the rock strew depths was
the hollow rattle of loose
stones against the jutting
rocks. There was. no outcry
from the unfortunate man as
he crashed into the rocky
depths.
Although badly frightened
by the sudden catastrophe,
Miss Burleigh managed to re
tain her presence of mind
sufficiently to avoid running
out on the treacherous rock
and, after a short period of
alternately calling and listen
ing for an answer, decided
that her unfortunate compan
ion must be badly hurt and in
need of assistance. Spurred by
the thought and totally for
getful of the dangers attend
ing any attempt to reach the
canyon floor in the dark, she
nevertheless sought and final
ly found a way into the depths
below. Fortunately she en
countered a spot where a slide
had deposited considerable
soft earth and by alternately
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WONDERFUL NEW
STRIKE ON B. C. SILVER
An ore shoot 600 feet long
and carrying the highest val
ues of any ore so far encount
ered on that property was dis
covered Monday on the B. C.
Silvr according to reports
reaching town on Tuesday.
Owing to the news inhibitions
placed upon the officials, a
confirmation cannot be obtain
ed at this time. It is reliably
stated, however, that the
strike is one of the most won
derful discoveries so far made
in the district.
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BORDER GROUP BONDED
BY OUTSIDE PARTIES
The Border Group, owned by
Lon. R. Doggett, will shortly
become the scene of large
scale development work in the
event that the plans proposed
by Messrs. Martin Welch, C. T.
Quayle and M. R. Czsewski,
are brought to successful com
pletion under the terms of a
60-day option given by Mr.
Doggett during the past week.
The bond agreement is said to
involve total payments of §20
000. It is also understood that
the bond holders contemplate
the early installation of a com
pressor and other equipment
and will thereafter inaugurate
a program of intensive devel
opment work.
The Border group is made of
two claims and is located- on
the boundary line at 13-Mile
and a short distance from
the Premier. The group dis
plays a number of very prom
ising showings on which con
siderable development work,
including a 90-foot tunnel, has
been done by Mr. Doggett in
earlier years.
Martin Welch, who was chief
!y instrumental in negotiating
the deal, is one of the owners
of the Mineral Hill Group, ad
joining the Big Missouri and
is Avell known to local mining
men. Messrs. Quayle and
Czsewski are new arrivals in
the district and are said to rep-;
resent San Francisco capital.:
Since their arrival in the dis
trict, they have inspected a
number of properties, includ
ing the Domino group on Aug
ust Mountain, and also visited
the Big Missouri.
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Wm. Bunting left Saturday
enroute to Spokane, where it is
understood he will lay before
a group of Spokane capitalists,
a new gold discovery of great
promise made last year by
John O. Stenbraten (Stampede
John) in the Porcupine dis
trict. Mr. Bunting recently re
turned from the scene of the
new strike with samples of the
ore, all of which contained
quantities of free gold in «
quartz gangue.
Patrick J. Lynch, directing
head of the Lynch Bros, dia
mond drilling firm, of Seattle,
is visiting the district and look
ing over various properties
where work is in progress. Ac
companied by Harry Tanner,
Mr. Lynch spent a couple of
days in the Marmot section
last week and is now visiting
the upper Salmon district.
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C. A. Banks, manager of the
B. C. Silver operations left for
Vancouver Saturday accom
panied by Mrs. Banks, after
speritiing a week in the dis
1 trict.
MISSING MAN
BELIEVED DEAD
Sudden death in the swift
running glacial waters of Nass
River is now believed by his
friends to have been the fate
of John S. (Cyclone) Burndgen
who disappeared on the after
non of July 22, while enroufe
from the Troy group to his
cabin on Tide Lake, to keep
an appointment with F. It.
Jancowski of Stewart and
John Campbell of Hyder.
During the interval since
B.urndgen dropped from sighi
a dozen or more people have
Jaeen over the Tide Lake trail
but have been unable to lean,
anything of his whereabouts.
Burndgen has not reported at
any of the camps between
Tide Lake and the boundary
line and as more than three
weeks have lapsed since he
left the Troy there is hardly
a prospect that he could have
survived so long without sus
tenance or shelter.
Proceeding on the theory
that the missing youth might
have made his way dowp the
Chickamin River and thence
via Behm Canal to Ketchikan
Deputy' Marshal T. W. Mc
Donald recently wired the I
Marshal's office at that point
but was advised that Burnd
gen had not appeared there.
It has also been determined
that the note left by Burndgei
in the Benson cabin, appar
ently July 26 or 27 probably
was not written on eithei
of those dates. As reported ,
last week, the message ir: :
question was addressed to Roy |
Priest and informed the lat
ter that Wm. Tolin wanted
him (Priest) to take a tent t< i
August Mountain for the ac- ]
commodation for himself and
an engineer.
It has since developed
that this information would
have been quite useless to Mi
Priest if written on the pur
ported dates, as Mr. Tolin wa
enroute to August Mountain
at the time Burndgen left the
Troy. As this fact was known
As tnis faci was known t
to Burndgen it appears practic
ally certain that he left the
note at the Benson cabin or !
the dayv of his disappearance !
and while on the way to keep
his appointment with Mr. Jan
cowski and Mr. Campbell.
As a result of this finding h
appears that Burndgen, after j
leaving the Troy, proceeded to
the Benson cabin, where he j
left the note, and then con- ;
tinued on toward his own cao
in, situated on the Lake u
short distance beyond the Ben
son place and also beymnd the
Nass River. What happened
thereafter may remain forever
a matter of conjecture. It ap
pears probable, however, thai
Burdgen may have attempted
to ford the river at a danger
ous point and was swept away.
Evidently realizing the futil
ity of further search for the
missing man, the Canadian
authorities have advised hit
relatives>who reside at Minne
apolis.
This belief is enhanced by
the fact that shortly after
Burndgen failed to appear.
Messrs. Jancowski and Camp
bell found footprints leading
down to the ford but could
find no sign of anyone having
left the river on the opposite
side.
BIG GAIN IN
ALASKA EXPORTS
Exports of Alaska, products
totaling $6,666,858, a gain or
iearly 100 per cent over til;
same month last year, are
shown by the July statement
of commerce issued by Collsct
or of Customs J. C. McBride.
The amount indicated exceeds
the value of exports in July
1925 by ?3,020,922. As is usu
al at this time of the year,
canned salmon was the most
important item on the li it oi
exports to the States, with *
value of ,$2,402,181. This is *
gain of $2,077,897 over July
last year. Copper ore was sec
ond on the list with a valuat
ion of $846,561
Following is the repo.t in
full:
Animals.$ 350
Curios . 2 112
Fish :
Fresh and frozen ex
cept shell-fish) :
Halibut . 110,431
Salmon . 35 180
All other . 1,733
Canned (except
shell-fish) :
Salmon . 3,402,13i
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish) :
Cod . 8 515
Herring . 7~ ,
Salmon . 300,-1 12
Shell-fish:
Clams. 114 3 4
Crabs . 1,76 >
Shrimps . 1!,G:7
Other fish products:
Fertilizer . 9 8 3
Meal . 167 3 33
Oil . 355 154
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox . 12,93 >
Silver fox ... 1 000
Seal skins . 40 j
All other . 94 908
Manufactured furs 4,431
Oil, whale . 7,040
Ore, matte and
regulus:
Copper . 84 3 551
Lead . 11 141
Palladium . 25 938
Reindeer meat. 44 331
Stone, including
marble . £3.751
Trophies, speci
mens, etc .• 425
Wood, timber and
lumber . 41,518
All other articles .... 1,112
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska 85.718 763
Products of the Unit
ed States returned .. 942.60 3
Total value of for
eign products . 7 332
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise . $6,656,353
Items included in “All other
Articles”
3 Paintings.$ 413
1180 lbs. wool . 4 5 •:
200 lbs. Ivory . 130
18hairseal skins . 110
Total $1,112
In the event that Bumdfen
was drowned the body would
probably be carried into Tide
Lake and may be recovered
later. Messrs Campbell aid
Jancowski are preparing to
take a boat to Tide Lake in a
few days and contemplate
making a search for his re
main?.