HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
VOL 1, NO. 2
RYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1924
FIFTY CENTS A KITH
WEATHER HAMPERS
MILL CONSTRUCTION
Construction work on the new
mill at the Riverside mine has
been considerably delayed by
the long continued spell of wet
weather. A large part of the
machinery equipment has ar
rived and the work is being
rushed as fast as conditions
will permit. The present out
look is that the mill will be
in readiness some time during
the early part of November.
Preparation of the mill-site is
now under way and rock is
being blasted from the hillside
to provide space for the found
ations.
The concentrating plant will
be of 60 tons daily capacity
and will be driven by electrical
power supplied by a generator
and 150 h. p. Fairbanks-Morse
engine. The machinery has
been carefully selected after a
series of tests to determine the
character of equipment best
suited to handle the ore and
includes Traylor crushers and
ball mills, Wilfley tables and
two flotation cells, in addition
to the necessary filters and at
tendant equipment.
The opening of the plant
will mark an epoch in mining
development on the American
side of the boundary line.
O'
HUNTER MAROONED
To be marooned on the far
ther shore of Sajmon River,
with his boat sunk, no help
,in sight, and a torrent of ra
ging water be|weeai hSmsettf
and home, was the unfortunate
predicament in which Dr. C. D.
Carter, well known mining
man, found himself while on
a hunting trip last Wednesday.
The wide uninhabited expanse
of land west of the river is an
excellent hunting ground and
the Doctor, decided to make
a trip over there. On arrival
he pulled up the boat and
started to hunt. Returning
later to the place where he
had left the boat, he was cha
grined to find that the pesk>
thing had sunk. Seeing no oth
er means of escape, Dr. Car
ter attempted to swim the
river, but he soon found the
the rushing, icy waters toe
swift. There was no one to be
seen on the town side of the
stream so there was nothing tc
do but wait until someone
showed up.
Meanwhile he shouted and
fired his gun at intervals, hop
ing to attract the attentior
of some one. Finally wher
waiting had grown to be i
burdensome and i disappoint
in ordeal, his signals wer<
heard by William Gray, heac
of the Hyder Lumber Com
pany, who started to invest
igate. He finally spied th<
castaway and enlisted th<
aid of Lee Balch, who securee
a boat and restored the Docto
to home and fireside, nom
the worse from his experince
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Support your home town pap
er.-50 cents a month.
RICH ORE FOUND ON DALY-ALASKA
FAMOUS PROPERTY DEVELOPS NEW PAYSTREAK:
HIGH GRADE ORE FOUND ON LOWEST LEVEL:
Native Silver Abounds In Samples Estimated To Carry
Several Hundred Dollars Per Ton: Kept Secret.
In spite of strenuous efforts
on the part of Manager Wm.
Sloan to prevent publicity,
it has now been practically
established that the Daly
Alaska, one of the most wide
ly known properties in the
district, is the scene of the
rich strike, ^concerning which
rumors have been in circulat
ion for several day3.
I Nothing could be learned
! first hand regarding either
! the extent or value of the
J find, but it is definitely known
i that a considerable amount
of ore, showing large quanti
ties of native silver and argen
tite has lately appeared on
the dump.
; So generous is the silver
l content that pieces of the ore
; lying on the dump attracted
the attention of visitors, stand
ing several feet away. Since
the news first leaked out sev
eral parties have obtained
pieces of the ore, all showing
the same large silver content,
and without exception re
Iport that there was “plenty
I more” in sight.
As it is the established pol
icy of the company to with
hold information concerning
(operations, nothing could L.«s
elicited from Manager Sloarf!
From other sources it is learn
ed that the high grade was
encountered some days ago
in the extension of the 500
foot crosscut driven last year.
: How wide the shoot may be
is either not determined or is
I known only to those engaged
in operations. This applies
also to the value of the min
eial content,but it requires no
more than a brief examina
tion of samples from the clump
to convince the observer that
the ore will run several hun
dred dollars to the ton.
Taking the known facts to
gether it appears practically
'certain that a strike of con
siderable magnitude has been
Smade and that the faith of
those engaged in developing
the famous old property has
been fully justified.
Although the fact may or
may not have some bearing on
the matter, it is understood
that the company recently
purchased the motor and
truck equipment of Louis
Legge, apparently in anticip
alion of increased transport
ation needs.
In the event that the new I
find is as good as the known
facts indicate, the strike is of
superlative importance to the
Salmon River district as it
means not only another pro
ducing mine and an attend
ant increase in the local pay
roll, but will also act as a vast
stimulus to development in
Salmon River Valley.
The Daly- Alaska, is located
about lOi/g miles from Hyder,
and occupies an ideal situat
ion on the east slope of the
valley about 200 yards from
the main highway. The el
evation is ( slight, scarcely
. more than two or three hun
dred feet, and there is an
abundance of timber and
water close at hand.
The property was originally
known as the New Alaska
and first attained prominence
in 1918, when it was bonded
by Charles CaldweH, of Zion
City, Illinois, who expended
a considerable amount of mon
ey in development work be
fore finally abandoning it.
Later on it was taken up by
Pat. Daly, famous as the man
who made the Premier, who
was convinced that the prop
erty was a winner—a view
that the present find appears
to have fully sustained.
Following a considerable pe
riod of development carried
on alone, Mr. Daly associated
himself with Messrs. Kahn
and Hamblefton, and formed
the present Daly-Alaska Min
es Co., under whose direction
development has stfncei, bee*n
carried on.
Those in touch with the
history of the property es
timate that approximately $90,
000 has been spent in devel
opment work. Most of this
was of a loose and disconn
ected character and beyond
revealing considerable bodies
of low grade ore, resulted in
no important development. It
was not until Mr. Daly and
his associates took control
that work was carried on in a
comprehensive and system
atic manner, culminating in
the driving last year of the
500 foot tunnel which led
the way to the present rich
find.
MINING NOTES
Lon Doggett left Sunday to
start prospecting and annual
assessment work on his “Bor
der Group” properties on the
International boundary line
near 13 Mile.
Joe Connors and partners,
while working on the Morning
3 feet in width and is tracable
and Evening Star claims, lying
^southeast of and adjoining the
Homestake group, recently dis
covered what they believe to
be an extension of the Home
stake lead, considered one of
ithe most promising in the Tex
as Creek section.
I Some splendid samples of the
ore from the promising look
. ing lead found by Messers
i Hewitt and Carlson on the Ibex
No. 7, Texas Creek, are attract
ing much attention about town.
Steel galena is the predom
inant mineral element in fhe
. rock, with a percentage-* of
I gray copper showing at many
points. The lead is reliably re
ported to be from 18 inches to
■ 3 feet in thickness and is trac
s able for approximately 500
- feet on the surface.
1
. Local headquarters for the
B. C. Silver have been estab
: lished in the Midget Empor
• ium building, where office
rooms have been leased by C.
- B. Banks, consulting engineer
of the company, for the use of
himself and Major C. B. North,
who is in charge of the com
pany operations.
Arthur Moa, who is in charge
of operations on the John Hov
land properties on Fish Creek,
is erecting a fine log cabin
wifh galvanized iron roof
to house the crew of men who
will be employed on an ex
tensive development program
as soon as things are in readi
ness.
Mr. Moa and his associates,
have a bond on the group, on
w’hich considerable explor
atory work has been done in
past years by Mr. Hovland.
The properties are very favor
ably situated close to the Sal
mon River road and at a com
paratively low elevation, with
ample timber and water close
at hand, and contain several
veins of ore, some of which
are of shipping grade.
Eli Watland is doing devel
opment and assessment work
on the Marmot adjoining the
Porter-Idaho properties.
W. R. Harner, working the
Fraser properties on Marmot
River, was in tow-n during the
week and reported work on
the property continuing in
most favorable manner, with
a ton or so of high grade ore
being landed on the beach
daily by pack train. The ore
is obtained from surface
workings, open cuts being run
along the outcrops, which are
then broken down and sacked,
ill is hoped to land consider
ably more than 100 tons of ore
on the beach before snow flies.
In the meantime a new tunnel
is being driven to tap the vein
at a depth of about 100 feet
balow the surface.
Assays of the surface rock in
dicate probable returns of
i close to $200 per ton.
Thos. Robertson, of Victoria i
B. C. .representative of the Ad
anac Mining Company, with
properties in the Fish Creek
section near the Titan trail,
returned to his home on the
Prince George after complet
ing the annual assessment
work on the Company’s prop
erties.
Mr. Robertson stated that it
is his intention to recommend
to the Company that next
season’s work take the form
of erecting camp buildings
and other work of permanent
character that will assist fu
ture development operations.
Wild roses in bloom in mid
September is an unusual sight,
even in the more salubrious
climes of the States. Yet, al
though this is Alaska, looked
upon by many in the warmer
southlands as a region of snow
and ice, a bush covered with
beautiful blossoms and buds
is to be seen near the foot of
the low bluff by the Canadian
American boundary line.
BAD CHECK PASSER
GETS 18 MONTHS
Sentenced to serve eighteen
months in the federal penitent
iary at McNeill’s Island, was
the punishment meted out by
the District Court at Ketchikan
to George Gonders, local pass
er of worthless checks, accord
ing to Edgar Province, who ap
peared before the Grand Jury
in connection with the case.
Gonders, who mulcted sever
al local parties and business
houses out of various sums,
ranging from a few dollars to
$150 in one instance, entered
a plea of guilty to a charge of
forgery on arraignment, fol
lowing his indictment by the
Grand Jury and, luckily for
him, drew what is practically
a minimum sentence.
The Big Jazz dance, sched
uled for the evening of Sept.
20th at the Ocean View, is att
tracting much atention among
the dance loving element and
a banner atendance is practic
ally assured. Manager Charlie.
Ridley is leaving nothing urn
done to make the affair as em
joyable as possible and the ap
pointments will be all that car,
be desired. Due to an error iri
reporting, the price of admiss
ion for gentlemen was given
in last weeks issue of the Her
ald as $1, which should have
been quoted as $1.50, including
supper.
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CHAMBER-COMKri (E
HOLDS BUSY F F El IIG
The Hyder Chamber of Com
merce met last Tue-diy at
Pioneer Hall. The meeting was
hardly up to the standard in
the matter of attendance, o.v
ing to a misunderstanding on
the part of a number of mem
bers regarding the date. The
confusion arose over the recent
luncheon meeting being m'3
tfcken for a regular meeting,
whereas the luncheon meeting
occurred on the first, not the
second Tuesday in the month.
The Herald is requested to
again announce thvt regular
meetings are to be held every
second Tuesday at Pioneer
Hall, commencing at 8 .3J p.m.
Luncheon meetings are to be
considered extra meetings and
w ill usually be held on a Tues
day not scheduled for a regu
lar meeting. Luncheon meet
ings may also be called at any
time, regardless of the day, if
distinguished visitors are to
be entertained or other special
occasion appear.
| JJunng tne session the quest
ion of fire protection for the
town was discussed at consid
avie length. It was the general
opinion of the members, that
steps should be taken to secure
more adequate fire - fighting
apparatus! It was pointed out
that the chemical apparatus
j was of slight value in the event
:of a big fire. The matter was
j finally left in the hands of a
! committee to devise plans and
ways and means to finance the
proposals. The committee has
i decided to hold a couple of en
itertainments in the near future,
which, it is hoped will provide
' a good stnrt toward securing
the much needed equipment,
j A. large part of the session was
' -il-jo devoted to a discussion of
national preparedness. This
; mutter too, was finally left in
! the hands of a committee.
The committee on river pro
tection reported progress in
connection with its plans for
presenting to the War Dept,
j Engineering Board the impera
j tive need for assistance in
i checking the inroads of the
j river and preventing damage
and possible destruction of a
large part of the town. The
committee has decided to ap
peal to Colonel James Steele,
head of the Alaska Road Com
mission, to lend assistance in
securing an appropriation.
Walter Blanton, Edgar L’rov
inse and John Hovland, have
been appointed a comm ute
on fire protection by the w
der Chamber of Cominer e,
for the purpose of ei 1 ting
the support of citizen., .n ..n
endeavor to provide the towa
with such means of fire pro.ec
tion as may be employed un er
local conditions.
The Committee has not yet
decided on the program to ce
pursued but contempl .te g v
ing an entertainment of some
kind in the near future to se
cure apparatus.
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