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HYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21,1925
FIFTY CENTS AMCMH
INDIAN MINE TO
START SHIPPING
The Indian mine, will resume
activities within a brief season
and will join the list of local
producers during the coming
winter, according to Manager
J. Fred Ritchie, who returned
from the south a few days ago.
Mr. Ritchie stated that the
company plans to make month
ly ore shipments of 150 tons
or more during the winter peri
od. The first of the contempat
ed shipments will go forward
as soon as as practicable after
work is resumed. The contract
for hauling the ore from the
mine to tide-water has been let '
to the Crawford Transfer, of
Stewart.
The mine has now been devel-:
oped to the point where its
production possibilities can be J
determined with reasonable
certainty. Over a mile of un
derground work has been
done, in addition to several
thousand feet, of drilling.
Work done during the past
year has disclosed not only ex
tensive resources of shipping
grade ore but has removed all
uncertainty regarding the fut
ure of the property as a source
of wealth production. Between
80 and 90 tons of ore were
.broken down and sent to the
smelter last spring, so the man
agement can clearly foresee
the results of operation for a j
considerable distance ahead.
Capt. F. A. Dorin, financial
representative of the Salvation
Army, with headquarters in
Wrangell, arrived last week j
in connection with the work
of the Salvation Army in Alas
ka and Northern British Col
umbia. Capt. Dorin was a vis
itor in Hyder for some days
last fall and is known to a
majority of Hyderites. He will i
remain in this locality until
the latter part of the week.
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Henry Rogers, well known
mining engineer, is visiting the
district in the interest of out
side parties. Mr. Rogers has
been engaged in inspecting a
number of properties, includ
ing the Bayview.
Before leaving on the Car
dena Monday Mr. Rogers stat
ed that he expects to return to
the district early next spring.
Purchase by the Guggen
heims of a group of silver lode j
claims on Wallace Mountain
in the Okanagan Valley, Brit
ish Columbia, was recently an
nounced.
It is said that the purchase
price of the individual claims
ranged from $25,000 to $80,
000.
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J. A. Talbot, manager of the
Salmon River Dock Co., Mrs.
Talbot and family, were pass
engers to Ketchikan on the
Wales last Thursday.
Jewelry made to order: ,
Gifts, Novelties—E. M. Reyn- j
olds’ Nugget Shoppe. Next to ;
Postoffice. >„ ,
PORI ER IDAHO READ/
FOR WINTER WORK
Transportation of winter sup
plies for the Porter Idaho was
completed during the past
week and mananging director
Clay Porter is now all ready
for the coming of the big
snow, and expects to have a
big tonnage of high grade
ready for shipment soon after
the breakup next spring.
Ore is coming down from the
mine daily and a consid
erable quantity is on the beach
ready for transportation to the
smelter. The next shipment Is
expected to be the last one of
the present season.
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NOTED MINE MAN
VISIT CAMP
W. Nome Lowenthal, in
charge of the Silver Standard
operations at Hazelton, B. C.
for years, arrived in camp last
week to look the country over
generally and also inspect the
Bayview properties in the low
er Bear River section ,
Mr. Lowenthal’s visit may be
said to be pregnant with passi
bilities for the future of that
well known property, as he is
representing the Porcupine
Gold Mines Co., recently
brought into prominence lo
cally as a result of a reported
offer by that company to take
over the entire new $350,000
stock issue of the Dunwell
company.
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LAKE VIEW TO
RENEW ACTIVITIES
Richard Hill, manager of the
Lakeview properties on Glacier
Creek, has received advices in
dicating that the Company is
making plans to carry on de
velopment work during the
coming winter and expects to
open up soon.
With the Lakeview, Dunwell
and Victoria Mines again act
ive, Glacier Creek promises to
be a veritable hive of industry
this winter.
E. M. Reynolds is displaying
a splendid line of jewelry and
novelties in his establishment,
the Nugget Shoppe, next door
to the Postoffice. His stock i
:
comprises a wide variety of:
articles, ranging from the usu-;
al jewelry staples, rings,
brooches, pins, watches, hand i
bags, etc., to nugget an<l ivory
jewelry of exquisite design j
and workmanship. Additional
goods are also arriving on ev
ery boat and the store will ■
soon contain about every-1
thing in the line of jewelry i
found in the up to date jewel-;
ry stores outside. Mr. Reynolds i
is associated with R. W. An
drus, manufacturing jeweler of i
Seattle, and is prepared to ac
cept orders for made-to-order
jewelry of every kind, and
particularly nugget and ivory
work, in which Mr. Reynolds
will specialize. He will also
handle jewelry repair work of
every kind.
WINTER DEVELOPMENT
ON VICTORIA GROUP
Capt. A. J. Gault, local di
rector of affairs for the Vic
toria Mines, returned on the
Cardena from a business trip
to Vancouver.
Capt. Gault contemplates op
ening: up the Victoria proper
ties for winter work in the
near future.
J. H. Hewitt, co-owner with
Chas. Carlson in the Home
stake and Ibex properties on
Texas Creek, returned last
week from a business trip to
Seattle and other coast and
northwestern points.
Mr. Hewitt states that the re
turns from the shipment of
Homestake group ore, sent to
the Selby smelter last month
are still unknown. The ore
did not reach the smelter un
til a considerable time after
its dispatch from Hyder and
the returns have not been re
ceived.
During the course of his trip
Mr. Hewitt visited Wallace,
Idaho, and found that the min
ing men of that locality are in
clined to listen attentively to
the lead development possi
bilities of this section, owing
to the growing scarcity of that
metal. All of which inclines
him to the view that the Tex
as Creek area, with its marvel
ous dissemination of silver-^
lead ores, may shortly become
the object of their investigat
ions. During his stay in Wal
lace Mr. Hewitt encountered
Harry Marsh, Day brothers
engineer, who visited this
section some time ago, and
was informed that Mr. Marsh
contemplated another visit to
this section next summer. All
of which is slightly suggestive,
in view of Mr. Marsh’s previ
ous attitude.
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Stewart, Hyder’s nearest Can
adian neighbor, has been the
scene of a vast amount of po
litical discussion during the
past week or two, in anticipat
ion of the forthcoming elect- j
ions. George G. Bushby, Con
servative candidate for Skeena
district and H. H. Stevens, M.
P., recently addressed the
voters and set the political pjt
into violent ebullition wit ft
broadsides for the opposition
and the Hon. Mary Ellen
Smith, member of the Exeeu
tive Council, of Victoria, and
Bert Kergin, M. P., Atlin dis
trict, spoke on behalf of Fred
Stork Sunday evening. Oppor
tunities for hearing a woman
speaker are rare in the North
and the lady was greeted by
.in overflowing meeting widen
listened with close attent: m to
her a. )e discussion of cutout
political topics.
Conrad Wolfle, Spokane cap
italist and widely known west
ern mining engineer, who vis
ited the district in early days
with R. K. Neill, will arrive
in Hyder next Sunday.
SUPPLIES FOR
BIG MISSOURI
A consignment of thirty tons
Of supplies for winter use on
the Big Missouri arrived on
the Cardena and is now being
;aken to the property by what
s said to be the largest pack
rain ever assembled in the dis
rict, employing a total of forty
lead of stock. The work is be
ng done by the McGrew and
Crawford transfer concerns,
tvho are employing practically
svery available horse in the
district. The big supply ship
Eient was forwarded by man
ger Pat Daly, who is now in
; the south, arranging for win
ter operations.
Operations on the Big Mis
souri are at present confined
entirely to surface work, un
derground work having been
suspended until such time as
winter preparations are com
pleted The compressor house
is nearly completed, according
to the latest reports, and the
machinery is being assembled.
Mr. Daly has planned well and
is taking no chances of having
winter operations curtailed by
failure to make adequate prep
arations for meeting winter
conditions.
Harry Townsend , consulting
engineer for the Standard
Mines Corporation, is expected
to pay his first visit to the
property during the present
week. Mr. Townsend has been
in the Cassiar all summer in
connection with the company’s
dredging operations on Mc
Dame Creek, but is now either
in Ketchikan or at some other
point on the coast enroute to
Hyder.
NEW CANADIAN NATL
BOAT SHEDULE
News of a change in the pres
ent schedule of the Grand
Trunk boats is contained in
messages received from the
South during the past week.
According to the information
received, the new schedule will
include a Thursday as well as
a Sunday boat for a short time.
The Prince Rupert will arrive
to-morrow morning and will be
followed by the Prince Charles
next Sunday. This schedule
will continue until Novembei
15, when the Prince Charles
will be withdrawn leaving the
George or the Rupert to care
for local traffic during the re
mainder of the winter season,
with Thursday, so far as
can be learned, the weekly
sailing date during that;
period.
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Pat Daly, manager of the Big
Missouri, is on a business trip
to the Outside. Mr. Daly leit
last Sunday enroute to Tacoma,
where he will confer with the
heads of the Standard Mines
Corporation and also secure
supplies and equipment for
use during the winter season.
He will probably remain out
side for several, weeks.
PREMIER POWER PLANT
MACHINERY ARRIVES
A big consignment of ma
chinery for the new powei
plant of the Prelm'er Gold Min
ing Company arrived on tnt
steamer Amur Monday and is
now being transported to thb
site of the plant at 13 Mile.
The equipment includes the
two huge 360 horsepower
Diesel engines which will be
come the chief power units
and practically double the
present power capacity for
mine and mill. Some idea ot
the size of the new engines
j may be gained from the star
; ment that the bases alone
| weigh twelve tons each. The
; total weight of the machinery
i consignment was 350 tons.
CHANGE IN L & L
MANAGEMENT
Wm. Irwin, lately in charge
I of operations on the Bayview
.properties, has succeeded j.
I Frank Breeze in the manage
I ment of the L & L operations
| on Glacier Creek, according to
I announcements made in Stew
art during the week
The retirement of Mr. Breezt
was unexpected as Jie ha.
made a highly creditable rec
ord during the several year,
in which he has been charge
of development on. the L & L
! Under his management the
property has been lifted from
the status of a mere prospect
to that of a producing mine;
which presents every aspect ol
ultimately becoming a source
of large ore production. During
the past three months the prop
erty has shipped more than
60 tons of high grade ore val
ued in the neighborhood oi
$15,000 and has maintained
an average production of closi
to a ton a day during most oi
the period of commercial op
eration.
The growing opposition tc
the lands bureau, for which
the government has been se
verely criticized, is the fault o1
Congress and not the lands '
bureau, was the assertion ol
Senator Robert N. Stanfield,
of Oregon, at a meeting of the
Senate sub-committee of the
public lands and grazing con- .
ference recently held in Se
attle. Charges against the For
est Service for its policies
which he declared materially
retarded the development of
Alaska, were made by Falcon
Joslin in presenting a resolut
ion asking for the abolishment
of the land office and the turn
ing over of the federal lanas
to the States, and limiting the
jurisdiction of the Forest Ser
vice. Senator Dill said, “1
think there is little chance of
such legislation passing Con- j
gress, but there ought to be
something done to relieve the
situation in Alaska. Under the
present system people are be
ing driven out of Alaska.” i
ENGINEER IN CHARGE
OF DUN WELL
Matthew Little, M. E. well
! known Canadian mining en
gineer, has been selected by
! the board of directors of tile
Dunwell company to handle
future development on the
company properties on Glaciei
Creek, according to announce
ments made in Stewart last,
week. Mr. Little has alreaay
taken over the direction of af
fairs at the mine. The company
is reported adequately finant,
od to carry on until the prop
. arty reaches a producing basis,
' all but about 24,000 shares of
1 the recent $350,000 issue of
new shares having been taken
up by the former stock ownete.
1 It is expected that the remain
der of the issue will be sub
scribed within a brief seasc".,
if not alreody sold to British
shareholders who have not
been heard from. Should this
prove to be the case, the com
pany will have $350,000 in
available capital for meeting
:he cost of contemplated de
velopment operations du ins
the winter and for the metal
lation of tram and rn'lling
equipment next summer. The
winter operations will be di
rected largely to the ext n-ion
of present workings to tap tii •>
as yet unexplored ore hod' s
known to exist on the property,
including the high grado vein
located la,3tspi?ingT*ndi to play
ing the mine in shape for act
ive production next summer.
Fred Nothiger, who looks af
ter the welfare of Hydei's
;oles, when not engaged In
hammering holes into some
•ocky hillside in search of the
elusive paystreak, returned
ast week from a prospecting
rip of several months dura
ion in the Texas Creek area-.
Fred has been hammering
iway at a tunnel on his prop
erties near the tip of Case*
Gllacicr most of the summe.,
n an effort to cross cut a
promising quartz lead oh
which he builds hopes of f »
ure affluence. The ground n
well located for operation
near the Texas Creek pack
and contains several quartz,
leads.
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The Belmont placer outfit
near Hope, where from five to ...
3ix men are working on the
Bear Creek claims, are having
an exceptionally good season
It is stated that the owjij^#. . t
struck some very good ground
this summer. ...
One of the big oil tanks of
the Hammon Company, at
Nome, collapsed recently while
oil was being pumped into it
from a lighter . About 110U
barrels of oil were lost by the
mishap.
Nugget and ivory jewelry:'
Watch and jewelry repairing—
Nugget Shoppe. Next doer to
Postoffice.