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HYD«R; AlMka. Nov. *. 1881
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
L£» STRUCK
JR FISH CREEK
UPPER TUNNEL
Ganeral Manager and President
W fi, Tonkjji, and Superintendent
jfarjp Tanner, of the Fish Creek
riirirife Company, came doW» from
the jficperty last night, both highly
el^Hl'wiHi'theeuoeees of their op.
£' a|feng in the upper tunnel where
fcnvccut through a five-foot
U0n*|*t fissure vein that parries the
thoot of high grade copper
andwcei ggipfia ore shewing on
thoprface,
V* vein wag exposed owing the
ipmmfer by means of open cuts for
a diitanoe ef 600 feet, carrying a
shggt of high grade for the entire
distance. In September • crosscut
tunnel was started in order that the
Croat might he wgrking updpr
grated awav from the anow during
the winter. Thw tuppel has tapped
therein at a depth of 58 feet, after
bring driven for 120 feet, Where
pneeuntered the vein has a width
of five ftft, about one-third of the
OW being gf shipping grade, and
balappe running from $30 to
per top, making a fine milling
product, The walls are well defined,
them being HP absolutely clean
cleavage, The vein strikes approx
imately east and west, and dips 55
degrees te tbe north.
Mr. Tonkin stated this morning
that supplies sufficient to last the
present orew through the winter
are now on the ground, and that
work will be continuous. It is the
&tghtiaif to drift both ways on the
vein, and also to sink a winze to a
depth of at least 60 fret. For this
purpose a hoist will be shipped In
as soon as he returns to Seattle.
The drift to the edt will gain an
additional depth on the vein of
ah< a 100 feet under the brow of
the hill. As the ore is mined it will
be Sorted arid the high grade sacked
fat ihjpment when the transporta
flob becomes better. With the ap
proadh of spring the snow becomes
packed and double-coder sleds ean
then be used to advantage.
Mr. Tonkin Says that by Spring
t.. r-s
DON’T
Go Home
in the
Dark
FLASHLIGHTS
n
THE
W
he hopes to have the finances of the
company in suob shape that com
pressor machinery ean be installed
and also a flotation plant, The
past operations have resulted in the
accumulation of a very large ton
nage of second grade ore which ie
the finest kind of mill feed, and rep
resents a large amount of. money.
He Is leaving for Seattle on the
Grand Trunk boat this week.
Fifteen tens of ore that will as
say from $30(1 to $400 per ton are
also being shipped this week, In
cluded in this are about four tons
of grey ooppef ora from the sur
face of the upper lead, which is be
ing shipped for a smelter test.
Work in the No, f tunnel on the
Olympia claim at the lower camp
is continuing, the crew stopeing and
sacking ore from a rich shoot re
cently en«ountered there, This
tunnel will be continued for at
least 50 feet, and probably further,
this winfsr,
Harry Tanner will stay in through
the winter to direct the operations.
The development of the first real
shipper on the Alaskan side here
marks an epoch in the history of
the Hyder Mining district.
deimeIan
IS FAYORABLE
■ That Dan Sutherland, Alaskan
Delegate to Congress, is favorably
inclined toward tha project of
building a wharf at Hyder is <jon
firmed by the following, which is an
axerpt of a letter from the Delegate
addressed to United States Com
missioner John T. Reed.
"I have taken up the matter of
tha construction of a wharf at Hy
der by the War Department and I
have some assurance from the De
partment (Engineers Department)
of assistance ip getting ah item in
tha Sundry Civil Bill this fall for a
survey for a wharf at Hyder. t
have received a general statement
as to the length and site of a wharf
required and m to the distance that'
pike will have to be driven, Which
I am informed Would have to be
1800 feet, and I also have an esti
mate of from $80,000 to $100,OOb
to complete such a structure.
It might be that the BUreau til
Public Reads coilld be Pffahaded t«
build the trfestle of 1800 fefct aciukk
the flail ihfl thbs Ibfe appropria
tion required froth fjbngresk Would
be reduced considerably. I antici
pate that Und& tha provisions of
the neW toad bHl; Which I am sure
will pahs this slSiion, Considerable
money will be provided foir Alaska
roads to bit expended Under the
direction of the DbreaU taf Public
RoadS, and as this is the Bureau
that operates in your vicinity, it is
to be ttdtfftd that yotl Will have ootf-1
siderable W‘ork dotife ott Wadi
around Hytfor."
Imperial Paths Russian sViiSm bath* $1
ConWc table and convenient home t o :
rant- 1‘ iqOira of Hu'|h Maafatt||1t.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If it isn't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your Mend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
Only 4ft days till Christmas. Do your
shopping early,
Mrs. T, Qrosebush has gone to Seattle
to visit her daughter.
John Lox came dqwn the latter part of
the week from the Premier,
Roy Moseley returned OP the Pacheng
from a political trip |o Rupert)
Fred Dorey yygflt down to Georgia river
Mppdaj with mail and supplies for H. C,
Shough who is mining (here- '
Harry Richards and «I*fc Cullen, who
have been mining a|| summer for the
Fish Creek Mining Company, WHS* down
yesterday and will go out {n Seattle for |
the winter. ,
W. J. Crawford hag mpved his resi
dence from Filth street to Ninth Street in
Stewart in order to escape iftP madden
ing throng that surges up and dowp the
main thoroughfare.
Han Dayis is around again but upahls
to work owing to a fall which injured hit
nba. He was on bis way home and turn
ed off of Volunteer Drive before reaching
International Avenue, falling eight nr ten
feet onto the rocks below. This spot is
particularly dangerous, at least a half
dozen people having fallen there.
An anjoygble impromptu dance was
htld last Saturday night In Pioneer Hall
under the aurpices of tha Allied Way
Veterans in support of the Salvation
Arm) home service campaign. The r«
seipts amounted to |118 and disburse
ments $40, leaving a balance of $78 which
has been turned over to Adjutant Kerr.
The music was the heaviest expense,
costing $36.
DEATH OF AXEL JOHNSON
The many friends here of Axel John*
Ion wiU be pained to learn of his death,
Which occurred in the Prince Rftpert hoe*
pital on thr 28th of October Mr. Johnson
ires one of the best knowh and moat re
liable miners of the district and bad been
in the camp about two yenffc He was
Of a retiring disposition, kind to everyone
and a most likeable dharactet. Several
months ago he wal injured at the Pre
mier mine and this is thbtlght to have'
beeh contributory to his ''nth though J
the primary Cause was min«f#: ‘Consump
tion, Deceased was bo n lit Sweden 37
years ago, and had been In thii country
fa a number of years. Itis heather Al
bert, one iff the foremen at tba Premier,
waf with him whan he died* aid return
ed to camp Sunday, Thb fttnethl Wee
held In Prince Kdpert
CAFE CHANGES OWNERS
W. Keith thli Week Mil tha Alalfch
Cafa to d. K. Gteeth who Will Hhb eAiarge
the 18th of thia month The Atgjfta Was
established early ih I''l9 by At Keith
and ha% had a successful MMAmss car
eer, ttoihft WtW the oldeM MlUdrant in
the camp. The rrtw projpribter ia ah ex
perienced eatott, havink owned and op
era twi 'restaurant! in Denver «M Salt
tAkfc buy a! well as in Intrrltfr Alaska,
and it i! certain that be Will continue the
high ItairtaM Of kefvice mShUMhed
his predecestor. It V! Mr. KbiA^k Intern-1
tioh to takV a Wu’eti heeded Vesaatid listen
tor Uwbile to the palm trees rtlstle dbwh
lh sunny Mexico, ^owevbr tha lure Of the
north is sure to call him back to Where
the hkrd rodk fnlmYit Voktlh
Tammy Carpenter returned on the Pa
lOhena from Rupert after being away
[ alnce last spring, lip has been in Rupert
Anya* and Alice Arm.
Arthur Griswold, who spent the sum
mer here, was recently adjudged insane
in Ketofcikan and oonunitted to Morning
side, He was sent to the asylum in New
Westminster severe! years ago from Hax
altun, but disoharged about six years ago
as oared.
Jgss Setterlngton came in from Rupert
on the Pachena to look the camp over
and visit with a number of friends here,
Whoa mining was hitting the high spots
ground Haselton Jess was (here with the
ttgo-faced axe and tingle-jack. Of late
years he hss pyt >n most of his time at
Rupert, A tics Asm and Granby.
Captain Swanson has put the Pachena
on the run from Rupert for the winter (p
alternateTilth the John, and camp ip
Saturday with passengers and freight.
He ais° brought the mail, which was a
gratuitous service on his part as he has
not yet received a contract, though he ex
pacts to. The Pachepa is considerably
larger than the Provincial ant) much
faster,
PETITM FOR
' WHRRF PREPARED
rnp executive oopimittee of (he Hyder
Commercial Association, consisting of
President W, S, Orr, H. H, Howard end
Sam Potts, met with Secretary Pred
I)orey last Friday night and drew up the
following petition to he forwarded to the
Kivers and Harbors committee and Del
egate Dan Sutherland In Washington:
We, tha residents of Hyder, Alaska,
gad violnity. beg to bring to your notice the
urgency of establishing wharfage facili
ties in-the harbor of Hyder.
tender present conditions all passengers,
mail end height are brought ashore here
on scows from boats anchored in the har
bor, and it la impossible to land even in
this trthhnbf except at high tide or ap
proximately four hours out of tha twenty
four.
The only alternative is to make usa of
Canadian ships and the Canadian wharf
at Stewait, British Columbia, with tha
attendunt delay, expense and inconven
ience of Oomplylne with the United
States and Canadian customs regulations
On account of the lack of wharfage fac
ilities In Hyder-, coastwise steamships
plying out of Seattle refuse to call here
In censeqencc of which a Vast amount of
trade which rightfully belongs to Amer
ican holiness houses la diverted to Can
adian arms.
In addlthm to this, Hyder aottunliy lutes
rtioney and prestige through the business
If toilfists corttlhg to Alaska oh Attietitoh
steamship tine*.
We WoUM point out that the mining
industry of the district far which Hyder
la the supply paint, is destined to become
one Of the greatest assets of which the
TeftitoW of Alaska tien boast
Mhk Handing high in governmental
affairs in Alaska freely predict that Hf
der wilt have a population within the
next five yeUW of 10,000 fahekitunte But
the hatWhH and eventual growth Of Hy
des- arid development Of the dtstthet uth
being tfrbatly retarded 0* the present
lack '6f WharTSfge facilitSee.
Wd tiSv^ykcrre wSk that immediate Steps
Iw lakon for The establishment of a wharf
in Hyder, and urge tha extreme necessity
Mr tf#tte fh ttrtk madter
COMMERCIAL
Bill
IFTEII WHARF
Step* were taken at a well at.
tended meeting of the Hyder Com
mercial Association last Thursday
evening for launching a campaign
to secure the establishment of a
wharf in Hyder, the executive com
mittee being instruct^ to prepare
and circulate a petialag from resi
dent* of the district 4a bo forwarded
to the Rivers and Harbors commit
tee of eon'fresf, and alfco to write
fully to Delegate Daa Sutherland as
to the necessity for immediate re
lief ffom the inconveniences and
losses to whieb the residents of,
and visitors to the tewn, are now
subjeoted in landing here and re
ceiving shipments of freight. The
committee was also instructed to
take up the mattes of protecting
the bank of Salmon river to pre
vent the reaurrenre mf the danger
experienced l«gt month from floods.
The matter of (Ipneing the un
protected portions of the streets
and sidewalks to prevent further
accidents by people falling off in
the dark was also diseussed. It
was pointed out bow fortunate the
town had been in that of all who
have taken the so called "high
dive" (numbering perhaps 200) not
one has suffered more than a brok
en bone or two, when, by all the
laws or averages, broken necks or
drowning might have been expect
ed. The finance committee was In
structed to canvass for funds to
psovide railings where needed.
The Dorey Transfer was author
ized to remove the walk crossing
the creek in frent of the lighthouse,
as the supports had given way and
the walk was in a dangerous condi
tion. The walk was also an ob
struction to the waterway, and a
tightar with a roof to protect the
goods and mail from the rain could
not pass under it.
The secretary reported that the
Chemical engine ordered some time
ago had been shipped from Peoria,
111., and might be here on the next
boat.
Stanley Oaksttith, the newly ap
pointed U. S. Deputy Marshal, at
tended the meeting and was in
formed that by accepting his posi
tion in Hyder he automatically be
came Ate chief. Mr. Oaksmith ad
dressed the meeting at some length,
and promised to do all heoould for
the advancement of the town's in
terests.
bedwiry wwfc doiM ffght and promptly
delivered. Tab and shower baths, new,
modem, strictly up to date. Jim Johnson.
kites new residence for sale. Finest
bonAshfe In Hyder, B. M, Stene.
Cf'aeO^ tb tent, h tteWfog Wwchine.'
Enquire 'nt MM
Mrs.JeWitcM, Sanitary laundry, A stret: i
For rent, building on Main street, forest
restive, formerly ’'Sill's Boarding Hmise."
\ pr»ly ^ntre
IDAHO IS SURE
OF HIGH GRRDE
- SHIPPING ORE
Clay Porter and George Mehlftld
are down from the Idaho group on
the north fork of the Marmot, hav.
ing closed down the work for the
winter, The property ia above tim.
ber line, and condition* are such
that winter mining Qannot be car,
ried on without a substantial camp
being built and supplies packed in
in the fall sufficient to last until
the next summer. Everything hse
had to be packed up on men’s back*
but next season horses can be used
as the B. C. government has finish*
ad a trail to within a short distance
of the property, and It is hoped that
nsxt season a considerable shij,
ment of high grade ore can be sent
out.
The work done this year consist*
of a tunnel 1QQ feet in length which'
follows an offshoot of the main vein
and has opened up a good shoot < f
ore which assays from $300 to $1010
per ton, The work was suspended
at an interesting stage of dpveloj«
ment, as the tunne] has almoff
reached the main vein and the oie
has widened to five feet in the fa< e
with 18 inches of ore that will ruu
$500 or better. The property is
just across the ridge from the Si!;
verado, upon which sensational oip
Values are also found,
It is the intention of both Mr,
Porter and Mr, Mehlfeld to spend
the winter in Hyder, the latter hav,
ing his family here and three ohil,
dien in the cbool.
They are wall satisfied with ti e
result of the season's development,
as they have demonstrated the ex>
istence of a productive high grade
mine which they expect to have ia
shape by this time next year for
continuous operation.
NORlERN POOL HALL SOLD
The Northern Pool Hull which, under
the ownership of Robert C. Jeffery has
become one of the most popular recrea
tion resorts in the camp, has been pur
chased by Walter Blanton and Holger
Johnson and Is under the latter's active
manag- ment. Mr. Blanton was formerly
a partner of Mr. Jeffery and is now pro
prietor of the Silver Grill, adjoining the
Northern.
HEW MOVIE SHOW SOON
The Stoner building on Main strret. op
posite the Miners' Hotel and adjoining
the Style Shop, has baen leased by J. K.
Green and <• being remodeled into a mov
ing picture theatre by P, G. Beaudreau.
Arrangements sre being made for a sup
ply of the latest film productions, and it
is hoped that the first show can be put
on next Saturday night. The projector
purchased Is one of the newest automatic
models The new tneatre is convenient
ly situated and will offer a welcome breafe
in the monotony of the long winter ■>- -
nings.