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SPECIALIZING IN
MINING .NEWS OF THE
PORTLAND CANAL
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RYDER WEEKLY HERALD
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ,OF ALASKA AND THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT.
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VOL 6, NO. 34
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 31,1930.
PROSPERITY OUTPUT
INCREASES - APRIL
Increasing tonnage- and aTso
increasing values from ore are
shown in the monthly report of j (
the Premier Gold Mining 'Co. !
relative to operations on the
Prosperity group during April. |
Ore shipped during the month |
aggregated 1,370 tons, made j
up of two shipments of 585 ^ (
and 785 tons respectively.
The assay value of the ore, j
as shown by smelter reports
was $54,002.21. Mining, trans- j
portation and smelting costs ,
amounted to $24,899.66, leav- j
ing a net return of $29,102.55 ,
for the month. 1,
The report discloses that the j j
silver content of the ore was I
greater than in earlier ship-j .
merits, ranging from 80 to 125 11
ounces to the ton.
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Airplane Due Mcnday
A telegram from the Gorst (
Airways received Monday by ‘
this publication announced 1
the expected visit to Hyder on 1
Wednesday of one of the 1
company’s airplanes with pass- !
engers. The message also an- t
nounced that the ship would '
take a return passenger to 1
Ketchikan for the nominal i
sum of $20. A later message i
from the company, however, 1
said the trip had been post- (
poned until next Monday, on J f
which day the plane would
bring three passengers. The
messages gave no indication of j
the identity of the passengers, j
The Gorst Airways is engaged |
in operating passenger planes j
on the Alaska coast and also
in the interior. j j
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Gov’t. Issues Fine Book
Of Alaska Information
“General Information Re
garding the Territory of Alas
ka,’’ is the title of a splendid
volume on the Territory issued
recently by the Department of
the Interior. The work is splen
didly illustrated and its 136
pages are literally packed with
informative matter relative to
the geographical, climatic and.
other natural conditions, and
also present a comprehensive
review of political and govern
mental affairs, commerce, min
eral resources, fisheries, agri
culture, stock raising and many
other important features of
northern resources and com
mercial and industrial condit
ions. In fact the book provides
an answer for almost any
question that might be asked
concerning the Territory. The
book also contains an excellent
map showing almost every set
tlement of importance, radio
stations airplane landings, hos
pitals, reindeer stations, reser
vations and native schools.
The Herald cannot recall a
more complete text book on
the Territory and its resources.
The publication will be appre
ciated by all who are interested
in acquiring a comprehensive
understanding pf Alaska and
its more important character
istics.
The Herald has a few copies
for distribution as long as they
last.
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VOYAGE TO STIVERS
Residents of Portland Canal,
>oth Alaskan and Canadian,
laid a community tribute of
>f friendship and* good wishes
;o Col. E. R. Stivers, retiring
ocal customs official, at the
'arewell dance in his honor in
ioneer Hall Tuesday evening.
The entertainment was at
ended by one of the largest
gatherings of citizens ever seen
n the district, more than 200
leople filling the big hall al
nost to capacity. In addition to
i large number from Stewart,
nany residents of Premier
vere also on hand to pay their
espects to the departing offic
al and wish him bon voyage.
After a short period of danc
ng, Mr. Dale L. Pitt, manager
>f the Premier Gold Mining
Company, voiced the regard of
he community for Col Stivers
n an address, in which he ex
olled in oft-times eloquent
erms his splendid personal
[iialities and also his excellent
idministration of the affairs of
he local customs office during
he ten years of his incumbency
is deputy collector.
Mr. E. D. Haddon, manager of
he Bank of Hyder, also paid a
varm tribute to the guest of
lonor and extended the best
vishes of the community, and
ts hearty God-speed on the
ong journey to Nome, where
?ol. Stivers-will be stationed in
uture.
The urbane Colonel respond
d in feeling manner, express
ng his thanks for the tribute of
lonor and friendship accorded
dm by the community, also
hanking the committe in
barge of the entertainment
or their thoughtfulness and
abors. In conclusion he ex
iressed his apperciation of the
riendships gained during hu
lecade of local residence and
isserted that his memories of
lyder and the Portland Canal
listrict and its people will re
nain among the most cher
shed of his recollections.
The big hall was tastefully
.nd handsomely decorated
cith the white and purple of
he Elks' order, of which Col.
Stivers is a member, and pre
ented a charming aspect The
nusic provided by a 7-piece or
Jiestra made up of accomp
ished Stewart musicians, was
plendid and furnished a mus
cal treat for the assemblage,
n addition to delighting the
overs of terpsichore.
The entertainment was fur
her enhanced by an excellent
uncheon which amply attested
he catering skill of the re
reshment committe. The com
nitti-es in charge of other feat
ires of the entertainment also
von the unstinted praise of the
jathering for faultless arrange
nents displayed. A more inter
esting and successful public en
ertainment has never been
leld in the district and all con
lected with the arrangements
ire entitled to the highest
maise for their splendid ef
orts.
The dancing continued until
learly 3 a. m. Tuesday and a
arge portion of the gathering
ippeared loath to leave, even
it that late hour.
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NEWSY JOTTINGS
BEARING ON LOCAL
MINING AGTIVITES
Sebakwe Ore body Is
Worth About $800,000
Reporting the recent annual
meeting of the Selukwe comp
j any, the Mining World and En
! gineering Record (London)
! points out that although no
! ore has actually been blocked
out on the local properties of
the Sebakwe and District
Mines, the tonnage indicated
on No. 4 level showed a length
of zone of 200 feet, with an av
erage width of 15 feet, worth
$12. No. 5 level showed a
length of zone 200 feet, having
an average width of 15 feet
worth $11.50. Assuming the
pay shoot to extend 50 feet
above the No. 4 level to 50 feet
below No. 5 level, with the
same width and length, there
is a stoping length of of 325
feet on the dip and a gross
tonnage of 750,000 tons, and
assuming also 13 cubic feet to
the ton, there is a gross value
for this shoot alone of- $881,
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Woodbine Co. Elects
New Directorate
Wm. Forrest, Hugh B. Me-!
Guire, Fred North, W. A. Sut- !
ton, Capt. John Irving, John
Purse, Alex Henderson, Elmer
j Meredith and H. W. Bremmer
l were elected directors of the i
Woodbine Gold Mining Co. at
the ennual meeting in Vancou
ver a few days ago. The new
directorate will first elect offi
cers and lay out a definite de
velopment program for the
Woodbine property. Work is
expected, to start early next
month.
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| J. M. Wyckoff, Forest Rang
er for the Tongass National!
| Forest division of the U. S. For-;
j est Service, arrived from his
j headquarters in Ketchikan last
i Sunday, making the trip in a;
Forest Service launch. —
Mr. Wyckoff’s visit is princip
ally connected with the Forest
Service proposal to construct a
new ^trail into the Banded
Mountain section from ' the
head of Texas Creek., to facil
itate mining development in
that new and highly promising
mineral district.
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Arthur Moa, manager of the
Mountainview a n. d Hyder
Monarch mining companies,
; and one of the most widely
known mining men in the dist
rict, returned from the States
Sunday, after wintering at Port
Townsend. Mrs. Moa, who
was deprived of her mother by
death a few days ago, will not
i return until later in the season, j
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Col. E. R. Stivers left Thurs
day for Seattle on the first leg
of his long journey to Nome, j
where he will take over the i
duties of deputy collector of
customs at that port.
GEORGIA RIVER
GOLD DEVELOPMENT
IS SATISFACTORY
Work is steadily going ahead J
on the Georgia River property j
of the Georgia River Gold j
Mines company with satisfact- j
ory results, according to re
cent announcements in Vancou
ver.
The tunnel has now been driv
en through the last of the ore
occurences and drifting is in
progress on the southern pro
jection of the Bullion vein,
with 300 feet to go to come un
der the winze sunk from the
level of the Bullion tunnel.
This will bring the workings
into the most productive area
of the property, namely the
high grade shoot at the winze.
Even now the (work is said to
show the vein well defined, i
and indications aj'e favorable ■
for the development of an ore!
body at any time.
When the present objectivei
is reached, drifting will then j
continue on the Bullion vein to j
intersect the main vein, then I
along the main vein to a point
under the ore shoot opened up
in the No. 1 tunnel on the
southwest vein.
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Hyder Flood Protection
Plans Are Received
The Herald received this
week from the U. S. War De
pertment engineering board
full details relative to the plans
ubmitted to the War Depart
ment for the construction of
permanent works on Salmon
River for the protection of Hy
ier against floods, together
with maps showing their pro
posed location and general
character.
The plans were prepared by
:he army engineering board for
submission to the department
with recommendations for the
instruction o f protect i v e
works costing approximately
£80,000.
Their utilization, however, is
primarily dependant upon the
results of an extensive investi
gation by army engineers, for
which an appropriation of S800
was recently authorized by
ingress.
Owing to their extensive char
acter, full details of the pro
posals embraced cannot be
presented until next week.
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Ten outgoing passengers, in- j
eluding three round-trippers, j
left Tuesday for Ketchikan on ,
the City of Anacortes. The list;
was made up principally of
3iems-Spokane Co. road men, j
who left to work on one of the
company contracts near Wran
gell pending the commence
ment of operations on the Tex
as Creek highway extension.
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W. G. Strench, district direct
or of immigration in Alaska,
was a visitor in camp on offic
ial business during the stay of
the City of Anacortes Tuesday.
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The steamer Bornite arrived
firom Nanimo Friday morning
with 106 tons of coal for the
Hyder Dock Co.
NEW EMBARGO ON
SILVER PROPOSED
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An embargo on silver, except
that imported for process and
minting purposes would be au
thorized under a bill intro
duced in the House this month
by Representative Arnett,, of
Nevada, according to Wash
ington, D. C. reports.
Representative Arnett said in
the House that the rejection of
a duty of 30 cents an ounce on
silver in the tariff bill placed
the responsibility of giving
domestic silver producers pro
tection on congress.
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Wernecke Mines, Maya
Are Not Shut Down 1
That the Treadwell Yukon
company’s Werneeke mines at
Mayo, Yukon territory, have
not been closed down owing to
the present silver depreciation
was definitely determined this
week. Not only have the mines
not closed,as reported lately,
but the company anticipates a ;
larger production this year j
than ever before.
The ore from the Mayo dist-!
rict is transferred six times and j
moved by four different meth- j
ods of transortation before '
reaching the Bunker Hill smelt
er at Kellogg, Idaho. The ore
is first hauled from the mines
to the Yukon river by caterpill
ar engine while the ground is
frozen. This trip is followed by
a voyage by river steamboat, a
rail haul, an ocean steamship
voyage to Seattle and another
railroad trip from there to Kel
logg. Questions as to whether
the ore is rich enough to war-!
rant such transportation are \
answered in the engineer’s re-1
port to P. R. Bradley which
shows that 1718 tons shipped
from the Lucky Queen con
tained 479 ounces of silver to
the ton, 48 per cent lead and 7
per cent zinc. From the Sadie
mine, 42,493 tons of ore aver
aged more than 58 ounces of
silver, 9 per cent lead and
nearly 5 per cent zinc before :
it was passed through the con-j
centrating plant.
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The Hyder Dock Co. has com
pleted an extensive renovation
of its big dock structure, in
cluding the driving of a con
siderable number of piles.
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The Noyes Boat Co will place
a new and larger vessel on the
Ketchikan-Hyder mail run next
month. Details next week.
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Reports from Texas Creek in
dicate that snow conditions are
such that there is little pros
pect of much activity in that
section for another two weeks
at the earliest.
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Anthony E. Karnes, superin
tendent of the Ketchikan Pub
lic Schools, has announced his
candidacy for the office of Ter
ritorial Commissioner of Edu
cation at the regular election in
November. Mr. Karnes will run
as an independent.
B.C.SILVER REPORTS
MARCH PROGRESS
The March development re
port of the B. C. Silver, re
leased in London early this
month, discloses a total of 372
feet of drifting, crosscutting
and sideswiping during the
month, in addition to 561 feet
of diamond drilling. All work
was done on the sixth level.
Crosscut 676, running north
west from near the end of the
main drift, was advanced 155
feet, exposing the ore zone for
39 feet. One 5 foot side sample
in this zone assayed $25, chief
ly gold. No commercial values
were exposed in other parts of
the property, although several
silicified and well mineralized
areas were located in various
drifts and crosscuts.
An important development
was the location by diamond
drilling of the downward con
tinuation of the ore zone ex
posed in Premier 4 H stope
and in B. C. Silver drift 636, at
the elevation of the B. C. Silver
No. 7 level, roughly 100 feet
below No. 6 level. The zone at
this elevation was well silici
fied and heavily mineralized
but did not show commercial
values at the point of contact.
Ce l. W. T. Perkins Heads
Seattle Mining Club
Col. William T. Perkins,
prominent Seattle busine s s
man, who is heavily interested
in Vancouver Mines, Ltd., and
ather local mining ventures,
was elected president of the
Seattle Mining Club at the an
nual meeting held in Seattle a
few days ago.
Chas. D. Garfield, manager of
the Alaska division of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce
and, like Col. Perkins, an old
time Alaskan and a good
friend of the Territoi-y, was
sleeted secretary-treasurer of
the Club.
The meeting passed a resolut
ion favoring suspension of the
annual assessment work on
mining claims for the year be
ginning July 1, next.
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Abbott Under Treatment
For Throat Cancer
Paul H. Abbott, for many
►'ears Alaska representative of
Dupont Powder Company and
well known to Hyder residents,
is now in Rochester, Minn., un
dergoing treatment for cancer
of the throat. Mr. Abbott is
apparently hopeful for the fu
ture, as he wrote recently to
friends in Juneau that he was
looking .forward to getting
back to work in the near fut
ure.
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Deputy U. S. Marshal Don. E.
Martin, who is convalescing in
Ketchikan from a recent major
operation,, expects to return to
Hyder next Monday, according
to a letter received by D. J.
Mulcare, immigration inspect-.
or.
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Hubert Thomas and family
are now nicely settled in their
new homp in the Pederson cot
tage on First Avenue near the
dock approach.