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VOL 1, NO. 7
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20,1924
F1HY (ENTS A MONTH
ANOTHER RICH STRIKE ....
BEAR RIVER DISTRICT
A strike of rich ore was made
Friday in the Glacier Creek
mine in the Bear River area,
according to authoritative in
formation from Stewart.
The strike was made in what
is known as the north drift of
the 500 foot cross cut tunnel,
of which the last 200 feet or
so was driven during the pres
ent season. The rich ore shoot
is said to be better than two
feet thick at the point of con
tact and shows considerable
quantities of native silver and
argentite.
The strike was not unex
pected, as three of the rich
ore veins found on the Dun
well. were knowh to extend
through the Glacier Creek
properties. Surface assays
from these leads also indicated
the possibility of their devel
oping into high grade bodies
with depth, samples averaging
from $2 to $10 '.a gold, in ad
dition to silver values ranging
up to 35 and 40 < unces, togeth
er with considerable values in
lead.
During the extension of the
long tunnel this summer a fif
teen foot vein of well mineral
ized quartz was encountered
at 440 feet from the portal, in
addition u 1 ho ore zone in
which the present rich vein
was encountered. The latter
was first picked up about 475
feet from the portal. The vein
at this point was about four
feet in width, with values av
eraging around $15 in gold
and silver. After cross cutting
the zone, which proved to be
something over forty feet in
width, the management start
ed drifting along the northerly
extension, with the object of
exploring three cross fractures
known to intersect the main
vein in that direction.
The property comprises six
claims and several fractions
and is one of the most access
ible in the Sear river section,
b^ing located only four miles
from Stewart, within a short
distance of the Dunwell trail,
and at an elevation of less than
one thousand feet. Power for
operation is obtained from the
Dunwell compressor system on
the Portland Canal. The latter
property adjoins the Glacier
Creek group on the south, with
the Dunwell in the north.
HYDER MERCANTILE CO.
ADDS GROCERY LINE
A complete line of high grade
staple and fancy groceries and
fruits arrived on the Watson
for the Hyder Mercantile Co.
The bulk of the canned pro
ducts are of the well known
“Amocat” brand, distributed
by the Tacoma Grocery Com
pany. Proprietor Thomas has
also added to his stock a fine
line of electrical fixtures, irons,
heaters, etc.
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Mrs. Assyltine, wife of Wpi.
Assyltine an employee in the
Premier mill, arrived on the
Cardena, with her two child
ren.
Bert Smith, assistant manager
of the Premier mine, left for
the East on the Cardena. Rum
or says Mr. Smith will return
from the trip with a bride.
Dale L. Pitt, general manager
of the Premier, returned on
the Cardena after a three
weeks stay in the South on
business.
Leonard Adsit, representative
of the Goodyear Rubber Com
pany, spent a few days in Hy
der last week, arriving on the
Wales and leaving on the Ad
miral Watson.'
Chas. E. Herron, head of the
Hyder-Jumbo Co., is expected
to return to Hyder on the
Prince John Thursday.
RECENT VISITOR
DIES SUDDENLY
AT KETCHIKAN
Private messages from Ketch
ikan Monday morning an
nounced the sudden death at
that place of W. W. Casey,
Democratic candidate for rep
resentative in the Alaska Leg
islature, who left Hyder Satur- j
day night, after addressing a
local political meeting.
According to the telegram,
Mr. Casey dropped dead, from j
heart failure shortly after
his arrival in Ketchikan. The
messages contained no fur
ther details.
The deceased was apparently
in robust health during his
visit here and his sudden de
mise comes as a great shock to
local friends. He was aged
about 65 years.
In addition to serving two
terms in the Territorial legis
lature, Mr. Casey was one of
the foremost citizens of the
Juneau section and prominent
ly identified with practically
every important movement in
that locality for many years.
During a large part of his
residence he was in the real ;
estate business, the Casey-Shat
tuck addition to Juneau, one of
the prominent residential sect
ions of the capital city, having j
been successfully marketed by
Mr. Casey and associates.
He was a staunch Alaskan, a
man of sterling qualities and
fine personality and his death
is a distinct loss to this section
and the Territory as a whole.
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FAST PROGRESS ON
GOLD CLIFF PROPERTIES
Work on the Gold Cliff prop
erties in the Bear -river section,,
recently bonded by A. B. j
Trites, is being pushed with all
possible dispatch and supples;
and materials are being rushed
to the ground as rapidly as pos
sible. Arrivals from Stewart
report that two camps have
been established and a crew of
a dozen or more is at work on
trail construction and other
work, preparatory to actual
mining operations, which are
due to commence within a
short time. A large shipment of
rails and an ore car arrived on
the Cardena last week and is
expected to be followed by oth
er equipment before the snow
flies. The management is ap
parently intent on getting prac
tically everything needed 'for
the winter’s operations on the
ground before actual develop
| ment is started.
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The entertainment committee
, of the Moose lodge announced
I Friday the completion of plans
:for the big “Mooseheart Day”
i celebration on the evening of
■October 27.
i The entertainment will be
held at Pioneer Hall. Dancing
and other entertainment feat
ures are promised, in addition
| to a luncheon. The proceeds
: are to go to the local Christmas
| Tree fund—a typical Moose in
stitution which provides gifts
ifor qvery child in the dfstrict
i at Christmas time. Music will
be provided by the C. M. Rid
ley orchestra. The price of ad
mission has been fixed at $1.50
! supper extra, and ladies will
be admitted free of charge.
Arrangements have been
made for a special round trip
'rate of $1 from Stewart by
! taxi.
E. Thiessen, representative of
the Liggett and Myers Tobac
co Company., with headquart
ers in San Francisco, arrived
on the Prince of Wales and re
mained over until the depart
ure of the Watson.
Mrs. Lillian Miller has sold
out her interest in the Ideal
Bath House to J. McIntosh,
who will continue the business.
Mrs. Miller left Thursday for
Ketchikan, enroute to Belle
Island Hot Springs.
CHIEF METALS LOOKS
GOOD CLOSE OF SEASON
Development work on tire
Chief Metals Mining Co. prop
erties during the summer has
yielded much encouragement
to the owners, according to
Wm, McGrew, who has been;
in charge since the departure
of Manager Dan Anderson,
who was compelled to leave in
August, owing to injuries re
ceived earlier in the summer
through falling from a horse.
A tunnel started last spring o*i
a six foot vein was extended to
a point where the vein has
widened to 12 feet, with 4 foot
of high-grade, from which
some nice looking specimens
containing native silver and
argentite are displayed. A
shipment of approximately one
ton of the high-grade was re
cently brought down for trans
mission to the smelter. The
company’s properties are on
Slate Mountain, near the east
side of Silver Lake.
Several Seattle officials, in
cluding Chief of Police Norton
and Capt. Ebinhouse, of the
Seattle Fire Department, are
among the principal stock-1
holders.
WILL RESUME DRILLING
OPERATIONS NEXT YEAIf
The diamond drill operations
on the White Heather Mines
properties on Long Lake, re-^
cently suspended on account
of bad weather, will be resum
ed in the spring as soon as the
ground is clear-, according to
a statement by F. C. Winkler,
manager.
Boyle Bros., who hold the
drilling contract, have left a
.large portion of their equip
;ment on the ground in readi
ness for the coming season.
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GOOD PROGRESS
ON DUNWELL TUNNEL
Work on No. 4 tunnel in the '
Dunwell is progressing at good
speed. The new crosscut is ex
pected to tap the high-grade
ore shoot found in the upper
levels early next month. Inger
soll-Rand drifting drills are
being used with excellent sue-,
cess. The tunnel is expected to
be somewhere between eight
and nine hundred feet in
length by the time it cuts the
main ore shoot. The manage
ment has everything in shape
.for winter operations. Ample
housing accommodations have
I been provided for a full crew
land ore sorting shed, black
smith quarters and other build
ings have been constructed.
The company purposes to sack
jand ship only the high-grade
[ore, leaving the lower grade
;ore for later disposal.
MORE MACHINERY
FOR RIVERSIDE
Additional machinery for the
new Riverside mill arrived on
the Admiral Watson. Although
most of the machinery is now
here, bad weather and other
untoward conditions have de
j ayed construction consider
ably and the outlook is that
I the mill will not be ready for
! operation for another six weeks
or so.
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! J. E. Clary, of Ketc.hikan,
representative of the Mutual
j Paper Company, the Cudahy
Packing Company, and other
outside concerns, spent a few
lays in camp, following the
arrival of the Prince of Wales
Thursday.
Federal government engin
eers are engaged in making a
survey of the lower Bear River
and the adjacent tide fiats
with a view to devising some
way to confine that variable
and erratic stream to a chan
nel along1 the east side of the
valley, where the river may de
posit its abundant silt where
it will not form obstructions
; around the Stewart dock site.
CANDIDATES GIVE VIEWS
ON TERR. QUESTIONS
Frank A. Boyle, _f candidate
for Delegate to Congress, W.
W. Casey, twice representative
of the First Division in the
Territorial Legislature, and J.
J. Connors, a new aspirant for
legislative honors were the
central figures in a political
meeting held in Pioneer Hall
Saturday evening. A good siz
ed gathering of voters heard
the speakers give their views
relative to the various Terri
torial issues and between the
spells of forensic fireworks
listened to the dulcet harnion-1
ies provided by Charley Rid-;
ley on the piano. |Taken all j
together, the meeting was a j
decided success.
Attorney Ernest Blue started
the ball rolling by outlining to
the candidates some of the
needs of the district and also
detailed some of the unre
warded efforts made in the
past to secure assistance
through the various depart
mental and legislative agen
cies. Mr. Blue declared, we are
“too far away from Alaska”
and illustrated his point by
citing the fact that it is easier
to communicate with the Land
Office at Washington than
with the Land Office at Andh
orage. The first need of the
district was a little protection
from the river floods. He ex
plained that this matter had
been gone into by the Chamb
r of Commerce, data collect
ed, maps made and actual
flood pictures taken but the
nly reward of weeks of
hought, time, l#bor and ex
penditure of money was five
little Tines from the. .‘^powers
that be”, which, summarized,
?aid only “We can’t do any
hing.” Referring to the road
needs, the speaker said al
| though he could cite many
places in the Territory where
money was spent freely on
i roads in order that a few
people could ride in auto
nobiles and where a ton of
freight did not go over them
in a year, we who struggled to
get a hundred tons or more a
year up the Salmon valley
got nothing. Then the answer
o our complaints was $82,000
I spent building a section that
i begins nowhere and ends no
j where. The speaker declared
ithat if we received the support
we are entitled to from our(
own country we could show
as much development as an:*
place in Alaska, probably
more. We have a sandspit
sticking out in front of our
wharves, menacing navigation
nd making it necessary for
boats to swing far out into
the stream to clear. We have
asked for a harbor survey.
The answer was “no appropri
ation.” The Canadians put
I channel lights up and down
the Portland Canal, while we
do nothing. No place in Alaska
can show as many reasons for
I spending money on public im
provements as this district. A
foot trail was built last year
!to open up one of the greatest
mineral belts under the Amer
can flag. Not until this year
did the government send any
one to make a geological sur
vey and the main reason was
hat an official last year stole
me from another job to look
the district over and saw so
much he strongly recommend
ed that a survey party be sent
here. Mr. Blue also called at
tention to the inadequate mail
facilities, pointing out that
mail from Premier to Hyder,13
miles away, must go via Stew
art, Prince Rupert and Ketch
ikan, although passing right
through Hyder at the start of
its journey.
Mr Blue’s remarks were loud
ly applauded by the audience.
Mr. Casey was the first of the
visiting candidates to take the
platform. He had viewed in
S. S. WATSON ARRIVES
ON FIRST TRIP OF SEASON
The Admiral line steamer
Admiral Watson arrived late
Saturday evening from Seattle
with a large consignment ol
general cargo, several passen
gers, and a good sized dis
patch of first and second class
mail from the States.
The tonnage for this port
amounted to a total of 141
tons, 64 tons being for the
Riverside mine, and including
a complete heating plant, in
addition to mill machinery.
The mail shipment was some
ting of a surprise to most Hy
derites. It happens however.
| that the Watson is a regular
| mail carrier, to Alaska port*
and will probably bring mai
on all future trips. Owing to
the lateness of her arriva
Postmaster Hill staid up most
of the, night to distribute the
consignment, —an accommo
dation to the public that wa:
greatly appreciated especially
by the business elements. The
vessel also took the outgoing
mail on hand on leaving for
-ctetchikan Sunday afternoon.
local windows some of the
greatest ore he had ever seen
and he had followed mining
quite a bit. He believed w<
have the greatest minera
belt here ever known. On ;
trip up Salmon river he har
seen how it menaced the com
munity and he promised if he
was elected to try to memorial
ize Congress to provide pro
tection against it. He said h
had served in two sessions o'
the legislature but never visit
ed Hyder, but he would prom
ise never to come again unlea
Congress granted an appropri
ation as a result of his effort;
if elected. And he wanted tc
come back because he believ
ed Hyder is going to be quit*
a camp before long.
Mr. Connors followed and
advised Hyderites to inver
in automobiles, saying the
are the greatest known incen4
ive to road buldimr. He tr
seen the work of Salmon riv
3ome years ago and agree,
that the money spent her
could be spent a lot bette:
than it is. Mr. Connors appear
ed somewhat confused as tr
l'ust where the money should
be spent, however, but h'
promised, if ,elected, to se<
that the town had protectioi
from the river. He also advo
cated a free assay office and
a government boat to take the
prospector to his property
and back, and an engineer tc
examine his properties free of
:harge on the strength of “par
icularly good samples.” The
jngineer could make a report
showing what had been done,
thereby saving the prospectoi
5 or 10 years work before h*
could get anyone to look at
his property. The remainder
of Mr. Connors’ remarks were
directed mainly to the native
voting question and he an
nounced that he will try to pre
vent illiterates from voting if
lected.
Mr. Boyle, who was intro
duced by Mr. Blue, referred
to his 12 year connection witt
Alaska public lands as Regis
ter of the Land Office and
said he was somewhat p
luainted with Hyder through
the Hyder Townsite and the
patenting of mining claims ir
this section. Hyder is well ad
vertised, as evidenced by the
fact that he had frequent in
quiries regarding the camp or
his trip through Alaska. Cor
dova and Anchorage people
who had been here were very
much interested. On a trip to
the Riverside he had seen the
position of the town with re
spect, to the river and realized
the jeopardy of property hold
ers. He could see no reasor
jwhy a bulkhead could not be
built for a nominal sum. The
BIG BLIND VEIN FOUND
IN RIVERSIDE MINE
A blind vein of practically
solid galena, said to be eight
een inches in thickness wa3
encountered in the 440 foot
level of the Riverside mine
late last week, according
arrivals from Seven Mile. Th ,
find is said to have been er,
tirely unexpected, as th on
was no known surface indirni
ion of its existence. Those m
quainted with the mine assert
that all present indications
point to its becoming a mo-t
prolific producer when the
mill, now in the course of con
struction, commences operat
ion. Some of the ore recently
encountered is said to carry
exceptional values.
An interesting feature of the
present operations is that they
are being Carried on at a con
siderable distance below the
evel of the Salmon River Val
ley and at no great distance
above sea level.
net revenue from the fisheries
of Alaska were about $10,000
000 and it should be turn'd
over to the Territory for pub
lic schools and public im
provements. When turning
over the land in the townsite
to the Land Office* the Forest
Service, which had leased the
land under special permits,
should have given the town
site proper protection. Con
gress is hard to get anything
from, he said, but we have to
keefi on trying. After discuss
ing the failure of various
pieces of Alaska legislation in
Congress and pointing out the
ew bits of constructiv legislat
on granted, Mr. Boyle again
referred to the river situation,
stating that after what he had
seen during his visit he had
1 enough data to go before any
>ody of men and convince them
of the need for a bulkhead to
protect the town. “ If Dan
Sutherland gets the most votes,
get after him, and keep after
him,” was the speakers’ ad
monition. Congress, he said,
is too busy to handle Alaskan
affairs as they should be han
dled and is too far away to
hear the opinions of the peopie
as to conditions. He thought
that all officers of the Territo
ry, with the possible exception
of the governor, should be
elected by the people. The In
dian situation was referred to
as the most important one now
before the people of the Terr
itory, citing instances of the
natives being instructed by
means of marked sample bal
lots how to vote, when they
possessed no idea as to what
or for whom they were voting.
Like the other visiting speak
ers, Mr. Boyle also referred to
Mr. Paul, the Ketchikan attor
i-~v, who is said to have organ
.t.d the natives for voting pur
oses, thus enabling them to
:ontrol elections at many
points. There should be some
way to stop this, Mr. Boyle
said, and if he was elected he
intended to do what he could
n that direction.
1 Geo. E. Winkler, a prominent
1 nining engineer of Victoria,
jpeiit the past week in the dis
rict looking over various prop
erties. Rumor - connects Mr.
Winkler with a new deal for
the Big Missouri, in which
Harry Howsoh, who also ar
•ived last week, is said to be
the principal figure. The re
oort. however, could not be
confirmed.
The balance of the seasonal
ore output of the Porter-Idaho,
approximately 50 tons, is still
at the Wire Gold cabin, where
it was stored until such time as
repairs'to the trail along the
flat land near the mouth of
the Marmot could be complet
ed. m*