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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1925
FIFTY CENTS AKCITH
FINDS ASBESTOS ON
TEXAS CREEK
Bringing a number of samples
of what is said to be a fine
grained asbestos, in addition
to some very fine looking
specimens of silver-lead ore
showing copper and zinc,
Henry Hummel, well known
prospector, arrived Tuesday
from the Texas Creek area,
where he has prospected what
is said to be a'hitherto unpros
pected area, during the past
two weeks.
Although the exact character
of the asbestos like material
has not been definitely deter
mined, persons who are at
quainted with that mineral as
sert that the samples are the
genuine article. The samples
show a stringy, grayish white
material that becomes snowj
white when rubbed and breaks
into fine, thread-like filaments.
Mr. Hummel also brought in
samples of the formation in
which the supposed asbestos is
found and which appears to
be a variety of serpentine.
The asbestos runs through this
formation in the form of bands
and lenses, some of which are
several inches thick.
Mr. Hummel states that the
find is apparently of no par
ticular value, beyond showing
the remarkable variety of min
eral forms found in the dis
trict. It is his intention to sub
mit samples to an expert to de
termine ita character and
possibilities.
Visitors to the Big Missouri
report that superintendent Pat
Daly is making good progress
at getting things in shape for
active mining operations on
that noted property. The camp
buildings were found to have
been badly damaged by the
elements, necessitating much
work to place them in proper
condition for the increased
crew that will be employed
later. The camp is now in fine
shape for the winter, with ex
cellent equipment throughout.
The crew is at present engag
ed in building trails to a num
ber of new showings, one of
which is a big vein running
up Silver Creek and is said to
be in the neighborhood of 100
feet wide.This huge ore'zone
is heavily mineralized and is
described by visitors as a won
derful showing. Samples seen
by the Herald show a profus
ion of silver, lead and copper
elements in a quartz gangue
and present a decidedly spec
tacular appearance. The big
showing has been stripped for
la considerable distance and' a
tunnel has been started to cut
the vein at depth.
Mr. Daly is proceeding to his
task in a decidedly workman
like manner and is preparing
for a vigorous development
program during the winter.
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R. L. Cline, owner with
T. H. Evans and others in the
Leroy group and other valu
able properties, left for Se
attle, Saturday, after several
months in the district.
Mr. Cline’s brother, Ted, ac
companied him to the south.
Julius C, Ram, an associate
NEW FIND ON TEXAS
A fine vein of ore showing
heavy mineralization, with
galena and gray copper the
predominating elements, has j
been uncovered by Angus Ken
nedy on a group of claims lo
cated near the east slope of
Chickamin Glacier near the
point where the north fork of
Texas Glacier meets the Chick
amin. Recent visitors to the
property report that the lead
runs about five feet in width
and carries a vein of practic
ally solid ore about 10 inches
in width from which Mr. Ken
nedy has received returns run
ning up to $164 from assays.
He is at present stripping the
showing and running a series
of open cuts preparatory to
more extensive operations.
The new find is situated at
an elevation of about 1700
feet above the glacier and
above timber line, but is easy
of access by the north fork of
Texas Creek.
Starting under auspicious cir
cumstances and with some of
the most promisingly located
properties in the Hyder dis
trict forming the object of its
future development activities,
the Brigadier Mining Com
pany was formally launched a
few days ago with the com
pletion of the final details of
organization. The new com
pany is organized under the
laws of Aloskft with a capital
ization of $250,000, divided
into an equal number of shares
of $1 par value.
F. R. Werdenhoff, who dur
ing several months residence
has become known to nearly
everyone, is the president and
Attorney Ernest Blue is the
secretary-treasurer. The hold
ings of the company were all
acquired recently by purchase
and comprise a group of eight
claims situated on the Salmon
River road at the Texas Creek
bridge and adjoining the well
know Daly-Alaska properties.
The group includes the well
know Dugas Cripple Creek
group of four claims, in addit
ion to several other exceeding
ly promising locations. Consid-.
erable work has been done on'
the various properties by
former owners, including the
driving of a 45 foot adit tun
nel and a number of open
cuts and strip pits. Although
the work so far done has re
vealed extensive mineralizat
ion, the new company pro
poses to devote its initial ac
tivities to exploring a shear
! zone which traverses the prop
| erty for more than two thou
sand feet and has been traced
into the well known Crest
group. Contiguous to the shear
zone are several promising
leads of silver-lead ore, in ad
dition to one which carries a
silver-gold content yielding ex
cellent assay returns. Being lo
cated right on the road trans
portation presents few prob
lems and wood and water are
handy. The company’s initial
development plans include the
driving of a cross cut tunnel
several hundred feet long into
the shear zone from a point
about 300 feet above the
bridge and about 25 feet
above the road; and the con
struction of a new two-story
POPULAR COUPLE
ARE WEDDED
An event of unusual interest
occurred Tuesday morning
when a well known and popu
lar couple , Miss Marion A. |
Hunt and Harold Johnson, j
were united in marriage at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. i
D. Lyons on Premier Avenue. •
The wedding took place at
9 a. m. and was witnessed by j
only a few immediae friends j
of the contracting parties. The i
nuptial ceremony was per-;
formed by Rev. Chas. T. fat
ten, pastor of the Hyder M. E. j
Church. Following the cere- i
mony those present were re
galed with a delicious wed
ding breakfast, after which ■
the happy newly-weds depart
ed for a honeymoon trip into
the hills. Just where they have
gone appears to be something >
of a secret, as no information
can be gleaned from their j
friends regarding either their
destination or the probable
duration of their stay. At any
rate they have started their
wedded life in truly romantic
fashion.
In addition to the officiating'
minister, those present were?1
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Lyonst !
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Mayer
and Mrs. C. T. Hatten. Follow
ing their return from the hills,
the newly-weds will reside in
the former Mehlfeld residence
on Premier Avenue, which j
they recently purchased. Both
and groom an known !
to practically everyone in,
camp. Mr. Johnson has been ;
identified with mining devel
opment for several years and
is interested in a number of
valuable mining properties. ]
Mrs. Johnson has resided in
Hyder since 1923 and has
made a host of friends by her
affability and peasant person
ality. She has at all times tak- j
en an active part in church
work and social diversions |
and has been a charming ad
dition to the social life of the
community. During the past
year she has been connected
with the, Pof*ter Idaho Gold |
Mining company in the capac-;
ity of secretary to president
Clay porter.
Possessing the highest es
tem of everyone in the com
munity, the young couple em
bark across the matrimonial ;
sea, with hosts of good wishes
in which the Herald heartily i
joins.
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Labor Day, Monday Septem- j
ber 7th, has been selected by !
the Riverview Cemetery As-!
sociation as the date for the j
long delayed voluteer cleanup ,
of the local burial ground and ;
all citizens who can are re
quested to lend their assitance
in placing the cemetery in
good condition. Although the j
work done last year resulted |
in a vast improvement, a
quantity of timber debris must
be removed and some filling
in must also be done to place
the ground in first class shape.
The association urges a big
turnout on the appointed day,
so that the much needed work
may be concluded this year
and the cemetery be made a
credit to the' community and
its residents.
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Stewart won again Sunday;
KETCHIKAN BUSINESS
MEN VISIT HYDER
Carrying a message of inter
est and good will from the far
famed “First City” of Alaska
to the citizens of Hyder, a
large party of representative
members of the Ketchikan
Commercial Club paid Hyder
a brief visit last Saturday‘in
response to a recent invitation
of the local Chamber of Com
merce. The party includea
about twenty people who rep
resented practically every im
portant industry or line ot
business in the coast metropo
lis. The crowd was somewhat
waller than expected owing
principally to the Ketchikan
base ball club being unable
to make the trip as originally
planned.
The visitors came over on
the Wales and were met on
arrival Saturday morning by
the Chamber of Commerce en,
tertainment committee who es
corted them to the Chamber
of Commerce building, where
they were given first intro
duction to the resources and
possibilities of Hyder and
open sesame to the town and
listrict. Having dome for the
avowed purpose of looking
over the country, the visitors
with two or three exceptions
were eager to see the mines
and were taken to the River
side and Mountainview prop
erties, where they spent an in
taroatinar afternoon looking ov
er the mine and mill equip
ments and exploring the un
derground workings. Owing
to inclement weather condit
ions no attempt was made to
extend the tour to other prop
erties as had been originally
planned. Following their re
turn to town in the evening
the visitors were regaled by a
dance and luncheon at Pioneer
Hall, at which they were
greeted by a large portion of
our population and danced to
the dulcet strains of the seven
piece Premier orchestra, as
sisted by Miss Alice Cooper
and Joe Standard. All was
going merry as the proverbial
Christmas bell when the
further plans of the party
as well as those of the Cham
ber of Commerce were blown
to pieces by the announce
ment that the Wales must re
turn to Ketchikan at once ow
ing to the motorship Carmen,
belonging to the same com
pany, having gone on the
rocks on the western coast.
However, the resultant dissa
pointment did not preclude
finishing the evening’s enter
tainment and after - several
hours of dancing the Chamber
of Commerce members and
their guests retired to the din
ing room and held a little “get
together” session at which the
“feast of reason and flow of
soul” was augmented by a de
lectable luncheon prepared by
the capable hands of Hyder’s
ladies fair. .
President Merl F. Thomas
opened the session by welcom
ing the visitors and introduced
H. C. Nunan, Manager of the
New England Fish Company
of Ketchikan. Mr. Nunan first
voiced the view that the ex
crable weather had not in the
least dampened the pleasure
of the visit. Personally he had
amoved one of the most pleas
TRAM MAN GOES INSANE
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Angus McLean, employed on
the Premier tram at Angle
Station No. 4, became violently
insane Saturday and was sent
to New Westminister on the
Cardena after a hearing at
Stewart.
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Hyder is at present minus a
medico, Dr. Standard having
left for Juneau last week to
undergo examination for per
manent medical license before
the Territorial Board of Med
ical Examiners.
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Oren F. Hill was an arrival |
on the Prince Rupert from a 1
short business trip to thc
States.
the day which he did not think
were here; things that had
opened his eyes to the fact
that we have a wonderfully
mineralized country. In con
clusion he said the Ketchikan
Commercial Club gets results
by pulling together and the
Chamber of Commerce can al
so get excellent results in the
same way.
Mr. Claude Aikens, of the J.
R. Heckman company said he ;
had heard that the people of
Hyder didn’t think the people
of Ketchikan were deeply
enough interested in their wel
fare and expressed the view
that such an Idea of Ketchi
kan’s attitude i3 wrong, “be-1
cause,” he said, “the people of
KetcniKan Knows mar Kexcm- :
kan is prosperous as the out-;
lying towns are prosperous
and if they do not grow Ket
chikan will not grow. I am
sure,” he added, that every
one who is interested in the
welfare 'of Alaska is deeply
interested in the welfare of
Hyder.”
John Hovland, chairman oi
the Chamber of Commerce en
tertainment committee, voiced
opinion that the people of Hy
der realize what Ketcliikai j
has already done for the ad
vaneement of Hyder.
“I believe they- realize,” he
said,“ that the first substant
ial amount of money spent ir.
the development of mining
came from Ketchikan.”
Mr. Ralph Bartholemew, of
the Neill Transportation Com
pany, said he wanted to thank
the Chamber of Commerce
for the opportunity to see oui
mineral possibilities and as
serted that the way to interest
Ketchikan people in Hydei
is by showing them our ores
“I think,’ he said, that if you
could take them all on such a
trip as we have had they
would be all solid fdr the
country just as we are, and
have the same enthusiasm foi
Hyder that we have. We know
you have the ore; we have
seen i.t.” ,
Mr. J. A. Hall, pi-esident of
the Bank of Hyder, said he
was inclined to take issue
with Commercial -Club mem-:
bers who said all we have
here is ore, the same as all
they had in Ketchikan is fish.
“We have more optimism |
here than any place in Alas
ka, he said, and it is founded
! on the actual resources of oui
district.” Mr. Hall declared
that the district is making
steady progress, adding “we
i have made mo?e progress this
DRILLING ON
WHITE HEATHER
Continuing the expensive circl
ing program inaugurated on
the White Heather two year3
ago by F. C. Win’ l r and as
sociates, a Boyle3 B 03. dia
mond drill crew is plugging
away steadily on that prop
erty, according to recent ar
rivals from that section. Th :
ground i3 situated near the
crest of Bear River Ridge, east
)f Long Lake.
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A small test shipment of ore
from the Bayview will leave
shortly for the Selby smeltei.
The shipment, which will com
prise several tons, is said to
carry very good shipping val
ues, according to assay returns.
zens Light, Power and Water
Co. and other important en
terprises, and the man who
really developed the Riverside
mine, asserted that he “always
side stepped speechmaking’'
but wished to say that he had
passed a most enjoyable day
and appreciated the favors
shown him by the people of
Hyder.
Arthur Moa, manager of the
Mountainview Gold Min n r
Company, said from what h _•
has seen of the district a ri
che development work done
he is confident that the future
of Ilyder as a mining center is
assured.
~Mr. E. T. Ela, Ketchikan en
gineer, asserted that the visit
ors did not mind the rain; they
thrived on that in Ketchikan.
He was a little dissapmntcd
it not seeing the wonderful
scenery. He knew from past
visits Hyder wa3 a scenic wou
ld land. He thought they were
ill convinced of the mining
uture of Hyder. Voicing the
benefits of cooperation and
what it had done for Ketehi-I
can and volunteered the assist
ance of the Commercial Club I
n matters affecting Hyder’s|
welfare.
Dr. C. T. flatten, vice presi
dent of the Chamber of Com
merce, thought he had “don
about all the damage he could I
to these fellows today” an il
thought the best speech of thc|
evening was Mr. Strong’'—?t|
ill
was so brief. He ind 1 red m|
a number of facetious e lark
anent the mud and a ice vie
that most of the places vi c:
ed by the party w re “ tr ’ r
up and down,—they d d nr
have to get down in th ~ i c
Dr. flatten said he was •
the Commercial Club mcm c
saw something to int.r
them, asserting that “we can'ij
be hurt by their interest.’
At the conclusion of
session President Thoma
vited the Commercial Cl
come to Hyder at any i
and on as short notice as
see fit to give,and we will
and take care of them. Tli I
session closed with three rsu->|
ing cheers for each organiaat
ion, after which most of thj
visitors returned to the Wales
which left for Ketchikaj
about 1:30 Sunday morning.
Following is the list of vnit;
ors: H. C. Strong, M. Howe
J. W. Shoettler, Ralph But
tholemew, Mr. Jameson, F‘
Aikens, K. E Steberg, II.
Nunan, F. H. Bold, P. G. Je