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VOL 3, NO. 6
HYDER, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4,1926
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FINE RESULTS
ON B. C. SILVER
Development of additional
ore resources between the No.
2 and No. 3 levels on the Hum
bolt Fraction and the location
of southwesterly extensions of
the rich ore body known as
“C” ore body is reported from
the B. C. Silver.. The ore ex
posed above the No. 3 level is
the upward extension of the
“C” ore body and was located
a short distance north of what
is known as raise 352, which
connects with No. 2 level, 265
feet above, and provides ven
tilation for the lower level. Ac
cording to the July report is
sued by the home office a 20
foot cross cut from raise 352
encountered the “C” ore body
at 44 feet abbove No. 3 level
disclosing values over a width
of 15 feet. Five feet of ore av
eraged ?22. This encouraging
discovery resulted in another
cross cut being run about 25
feet farther up the raise, at an
eleveation of 70 feet above
No. 3 level. The ore was en
countered in the latter cross
cut about 10 feet north of the
laise. A cable report io the
home office in London, Sep
tember 14th, stated that five
feet of the ore found in this
cut averaged $18 and 4 feet
$34. As the downward exten
sion of the “C” ore body hat
been proved to a depth of 50
feet below the third level by
means of a winze, this means
assured ore ot commercial
Krade for a vertical distance
of 120 feet. Of equal if not
greater importance. “C” ore
l.ody has been traced through
the granite dyke to the north
of the present workings and
has been located by diamond
iding to a point nearly 500
feet south of the point where
the third level enters it. From
details obtainable it appears
that this ore body has now
been traced horizontally for
an approximate distance of
750 feet.
Increased quantities of high
grade are now coming down
from the mine, as a result oi
the reopening of the Salmon
River road to steady traffic
and a considerable amount i?
on the wharf awaiting ship
ment to "the smelter.
A statement issued by the
London office of the Selukwe
company September 13, an
nounced that 196 tons of ore
sent to the Tacoma smeltei
realized $17,243.72, net, or an
average of slightly less than
$88 per ton.
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J. II. Rodgers, widely known
Denver mining engineer and
at present field engineer for
the U. S. Steel Corporation, ar
rived in camp last week for
the purpose of -making a sur
vy of the district with a view
to determining its possibilites
for zinc production. Beyond
stating that he was looking
for zinc ores, Mr). Rodgers
would vouchsafe no informat
ion regarding, his mission.
Mr. Rodgers left for the south
Sunday, after visiting a num
be r of properties. ^
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The power resources of the
Premier will be increased by
installation of another 360
horse power Diesel engine. The
big power unit arrived recently
and is now being hauled to
the mine.
SEBAKWE HAS B. C.
SILVER OR BODIES
The Se'bakwe main tunnel, on
which work has been in pro
gress for several months, Is
now in about 635 feet from
the portal and is being ex
j tended at the rate of about 30
feet per week, according to
reports from the property.
Owing to the soft charactr
of the ground encountered
during the earlier stages it
was necessary to timber up to
360 feet and the use of power
drills was almost impossible
until recently because of the
j broken character of the rock.
; Recent reports from B. C.
Silver indicate that the two
j big ore bodies located neai
the north line of that property
! extend into the Sebakwe hold
ings at a point near the south
easterly corner of the group,
i For a time it appeared that
; the ore bodies in question
i were cut off from the Sebak
| we by a granite dyke, which
apparently abruptly terminat
; ed both deposits on the north
erly end. Later developments
have disclosed that the gran
ite is intrusive in charactei
and had merely cut the ore
i deposits in two without affect
ing or moving either body or
their disposition. .A cross cur
was recently driven through
the dyke and not only reveal
ed that the continuation of the
big ore zones lay on the farth
er side but also disclosed that
the dyke, instead of being a
solid body, is split in two
j sections, with a good grade ol
! milling ore between, in addit
, ion to some high grade, 20
tons, worth close to $100 pei
ton being sacked in driving
through. The dykes are about
eight feet apart and are be
lieved to have risen to the
surface long after the format
ion of the ore deposits.
The practical assurance that
the B. C. ore deposits extend
into the Sebakwe is gratifying
and will no doubt cause a
considerable increase of inter
! est in that property.
The present expectation is
that the new tunnel will tap
i the ore about four hundred
feet from the present face.
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J. Shepard, representative
of the U. S. Geological Sur
vey, arrived from Ketchikan
on the Taku II, accompanied
by Mrs. Shepard, and will
spend some time in the dis
trict, in connection with the
Alaska mineral investigations
of the Geological Survey for
the current year.
Before coming to Hyder Mr.
1 Shepard spent some time in
the Ketchikan district looking
over the mineral resources of
that section. He left Thursday
for the Texas Creek section,
accompanied by Sam Swen
; ning, who was heading for
the Chickamin.
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i Ernest Bryson left last week
: for the Texas Creek section to
bring in a number of outfits
| which have been working near
the upper end of the West
Fork.
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Fred J. Hughes, supervising
engineer for he Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, has resymed the in
terrupted preliminary survey
of .a route for the proposed
Texas Creek wagon road.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO COMPLETE
INCORPORATN TUESDAY
The Chamber of Commerce
will meet Tuesday evening to
complete organization as an
incorporated body and to elect
officers for the ensuing year.
The Chamber recently voted
to incorporate under the Ter
ritorial laws, with a view to
placing the organization oh
the most substantial baste
possible to achieve and also
to endow it with the addeu
1 prestige of an incoporated
body. Under the provisions ol
the charter the business of
organization will be conducted
by a board of directors, thus
providing a closer centralizat
ion and control of its activites
than is possible under the
present sysem.
Owing to the unusual inter
est attaching to the meeting it
is expected that practically
every member of the organi
zation will attend to enroll as
charter members.
Work on the Spider Group
has been suspended for the
season, after several months
of intensive development work
which is said to have disclos
ed a large amount of ore of
good milling grade in the tun
nel, in addition to providing
much valuable information
concerning the trend of the
higher grade ore bodies
known to exist on the proper
ty. The latter have yielded
the finest native silver smples
so far found in the district but
have not been explored at
depth. Several tons of high
grade extracted during the
season, has been sacked and
will be shipped south this fall.
The management plans to re
sume operations early next
spring.
The Dunvvell Company plans
to install a 250,000 gallon
fuel oil tank at a point on
the Hyder-Stewart road near
the Stewart dock. A crew of
men is engaged in clearing the
site. , -
Reports from Stewart say
: the machinery for the concen
trating plant is now enroute
from San Francisco and will
be installed immediately on
arrival, the mill building hav
ing been fully completed.
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The Johnson-Gardner com
pany operations on the new
Salmon River road extension
are making good grogress un
der the direction of J. H. Wal
ters. engineer in chai’ge.
; With the completion of the
i heavy blasting operations near
'■ the rock cut, dahger to traffic
| has been removed and the
i road is again open to travel
at all hours.
Four thousand yards of ex
cavation work was handled by
the company last month.
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Following a short term at
Ketchikan last month the Dis
trict Court has returned to
Juneau, but will hold another
session at Ketchkan, commenc
ing October 6, to hear a num
ber of equity cases.
The next jury term at Ketchi
kan is scheduled to begin in
January.
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Martin Welch, who recently
bonded the Border Group, left
Sunday for the south after a
week in camp.
ANNUAL LIBRARY
BOARD ELECTION
The Public Library Associat
ion will hold its annual elec
tion of officers at a meeting
called for 8 p. m. Thursday
evening, October 7, at the
Chamber of Commerce build
ing. In addition to electing
officials for the ensuing year
the meeting will also consider
a- number of important busi
ness matters.
All persons who pay library
dues'bre entitled to participate
in the meeting and are urged
to attend.
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Marking the definite aban
donment of recent prospecting
activities, the last of the sup
plies and equipment used by
the Premier Mining Company
on the Cantu group was haul
ed into 9-Mile by Ernest Bry
son last week.
As stated in an earlier issue,
the activities of the company
were confined solely t<t explor
ing the quartz-porphyry de
posit. A number of open cuts
were sunk on the porphyry
zone and several diamond
drill holes were run in the
same area but no attempt was
made to explore the several
I massive galena showings found
! farther down the mountain
j from which shipments were
I made by the owers last year.
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B. G. Raymond, president of
the Commonwealth Mining
• Company, arrived from Seattle
I Sunday and left at once for
! Cascade River to renew devel
| opment work on the Compan> !
| properties in that section.
! Mr. Raymond, who is a prom
! inent manufacturer of electric
al goods in the Puget Sound
| metropolis, is accompanined
| by Capt. E. Sherman, of Se
i attle, who is also interested
j in the Commonwealth com
pany.
Emil Davis, resident manager,
states that th e company plans
! to do considerable work be
fore the snow flies. A cross cut
1 will be run on the main ore
zone from the tunnel, which
b now in about 100 feet. Gen
eral exploration work will al
so be d*one on a strong zinc
I showing found on the proper
| ty. The vein is several feet in
width on the surface, is well
mineralized and has been
traced for a considerable dis
I tance. Owing to the low price
level maintained by that ele
ment until recently, no attempt
' has been made to explore the
vein, bi|t with zinc rapidly be
coming one of the most sought
for of the lesser metals, it is
believed that the Common
wealth vein may be developed
into a valuable deposit.
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The motorship Oregon of the
Independent Navigation Co.
will leave Seattle for ttyder
October 12, according to ad
vices received by the Salmon
River Dock Co.
The Oregon will replace the
motorship Norco of the North
land Transportation Co. foi
the trip but the latter vessel
will return to the run early
next month.
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Major. C. B. North, superin
tendent of the B. C. Silver op
erations, returned Sunday from
a trip to Vancouver. Major
North brought in a large quan
tity of pipe and . iher supplies
for the mine.
MINING EXTENSION OF
RICH PORTER IDAHO
ORE BODY
Operating on an extension of
the rich main vein of the
Porter Idaho group, whifch
runs through their property,
Fred and Will Jancowski, Eii
Watland and G. D. Davis are
engaged in sacking up high
grade ore showing native ruby
silver in profuse quantities.
The vein from which the ore
is obtained runs through a
narrow' wedge shaped claim
lying between two of the Port
er Idaho properties, one ol
which is above and the Other
below.- The claim in question
is about 80 feet wide at the
point where the vein crosses.
The vein is said to be about
5 or 6 feet wide at that point
and carries about 5 feet of the
same character.pf ore.as is
now being mined on'the Porter
Idaho about 5O0j.,feet below.
The partners have rigged a
cable to convey the sacked''
ore down the mountainside fo
a point where it can be reach
ed by pack horses. So far they
have extracted in surface op
erations about" 15-or 20 tons
of ore that will average about
$200 a ton and will yield an
excellent profit for their work.
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A dance given Saturday ev
ening in Pioneer Hall by the
Imperial Rainbow Orchestra,
attracted the largest gathering
of dance fans seen here ih a
long period. ? j
The orchestra is $ highly tal
ented aggregation oi, fiyq,pro
fessional musicians, led by Leo j
Funson and hails from Car- ■
gary, where it was formerly
an attraction at the Palliate*
Hotel. . .** .
In addition to a majority of j
the local dance, enthusiasts, a
considerable number Iron,
Premier and Stewart attended
the dance and Jkeenly .enjoyeu
the splendid music.
The naval air mapping expe
dition, engaged during the ;
summer along the Southeast
ern Alaska coast between Ket
chikan and Juneau,' complet
ed 12,000 miles of mapping
before suspending operations a'
few days ago. This is about i
half of the worl<, which is ex
pected to occupy three years ‘
before the entire Alaska coast
is mapped.
The expedition* has returned ;
to the States but will return !
next summer to 'map the Chi-;
chigoff and. Baranoff Islands
and the mainland between Hy
der and Mount Fairweather.
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Wm. Bunting returned ^un
day from the Porcupine dis
trict, where l\e is interested in
a highly promising free mill
ing gold property recently i
bonded to the Hecla Mining
Co. Mr. Bunting left for the
property September 15th to as
sist Rush J. White and other
Hecla engineers in their initial
examination.
Capt. Duncan MacVichie,
widely known mining man and
prominent figure in the Big
Missouri.Company, \vho arriv
ed last week to look over the
results of development work
| done since his last visit, re-.
turned to town from the mint
Wednesday evening suffering
from a severe cold and became
i a patient in the Stewart hospi
; ELECTION CAMPAIGN
. WARMING UP
With the general election
less than a month away, the
political pot is again steam n ;
up, with an occasional gurjl:
denoting the close approa h
of the boiling poiht. Judging
from the' tone of press com
ment, the forthcoming con
test is likely to be one of the
livliest since the now far orf
days when John W. Corson
came in with a pot of Seatili
money to wrest the delegate
ship from Wickersham—only
to find.that his good ha d
coin of the realm produced
no other effect than to in
crease public enthusiasm m
favor of his opponent.
’ Both candidates for the dol
egateship are now . stumping
the' Territory. ...Sutherland has
visited the Nome section and
is back on the coast after a
visit to the .Interior. Candidate
Marquam recently delivered
*his initial address of the cam
paign at Fairbanks and wl’i
•probably .proceed to the Nome
section before aopearin? o
the coast. Press reports o'* hi
Fairbanks address state tha
Marquam stressed the danga,
presented by the mass voting
of Indians. So far as the Fl.st
Division is concerned this ap
pears to be the principal is
sue of the campaign.
Ip an address at An:hora '
Sutherland is reported o h \
defended his oppoJtlon o 1.
proposed literacy test fo \o
ers'on the ground tint
would “disfranchise ma v o
timers, as well as ind*
The delegate also adm t
sanctioning the defamatory
article published in the Heard;
papers but declared that it
was intended to refer only to
Ketchikan and the Bristol Bay
region. The delegate is said Lj
have declared that he had
nothing to retract and w. i
continue the policies he ha
followed in the past if r
elected.
Next week the Herald w'll
publish a full list of the car,d
dates who will go before the
people November 2, together
with a brief statement of their
antecedents and present as
sociations.
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A. W. Fox, well known at
torney, is temporarily holding
down the job of United States
Commissioner for the Ketchi- -/
kan precinct.'having been ap
pointed by District Judge T.
M. Reed to carry on the work
of the office during the ab
sence of Commissioner J. W.
Kehoe, who is on a vacation in
the South.
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The motion ^picture display
given by Rev. S. V. Warren at
the M. E. Church Friday ev§n
ihg proved as interesting as
its predecessors and was
greatly injoyed by those who
attended. The program includ
ed five numbers ranging from
a travelogue to a com dy.
These entertainments are
really well worth seeing and
are entitled to a much better
patronage than has so far been
aCcdfded them.
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..J. S. Cowper, of Vancouver,
secretary of the Emoeror
Mines, Ltd., left for the south
Monday after visiting the com
pany properties in the Glacier
Creek section.