Tha Salmon River District ia
Marvelously Rich in Minerals
Md Ryder is the Gateway in
Consequence of Which Hyder is
4hs Fastest Growing Town io
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
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VOL. 1. NO. 18.
HYDER, Alaska, Feb. 27, 1920
FIVE DOLLAR? A YEAR
Commercial
Association
Organized
The citizens' organization which
*iame into being last week was per
fected Sunday night, and judging
by the attendance and the enthus
.-asm displayed, it gives promise of
i icing a power for good to the com
munity.
The name of the body was chang
ed from the ilyder Commercial Club
to the Hyder Commercial Associa
tion. Untie permanent officers were
elected Bob Small and Billy Orr
continued to act as ohairman and
t,ecratary respectively, and on their
retirement were tendered a vote of
thanks for their services. Officers
to serve for the next six months
were elected ns follows: President,
T. J. Marks; vice-president, M. R.
Jamieson; second vice-president,
W R. Hull; secretary, H. H Howard
treasurer, F. L. Lake.
Membership fee was fixed at $1
and monthly dues at fifty cents.
It was decided to erect a large
flag pole at the foot of Main street
and keep a flag flying, Mrs. Will
ard, on behalf of the ladies ef Hyder
offered to m; ke the flag, but it was
decided to relieve the ladies of this
burden if a suitable flag can be pur
chased. Dan Davis suggested that
8 fund bg raised fur tips purpose
and started the subscription him
self with a donation of $5.00.
A matter of vital interest to the
district wai taken up, that of the
construction of a bridge across the
Salmon in the vicinity of Texas
creek so as to opep up the portion
£f {he mineral belt which lies in
AJaskap territory. The road and
trails so far built were made
with a view to benefitting B, C
properties.
The executive was instructed to
get in touch with Harry Howson,
(superintendent of the Forty Nine
ifnine, who made a reconnisance
survey of ioe bridge situation last
fall, and obtain the data from him
for transmission to the Alaskan au
thorities in Juneau. This commit
tee l^ajned from Mr. Howson that
these notes had been turned over
to Engineer Fred Cotter, and by
him to Governor Riggs, and that
the latter had acknowledged their
receipt in a letter to Mr. Howson.
Thu committee will remind the
governor of the fact that if the
bridge is to be of any value during
the doming season it must he con
structed hefore the high water
gomes, as during the summer the
Salmon is a ragiqg torrent and the
construction of p bridge at that
time would be very difficult if not
impossible.
The Association wiil meet on the
first Monday evening of each month
at 8 o,clock..
Boundaries
Of New District
In another column will be found
a legal advertisement defining the
boundaries of the new Hyder re
cording district. Under its provis
ions all claims located oatheChick
amin and Unuk watersheds must
be recorded in Hyder. This will
mean that a trail wiil be built from
the Salmon, arid makes the immed
iate construction of a bridge aeroaa
the Sainton hi the vicinity of T«m»
Ravings of a
Pipe Dreamer
Cordova boasts a citizen whose
imagination is something jolossal.
He is a barber and his name is
Bowers. But it should be Ananias
Munchausen. Here is his descrip
tion of Hyder—Reud it and weep,
"The lid has been clamped upon
Hyder, the dance halls are closed
and gambl eg and drinking have
been declared illegal. When I left,
ten days ago, there were about 125
people at Hyder ape} 100 at Stew
art, on the British Coiumbia side.
If Hyder had remained wide open
for three more months that plaee
would have boasted of at least
20,000 people, bui now the last fron
tier town in Alaska is tight.”
That; in short, is Che story of Hy
de.' brought to Cordova by H.A.Bow
ers, tonsorial artist and miniug man
who has returned from the soutn,
according to the Times.
“Old sourdoughs would have en
joyed the si^ht in Hyder as I had
first,” said Mr Bowers. “The town
was wide open, whiskey and 7 to 16
per cent beer was being sold at maay
bars. Girls were there, too, either
dancing or soliciting drinks at tne
bar Pianos were thumped, roulette
blackjack and faro were being play
ed.
1 hen all of a suddep John Ronan
former senator from Seward, wa3 ap
pointed deputy piarshall, and he re
ceived word to close everything.
“Ronan went around and told the
va*ious proprietors that the lid was
on aad to forget the past.
"Bang! went the lid, and hundreds
could not get a^ay from Hyderfast
enough. Many went to Stewart,
one miie away and just across the
border. There everything seems to
be wide open.”
Con Beggs Says
“Damned Lie”
Writing from Ketchikan Con
Beggs says: “There was an article
in the Ketchikan Chronicle of Feb.
13 stating that I told the reporter
of tnat paper that there were min
eral locations being at that tipie
staked on the snow by prospectors.
I Wish tO State to YOU »nH the nan
pie of Hyder that it is a damned lie
and that I specifically toM hinj that
I knew nothing of the mining con
ditions there, that I had neyer been
to the mines, and that I had done
but little work in the camp although
I had been around Hyder for about
six months.
But I did tell him that if a hun
dred people should come there at
one time they would haye a hard
time getting accommodations al
though there were ample accommo
dation* at Stewart then. I also told
him that at the time l left Hyder
there was a town-lot boom on but
most of them were being piled and
capped and held for sale.
Now if you care to print any or
all of this letter I am willing that
you should."
creek absolutely imperative. The
legal notice makes interesting read
ing for anyone interested in the die*
triet'e principal industry,
INDIAN PROPERTY ON SALMON
OOO 000 000 000
GETS READY FOR OPERATIONS
Plans are being made by the Indian
Mines, Ltd., to resume development.
This group is one of the early locutions
on Salmon River.
This company owns four claims on
the west side of Cascade creek, oppo
site the Bush claims, on the south end
of Missouri ridge, between the Salmon
River glacier and Cascade crek. The
claims are Portland No. 1, Portland
No. 2, Big Dick, and Fritz, and are
Crown-granted. They are at an eleva
tion of about 2,400 feet and fourteen
miles from tide-water at Stewart, No
work has been done on the property
since 1012.
Development con. ists of three open
cuts on tlie crop; ings and two tunnels.
The open-cuts expose a vein from 12
to 20 feet in width, which can be fol
lowed on thp surface to the end of
the claims, about 2,000 feef. The vein
is quartz and appears t< fellow a wide
dloritic dyke which intrudes the green
stone-schists. The mineral-', included
in the quartz are galena, sphaler'te,
and pyrites, in the other of importance
mentioned. The first iwo open-cuts,
going up the hill, show very little gale
na: the values are about $10 a ton in
gold and silver for a width of 12 feet.
The upper or main open-cut discloses
the vqin for a width of 20 feet, of
which ■> to s feet in the centre is solid
galena, with the name amount of zinc
and galena on the hanging wall, and
the balance of the vein on the foot
wall of quartz and pyrites.
Hyder Happenings
Bill Watson of tne Lakeview crew vis
ited Hyder this week.
Wm. Lawley, ftom Seattle and all over
Alaska, is day chef at the Marks.
Bob Keith is enlarging the Alaska Grill
in preparation for the spring rush.
Doug Velie was over this week from
Ketchikan attending to some business.
C.W.Alexander left for Ketchikan Wed
nesday morning on a short business trip.
The Provincial launch was in Wednes
day from Prince Rupert with nine pas
sengers.
T.J.Rogers of Fairbanks has been greet
ing a lot of old sourdough friends in Hy
der and Stewart. -
Billy Orr received a telegram this week
stating that Jack Clegg is seriously ill in
Victoria with the flu.
Conway H. Joy, representing the Sab
ulite Explosives company of Vancouver.
U in camp looking for business.
Harry Tanner, superintendent of the
Bush, went out on the Taku Wednesday
on his way to Seattle for a visit with his
family.
Pan Beaton, formerly of Cordova, bnt
for six months cook at the Bush mine, is
hack from Ketchikan where he went to
interview a dentist.
J. W. Marr and W. A. Hodgson have
opened a combined carpenter and paint
shop in the old Llndeborg building back
of the New Alaska building.
Mrs. Helen Longpre and her sister, Miss
McKay, from Saskatchewan, have pur
chased the store building in Strwart occu
pied this winter hy H. J, Murphy,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Campbell are build
ing a 24-foot extension on their new
building on International Avenue iuto
which they will move the Marks restau
rant next month.
It is reported that extensive operations
will soon be undertaken at the Mineral
Hill and Lakeview properties. Superin
tendent AI Harris is expected in about
the middle of March.
Casey Williams, engineer and enter
tainer pn the Takn II has bought the
property on Main street which was owned
by Bill Murphy and is occupied by Mrs.
Martin’s dressmaking establishment.
The Taku II came in Tuesday night
from Ketchikan with five passengers and
in charge of Captain Clary of the Rough
Rider. Captain Williams is still out of
business on account of the flu but Is on
the mend.
A finely decorated moose hide owned
by Mrs. Lina Courteney of Ketchikan and
valued at $150 was raffled Tuesday night
in the Bungalow and won by Brllie La
Hurr. Billy Stump drew the fateful num
ber from the dishpan.
No time has been lost in getting the
supplies which came up on the Albert for
the Northern Light and Spider up the
hill, the outfits having already been de
livered at the end of the wagon road
which has been bulk as far as the Pre
dUtiMe of thifteen mile* ttm
A tunnel has been driven about 150
feet vertically below and following the
vein for a little over 400 feet, showing
each of the ore-shoots exposed on the
surface. The No. 1 shoot shoves con
siderable galena at this depth, with
quartz and pyrites predominating, and
is about 35 feet In length. The No. 2
shoot Is entirely of quartz and pyrites
and will average about $10 a ton, main
ly in gold values. The No. 3 or main
shoot, from the big cropping on the
surface, was struck at about 400 feet
in tlie tunnel and drifted on for 30 feet.
The ore started from a seam on the
foot-Wall qnd lias widened to 14 feet
at the face, as exposed by two cross
cuts. 7'h*'('e sectional samples across
iiic face averaged $2.40 in gold, 3.5 oz.
silver, 10 per cent, lead, and 16 per
cent. zinc. The hanging-wall crosscut
at tlie face is still In heavy zinc ore.
Further work in driving this drift is
veiy important, as tlie fool-wall por
tion of tlie vein, carrying tlie galena,
is widening rapidly and has all the
appearance of making into a good
shoot of ore. ,
The lower tunnel, 150 feet below No.
I, has bqep driven about 60 feet on tlie
vein, in which there is from 1 to 3 feet
of good ore on the hanging wall. On
tire upper end of (he claims there is a
6-inoh seam of ore on the hanging-wall
assaying as higli as $120 a ton in gold.
Tlie'e is a good cjjbin and a good
equipment of ajl necessary tools, with
a car and rails in the upper tunnel.
For the purpose of making imprpve-.
ments which will increase the capacity
to 10,000 feet a day the Workman and
Lawrence mill across the canal has been
temporarily closed, with the expectation
that operations will be resumed in two
weeks. Meanwhile two crews are at
work getting out logs.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF ALASKA. DIVISION
NUMBER ONE. AT JUNEAU.
In the Matter or modifying the)
boundaries of the Ketchikan)
Recording district, Number)
Eight, and establishing a Re-)
cording District thereout, to)
be known as the IIYDER)
RECORDING PRECINCT; de-) ORDER,
lining the boundaries thereof.)
and appointing a United)
States Commissioner, ex offi-)
cio Justice of tliefeace, Re-)
corder, and Probate Judge)
therefor )
Now, on this day, it appearing to the
satisfaction of fhe court that the public
interests demand, and that th£ conven
ience of the public requires that, the
boundaries qf the Ketchikan Recording
District, Number JSight, located within
the District of Alaska, Division Number
One, be modifietj'”and a portion of ‘ said
Recording District be detached therefrom,
and the portion "(jo detached be establish
ed as a separate Recording district, and
that a United States Commissioner’^ Pre
cinct be established therein
And it further appearing to the cqqct
that a proper and qqalified person should
be appdirrted United States Commissioner
and, ex oflicip Justice qf ttje Pegce 1 le
t-order, ano Probate Judge. iq gpd for
said Precinct,
IT IS. THEREFORE. HEREBY OR
DERED that, the (prefer of this court,
heretofore made anfl entered op ■ fhe
fifteenth day of fyeyemher, A, D." J9()l,
defining the' present boundhnes of the
said Ketchikan Recoding District, Num
ber Eight, be, add the same is, tyeVeh'y 30
far modified as to detach, except, and
exclude from the said Ketchikan Record
in)! District, Number Eight, and to place
and embrace within the said hereby ' es
tablished Recording Precinct,' all that
portion of thg said Ketchikan Retordfng
District, Nqqiber Eight, contained within
the following described boundaries, to
wit:
Beginning at the pojnt where the Inter
national Boundary |ine between the
United States of America and the Dom.
iniun of Canada intersects the shore of
Portland Canal; thence southerly along
said International Boundary line through
said Portland Cana!, Pearse canal, and
Dixon Entrance to a point on the said
International Boundary line due south of
Cape Fox; thence northwesterly following
the center line of Revillngigedo channel
to a point opposite the entrance to Behm
canal; thence northerly along a line in
said Behm canal passing through the
center of the channel between Smeaton
island and Rsvillagigdeo island and con
tinuing along the center line of said
Behm canal to a point^due south of Point
Lees; thence to said Point Lees; thence
northerly to the summit of the divide be
tween the watershed of said .Behm cabal
and that of Brad field etmalj theftbe north*
Moving Picture
House Planned
The Hyder Theatre Company has
been organized in Seattle for the
purpose of building a large, up-to»
date moving picture house In Hyder
says the Alaska Dispatch. East
man and Purvis, architects, are now
working on the plans and specifica
tions. The theatre will be 50 by
100 feet and will have a seating
capacity of 700.
Mr. Purvis is well known to Alas
kans as the architect jvho planned
aqd built <*he fine moving picture
houses for Captain A. E. Lathrop at
Anchorage and at Cordova. He
specializes in theatre building, in
wnich he has been engaged in New
York City, Chicago, San Francisco
and Seattle, This has been his oc
cupation for the past thirty years.
It is probable that Mr. Purvis will
have immediate charge of the con
struction of the theatre at Hyder.
Extension of
building Area
A six-foot plank walk i* to be
built on fir^t street from Main to
Premier, a distance of 750 feet,
property owners on the south side
of fiFSt having combined on the ex
pense. Through Attorney C. H.
Sundmacher a contract was let this
week for the piling, caps and string
ers, Sam Estes securing the work.
The improvement will open up a
considerable area of tideflats for
building purposes.
easterly along the summit of the divide
between the streams tributary to the
Unuk riyer and the streams tributary
to said Bradfield canal to a point where
the divide intersects the ssifj Internation
al Borjfldpry line between t|)p United
States of America and the Dominion of
Canada; thence southeasterly along the
said International Boundary line to the
place of beginning.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER
ORDERED that, the said portion of the
saitj Ketchikan Recording District, Num
ber Eight, detached, excepted, and ex
cluded therefrom by this Order be. and
the same is, hereby established as a sep
arate Recording District, to be known as
and called the HYDKR RECORDING
PRECINCT,
And reposing special trust and confi
dence in the ability and integrity of John
T. Reed.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDER
ED that, the said John T. Reed, be, and
he hereby is, appointed UNITED
STATES COMMISSIONER and ex officio
JUS i’lCE OE THE PEACE, RECORDER
and PRORATE JUDGE, in and for the
said HY DKR RECORDING PRECINCT.
anjJ he is hereby authorized and empow
ered to execute and fulfill the duties of
that office according to law, and to Have
and to Hold the said (fffice, with all the
powers, privileges, and emoluments to the
same of right appertaining uato him, the
said John T. Reed, in the penal sum of
one thousand dollars, ($1000 00) to be
approved by the sgid Judge, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his official
duties.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER OR
DERED that, the said Commissioner, ex
officio Justice of the Peace, Recover and
Probate Judge, shall reside'and keep his
office at the town of Hyder, within' said
HYDER RB> OR DING PRECINCT.
ANU IT IS HEREBY FURTHER OR
DERED that, the Clerk of this Court for]
ward to the United States Commissioner,
ex officio Justice of the Peace, Recorder,
and Probate Judge, in and for the Ketch
ikan Recording 1 hstrict. Number Eight,
a certified cqpy of this Order; and also
that notice of 'said Order be given to the
public by publishing a copy thereof once
a week for four successive weeks, in the
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, a newspaper
published in the city of Ketchikan, Alas
ka; and also in the Hyder Alaska Miner,
a newspaper published in the said town
of Hyder, Alaska,
DONE IN OPEN COURT this seventh
day of February, 1920.
Robert W. Jennings,
DISTRICT JUDGE.
Date of First Publication, February 20.
1920.
Date of Last Publication, March 12,
SETTLING
PREMIER
TROUBLE
Negotiations for a«i early settle^
ment of the differences existing for
the past nine weeks between the
Premier mine management and the
striking miae crew are under way
acid it is believed that normal con
ditions will prevail at the big mine
within a week. Assistant General
Manager D, L. Pitt has met with
the men in Stewart, and while au
thoritative information as to his
proposals is not immediately avail
able it is understood that he has
shown an inclination to meet the
mep at least half way.
It is known for a certainty that
the Chinese cook who wap the orig
inal cause of the trouble is going
out on the next Grand Trunk boat;
This Bird is
Some Canary
Mrs. L.A.Willard has a hen can
ary which is making a great suc
cess in its one ambition to populate
the world with more canaries. On
the 20tn of January this feathered
paragon hatched out a brood of
young ones, and three weeks tater
started laying again for this reason
Over in Petersburg she heard
that Mrs. Willard was going to
bring her to Hyder, and that this is
a new. unpopulated section. So
when she got aboard the City of
Seattle bound for Ketohikan, she
laid an egg. While waiting in the
panhandle metropolis for another
boat she had nothing else to do so
she laid another egg. While on the
Taku II between Ketchikan and
Iiyder she laid the third, and three
more after arriving here.
Now $he is sitting on the six and
wondering whether it is worth while
trying to break her record next
time.
Fighting for
Mining Claims
Ownership of the Premier Exten
rion mining property is in dispute
in the courts, Messrs. Nicholson and
UCdUIUUIll, UlliUlclJb U1 Ul« UIHIKI
Trunk, miming the right to exer
cise their option often the property
had been soid to Dr. Shewan of
Vancouver.
The ground was staked by Jack
Young, W. G. Harris and Bill Irwin
and an option given to Duke Harris
of New Haaelton to take to Vancou
ver. He turned the option oyer to
the Grand Trpnk officials for a short
period of time, and cjaims that
jhey did not makg {lipir payment
in the time specified, and that the
property reverted to him, aftef
winch he sold it to Dr. Shewan.
STEWART - HYDER
STAGE
LEAVES
Stewart
11 a. m.
2:30 p. jn.
Hyder
12:30 p. m.
3:30 p. n».
Special trips arranged.