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, VOL 3, NO. 14
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1926
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GAINING DEPTH ON
B. C. SILVER
Reliable reports from the
B. C. Silver indicate that the
work of opening up a new
level on the “C” and “D” ore
bodies, about 150 feet below
the present No. 3 level, is mak
ing good progress. The winze
sunk from drift 338 on the
third level is now down some
thing over 100 feet and is said
to have encountered ore show
ings, probably the downward
extensions of “C” ore body.
The completion of the winze
will permit exploration of both
the “C” and “D” ore' bodies at
greater depth and will do
much to determine the true
value of the huge ore deposits
which have yielded fine ship
ping values on the No. 3 level.
Prior to driving the winze a
large hoisting station was cut
on No. 3 level. Indications
point to the completion of the
winze and the starting of the
new level about the middle of
December.
Drilling for ore extensions of
the south of “C” and “D” ore
bodies is also being carried
on. Drift 334 has been extend
ed to a point close to the Se
bakwe south line and consid
erable cross cutting has also
been in this area.
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LARGE NUMBER LEAVE
FOR WINTER SEASON
The annual fall exodus of
those who prefer to winter in
other climes became decidedly
ly apparent Thursday with
the departure of more than a
dozen residents of the camp
for points west and south.
Included among the number
were J. D. Littlepage, Mrs.
Littlepage and children, Chas.
and Mrs. Schomberg and fami
ly; Morris D. Ickis; George
Lemmons, Ole Twedt, Max
Priebe, Mr3. Fred J. Hughes
and Mrs. Bessie Dahl and two
children.
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STEWART COUPLE WED
Miss Lavinia Becker and Mr.
Thomas Hatton were united in
the matrimonial bond Wednes
day evening by Rev. S. V War
k, ren. The wedding took place
in Hyder M. E. Church and
was witnessed by a small num
' - ■ -her, iiieluding che. relatives t>r
the bride. Miss Jean Becker,
sister of the bride, attended
the latter as bridesmaid and
Earl Becker, the bride’s broth
er, officiated as best man. The
bride was beautifully gowned
in white satin and carried a
bouquet of carnations. Follow
ing the ceremony the bridal
party repaired to the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Becker, where
a collation was served, follow
ed by dancing. The happy
couple left Thursday for the
States on their honeymoon.
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FINE ORE BODY
ON BIG MISSOURI
The discovery of another fine
ore body in the Big Missouri
was reported last week. The
find was made in the old Mann
tunnel workings and the ore
body is said to be distinct from
the zone located by Pat Daly
during the time he was in
charge of operations on the
property, altho of similar
character.
According to the information
received, the new ore body is
eight feet or more in width
and has been penetrated up
ward of thirty feet, without
•ign of decrease in either the
uze of the vein or the extent
rf mineralization. Although
nothing can be learned re
garding the values carried,
the ore is said to be of distinct
ly high grade character and
orobably carries gold values
similar to those previously
found in the Mann tunnel op
erations.
The discovery is pronounced
by conservative mining men as
one of the most important so
far made on the Big Missouri.
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S. P. FITZGERALD BACK
S. P. Fitzgerald, president of
the Independence company,
whose activities at present are
much in the public eye, owing
to the purchase of a majority
interest by outside parties,
"eturned Thursday after con
cluding details of the recent
deal.
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A series of sermons based on
he famous classic, Pilgrim’s
Progress, by John Bunyan, are
announced by Rev. Sherman
V. Warren, pastor of Hyder
M. E. Church. The series will
lover the entire story of the
•emarkable allegory.
The first sermon of the series
vill be delivered Sunday ev
aning.
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Latouche has established a
'ecord for rainfall this year,
iccording to Superintendent
'lieding. Up to the present
rear the record at Latouche
vas 196 inches, but at the
present time it exceeds 200
nches with two months to go.
>ix inches of rainfall was the
ecord for one day recently.
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A moose head with a spread
if horns of 7iP/i inches, was
i aken on Kenai Peninsula re
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■ently by L. K. Evans, of Dav
mport, la. The specimen is be
; ieved to be the largest taken
! n Alaska in the last ten years.
! The world’s record head,
j which was taken on Kenai
I Peninsula, and is now on dis
' play in the Field Museum in
Chicago, has a spread of 78f/i
inches.
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' Wm. Ward,'well known old
1 timer, returned this week from
a visit of several months in the
south.
REPORTS OF
MARMOT DEALS
Considerable interest was
created early last week by re
ports that the Premier Gold
Mining Company was bonding
properties in the Marmot sect
ion adjacent to the Porter
Idaho. Properties mentioned
as having been taken over by
the Premier people are the
Prosperity Group, owned by
Jancowski, Davis and Wat
land, and the Melvin Group,
owned by N. H. Stevens. Both
groups adjoin the Porter Idaho
on the westerly side, the first
mentioned property being
known to contain an extension
of one of the rich Porter Idaho
veins. Little reliable informat
ion cap be gained regarding
the reported transactions. Be
yond stating that Premier
“has not bonded any proper
ties in the Marmot section.”
Premier officials would not
discuss the reports. It is defi
nitely' known, however, that
company representatives have
secured an option on at least
one of the properties mention
ed, and are probably awaiting
confirmation from the head
office before making definite
announcements.
S. S. BORDER
QUEEN ARRIVES
1 The Border Line Transport
ation Co. steamer Border
Queen arrived from Seattle
Wednesday night with a large
■onsignment of local cargo,
: he bulk of which consisted of
coal for local use.
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i Edward Fernald, well known
I pioneer resident, who has been
I eriously ill and under the
' care of Dr. J. H. Carson during
! the past ten days as a result
of a severe cold which threat
ened pneumonia, is reported
convalescing and will soon be
about agin, much to the grati
fication of his numerous
friends. *
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R. W. Wood, president of the
Premier company, recently
bonded the Emerald Isle cop
per property, near Mineral
Park, Arizona. Mr. Wood also
owns the Arizona Premier
I silver property near Kingman,
! Arizona.
R. G. Mellin, engineer in
charge of the Riverside operat
ions, is expected to arrive from
VancouverJ;his^evening to in
spect the results of develop
ment operations now in prog
' ress.
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That Kodiak Island produces
: enough cranberries to supply
the whole northwest was the
declaration made by Rqv.
E. P. Kashevarof, of Jun
eau, who recently spent some
time at the Island. He said
that about one-half of the is
land escaped the inundation of
: ashes at the time of the Kat
mai eruption, and that part, he
declared, produces vast quanti
ties of cranberries.
RECENT ARRIVAL IS
ADJUDGED INSANE
After voluntarily reporting to
Deputy U. S. Marshal T. W,
McDonald Saturday that he
j believed he was becoming in
j anne, as he was “seeing
things,” and something “was
wrong with his head,” William
Mattson, who arrived here re
cently from the Salt Chuck
mine w as adjudged insane by
a jury in the Commissioner’s
Court yesterday afternoon and
was committed to the Morn
| ingside Hospital at Portland,
i Ore.
; Mattson was one of the un
[ fortunate men who lost all or
l most of the wages due them
| when the Salt Chuck mine,
: closed down as a result of a
j 50 per cent decrease in the
i price of palladium. He arriv
ed here something over a
month ago and was employ
; ed during the intervening peri
I od as donkeyman at the
! Schomberg logging camp. Aft
er the camp closed for the
season Mattson came to town
and resided on the camp scow
near the sawmill. He appeared
at the marshal’s office Satur
day morning and frankly stat
j ed he had been drinking heav
ily in Hyder B. C. after coming
to town. He declared, how
ever, that he had not indulged
in liquor for several days, and
j was convinced that' his state
; was not due to his inebriety.
At his solicitation he was per
i milted to remain at the mar
! shal’s office during the after
noon and later developed a
j variety of hallucinations w’hich
left little doubt he was suf
fering from some more serious
complaint than a mere nervous
! attack. Despite medical attent
i ion given by Dr. Whillans,
Mattson continued to grow
worse and by Sunday morn
ing had reached a state where
it was plainly dangerous for
| rim to be at large.
Alter listening to testimony
presented by Dr. Whillans,
Marshal McDonald, Merl F.
Thomas and Basil Littlepage,
the jury, consisting of Messrs,
i Edgar Provinse, Ray Snyder,
J. D. Lyons, H. A. Ives, W. C.
Blanton and E. L. Dale, declar
ed Mattson, to be insane.
, Ernest Blue was apointed by
government to represent the
unfortunate man at the hear
ing.
j Mattson will be taken to Ket
chikan enroute to Morningside
Wednesday.
LEROY HAS 100
. .. - - TOOT ORE-VEIJ*
The LeRoy property at Alice
; Arm is said to have one of the
l largest veins of ore ever found
: in the district. Development
work done during the past
i season proved the existence of
i a ledge of milling ore 100 feet
in width. A cross cut run on
the big vein showed a good
grade of ore throughout the
entire hundred feet.
Owing to difficult transport
ation conditions, the property
has been closed down for the
winter.
LOCAL WEATHER
OBSERVER WANTED
Hyder is one of the few prom
inent towns in the territory
without a Weather Bureau
station and the feather Bur
eau headquarters in Juneau
is seeking some person who h
willing to devote from one t<
five minutes a day to keeping
a record of the local temperat
ure and precipitation. No sala
ry can be given for the wor’
but the observer will receiv
the Weather Bureau publieat
ions, showing the records of a!
Alaska stations and other in
teresting data and will be pro
vided with the necessary in
struments and stationery fo
keeping and reporting th
weather conditions.
Hyder »is not only situated it
the midst of incomparabl
scenic beauties but also c
joys remarkably fine weat'V
during the greater part of th
the year. Probably no sectio
of this part of Alaska posse
ses a more equable climr:*
Climatic conditions duri
the summer season are not
celled by even those of C:.i
fornia. A good climate is r
asset for any locality. Ca.i
fornia, and also Washingtor
and Oregon, capitalize the'i
climate, boost it, and adve
rse it and find that it pay:
Hyder might emulate their ex
ample to good advantage. Bu
without official weather rec
ords to substantiate our claim
there is little use in boostir
our really remarkable climate
To the world at large Alask
is a land of snow and ice an
no amount of boosting wil
offset the impression unles
backed up by solid figures
This being fhe case, will no'
some public spirited citize
help to advertise the district’
advantages by giving a fe\
minutes time to the light tas1
of keeping the necessary rec
ord?
FINDS VEIN IN WELL
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j A curious mineral discovery
is reported from Alice Arm
While sinking a well on the
Speculator property, adjoinim
the La Rose mine, in 1925
Jim Calvin not only struct:
water, but also encountered i
vein of high grade silver ore
Water was very scarce on Hay
stack mountain last year and
Calvin sunk three wells in a:
effort to relieve the drough'
Near the bottom of the thin
! hole he located a xein of higl
! grade but the water prevented
; exploration. A lengthy dr>
spell this year resulted in the
water being greatly reduce*'
and it was possible to sink th
■ well to a depth of 30 feet. The
, work revealed a two-foot velr
carrying high values in brittle
native and ruby silver and said
to be identical with the on
. now being mined at the La
Rose mine.
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The annual Bazaar of the
Friendship Club of Hyder M.
E. Church will be held Friday
at the Provinse store.
PLAN NEW ACTIVITIES
ON BIG MARMOT GROUP
Thomas M. Campbell, w 11
cnown mining man and repre
sentative of the International
j Metals Exploration Co. left for
i !die south last week.
: Mr. Campbell’s company re
j eently took over a large num
ber of properties in the M r
' mot section from the Sterling
■ Silver Lead Mining Co., of
t which he was the organizer
i in addition to much othe- val
uable ground adjoining and
adjacent to the Sterling hjld
ings, on which it is planned tu
do considerable work nex;
year.
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UNIQUE MONUMENT
TO PROSPECTOR
What is probably the most
unique burial monument to be
found in Alaska now marks
, he grave of Jerome Dugas,
veteran French-Canadian pros
pector of the district, who
died recently on the Texas
| Creek trail.
Designed and made personal
y by Postmaster Oren F. Hill,
vho possessed a kindly regard
or the aged prospector, the
a-avestone is in the form of a
'ement cross about three feet
in height and encrusted with
samples of ore brought from
the hills by Dugas himself "
several months before his
death. Dugas owned a consid
erable number of mining
claims and the cross probably
contains a sample from most
of his properties, as well as a
fair representation of practic
ally all the different varities
of ere found in the district.
The cross is embedded in a
solid block of cement with a
doping front in which is affix
ed a plate bearing the name
of the deceased, and the years
of his birth and demise,
kfter completing the monu
ment, Mr. Hill covered the
•ement with several heavy
•oats of varnish, which not
only gives the ore specimens
t brilliant lustre, but will also
render the cross and its base
practically weather proof for
a long period of time.
Those who knew the kindly
old “Joe,” will doubtless be
pleased to learn that, as a re
sult? of Mr. Hill’s generous
action, the venerable pros
pector, is not disassociated,
even in death, from “de fine
mettal,” on the merits of which
he was wont to dilate with
such quaint enthusiasm.
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BIG DEAL AT ALICE ARM
Col. Victor 'Spencer and as
sociates, who now control the
famous Dolly Varden minfe at •
Alice Arm, recently bonded
the Homestake, - Vanguard.
Copper Cliff and Red Point
properties in the same locality,
according to Vancouver re
ports. The same people also
have an option on the Wolf
property. The ydpat^hfcluding
the Dolly Varden' option, is
said to involve , .payments
amounting to more.than §400;
000. .