DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
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VOL 3, NO. 2
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1926
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PORTER IDAHO
INCREASES PRODUCTION
Ore production on the Portet
Idaho has increased to the
point where weekly carload
i-hipments of 40 tons can be
maintained until the close 01
the summer period. The first
of the proposed weekly con
signments, ccnnisling of 2o
‘.on?, left on the Prince Georgt
Saturday, and will be follow
ed by a similar sized shipment
on the next C. N. P. steamer.
The shipments at present art,
divided into half carload lots
at the request of the steamship
officials to avoid delaying the
departure of vessels beyond
the scheduled sailing hour. On
arival at Vancouver the first
half carload is held until the
second arrives, after which
the ore is forwarded to the
-melter at Trail, B (■. ?n car
load lots.
Ore is now being taken out
and sacked at a much faster
rate than it can be packed
down the mountain by Packei
Jack Renny wdth his present
equipment. An average of 100
sacks a day is mined and sack
ed from one of the several
working tunnels, the ore from
the others being stacked up
until later. Packer Renny has
secured 7 more head of
stock,—all he could gelt—to
meet the increased transport
ation demands, but it will be
some time before he can catch
up with production.
Company officials state that
the ore now being handled
carries values that will yield
a very good profit. Work on
the winze started last year
has been suspended at a
depth of 110 feet because 01
the long lift and several new
tunnels have been run on th\.
same vein farther up the hill.
Including the two old tunnels,
there are now 5 tunnels dirv
en on this vein, all of which
yield good ore.
J. D. Shannon, mine engineer,
has completed a surface sur
vey of the entire Porter Idaho
group and has also surveyed
and mapped the underground
workings and the various ore
bodies.
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Wm. Bunting returned Satur
day from a trip to Spokane,
where he was successful in in
teresting the Hecla Mining Co.
noted Coeur d’Alene operat
ors, in Stampede Group, the
large silver-gold property, lo
cated last year by J. O.
(Stampede John) Stenbraten
in the Porcupine district abom
50 miles from Haine3, Alaska,
in which Mr. Bunting is inter
ested.
Mr. Bunting states that Rush
J. White, and another com
pany engineer will examine
the property this fall. Mr.
Bunting also plans to leave fox
the scene of the strike abouv
October 1 to assist the en
gineex's and help lay out a plan
for development operations
next spring.
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The Canadian steamer Chilli
wack went aground on the
tide flate east of town Tuesday
evening while enroute from
Stewart dock to the Hydei
Dock Co. dock in a heavy fog.
The vesel remained fast in the
mud unitl Wednesday morn
ing, when it was released by
the incoming tide . So far as
could be learned the steamer
was undamaged.
MORE EVIDENCES OF
BIG MISSOURI MILL
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
That the plans of the Big Mis
souri Mining Co. for installing
a mill are taking concrete
form, is again evidenced by a
statement published in the
August 27th issue of the Alas
I ka Weekly, to the effect that
a 200-ton mill is now being de
J signed by Duncan MacVichie,
whom it characterizes as an
expert in the line of mill con
struction.
The statement practically
j confirms the report published
J in these columns last week,
but erroneously attributed to
the Mining and Engineering
Record, of Vancouver. The j
1 published statement actually !
appeared in the Canadian!
Mining Journal, published in
i Eastern Canada and consider
| ed one of the best informed
and most reliable mining pub
lications on the continent. As
will be recalled by readers, i
this journal, which undoubted- i
; 'y derived its information from j
authentic sources, stated that
I Capt. MacVichie had not only
been retained to design the;
proposed mill but would also
I mperintend its construction.
As neither of the publications
luoted are apt to make such
positive statements except on
good authority, there appears
no reason to doubt that the
much anticapted mill installat-1
ion plans are actually undei
way as indicated.
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The Premier Company has
mspended operations on the
Cantu group after failing to j
encounter expected values dur
ing the course of open cut and ,
diamond drilling operations on
he quartz porhyry vein which
runs through the property.
The company is apparently
lot greatly interested in the |
several massive galena show- j
ings from which shipments j
were made last fall and has J
made no definite effort to ex
plore them .Four diamond
drill holes about 200 feet long
are said to have been driven ,
on the porhyry vein, but devel
oped no values comparable,
to those found on the surface
during examinations made Iasi
fall.
Owing to the delayed arrival |
of a new liner for the ball
mill, the Riverside mill has j
been temporarily closed down
pending the arrival of the
motorship Norco, which is ex
pected to bring the missing
equipment. Company officials
state that the liner was order
ed in ample time for deliver>
before the one now in use be
came unfit for service but was
not delivered owing to somt
delay. The officials state that
after the installation of the
new liner the mill will run ;
three shifts as usual.
W. K. Spaulding, well known
Ketchikan business man and
associated in the ownership of j
the Salmon River dock, arrived
from Ketchikan on the Taku
II.
Following his arrival Mr.!
Spaulding visited the Mount- i
ainview Gold Mining Com-!
pany properties on Fish;
Creek and later proceeded!
to the Keno Group on Tex- j
as Creek in which he is |
interested.
MORE FINDS REWARD
PROSPECTING PLAN
ON MOUNTAINVIEW
Plans inaugurated by Mana
ger Arthur Moa for subjecting
the Mountainview Gold Min
ing Co. properties to a thor
ough surface examination aim
ed at tracing out to the fullest
possible extent the ramificat
ions of the vein system, art
meeting with splendid success
and have resulted in the dis
covery of several- new ore
bodies of great promise not
heretofore known to exist.
Among the latest finds is a
vein ranging from 12 to 14
inches wide which carries a
silver content ranging arouna
$180 per ton in value. The
lead has been traced over a
considerable distance ana
gives promise of developing
into a highly valuable ort
body. Manager Moa considers
the discovery one of the most
important that has been made.
Drifting operations are also
continuing on the gray coppei j
vein opened up recently. This j
vein is being explored through ;
a shaft with drifts running on
the ore both ways. Both
drifts are said to show a full
face of ore at present.
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Several officials of Chief;
Metals Mining Co. arrived
Saturday from Seattle and i
left for the company proper-;
ties southeast of the Big Mis-^
souri, where Emil Davis, man-1
ager of the company has been
driving a tunnel on the main
vein since early in the sum-1
mer. This tunnel was started
two years ago and driven
about 200 feet in the succeed- i
ing interval. It is understood
that ine development program
contemplates extending the
tunnel about 100 feet farther
during the present season. The
ore is a grayish quartz heavily
mineralized with galena over
a width of four feet and Is
said to carry commercial val
ues.
The personnel of the com
pany is somewhat unique - in
the degree that it is composed
largely of officials and mem
bers of the Seattle Fire De- i
partment.
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The following telegraphic
message was received by the
Herald during the latter part
of the week from the relatives
of the late Earl W. Hinckley:
Newport, R. I.
August 31, 1926
Hyder Herald:
Not knowing the names of all
the friends who sent floral!
tributes and ably assisted in '
our recent bereavement, Mr.
and Mrs. M. B. Hinckley and
family take this method of con- j
reying their heartfelt thanks
to Masons and Moose and alii
other loyal friends in Hyder f
and vicinity.
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The fall schedule of the Can
adian National Railway steam
ship service becomes effective
today (Monday) Under the
new schedule the Prince
Charles will call Tuesday as
usual but will then be with-1
drawn from the run until later, j
The Prince Rupert will there- j
after make a weekly run from
Vancouver to Stewart, leaving
the former port Thursdays
and arriving here Sundays, un
til the winter schedule goes
into effect later in the season.1
MOOSE LEGION
HOLDS FROLIC
Forty-two members of the
Mooseheart Legion arrived
from Ketchikan and Prince
Rupert Sunday afternoon ana
evening and participated with
local Moose in a grand frolic
and initiation service at Pio
neer Hall Sunday evening, ar
which 16 local candidates were
-introduced to the mysteries
of the order. Twenty four oi
the visitors were from Prince
Rupert and 18 were from
Ketchikan! Both parties arriv
ed in chartered vessels, the
Prince Rupert contigent on the
Jbhanna, those from Ketchi
kan on the Carmen.
The initiatory ceremonies
were conducted by North
Moose G. E. Dickenson; South
Moose W. O. Blake; East
Moose E. J. Dyer; West Moose
Mike Gillis; Herder John An
derson; Guide C. F. Avey;
Custodian A. McGrath; and
Treasurer Chas. Finzel, all of
the Ketchikan Legion, assisted
by member of the Rupert
Lodge.
Following the initiations a
fine luncheon wa s served and
everyone had a good time until
the small hours of Monday
morning. Today the Legion
aires are taking in the Labor
Day celebration at Stewart. , j
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Holger Johnson, manager ol
the Hyder Fuel Co., and Miss
Esther Olson, former teachei
in the local public school, wert i
united in marriage last week,!
according to telegraphic dis-'
patches from Portland, Ore.
received by local friends.
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Sidney Charles, pioneer Alas
ka newspaper man and former
publisher of the Stika Tribune,
Petersburg Herald, and more
latterly the First City News of
Ketchikan, arrived in camp
last week on his private lunch,
acompanied by his wife and
son. Mr. Charles is one of the
most widely known newspaper
men in the Territory and has
followed the newspaper game
in most of the important towns
from Fairbanks south.
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Messrs. Thornton and Lem
mons, of Ketchikan, are doing
extensive development work
on their ground along the east
border of Chickamin Glacier
at the head of Texas Creek.
The partners, who are dis
tinctly of the “go-gettei'”
type, located a number of
claims last fall and returned !
last spring to prospect them.
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Grover C. Winn, widely j
known Juneau attorney, was a !
vfsitor in camp for two days!
last week, arriving Monday
night and departing Wednes-i
day on the Taku II. Mr. Winn's
visit was made in connection j
with his duties as Referee in
Bankruptcy in the estate of
the Midget Emporium, which
was recently adjudged bank
rupt by Judge T. M. Reed of
the District Court on petition
of the company.
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Sam Swenning returned last i
week from a prospecting trip
of several weeks duration in
the Chickamin River section.1
Sam said he found no bonan-^
zas, but likes the looks of the
country and believes it will ul
timately develop into a mining;
district of importance.
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FINDS STRANGE CURIO
Charlie Murphy, well knowij
prospector and owner of i
number of promising proper
ties in the Texas Creek section
returned last week after ai
extended visit in the Yakutat
and Port Wells districts to loot:
after his local mining interests.
Mr. Murphy bro ’ght back a
unique souvenir of his trip in
(he shape of a small sword, oi
a type seldom seen in this pari
; of the world and evidently
very old. The weapon is abom
j two feet in length, with i.
j heavy b! rde of wavy pattern
closely resembling the Malay
kris. Near the handle, the
blade is widened to a width of
about 4 inches to form the
guard, the edges of which are
cut in a serrated pattern of
ornamental design. One side
of the guard is mounted with
a narrow loop of beaten silver
and the wooden handle is
bound to the blade by a ferrule
of the same metal, which is
engraved with a decorative
pattern and partially covered
by a band of woven fibre. The
end of the hilt apparently
bore a metal cap at one time
but this is now missing, al
though the end of a band of
beaten copper shows beneath
the fibre wrapping that still
remains on the handle. The
blade is q'f remarkably fine
steel and shows traces of en
graving or inlay work near
the hilt. The curious blade is
enclosed in a cumbersome
wooden scabbard made in two
sections which were fastened
together with wooden pins.
Mr. Murphy found the weap
on while rummaging in a de
serted settlement in the Port
Wells section while looking
for an iron to use in calking
his boat.
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Rev. S. V. Warren, pastor
of Hyder M. E. Church an
nounces that a stereoptican
lecture and basket social will
be held at the church Frida}
evening at 8 p. m. The lecture
will be entitled “The Shadows
of a Great City” and will pict
ure the life story of two little
waifs of the New York slums, j
More than 60 pictures taken !
from real life will be used to
illustrate the lecture. The
price of admission will be 50
and 25 cents. The entertain
ment is being given to clear up i
outstanding church obligat
ions, amounting to slightly
more than $40, in order that,
the annual report, which will
be published in the minutes of
the Annual Conference of the
Methodist Church, will show
all bills paid. The report must
be mailed next Saturday,
hence special efforts are nee- j
essary to wipe out the debts
in time.
Ladies attending the lecture ;
are requestd to bring baskets, i
which will be sold to the high
est bidder.
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A recent Cape Town news
dispatch reported that a rec- j
ord in mine-shaft sinking has
been made at the Randfonteen
gold mine in the Transvaal by
the sinking of 332 feet of shall j
in 31 days. An average oi
420 tons of rock was hoisteu
out of the shaft each day.
Dave Ross left for the Sti.'s
Monday evening.
7INAL SEARCH FOR
CYCLONE JOHNNY FAILS
A final search for John S.
(Cyclone Johnny) Burndgen
r his remains, conducted la^t
week at Tide Lake by Con
stable Potterton, John Camp
bell, Fred Jancowski and E. E.
Charlton, failed to reveal the
slightest trace of the missing
man, who has not been seen
since the afternoon of July 22,
Employing a boat taken to
the lake August 25, by Messrs.
Campbell and Jancowski, the
surface and shores of the lake
were subjected to a thorough
search but without result.
Despite his penchant foi
making solitary excursions into
the hills, Burndgen has been
gone so long this time that
there appears hardly a doubt
that he has met with some
mishap and his friends have
abandoned hope for his reap
pearance.
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The second installment ol
“Alaska Mining Law,” lion.
Henry Roden’s splendid digeu
of the Federal and Territorai
mining laws will be found on
page 3 of the present issue
of the Herald. The installmeni
concludes the chapter of
ludge Roden’s volume deal n-j
with the origin and history of
American mining law and
showing the manner in whl h
our mining enactments can.?
into being. The succeeding in
itallment will treat of the
power ol the Territorial Legis
lature to enact mining laws.
Later installments will define
what lands may be taken up
under the mining laws; who
may locate mining claims; lo
cation and possession of lode
mining claims; annual laboi
upon lode claims; forfeitures
of interest; amended locations,
etc.
John Cole, Martin Bugge,
Mitchell Spaeth, Hugh Sawyer
and J. A. Talbot, prominent
Ketchikan business men ana
stockholders in the Mountain
view Gold Mining Co., arrived
Saturday on the motor ;h Ip
Fairbanks to visit the company
properties on Fish Creek. Be
fore returning to Ketchikan
Sunday morning, member^ or
the party stated that they had
been greatly impressed by ;h
diversity and extent of the
mineralization revealed on the
property, as well as its general
accessibility and capacities for
easy operation.
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Pat Daly, second vice presi
dent of the Big Missouri Min
ing Co. left for the south Iasi
week after a short visit at the
Big Missouri.
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T. V. Wilson, managing di
rector of the Eldorado com
pany, returned last week after
a visit of several weeks in the
States.
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W. J. Elmendorff, famed lo
cally as the man who installed
the old Portland Canal mill,
the first in the district, left
for Ketchikan on the Taku II,
after a visit of several days.
The Northland Transportation
Co. motorship Norco is expect
ed to arrive from Seattle
tonight or Tuesday morning.
The vessel was scheduled to
leave Seattle last Friday.