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VOL 4, NO. 25
BYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1928.
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
WINNIPEG PURCHASERS
TAKE OVER MORE
LOCAL PROPERTIES
Additonal evidence that the
Winnipeg interests represented
by E. W. L. George and Nor
man Tobias, are decidedly in
terested in the mining pros
pects of this district and are
preparing to undertake a vast
scope of development, is con
tained in the announcement
that the recent deal for the
Connors’ Silver Bell group in
the Texas Creek area was
made by Messrs. George and
Tobias on behalf of Winnipeg
people.
Contrary to an earlier report,
the transaction was not con
summated through the Hall
Company, of Vancouver, but
was conducted locally by E. D.
Haddon, manager of the Bank
of Hyder.
The option taken by Messrs.
George and Tobias extends un
til September 28 next and a
substantial cash payment has
been made.
Both in the matter of location
and ore potentialities, the
property is a very promising
one. The ore is primarily a
lead ore, although containing
gold, silver and copper value?
of importance.
Four samples taken acrose
the vein in 1926, gave assay:
of lead ranging from 841.44
to $77.44 in value per ton, the
four averaging $63.56. The
average copper content of the
same samples was $7.90, the
highest assay showing $9.63
per ton.
Silver averaged $5.98 and
gold 86 cents. The assays
represent the closest average
possible to attain by sampling
and were taken with that aim
in view.
The main vein ranges from
2 to 3 feet in width on the sur
face and is traceable a consid
erable distance.
The property is one of the
most accessible in the Texas
valley, being situated near the
base of the mountain and dost
to the Texas pack trail, which
will shortly be converted into
a wagon road by the govern
ment.
Another deal of importance
consummated in recent days
on behalf of Messrs. George
and Tobias, was the bonding
of the Hobo and Hoodoo
group-in the Salmon Rivei
'area. The property is situated
close to the Virginia group, re
cently optioned by Mr. Tobias
' and Mr. George, and in close
proximity to the Crest and
Border groups, taken over by
them at the same time.
The Hobo group is owned
jointly by Marius Pederson
and Albert Johnson and is a
very promising property, with
important silver-lead showings
on which a considerable
amount of development has
been done. The deal was hand
led locally by Wm. Bunting,
well known mining man, and
is said to involve a substantial
sum in payments.
The acquisition of the several
claims of the Hobo, combined
with the Virginia, Crest and
Border properties, places the
bond holders in control of one
of the largest and most ad
vantageously located blocks o]
ground in the Hyder district
The several groups are easilj
accessible, being situated or
or near the Hyder-Premiei
road within 13 miles of Hydei
and close to the famous Pre
mier mine properties.
Although no definite an
ADANAC COMPANY
TO INSTALL
MACHINE PLANT
Amply financed for the pros
ecution of a vigorous develop
ment program during the com
ing season, the Adanac Mines
Company of Alaska will in
stall a compressor plant and
start work on its extensive
holdings in the Fish Creek
section as soon as spring op
ens, according to announce
ments made following the an
nual meeting of the company,
held recently in Victoria.
Activities will be devoted
principally to extending the
new tunnel started on the prop
erty last fall J»y Mine manager
Thos. Robertson. The tunnel is
located on the Lucky Boy Ex
tension and will be extended
to 150 feet to cut a’vein of
high grade ore encountered
last year in a 40-foot winze
sunk from the old tunnel. The
tunnel is expected to cut this
ore body at a depth of 180
feet on the dip of the vein. A
; ton of ori from the winze
shipped last fall gave returns
of $92.66 per ton and assays
I as high as $126.34 were ob
| tained.
| Once this ore body is definite
i ly established in the new tun
! nel, the company proposes to
open it on a commercial scale
and ship ore regularly.
' The Adanac group comprises
126 claims and adjoins the
: Mountainview property, about
! 5 miles north of Hyder.
I Despite the performance of a
i large amount of development
work, the company, capitaliz
ed at $750,000, has issued only
a little over 200,000 shares of
its stock, thereby establishing
a splendid record for econom
ical management.
WORK STARTS ON
OUTLAND SILVER BAR
j Acting on instructions from F.
j C. Outland, managing director
| of the Outland Silver Bar Min
j ing Company, a small crew of
j men headed by Victor Stella,
j left last week for the Outland
| Silver Bar property on Salmon
glacier to prepare camp and
start development activities,
including the extension of the
cross cut tunnel running south
from the main tunnel.
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P. H. Doyle, Ketchikan busi
nes man, arrived on the Norco
and returned to Ketchikan on
the Fairbanks.
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M. Lindig and Roy Badden
were arrivals from Ketchikan
on the Norco.
M. Stuart Jr. was an arrival
on the Norco from Seattle.
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i T. IL Evans officiated as li
brarian at the public library
; this week.
Mra. Helen Bell, left for Van
| eouver Thursday.
> The Canadian steamer Amur
arrived Tuesday with 111 tons
jof coal for the Hyder Dock Co.,
! thereby relieving a coal short
| age which had reached the
' stage where sales were limited
| to a sack or two to an individ
j ual.
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The motorship Norco arrived
from Seattle via Ketchikan
| Sunday with 9 passengers for
this port and 73 tons of gen
i eral cargo.
1 nouncements have been made,
■ it is understood that the pur
| chasing interests will start de
jvelopment work on a large
’ scale on the various properties,
PLANS AFFILIATION
WITH UNITED STATES
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The initial steps toward af
filiation with the Chamber ot
Comerce of the United Statei
were taken by the Hydei
Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
at, a business session held ir
Chamber of Commerce Hal!
Tuesday evening.
The Chamber of Commerce
of the United States is an or
ganization of nation-wide
scope and influence, represent
ing Chambers of Commerce
throughout the country. Each
local Chamber of Commerce
affiliated with the organizat
ion is entitled to representation
and a voice in its deliberations.
The headquarters of the nat
ional body is in Washington,
D. C. Representating, as if
does, the business and com
mercial interests of the great
er part of the nation, the or
ganization exerts a tremendous
influence on national legislat
ion and is in a position to be
of vast assistance in advocat
ing the legislative needs ©1
each section represented.
The Hyder Chamber of Com
merce believes that by getting
this great organization behind
its effort to secure federal as
| sistance in protecting the town
against the encroachments of
Salmon River, enough influ
ence can be brought to bear to
induce Congress to make an
appropriation before the conr
munity is overwhelmed by a
disastrous flood, as will inevit
ably be the case if present
conditions are permitted to
continue.
A large part of the session
was devoted to discussing the
liver problem; particularly
with reference to the highly
dangerous situation during the
spring breakup.
It was also pointed out that
the backing of the U. S. Cham
ber would be of vast assist
ances in securing attention to
road, harbor and other public
improvements advocated by
local body.
The view prevails among
Chamber members that Hyder,
as the prospective western
terminus of a transcontinental
railway and chief center of
one of the greatest mineral
fields of the nation, is on the
verge of becoming one of the
largest and most important
towns in Alaska and is justly
entitled to receive the desired
flood protection.
! T he Chamber also endorsed a
proposal to place an advertise
ment and descriptive write-up
of the Hyder district in a
pamphlet on the resources of
the Stewart district, to be is
sued in the near future by the
Stewart Board of Trade. Al
though the publication is pri
marily intended to advertise
the Bear River section, the
Board of Trade has kindly
volunteered to incorporate a
description of the mines and
mineral potentialities of fhis
district. A committee compos
ed of Arthur Moa and Chas. F
Sandford was appointed tc
prepare the article.
The Chamber also decided tc
improve the present somewhat
rugged appearance of the
Chamber of Commerce build
ing by the application of new
siding and a coat of paint
Holger Johnson, E. D. Haddor
and Arthur Moa were namec
as a committee to carry oul
the proposed improvements.
SYNDICATE TO WORK
FISH CREEK GROUP
A -strong financial syndicate
of Vancouver men has been
: formed to sponsor a new de
i velopment plan for the Ameri
can Mining & Milling Co.
properties on Fish Creek, ac
cording to Vancouver papers.
The new development plan
has been worked out by B. W.
W. McDougall, well known
mining engineer, who examin
ed the property last fall with
, a view to devising a compre
hensive working plan.
The reports say the plan em
braces the driving of a “main
crescent tunnel which will
reach all the deposits exposed
on the surface” and permit
their being stoped at depth.
The company has been success
ful in closing an underwriting
deal to provide working capital
and is looking forward to a
summer of successful operat
ion.
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FIRE THREATENS
LINDEBORG HOME
A roof fire caused by a de
fective flue threatened to de
stroy the former home of Dan
iel Lindeborg, near Pioneer
Hall, Wednesday morning.
The building is one of the
oldest structures in Hyder and
is used by the Mountainview
Gold Mining Co. as a town of
fice. Arthur Moa, manager of
the company, discovered the
blaze before it had gained
much headway and the flames
were speedily quenched with
hand extinguishers wielded
by Mr. Moa and residents of
the neighborhood. The dam
age was very slight.
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An artistically executed win
dow sign now points out to the
world and his brother the
home of the Hyder Chamber
of Commerce.
Th sign, placed on the glass
of one of the big windows, by
the transfer process, is the
woi’k of Dr. S. V. Warren, sec
retary of the Chamber, and is
a decidedly clever achievement
in artistry and draughtsman
ship.
Dr. Warren is planning to
embellish the other window
with a sign of similar design
announcing the presence in
the building of the Hyder Pub
lic Library.
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The annual school election is
in progress today, with seven
of the original nine nominated
candidates still in the race for
school board membership. The
nominees who withdrew from
the contest were Mrs. E. D.
Haddon and John Hovland.
The election is being held in
the Chamber of Commerce
building.
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Bertram faylor, organizer
and director of the Northern
Light Mines, Ltd., at present
controlling the Northern Light
property in the upper Salmon
basin, is scheduled to visit the
district in company with other
officials about March 15.
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Jens Pederson, well ‘known
old-timer of the district, who is
now residing in Ketchikan,
paid the camp a visit during
the stay of the motorship Nor
jco, Sunday. Mr. Pederson is at
! present connected with Talbot
! & Spaulding, of Ketchikan,
but plans to return to Hyder
shortly.
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Win. McGrew returned Mon
day from a business trip to
the south.
FIRST DIVISION LEADS
TERRITORY IN GOLD,
SILVER PRODUCTION
The value of gold and silver
shipped to the States from the
First Division in 1927 was $2,
657,259,/ or nearly double the
precious mineral production of
any other division in the Ter
ritory, according to the annual
report of the U. S. Customs
Service.
The Second Division, in which
are situated the famous Home
placer gold fields, ranked sec
ond in gold and silver pro
duction last year with an out
put valued at $1,347,7583.
The Fourth Division, embrac
ing the Fairbanks district, was
third in the list, with an out
put of $1,199,581.
The Third Division’s contri
bution to the annual gold-sil
ver yield was considerably
lower than for any year since
1921, totaling only $540,215.
The total gold-silver output of
the Territory was $5,744,838,
as against $6,160,942, in 1926.
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As a result of extensive im
provements and alterations, ef
fected during the past few
weeks by the Noyes Boat Co.,
the motorship Fairbanks ply
ing between Hyder and Ketch
ikan, is probably the best
equipped passenger carrying
vessel of its size to be found
in Alaska waters.
In its present state the fast
little vessel contains excellent
sleeping accommodations for a
total of 22 passengers, includ
ing 12 stateroom berths, which
are in every way as comfort
able and convenient as are
usually found, on much larger
vessels. The diping accommo
dations have also been greatly
improved by the construction
of a new deck house contain
ing an 8 x 12 galley and din
ing room, in which 10 persons
can be comfortably cared for
at one time.
The company is also install
ing a hot water furnace for
heating the cabins and provid
ing hot water, something not
usually found in the smaller
type of vessels.
Pursuant to its policy of giv
ing Hyder the best service
possible, the company has
practically made the vessel ov
er inside and no comfort or
convenience that could be util
ized has been overlooked in
the process. The new ipterioi
fittings were installed by Axel
Osborn, well known Ketchikan
cabinet maker and wood work
er.
In a further effort to stimu
late traffic between Hyder
and Ketchikan, the company
has reduced freight charges to
$4 per ton and passenger fares
to $10 per trip.
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New books, totaling 132 vol
umes will shortly be added to
the list at the Hyder Public
Library, as a result of purchas
es made by Col. E. R. Stivers,
librarian, who is now in the
States, combined by a big don
ation of books made by the
Seattle Public Library as a re
sult of his efforts.
In a letter from Seattle to D.
J. Mulcare, Secretary of the
library association Col. Stivers
reported that the Seattle li
brary had donated 66 volumes
and a similar number had been
acquired by purchase.
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leave Seattle for Hyder March
leave Seatle for Hyder March
20tb.
B. C. MOURNS PASSING
OF MINISTER SLOAN
Hon. Wm. Sloan, provincial
minister of mines since 1916
and one of British Columbia’s
most outstanding political fig
ures, passed away in Victoria
March 1. Death followed a
stroke sustained a few hours
previously while the minister
was attending a theatre and
from which he failed to recov
er consciousness.
As head of the B. C. mines
department, the deceased min
ister was an indefatiguable
worker for the advancement
of the mining industry. Most
noteworthy of his achieve
ments while in office was the
drastic remodelling of the min
ing laws to protect men engag
ed in legitimate mining and
to guard the public from fake
mining promotions. The im
provement of safety in coal
mines was another outstand
ing effort which is said to have
made the coal mines of B. C.
the safest in the world.
A practical miner himself
and ardently devoted to the
industry he represented, his
passing is a great loss to the
mining industry of the prov
ince.
Deceased was slightly over
60 years of age at the time of
his passing. He is survived by a
widow and two sons.
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BIG LUMBER DEMAND.
The Hyder Lumber Co. mill
is working over time in the ef
fort to keep pace with the
present heavy demand for
lumber. Since resuming operat
ion three weeks ago, scarcely a
stick of stock lumber has been
cut, the entire daily output be
taken away practically as fast
as cut
The bulk of the lumber cut
goes to Premier for use in the
reconstruction of the buildings
destroyed in the recent fire
and B. C. Silver is also a heavy
consumer.
With lumber demands far
greater than ever before at
this time of the year and with
a summer of unprecedented
mining activity in view, the
company is apparently due to
enjoy a decidedly prosperous
year.
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Ernest Musto and Juanita
Roe Eldred, of Stewart, were
joined in wedlock by Commis
sioner W. C. Arnold Friday
afternoon.
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Mrs. Neil, wife of I. B. Neil
assistant cashier of the Bank
of Hyder, was taken seriously
ill Wednesday and is now re
covering from a successful op
eration performed in Stewart
hospital Thursday evening.
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Clay Porter, managing di
rector of the Porter Idaho, left
for the south Thursday.
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Dr. C. D. Carter, former lo
cal dentist, now of Ketchikan,
spent several days in camp
during the week, arriving on
the Norco Sunday and depart
ing on the Fairbanks Wednes
day.
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Ole Twedt, mining man and
Sigurd Walsted, Moose organ
iser, were passengers to Ket
chikan on the Fairbanks Wed
nesday.
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Dr. Peterson, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Erickson arriv
ed from Ketchikan on the Nor
co to visit the Mountainview,
in which they are stockholders.