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the North.
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VOL. 1 NO. 17.
HYDER. Alaska, Mar. 30. 1021
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
Customs
Office Is
Established
E. R. Stivers, who has bees dep
uty collector of owetoms at Juneau
for the past four years, arrived in
camp Monday and has opened a
customs and immigration office
here, the Meisingseth building at
International Avenue and Volunteer
Drive having been secured for the
purpose. The offiee will be main
tained jointly by the Department
of Commerce and the Department
of Labor.
Mr. Stivers has been a resident
of Alaska for twenty years, fifteen
of which huve been spent in the
customs setvice, and has had a
wide experience, having been sta
tioned et Eagle, Forty Mite, Nome,
St Michael, Cordova, Juneau, Skag
way, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Craig
and Wrangell, and visiting at var
ious times every other point of ira
portand in the Territory.
BUILDING TEXAS BRIDGE
Work has been resumed on the
construction of the bridge across
Salmon river near the mouth of
Texas creek and the structure will
be completed before high water.
This bridge, which is being built by
the Bureau of Public Roads nnder
the superintendence of Road Fore
man T.H.Evans, will give access to
a vast tsrritory which has hereto
fore been practically inaccessible
to prospectors, and will also pro
vide a convenient route for reach
ing a number of developed proper
ties in the upper Salmon basin on
the Canadian side.
There Will be a Howe truss 100
feet in length, and a common span
l9 feet long, puilt of 14x16 hewn
timbers, A creW of Sevan men is
employed
Spider Men
Are Suing
For Wages
In the early part of the week
preliminaries were commenced
in the courts at Prince Rupert,
by Patmore & Fulton, on behalf
of the men who have been work
ing at the Spider mine most of
the winter, against the Algunj
can Development Company for
wages owing them, aggregating
in the neighborhood of $4000.
This is the sequel to the mine
closing down, for lack of work
ing capital, on February 11 last.
Some of the men are owed as
much as $700, for contract and
day labor work.
It has been known for some
time that the Algunican Develop
ment Company were in financial
difficulties, due primarily to the
fact th-it it is a B ■Igian company
and the rale of exchange on Bel
gium money has been very high
during the past year.
The Algunican Company last
year started work on four pro
perties, which they had under
bond, relinquishing two in the
fall, retaining the Spider and the
George Copper. On the Spider
development woik was carried
on until February 11, when oper
ations ceased. A tunnel 900 feet
was driven and an upraise
started which was to be 150 feet.
Besides this considerable ma
chinery was installed and a good
camp established. While the de
velopment was not completed the
work done showed satisfactory
results. On the George Copper
no actual work was commenced,
the season being too short, but
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meet ro« at the Mecca.
Send thie paper to your friend.
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
Freeh chocolate* in bulk at The Mid
get Emporitm.
Oran F. Hill is bach from a busi
ness tiip to Ketchikan.
Ladies' hand bag*, (trap*handle pt)r**e
coin pone*, at The Midget Emporium.
Nick Beiler has gone to Tenakee
Hot Springs and expects to be away
six weeks.
Gentlemen'* draw-atrlng purse*, Tray
purse*, bill fold* and wallet* at The Mid
get Emporium.
H.J. Scott, who recently purchas
ed the O.K. barber shop, has rented
Hugh McDouga!,s forest reserve
residence on Main street,
Big reduction in all kind* of hardware
also staple groceries. Jack N*i*on,
Cowhide* for rawhiding, at Carolyn'*
Butcher Shep, Stewart
G-t U iion-made Silver Spring* Beer
at Tooth'*.
LOST-Siiver Stilo Pencil. 15 reward.
Hyder Alaska Miner offlae,
MODERN RESIDENCE for sale. En
quire Hyder Drug Store.
Auto Strop razor*. Gillette razors, Rub
berift brushes at The Midget Emporium,
the company started the con
struction of a good trail up the
hill that was completed all but
600 feet A la! ye quantity of
supplies were tak> n up to tha 14
Mile road house, in order to gel
an tarly start this spring.
According to a recent state
ment by Mr. Van Ophen, presi
dent of the company, all out
standing accounts will he ;>• id
and operations re-commenced in
the near future.
According to a telegram recent
ly reoeived from San Francisco. Mr
Van Ophan has gone to New York
to adjust the finances of the com
pany. W. A. Meloche, who direct
ed the work last year and secured
the bonds on the several properties
is reported to have severed his con
nection with the company, expres^
ing an Intention of going to the
Mackenzie river oil fields. Mr.
Maloche made a distinctly favor
able impression in this camp by
his energy, and foresightednes;.
%
Tom Burns, the noted Alaska
placer prospector and musber, and
his famous husky dog, Perry, were
down this week from the Premier.
W.LBalch has rented the Hal1
building on Main street and will
Convert it into a modern carpenter
shop. He is at present remodeling
Wm. Gray's residence.
CLEARING FOR TRAMLINE
Harry Scoville and Wm. Jancow
sU have contracted to dear the
tramline right of way from the
Premier to the boundary line, aad
Homer Ficklin has the oontract
from that point to Nine-mile, The
latter took up a picked crew this
week, consisting of Tim Williams.
Chas. Lund, Eli Watland. Dan Whit
more. Chas, Berg, Fred Stewart and
Fred Gordon. This bund) should
make the timber fly.
RUSHING OUT HI8H-6RADES
Every team that could be secur.
ed has been busy during the past
week hauling ore from the Premier
to the wharf, and one tractor has
also been working double shifts.
The oaterpillar which took the high
dive from the wharf is still out of
commission, awaiting the arrival of
fittings from the s-uth. The Al
bert this week took out 500 tons of
ure.
STORMS CAUSE DELAY
Bec.iuse of encountering storms
and heavy new snow on the Salmon
river glacier, E.H.Bartholf oaohed
the supplies which he way taking
in to the Outland Silver Bar proper*
iy, and will await more favorable
climatic conditions before landing
them at their destination. Pete
Lowe was along with snowshoed
horses and dcuble-ender sleds. The
supplies. 3700 pounds in all, were
taken to within six miles of the
property.
WAREHOUSE WAS ABLAZE
Fire last Saturday noon threat
ened to destroy the Premier ware
house where much valuable mater
ial is stored, and only for the prompt
action of Foreman Tom Powers-,
assisted by a numbei of volunteers,
Rebuilding and contents would
have undoubtedly been a total loss.
The blaze caught from the stove
pipe where it passes through the
ceiling into the upper story. Billy
Westwood, who had been working
nignt shift, was sleeping up stairs,
and was awakened by Tom Powers
in time to escape suffocation.
Temperatures
As recorded by Official registered
thermometer of Oren F. Mill at the
Hydev Drug Company
Date Max Min
Mtl; 23......;.52.;;... 25
24.. 49.;.30
23.. 52.86
26.. ..;-..50.41
27. ;;.....49.:;... 36
28. .I,,.,.82...... 86
fW;iiit•!»80iii... 94
Fifth Installment
Of Clothier’s Report
Big Missouri Group—This group
has been under bond for the past
t vo years to the Pacific Coast Ex
ploration Company, Limited (Sir
D. D.Mann.) Last year considerable
diamond drilling was done on the
E. Pluribus claim of the group, ad
joining the Mineral Hill gi'oup, to
test the surface showings which
had been extensively exposed by
open cutting and trenching. While
some ore was encountered in these
holes, the results were not altogeth
er satisfactory and two or three
flat holes were drilled from the
oreek. In the meantime a tunnel
had been started from the creek to
cut under these croppings and ex
posures.
This spring the drill was moved
to the old “big showing” on the
Province and other claims.
Last winter the tunnel, started
on the E.Pluribus claim, was con
tinued to a total length of 360 feet
on a bearing of N, 50 degrees E„
os a little north of the “east-west
fissures.” No values of note were
found in the tunnel. No crosscut
ting was done.
The diamond drilling on the "big
showing" consisted of four holes—
three of 300 feet each and one of
150 feet, or a total of 1,050 feet—
and psoved to the satisfaction of
the bonders that the showings,
which orop over a width of 1500
feet or more, are entirely superfi
cial, as no values were found be
low a few feet on the surface. No
farther wosk was done and the pro
perty reverted to the original own
ers, Dan Lindeborg. of Hydes, Alas
kb, ana partners. •
Payroll Group—Only assessment
work was done this year.
Indian Mines Ltd.—This compa
ny is one of tjie "early day” incor
porations and has 600 or 7C0 feet
of underground work dene.' The
affairs of the company are in good
shape, only about 25 per cent of
the treasury stock having been
used. The registered office of the
company Is In Prince Rupert. This
year considerable surface work
was done in open-cutting and trac
ing the vein through from the "big
eut” to the end of the claims. The
work shows a good width of vein,
from 8 to 14 feet, all the way
through, with fair values in gold
and silver and, in places, consider
able galena. The galena is uni
formly low In silver values, about
a third of an ounce to the unit of
lead. The consistency of the gold
values carried in the pyrites gives
reason to expect that the continu
ation of the tipper tunnel will poa
sftljr Often Up I continuous body of
miltiog ore;
fri tmm m
claims, Northern Light group and
Cobalt group were explored this
summer by the Alguniean Develop*
ment company by diamond drill*
ing but, as none of the gptions were
exercised, I judge that results were
not sufficiently favorable,
Plttsmont Group,—This group
adjoins the Indian Mines claim! on
the south-west. Some surface work
was done en the claims after my
trip and fair showings are reported.
Glacier Groap.—This group con
sists of six or seven claims lying
between the Boundary and Pitts*
mont claims and the Salmon river
glacier. The claims were staked
last year and are ownfcd by Jon*
cowski and Scoville. The showing
)a a quartz vein 3 or 4 feet wide
though where it is exposed, lying
flatly along the side of a gulch, it
has been entirely eroded In spots,
giving it a patchy appearance. The
quartz ia mineralized with pyrlte
and some chalcopyrite. High silver
values, up to 70 and 80 oz a ton,
suggest silver sulphides, though
none were noticed. High gold val
ues also wera obtained in picked
samples. The croppings aye aboyt
100 feet above the glacier, showing
the vein to strike S. 80 dsgrees E.
into the hiM and dip 46 degrees to
the south. This is a very encour
aging-looking showing and oould be
easily opened up by drifting on the
vein from the surface, obtaining
good depth.
Several properties on the Alaska
side of the boundary line are show
ing up well with development.
IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Lory oi Alaska, First Judicial
i»i\' ion. Precinct of Hyder, Before
lion. John T. Reed, Commissioner,
and ex-officio Justice of the Peace.
John Hovland, Plaintiff, )
Against f No. 19. Civil.
Tire Algunican Develop-1 Summons
ment Company,'Limited \
Defendant,
To the Algunican Development Com
pany, Limited, the above named defen-'
dant. Greeting:
In the name of the United States of
America, you are hereby commanded to
be and appear in the above entitled court
held in said Precinct, and answer the
complaint filed against you in the above
entitled action, within thirty days from
the dnnpletion of the period of the publi
.cation of this summons, to-wit, within
thirty days from the 13th day of April,
A. D. 1921, which summons is published
by virtue of an order duly made and en
tered in the above entitled court on the
26th day of February, 1911.
And in case of your failure to appear
and answer the plaintiffs complaint at
the time and place aforesaid, judgment
will be entered against jou for the sun)
of $982.00, together with interest thereon
at the rate of 8 per cent frotn the com1
mencettieht of this action ahd the Cost#
and disbursments therein.
In witness Whereof I hatHe hereunto set
my hand sr.tt affixed the seat of said
tourt iHis 26t!i day bf February, 1921.
John T. Reed’, Commissioner.
(SEA L) and Ex-ofltcio Justice of the
Peace. * \
WtVt Pub libation. March 2nd, !>•»,
trn rutitouiitf, AMI it% ltlt.