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VOL 3, NO. 11
HYDER, ALASKA,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1926
FIFTY CENTS A UMI
PREMIER STOCK
HAVING SLUMP
Premier stock reached the
lowest level in several years
last week, according to the
Vancouver market reports,
which gave the current quot
ations as $1.95 bid, $1.98 ask- •
ed. The cause of the slump is a
mystery.
Nothing has developed at the
mine of a character to war
rant the depreciation and no
bearish movements directed at
the stock have been manifest
ed in any quarter so far as can
be discovered. Production is
continuing • at the usual rate,
approximately 800 tons daily,
and the average value of the
ores mined continues to be the
same as for many months
.past; as is indicated by the
same dividends as have pre
vailed for several years. Fur-;
thermore it is said on unquest
ionable authority that the
proven ore reserves are suffici
ent to keep the mine in operat
ion for years, even at the
present large rate of product-!
ion. The statement is partially
confirmed by official figures
showing that the known ore
reserves at the beginning of
the present year amounted to
approximately 703,995 tons, of
which 243,511 tons, averaging
$21.62 was broken in the
stopes. Assured but unbroken
ore down to the 4th level
amounted to 316,484 tons, av- j
eraging $18.56, with an ad
ditional 146,000 tons of ore in
dicated by diamond drilling
below that level. From this it
will be seen that even though
this year’s work failed to
maintain these reserves, oper
ations could be continued on
the developed ore for nearly
two years more at the present
rate of extraction.
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Apropos of the recent reports 1
relative to a possible change
in the control of the Big Mis- j
souri, the following item from
the Alaska Weekly is not only
of considerable interest but al
so confirms in part a recent
statement on the subject by!
thb Herald. The article fol
lows:
“L. A. Levensaler, the well
known mining engineer, who
recently made an examination
of the Big Missouri lode mine
in the Portland Canal district,
says that the examination was
made at the instance of C K.
Bobb, who promoted and con j
trols the famous Engineer mine ;
in the Atlin, B. C.
While Mr. Levensaler is on
the field staff of the American
Smelting & Refining Company,
he also examines properties
for other clients.”
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The first meeting of the new
ly organized Hyder Chamber
o' Commerce, Incorporated,
will be held at Chamber of
Commerce Hall tomorrow,
Tuesday, evening. All mem
bers of the old organization
have been elected members
of the new body. Those who
have not yet signed the roster
are urged to attend the meet
ing and do so.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET
SWEEPS 1ST DIVISION
Practically complete returns
of the election in, the First Di
vision disclose that the Re
publican ticket headed by
Sutherland swept the district
from end to end. With two or
three exceptions, every pre
cinct in the Division gave the
delegate and the rest of the
Republican candidates a ma
jority of the votes cast.
Following are the returns
from the vai’ious precincts re
ceived since the last issue of
the Herald.
Meyers Chuck—Marquam 12,
Sutherland 63, Batcheiler 4,
Shattuck 10, Steel 56, Benja
min 63, Ferguson 56, Gurr 12,
Hardy 13, Kubley 18, Paul 57,
Worth 57.
Ketchikan—(Complete) Mar
quam 785, Sutherland 847,
Batcheiler 128, Shattuck 691,
Steel 659, Benjamin 682, Fer- j
guson 688, Gurr 739, Hardy
722, Kubley 931, Locken 704,!
Paul 692, Worth 649.
Hydaburg— Marquam 25,
Sutherland 94, Batcheiler 5,
Shattuck 24, Steel 86, Benja
min 96, Ferguson 91, Gurr 27,
Hardy 25, Kubley 27, Locken
22, Paul 92, Worth 95.
Wacker City—Marquam 2,
Sutherland 24, Batcheller 1,
Shattuck 1, Steel 20, Benjamin
17, Ferguson 20, Gurr 4,^Hardy
4, Kubley 6, Locken 4, Paul
22, Worth 19.
Klawock—Marquam 3, Suth
ei'land 134, Batcheller 2, Shat-!
tuck 132, Steel 133, Benjamin '
136, Ferguson 4, Gurr 6, Hardy
2, Kubley 2, Locken 2, Paul
136, Worth 134.
Chilkat—Marquam 19, Suth
erland 60, Batcheller 2, Shat
tuck 17, Steel 49, Benjamin 41,
Ferguson 44, Gurr 2, Hardy
24, Kubley 16, Locken 16,
Paul 60, Worth 49.
Haines— Marquam 44, Suth
erland 58, Batcheller 10 Shat
tuck 43, Steel 38, Benjamin 42,
Ferguson 46, Gun* 44, Hardy
56, Kubley 38, Locken 35, Paul
47, Worth 40.
Kake—Marquam 17, Suther
land, 102, Batcheller 10, Shat
tuck 13, Steel ? Benjamin 98,
Ferguson ?, Gurr 15, Hardy
16, Kubley 14, Locken 17,
Paul 103, Worth 99.
Killisnoo—Marquam 14, Suth
erland 68, Batcheller 1, Shat
tuck 15, pteel 63, Benjamin
64, Ferguson 66, Gurr 18, Har
dy 14, Kubley 14, Locken 16,
Paul 65, Worth 66.'
Tenakee—Marquam 21, Suth-i
erland 17. Batcheller 5, Shat-;
tuck 16, Steel 14, Benjamin
13, Ferguson 14, Gurr 14, Har
dy 19, Kubley 14, Locken 13,
Paul 15, Worth 13.
Hoonah—Marquam 24 Suth
erland 66, Batcheller 3, Shat
tuck 21, Steel 66, Benjamin
67, Ferguson 66, Gurr 22, Har
dy 23, Kubley 22, Locken 22, i
Paul 64, Worth 68.
Total returns for the division i
to date are as follows:
For Delegate—
Sutherland 3144
Marquam 2170
For Senator—
Batcheller, Ind. 519
Shattuck, Ind. 2045
Steel, Rep. 2227
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MACHINERY SUPPLIES
FOR OUTLAND BAR
Confirming the recent an
nouncement of Mr. F. C. Ottt>
land, that development Woirk
on the Outland Silver Jfiir
property will be continuged
next summer with the aid of
machinery, 105 barrels of
oline for fuel purposes ar
rived on the steamer $3or<{er
Quen last week, ahd will be
taken to the Silver Bar during
the winter by Ernest Brysoh,
who holds the packing con
tract.
Mr. Bryson left during the
early part of the week to erect
a building on the upper Sal
mon trail near the old “shake
cabin,” which will be used as a
half way house in hauling the
gasoline and other supplies to
the Silver Bar.
The Outland shipment also
included 200 sacks of oats and
300 bales of hay which will be,
used by Mr. Bryson for feed
ing his stock while freighting’
the fuel and equipment. He
expects to be on the job most
of the winter in order to have
everything on the ground by
the time work is renewed In
"he spring
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Palmer Hughes, Lawrence
Thornton and Pete Welle, who.
have been in the district most (
of the summer assisting Fred
R. Hughes, Bureau of Public^
Roads engineer, in local road
and trail survey work, have!
been transferred to the Ketch
ikan district, whre they will
be engaged on a road com
struction project a few miles
from the First City. The trio
left on the Border Queen toj
take up their new duties. ;
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J. P. Burns has replaced Alex.
Scobie as head mill man at
the Dunwell, according to
Stewart reports. L. S. Davidson
has taken charge of the ac
countant’s department.
For Representative—
Benjamin, Rep. 263b
Ferguson, Rep. 2539
Paul, Rep. 2471
Worth, Rep. 2444
Kubley, Ind. 2342
Gurr, Ind. * 223b
Locken,Ind. 2170
Hardy, Ind. 2139
Returns from other sections
of the Territory practically
duplicate the results in this di
vision with respect to the dele
gate contest. Save in the Rail
road belt and in the Cordova
district where Marquam car
ried a number of places, Suth
erland achieved a two-to-one
victory in almost every pre
cinct. Incomplete reports from
Fairbanks disclose that Mar
quam was defeated in his
home town by a majority of
88 votes. The latest returns
from the 4th Division, with a
few districts still unreported,
gave Sutherland 1377, Mar
quam 777. With a number of
the small, outlying precincts
still to be heard from, the
Nome district gave Sutherland
a 3 to 1 vote. Present indicat
ions are that Sutherland will
have a majority of close to
3000.
WINTER MINING NOTES
A crew of six men is employ
ed on the Washington Group
on the south fork of the Mar
mot. Work will continued on
the property throughout the
winter season. v « ■
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Ernest Mustow and George
Bacon are working a lease on
the north drift from the' main
tunnel on the Terminus anu
are said tb have a good sized
shipment of high grade sacked
and ready for the smelter as a
result of about five weeks
operations. The ore is said to
assay around 300 ounces of
silver to the ton. The partners
plan to work throughout the
winter.
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Fifty tons of ore from the La
Rose mine on Alice Arm passed
through on the last trip of the
Cardena. The shipment is said
to have been consigned to the
Trail smelter and was picked
up by the Cardena enroute
here from'Anyox.
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Silver produced in the Cobalt
district, Ontario, during the
first half of 1926 amounted to
2,322,724 ounces.
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Emil Davis, manager of the
Chief Metals Mining Co. oper
ations and plso a prominent
figure in the affairs of the
Conimonwealth Mining CoM
left on the Border Queen en
route to the States. Mr. Davis
plans to remain on the outside
about three months and will
make a trip to the East during
his sojourn.
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The Standard Oil tanker Wm.
S. Herman, arrived Thursday
morning with a load of oil for
the Premier company.
The Herman is a 12,000 ton
vessel and said to be the larg
est that ever visited the port.
The vessel discharged about
20,000 barrels of oil into the
big storage tank near Stewart
wharf.
The Northland Transportat
ion Co. raotorship ' Norco is
scheduled to leave Seattle en
route to this port next Friday
and should arrive here Sunday
night or early Monday.
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Grant Mahood, pioneer min
ing man of the district, was an
arrival on the Cardena last
week, after an extended ab
sence.
Mr. Mahood is planning to
undertake development oper
operations of considerable
magnitude on the Extenuate
properties of the Extenuate
Gold Mines Co., of which he
is president The porperties
are exceptionally well located
along the east side of Cascade
Creek and adjoining the north
ern boundary of the Sebakwe
holdings. It is understood that
the company is adequately fi
nanced to operate on a large
scale and will do some work
this fall.
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A masquerade ball is sched
uled for New Year’s eve, Fri
day, December 31, at Pioneer
Hall, according to announce
ments made this week.
PROGRESS ON SEBAKWE
Reports from the Sebakwe
company operations indicate
that the extension of the main
tunnel “Sebakwe No. 4,” is
now making much better prog
ress as a result of the ground
becoming much harder. The
tunnel is said to have encount
ered recently a belt of green
stone interspersed with string
ers and pockets of quartz. The
rock is-said to be but sparsely
mineralized and carries no ap
preciable values. It is pointed
out, however, that the tunnel
is not expected to encounter
much ore short of 1000 feet
from the portal, about which
point it should pick up tho
northern extensions of the big
ore body near the north line
of the B. C. Silver.
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The Border Line Transports!
on Co. steamer Border Queer
arrived from Seattle Wednes
day evening with one passen
ger and 146 tons of cargo foi
this port. The bulk of the
freight was consigned to the
Outland Silver Bar.
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Mrs. Ernest Blue of Hyder
was among the prize winners
at the highly successful mas
querade ball held in Stewart
last Tuesday under the au
spices of the ladies of . the
Hospital W. A. Mrs. Blue was J
costumed as a-Wooden'Soldier
and wop the prize for the most
comical costume worn by u i
lady. The prizes for best dress-:
ed lady, and gentleman were
won by Mrs. Wm. Jancowski
and Fred Jancowski, who im
personated respectively an In
dian Princess^nd Prince. H. P.
Gibson, dressed as an old lady,
annexed the prize for most
comic gentleman and Mrs. Ern
est Love and Harry Scoivill car
carried off the awards fpr’most
original costumes, the former
; as the Liqour Control Board
: and the latter .as a Dutchman,
j The judges were Mrs. Wm.
Newell, Grant Mahood "and*
Col. E. R. Stivers. „ •• • -
The old Yukon steamer Daw
son, familiar to 3. majority of
those who have visited the In
terior, was wrecked recently in
Rink Rapids, about 25 miles
above Carmack’s, while mak- j
ing the last voyage of the seas- i
on from Dawson to White- ]
horse. The vessel sank in shal- j
low water, presumably after |
striking a rock. Eighty passen- j
gers on board were landed j
safely and proceeded to White-1
horse by stage. The baggage
and mail, including a shipment
of gold dust valued.at $100,
000, was saved.
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R. E. Lundvall, manager of the
Washington group operations,
left Sunday for the south, after
completing arrangements for
the continuance of winter op
erations. A crew of six men
will carry on during his ab
sence.
Mr. Lundvall stated bafintfe
leaving that he may return to
Hyder in January.
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M. R. Jamieson retumecMaat
week from a visit in the Sdlrth.
LEAD PRODUCTION
IS LARGER
The output of lead by the
principal lead producing coun
tries of the world in June tot
aled 114,151 short tons as
against 113,889 short tons in
M^y and 105,966 short*tons
in April, according to a West
ern mining journal. United
States production in June was
48,558 tons compared with
49,915 tons in May and 46.713
tons in April.
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Miss Anna Herring, proprie
tor of the Belle Idand Hot
Springs, near Ketchikan, wa«
accidentally shot at the Springs
recently and was taken to the
Ketchikan hospital in a -eri
ous condition. The bullet er;
\ tered the left side of the stom
ach in front and emerged in
the back. At last accounts Miss
Herring, who visited Hydcr
last Summer and is known to
many local residents, -was mak
ing good progress toward re
covery.
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Manager John McLsod of
the King Edward Hotel, Stew
art, returned last week from
the south accompanied by his
bride, formerly Miss Katherine
McLeod, of Stornoway. Scot
land. The couple were wed ’ed
in Vancouver Oct 15, follow
ing the arrival of the bride
from the old country.
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25 tons of coal arrived on the
Border Queen for the Hydci
Fuel Co.
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A three-foot vein of rich
gold bearing ore has been
found on the properties of the
Kassan Gold Company on
Prince of Wales Island, ac
cording to reports received in
Seattle last month. The ore b
said to have yielded assays of
$92, $84, $43 and $12 over a
width of two feet at different
points on the vein, while If
inches is said to be $100 ore.
The vein was encountered in
a winze sunk below the third
level a short distance from the
shaft and is richer than the
ore found on the third level a
short time ago. Two and three
drills are running and a crew
of 9 men is employed The com
pany is now planning to start
milling soon.
W. J. Elmendorf, weli known
locally, is consulting engineer
of the company.
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The Indian village at Doug
las, destroyed by the r - cvi
fire, will be replaced by a new
village of njodern conetrr io
built under the direction o^' t’n
Douglas City council. Th- v
settlement will consist of ont*
main street 16 feet wide and
approximately 1000 feet long.
The thoroughfare will be
fronted on both sides by build
ing lots averaging 35 feet
wide by 60 deep. Alley way:.
10 feet wide will subdivide the
village every 210 feet aiony
rhe main street. Lots with an
80 foot frontage will be re
served for the government
school and the A. N. B Hall.
A slightly smaller plot will be
allotted for a new church. All
the lots in the new village will
be on dry ground. >