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VOL 6, N03y
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER,
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW B, C, SILVER
ORE DISCOVERY IS
OF GREAT PROMISE
A fresh discovery of commer
cial ore on the sixth level of
the B. C. Silver property is re
ported in a cablegram to the
London offices of the Selukwe
company under date of Sept.
17th.
The new ore body has no ref
erence to the ore deposits de
scribed in earlier progress re
ports printed in these columns.
The new-found deposit is de
scribed in the report as being
located in drift 637, which was
being extended in a northeast
erly direction, or very nearly
at right angles to the main
drift, running westerly from
the No. 2 shaft. At the time ol
the report the drift was in 100
feet and had averaged $18 foi
50 feet over a width of 5 feet 6
inches. The cable adds, howev
er, that .the probable stoping
width will be 8 feet. The face
at 100 feet was still in sulph
lde.
Values obtained at various dis
tances along the drift were as
follows: 58 feet, $6; 63 ft..
$21; 73 ft., $39; 78 ft., $9;
83 ft., $50; 88 ft., $8; 93 ft.,
$6.
An appended office note says:
“The new make of ore is some
hundreds of feet to the north
of that being explored oppo
site Premier boundary and pos
sibly is an extension of C and
D orebody at depth.”
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John Hovland, head of the
Unicorn Mines, was in town
this week and reported that
the new tunnel on the Unicorn
property was in a distance ol
70 feet and making good pro
gress toward its objective.
Mr. Hovland said the com
pany plans to continue active
development work during the
winter period. Supplies to last
through a large part of the
snowy season are already on
the ground and more will be
taken in this month.
Mr. Hovland expressed him
self well pleased with the re
suits of development work dur
ing the past season.
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The motonehip Belljngham
arrived from Ketchikan Wed
nesday with something over
100 tons of local cargo, includ
ing 40 tons of hay for the Pre
mier company and a large
amount of equipment for
Seims and Carlson. The vessel
carried no local passengers.
Most of the freight was
brought to Ketchikan from
Seattle on the M.S. Norco ol
the same line and trans
shipped at that point, enabling
the Norco to proceed to Jun
eau. The machinery consigned
to Seims and Carlson included
a rock crusher, air compressor,
pipes, and other road con
struction equipment.
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W. C. Blanton returned on
Monday from a short visit in
Ketchikan.
ALASKA MINING
FATALITIES FEW
DURING 1928
A total of only nine fatalities
occurred in and about the
mines and metallurgical plants
of Alaska during 1928, ac
cording to the biennial report
of D. B. Stewart, Territorial
mines inspector.
Four of the fatalities occur
red at gold lode mines, three
at placer mines, one at a cop
per mine and one at a gold
mill.
. Falling rock accounted for
two of the fatal accidents; one
was due to a runaway tram
bucket; one to a fall from the
roof of a truck; one to a pre
mature explosion; one to fall
ing down a shaft; one to
being hit by a tram bucket;
one to being struck by a fall
ing pipe and one to the victim
being crushed by a crane in a
mill.
The casualty list was one
'ess than for 1927, when ten
men lost their lives from vari
ous accidents, ranging from
rock falls to being overcome
by gas from wood fire in a
placer shaft. Seven of the
fatalities were caused by fall
ing or moving objects, one
was due to contact with a
high power line, and but one
to explosion.
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Reports from the south an
nounce that the Woodbine
management has decided to
resume work on the property
again. Diamond drilling will be
done, especially in that section
of the mine where ore was de
veloped during the past few
months, and other develop
ment work will also be carried
out.
Smelter returns from 10,000
pounds of ore from this area
are said to have shown gold
values of 1.66 ounces, 17.2
ounces silver and 4.4 per cent
lead, with a total valuation of
$48.41 to the ton for the ores
i submitted.
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NEW SCHOOL
HEAD COMING
L. W. Breuer, Territorial Com
missioner o f Education, is
scheduled to arrive in Hyder
j shortly in connection with his
j first official visit to the public
! schools in the southerly end of
| the First Division, according to
reports from Juneau.
The Commissioner’s itinerary
includes visits to the schools at
1 Wrangell and Ketchikan be
i fore he comes to Hyder. The
J exact time of his arrival here
! is not determined, but the visit
will probably occur during the
coming week.
Born— Saturday morning, to
the wife of Ellhworth Thur
j man, a son, weighing eight and
I a half pounds. Dr. Whillans in
i attendance. Mother and child
are reported progressing fav
orably.
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Alex. Frazer left Thursday
en route to Vancouver.
DEVELOPMENT ON
STIMULATOR GROUP
VERY ENCOURAGING
The Bimetallic Syndicate sus
pended summer activities on
the Stimulator group, on Mar
mot River, last Monday, after
what is described by officials
as a highly successful season.
In addition to erecting camps
and establishing a good pack
trail from the lower valley to
the property, the syndicate al
so completed a wide range of
surface prospecting activities
and also drifted on the two
main leads for an aggregate
distance of about 150 feet. A
tunnel run on the Stimulator
vein was extended nearly 80
feet and the other, on the Gold
Pan vein, was run to nearly an
equal distance. Both veins av
l eraged around three feet in
j width and maintained a gener
I al uniformity in size and char
| acter of ore as far as opened.
I The face of each tunnel is now
close to a hundred feet below
the surface vertically and will
gain additional depth with
equal rapidity owing to the
steep slope of the mountain
side at that point.
! Assays taken during the seas
on are said by the officials to
have been decidedly encour
aging, showing a considerable
increase in the gold content as
additional depth was gained.
The last assays taken are said
to have disclosed gold val
I ues ranging between two and
I three ounces to the ton. A crew
! of about 8 men was employed
| throughout practically the en
| tire summer period.
Although the season’s oper
ations were curtailed some
what by the recent inclement
weather, the syndicate is in
! fine shape to perform a largo
amount of work next year. The ,
camp and trail construction
work is completed and practic
ally the entire season can be j
devoted to active mining. The
syndicate is also in a good fi
! nancial state 'with a substan
I tial cash balance in the treas-!
' ury.
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RESOURCEFUL ALASKAN
REFUSES TO ABANDON
FALSE MOLARS
j Anton Larson, 68, doesn’t let
minor obstacles get in his way.
j Pulling up the anchor of his
boat in Kizuyak Bay, Kodiak,
Larson lost his false teeth in
10 fathoms of water. Larson
could not dive to that depth.
That would have stumped most
people, but not Larson. He
simply threw out his anchor,
pulled himself down in the
water hand over hand, rescued
his teeth, came to the surface,
lifted his anchor and went his
way.—Seward Gateway.
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A jury in the district court at
Nome recently returned a ver
dict of guilty of murder in the
first degree without capital
punishment against Charles
FYank( who was convicted of
the killing of FVank Sparrow
early yast spring.
PIONEER MINER
MEETS DEATH
ON 96 TRAIL
Dan. Woodmore, one of the
most widely knowji mining
men in the district, passed
away suddenly Friday morn
ing on the Ninety-Six group,
about 12 miles north of town,
as a result of a stroke, sus
tained while making his way
up the mountainside from the
Ninety-six camp in company
with John Ronan, veteran
Northern mining man and
former territorial senator.
The deceased, who was aged
about 53 years, was apparent
ly in good health at the time
of leaving the camp shortly be
fore 9 a. m.
According to Mr. Ronan,
Dan,, as he was familiarly
known to nearly everyone in
the district, started up the
steep tfail with a small pack
of tools and powder to do some
prospecting work on a recently
discovered ledge near the up
per border of the property,
which is located on the wester
ly slopes of Mineral Hill. The
deceased was a fast climber
and agreed with Mr. Ronan
that he would go ahead for a
short distance and wait for Mr.
Ronan to catch up at his leis
ure. On arriving at the meet
ing place, Mr. Ronan found-his
companion sitting on a log be
side the trail, breathing some
what heavily from the stiff
climb but apparently in no dis
tress. As an indication that he
was not suffering, Mr. Ronan
says that Mr. Woodmore en
tered into a discussion of a
vein of ore located at that
place and pointed out some of
its surface aspects which are
visible at that point. Mr. Ron
an says he turned his head for
a moment but had scarcely
glanced at the vein when he
heard a muffled groan and
turned barely in time to see the
deceased falling backward
from the log on which he sat.
Hurrying to the side of the un
fortunate man, Mr. Ronan
raised his head, only to find
that life was almost gone. Mr.
Ronan did what he could to re
lieve him by changing his po
sition but Mr. Woodmore was
evidently beyond help and ex
pired without a struggle a few
moments later.
After satisfying himself that
his late companion was dead,
Mr. Ronan placed the body in
a comfortable position and pro
ceeded down to the road, a
short distance below the camp.
Here he encountered a Seims
and Carlson truck and request
j ed the driver to telephone the
authorities. A few minutes lat
er he met Mr. D. L. Pitt and
asked him to perform the same
service. Following receipt of
the sad news, Dr. H. A Whil
lans, deputy U. S. Marshal D.
E. Martin and several others
hurried to the scene, guided
by Mr. Ronan. An examinat
ion by Dr. Whillans disclosed
that life was totally extinct and
the body was brought to town
ALASKA JUNEAU
HAS A BANNED
MONTH IN AUGUST
Showing an operating profit
of $141,000 for the month of
August, the Alaska Juneau
mine had what is said to have
been one of the best, if not the
most profitable month in its
history, according to announce
ments from the San Francisco
offices of the Alaska Juneau
Gold Mining Go.
After deducting expenses en
tailed in prospecting other
properties held by the comp
any and accrued charges, the
operating surplus amounted to
$123,500 for the month. The
operating profit was $27,500
higher than in July and the op
erating surplus was $27,000
larger.
Total value of gold, silver and
lead recovered was $317,000,
$303,300 being gold. The aver
age for the gold per ton was
90.10 cents and for lead and
silver 2.54 cents per ton. The
costs averaged 51.47 cents per
ton, leaving an operating prof
it of 41.23 cents per ton. Min
ing and tramming averaged
26.47 per ton and milling costs
amounted toJJ1.93 cents; both
remarkably low figures.
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Stewart is voting today on
the question of incorporating
the town and may become a
full-fledged municipality as a
result.
late Friday afternoon.
The news of Mr. Woodmore’s
sudden demise was a distinct
shock to the community and
occasioned universal regret.
The deceased left town for
the 96 property, of which he
was the owner, Wednesday af
ternoon, intending to return
today (Saturday). He was ac
companied by Mr. Ronan and
intended to do some develop
ment work on the newly dis
covered ledge.
Probably no individual in the
district enjoyed a wider ac
quaintance than Mr. Wood
more. He was a mining man of
unusually wide experience,
having at one time or another
visited or worked in practical
ly every important camp in the
west before coming to Alaska.
He had resided here for about
10 years and was the owner of
a number of highly promising
mining properties, in addition
to the 96 group. He was noted
as a man of high veracity and
is credited with exceptional
judgement in mining matters.
A man of kindly disposition
and congenial character, he
enjoyed the highest regard of
all who knew him well. Close
friends state that he is sur
vived by a number of relatives
who reside in Washington state
but their exact connection had
not been detrmined at the time
of writing. As death was un
doubtedly due to natural caus
1 es, no inquest was held.
The funeral services will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.
m., with interment in the local
cemetery.
ALASKA LIQUOR
ENFORCEMENT IS
BEING PROBED
That the enforcement of the
prohibition laws in Alaska is
again being probed by the dry
officials in Washington is indi
cated in a press dispatch from
Seattle that the mystery sur
rounding the recent departure
of assistant prohibition admin
istrator William Whitney for
Washington, D. C. had been
cleared up when it became
known that an investigation of
dry enforcement and its short
comings in Alaska is being
made by Prohibition Commiss
ioner James W. Doran.
Whitney left for Washington
at the request of Doran, the re
port says, expressly for a con
ference on the Alaska situat
ion. Doran’s explanation of the
matter was to the effect that
his object was to get detailed
information as to the workings
of the federal machinery in
the Territory.
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Writing to local friends from
his home in High Prairie, Al
berta, Louis McCallum, former
local resident who sustained a
long seige of illness here last
year, writes under a late Sept
ember date that he is now feel
ing quite improved and can
walk quite a way, although he
is still somewhat lame.
Describing his new environ
ment, Mr. McCallum says that
it was nice and sunshiny and
one could still sleep in the op
en. The crops of the Peace
section are, he says, very good
and good grade. The farmers
there are prosperous and there
are few failures in the district.
“You see autos and tractors
everywhere,”he says, people
are flocking in and next season
will see a big immigration to
this country. There are timber
lands here yet and farther west
one can get prairie or open
lands. A lot of the country is
called ‘park land’ and looks
like it. The fields of grain, the
groves of timber and lovely
gardens are beautiful.”
Mr. McCallum says that if he
is able he will himself work
the home farm, later but can
not get around well enough to
do the fall plowing this year.
High Prairie is described as a
nice little town, with lots of
cars, a movie show and a beer
hall. Louis says he will be glad
to send full information about
the district to any of his local
friends who have a mind to
settle down and believes it is a
good country to settle in, as
the farmers are all prospering.
In conclusion he sends his re
gards to all the Pioneers and
other local friends.
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The steamer New England ar
rived at Ketchikan from the
halibut banks recently with
100,000 pounds of halibut for
the New England Fish Co. It
was the seventh time this seas
on that the vessel brought in
a cargo of 100,000 pounds or
over and the eighth trip of the
season.