T'> district is
li .i. in Minerals
. jer is the Gateway in
t' ..is..- jni'ltce nf Which Hyder is
the Fastest Growing Town in ,
the North.
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the Mining News. Keep Yowr
Friends Posted by Sending them
the Paper after You Have Read
it. Boost for Hyder all the
Time.
VOL. Z.
NO. 5.
HYDER. Alaska. Dec. 2>>. 1920
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
M.
^ Fight for
Millions
V tlalf Isiterest in Famous Premier
Fne at Make in Suit of Bacon vs
Neill — Interest of the Mining World
Aroused—Testimony of Witnesses
.. Seems to Favor Nei'i
* Latest reports obtainable from
Spokane do not give the final decis
ion of. Judge Rudkin on the suit
brought by Maurice W.Bacon to re
■over a one-half interest in the
Pi.: , ,ee on ar alleged -;ru'.
stake agreement. Tlie testimony
-* has all been heard and arguments
by counsel were to have been pre
sented on Dee. 22 but no word has
come as to the outcome. It is rea
sonable to presume that weeks will
pass before a decision is handed
down. The preponderance of tes
timony appears to be in favor of
R.K.Neill.
i’he suit aroused much interest
among mining men and the court
oom was crowded daily throughout
,!k. hearing of the case. Aniong
■; whose presence was noted are:
* h.w.'mess of New York, who repre
sented the Guggenheims in their
purchase of an interest in the Pre
mier; H.R.Plate, D.L.Pitt, manager
of the mine; O.B.Bush, Pat Daly,
G.FJrwin, assayer at the mine; A.B.
Trites, a large stockholder; W. S.
Grether of BfTtte; Charles Bunting,
John Benson; Percy Horton, W. G
Harris, F.K.Cuibertson, Gilbert Cul
bertson. Dr. R. J. Kearns, Dr. F. W.
O’Neill, Oscar Laeinnund, Jesse M.
Hall. Andrew G. Larson, Arthur
Lakes, Charles P. Robbins. oert
Neill, .lames Keith, M. J. Sweeney,
Mike Sullivan and E.A.Wolfe.
Counsel for Mr. Bacon were E. J
Cannon and Parker W, Kimball of
Spokane and Geo. W. Korte of Seat
tle; and for Mr. Neill, Turner, Nu
um and Nuaumund Wakefield amt
Wakefield.
Witnesses far the defense includ
ed Attorney A'W.Witherspoon who
testified to the making of a volun
tary statement by Harris; Dale L,
Pitt, who said Harris told him in
February, 1920, in discussing the
lawsuit, tuat Bacon w.as a dirty
scoundrel and the suit a frame-up:
Pat Daly, who saw Harris in Nelson
Jijne 5. 1920, when Harris said
to him that if Neill won the suit
nobody would get anything, but if
Bacon won there, would be money
in it for all of them; Geo. E. Irwin,
who said Neill told him at Salmo
when he returned from examining
the property, that it was a big low
grade proposition which he believed
would make a mine though Bacon
hau turned it down; H. R. Plate, the
engineer in charge of the mine from
November, 1914 to March, 1916,
when his people threw up their bond
who testified that the average val
ue of the ore m all the openings on
the mine up to the time Phue quit
was $4.59, and that the geometrical
average of Neill's samples, exclud
ing the two high ones, was $4.41;
PERSONAL AN?) PERTINENT.
Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend.
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
Harry Scovill is down from the Hush.
Chns. Lund has returned to the Spldei
Lon Domett is down from Eleven
nilo.
C. \V.Getty is a recent arrival fron
. ordova.
('has. Lake came down Tuesday froi
rhirteen-mile.
Dave Cromble was down from the Pre
rnier for Christmas.
H.D.Cillis, one of the Premier foremei
vas down -"or Christmas.
Con Heggs, who has been at the Prt
mier for several months, has ((one Out
side.
Jas. ATalley was among those of th
Premier employees to spend Christmas i
town.
Bob Andrews, head saw-yer at the Hy
dei sawmill, left Tuesday for a trip Oul
side,
Dan Chisholm, who is in charge of th
Premier teams at Nine-mile, spent Christ
mas in town.
F.C.Lawrence, the Jeweler, has gone t
Seattle on a business trip. He expecl
to he away about two months.
Frank Reichenbach, manager c
Frizzell’s maskets in Stewart air
Hyder, has gone south for a vacs
lion.
L. Jessen and Jas. Whalen, dia
mond drill men, came in on th
Azurite the latter part of las,, wee!
from Anyox.
Douglas Armour, attorney of Van
L-ouver, who testified to the laws o
British Columbia on mining part
aerships; R.A.Carnochan, bookkeej
er for the Hudson Bay Zinc Co
who said that Neill had frequent!
inquired for a check in payment o
his expense account for the Port
land Canal trip lac that Dacca h; i
passed it up and never authorize'
its payment; John Lje son. origins
locator of the Hudson Bay, wh<
asked Bacon in Saimo in the sum
mer of 1917 if he was intereste<
with Neill in the mine he was work
ing up north when he answerei
"no”; aiid A.B.Tritcs, who confirm
ed Neill's leseinony about interest
ing him and his associates in th
Premier in February, 1917, and al
so as to the amount of money pu
into the mine since then.
^4
•rst)
M/?P or Tt/£
salmon /uvER n/sm/cr
' -^rvr ws?rr j'^&^
Jf, JtocgMiA Q&
•Inch Robertson, an oldtime Alas
kan, arrived last Thursday from the
South Sea Islands.
Teddy Pierson, who has been at
• the Spider for the past live months
spent Christmas in town.
( J.W.Marr has gone to Seattle on
business connected with the Com
,j monwealth group, Q[ which he is
part owner.
Jack Lambert returned Tuesday
, from a trip down the Canal wWh
his launch, and lias fed the town
up on clams.
There has been a new ssistaut
postmaster during the Holiday rush
e Some are so unkind as to call him
' a Green hand
Mrs Will Cameron of Stewart has
gone south for a visit. She ac
companied by tier dan ht. r Phillis
e and Baby Cameron.
According to records at the TTy
der sawmill, Mas Priebe ha« m l
0 more lumber during the past sea
son .than any otheF carp nter.
j, Harry Astoria has rrivel from
j Rupert to take the manag inert of
Frizzell's markets during tlie ab
sence of Frank Reichenbach on his
vacation,
^ Fred Swanson is back from a
c trip Outside. He sp*nt some time
in Vancouver and Prince George,
and expe<- s a ! right future for the
la' er town.
f Ernie Behling is in town after
connecting the Premier with Nine
mile by telephone. He has also put
- in a wire between the wireless sta
, tior and the wharf.
' Homer Ficklin, who went to Dnl
^ las, Oregon, with the body of his
- blather Ross, who was killed by a
1 tree at the Premier, returned on the
j Albeit Monday morning.
* D. W. McLetnan, the building con
> tractor, has gone out on a combin
- ed business and pleasure trip. He
1 expects to go as far sou‘ h os Los
Angeles, and on 1: 4 return will
bring in a new stock of sash, doors
1 etc.
D.L. Pitt, general manager of the
» Premier, and George Irwin, assayer,
are back from Spokane where they
attended the hearing of the suit
* brought by M. YV. Bacon against R.
K. Neill for a half interest in the
mine.
The old original pump on Main
street from which a large portion
of the piled area residents obtain
their water supply, is disconnected
at 5 p.m. on cold days. This win
ter however, this action has been
necessai y only a few times.
B. Election
Returns Revised
Revised returns of the B. C. elec
tion, including the absentee vote,
give the following results:
Kergin.390
Casey.300
Ross.229
King.86
Daly.30
Push.28
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Portland Canal Natural
Outlet for Groundhog Coal
Premier
'•VN
Tons of .'re
The Albert was in Monday with
a full cargo of supplies for the camp
and machinery for the Premier, as
we!! « ■' an abnormal number of pas
sengers for this time of the year.
On account of loading £>00 tons of
Premier ore for the Tacoma srnelt
ter, the 3bip was unable to clear
until I'ue ;day afternonn. The
ad equateness of the Canadian gov
ernment wharf was again brought
into prominence, as it is every time
a boat lands there with mining sup
plies.
The ore which the Premier is
shipping is the seco hipinent to
go out thi; season, the first being
only 50 tons. Reliable information
as to values is hard to obtain but
it is currently reported that the ore
being shipped this winter is far
greater in values than that Bent out
last season, running in the neigh
borhood of $500 pe ton. This is not
authentic however. Last winter
the shipments averaged around
$275 per ton but now, on account
of a concentrating mill being under
consrruction, it is reasonable to pre
sume that the sorting is closer.
Considerable interest was arous
ed by the arrival ofjthree big steel
tanks for the concentrating mill,
each being j0 feet in diameter and
20 feet in length. They present
more or less of a freighting problem
and one is now sidetracked in front
of the bank awaiting road improve
merits.
Kiddies i1ad
Big- Time
In Stewart
The joint Christmas tree celebra
tion by Stewart and Hydet was
held in the Stewart Hotel hall on
the night of Dec. 28 with a capacity
attendance from both towns. On
account of Christinas having passed
and Santa Claus being tired from
his world-wide trip three days be
fore the celebration, he appointed
Grant Mahood as his deputy for the
Stewart affair and Grant *'i i sowell
that Santa is apt to give him a per
manent job whenever he quits min
ing. There 5G children present and
what fun they did have—Wheel!
LOST—Bunch of keys, Return to
Blanton and Jeffery. #5,00 reward,
From various sources come re
ports that the British Admiralty
has taken over the Groundhog coal
fields, which lie about 100 miles
northeast of Stewart, and that an
option has been taken on the Can
adian Northeastern railway with
the object of extending it from it.
present terminus 14 nines north ol
Stewart, to tap thfe coal fields and
the'Peace river count1 y. In view
of the fact fhat the carrying out of
these plans would be of paramount
importance to the whole of the
Portland Canal district, the follow
ing from the Portland Can d New:
will be of Special interest to readers
of the Hyder Alaska Miner.
Nine years ago Stewart seeme •
to be on the eve of securing con
sideration from the Provincial
Government for ussisiaiv. ;• ii
•wards the building of the la:uid
ian North Eastern Raiiv .y, from
Stewart to the Albert:: 'indary
where connections were to be
made with th > exte ision - f the
line of the Canadian North n:
Railway, but owing mainly ti
the strong pressure brought to
bear upon the government by
those interested in the building
of the Canadian Northern iv-t.
Vancouver and also those ;• ■ «:«•
ested in the Pacific Great East
ern Railway, the northern pro
ject was sidetracked and the
promise given by the govern
ment that engineers would be
sent to investigate the resoum
of the country through which
the projected line would pass
was never carried out.
Unfortunately for the Province
the broadminded policy neces
sary to its development as r
whole has seemingly not been
carried out by some legislatures
of the past, section:-.! influences
have played :\ 1; ;>•••' ;*t in th»
locati" . of railroa's already buil:
and projected in southern R. C.
while the northern part has no
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Through their Christmas dance
the Pi >neers scored another mark
ed social success. The hall was
comfortably filled. Stewart being
well represented as usual, and all
enjoy. :! themselves to the utmo. \
High lass music was furnished b\
Mrs. ilodgkinson of Hyder and J. P
Scarlelt and P. S. Jack of Stewart.
The decoratiors far eclipsed any
thing of the kind ever before seea
in Hyder.
Get your Silver Springs at Tooth-’
Smoke Shop, Stewart,