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VOL 3, NO. 47
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 16,1927
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH
E. E. HALL TAKES
TENTATIVE OPTION
ON HIGH GRADI
E. E. Hall, Winnipeg final
cier .who holds control of ant
operates the Riverside mine
has again demonstrated hi!
faith in the mineral producing
possibilities of the Portlanc
Canal district by taking a ten
tative option on the Higl
Grade group, owned by W. R
Harner and Homer Ficklin anc
situated on the south fork o
the Marmot, at the head of Me
Gee Pass. According to an
nouncements made this week
the deal hag been made sub
ject to an examination of the
property by an engineer select
by Mr .Hall. The financia
terms of the transaction have
not been made public. Mr
Hall ,who personally conduct
ed the negotiations, left foi
the south enroute to Winnipeg
Monday evening, accompanied
by his brother, J. A. Hall, pres
ident of the Bank of Hyder.
The property comprises a tot
al of 14 claims and is one oi
the most promising gold-silvei
holdings in the district.
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PREPARING FOR
START OF NEW TEXAS
CREEK HIGHWAY
In preparation for the com
mencement of the new Texa:
Creek road construction, the
Seims & Carlson company hat
erected a large camp on Sal
mon River near the mouth oi
Texas Creek. Six large build
ings have been erected, in ad
dition to a number of smallei
structures. The buildings are sc
large and of "^ijch substantial
character, that the camp pre
sents the appearance of a min
iature town when seen from i
distance. Accommodations art
provided for a small army ol
men. The bunk house, fitting:
are of a character to insure
the comfort of the men. The
old fashioned camp bunk i:
nowhere in evidence, spring
beds being provided, in addit
ion to many other conveni
ences of a character not usual
ly seen in temporary camps
A crew of sixty men has beei
engaged for several weeks get
ting the camp in shape. Alfrec'
Anderson is in charge of activ
ities. ,
OUTLAND BAR ON
MACHINE BASH
Development work on the
Outland Silver Bar is now be
ing carried on with the aid oi
machinery, and with a pleas
ing increase in the progres:
made, according to Mr. F. C
Outland, managing owner, whe
came down from the propertj
this week. The new plant k
working in good shape, Mr.
Outland said. Activities are de
voted principally to exploring
the massive ore body opened
by Mr. Outland last summer.
The tunnel is being run on the
ore, with two shifts employed
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A compressor and other
equipment for the Woodbine
arrived from the south this
week and is now being install
ed. Work is proceeding on the
upper tunnel, which is now ir
130 feet. A cross cut is being
driven from the southwesl
drift in the lower tunnel ,and is
in fine looking ore, which has
not been assayed but is un
questionably of excellent mill
ing grade. Large samples ap
pear practically solid galem
and pyrite, with traces oi
copper.
KETCHIKAN MAN
BUYS INTEREST IN
TEXAS CREEK GROUI
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l ! Further demonstrating thi
, faith of Ketchikan business in
i terests in local mineral devel
opment, Louis Hansen, propri
etor of the Bon Marche ant
■ one of Ketchikan’s prominen
business men, has purchaset
a one-fourth interest in the En
gineer group in the Texa:
: Creek section from Dominicl
Bevacqua. The deal was com
pleted Friday, the entire pur
chase price being paid by Mr
Hansen at the time the paper:
were signed. No announce
ment has been made regard
ing the price paid, although
it is said to be a substantia
•7U m.
A unique feature of the deal
is that Mr .Hansen has nevei
seen the property, and pur
chased the interest purely or
the strength of a report of J
G. Shepard ,U. S. Geological
Survey representative, whc
made a survey of the group
last year.
The Engineer group comprises
;even claims and is situated on
he east side of Ferguson glac
ier, on the west fork of Texas
Creek, and a short distance
east of the Hyder. Lead M4nes
properties. The group was lo
cated by Bevacqua during the
Texas Creek stampede days.
Working alone most of th<
ime, Bevacqua has performed
a large amount of develop
ment work, including a GO-foot
cross cut tunnel which is ex
pected to tap the main vein
between 65 and 75 feet belov.
he outcrops. Work done dur
ng recent days indicate; that
the face of the tunnel is nov'
p.iite close to the vein, which
ranges between two and four
:'eet in width at the surface
and has been traced by means
if open cuts for several hun
dred feet. Prior to the Hansen
ioal, Mr. Bevacqua owned a
half interest in the property,
the remaining half being held
ointly by Harry Hill, Paul
Meger and H .J. Hicks.
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IMPROVEMENTS ON
WASHINGTON GROUP
In preparation for extensive
idditions to the present camp
facilities, Jack Rennie, Mar
not River packer ,is engaged
n packing in a large quantity
>f lumber to the Washington
jroup in the Marmot section.
R. E. Lundvall, manager of
the Washington Mining Co.
tates that the company plans
i considerable enlargement of
he present camp facilities and
.vill also commence construct
.on of an assay office as soon
as the material is landed on
the ground.
Work is being continued on
the 12-foot vein of ore recent
ly encountered in the cross cut
tuottel and is said to be mak
inj^ood progress.
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R. W. Wood, president of
Premier Gold Mining Co. was
! an arrival from the south this
! week. Mr. Wood was accom
j panied by Frank Moran, form
; er heavy weight pugilist, who
was at one time a formidable
contender for the heavyweighi
title, but is now interested in
mining.
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C. F. Hibbard, who is associ
ated with F. C. (Jutland in the
(Jutland Silver Bar, arrived
from Seattle Tuesday.
STRIKE BIG SfcHEELITE
VEIN RIVERSIDE MINE
’ A twelve foot vein containing
both galena and scheelite
! (tungsten) was encountered
- this week in the main tunnel
. of the Riverside mine. The
. scheelite deposit is five feet or
l more in width as far as explor
; | ec). Although permanency ot
I | the deposit has not been de
-1 initely established, it appears
s; to be of large extent and prom
ises to provide a valuable ad
. dition to the mine revenues.
. The minere/l is worth about
GO cents a pound and can be
i mined at small cost in connect
. ion with the galena ore. The
. big vein was located by one of
the employees, who asked per
mission to put in a few shots
at a point about 100 feet from
the portal, where the original
operators of the mine had lost
the ore and extended the tun
i nel a considerable distance in
j to the country rock, without
i locating the extension of the
* vein.
| The upper or No. 4 tunnel is
j being extended .on the ore still
| farther into the hill and is now
: in about 380 feet. The drift is
now nearing the big unexplor
ed galena vein located by
| mine manager R. G. Mellin
| last fall and which promises
to develop into a very large
( ore resource in the event that
its downward extensions equal
i the surface dimensions.
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BODY OF MISSING
MAN FOUND IN BAY
The mystery surrounding the
disappearance of Mike Cassidy
was lifted Thursday with the
discovery of his body in the
waters of Portland Canal near
the old Steward dock.
Owing to the remains being
so badly mutilated that the
features were unrecognizable
there was considereble doubt
as to whether the corpse was
that of Cassidy or of George
Anderson, who also disappear
ed about the same time. The
remains, however proved to be
those Cassidy, identification
being established by testimony
given by Dr. J. C. Kennedy,
Hyder dentist, and Mrs, A.
Perry, nurse, at a Coroner’s in
quest held in Stewart Thurs
day afternoon. Dr. Kennedy
; positively identified certain
dental work done by him for
! the deceased, and Mrs. Perry
identified a truss worn by
j Cassidy. The jury rendered a
i verdict of death by drowning.
I Cassidy, who was employed
j at the Sebakwe, had been
i missing since early on the
i morning of June 9th. The de
i ceased was well known, hav
I ing been engaged in mining
in the district for some years.
; He is survived by relatives
J \yho reside in Eastern Canada.
! No trace has been found of
Anderson, who was last seen
! June 5, despite extensive in
j vestigations by officials on
both sides of the boundary line.
Anderson, who recently arriv
ed from Vancouver, left his
room at the Miners’ Rest, stat
ing he was going to the Pre
mier dock to look for work/
Cassidy was a World War vet
eran and had been decorated.
The remains were laid at rest
in Stewart cemetery Friday
morning under the joint aus
pices of the Canadian Legion
and Moose Lodge ,of which he
was a member.
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Wm. Bunting left Monday
night for Hainesj enroute to
the Klehina district.
TO DRIVE TUNNEL
ON LAST CHANCE
A 100-foot tunnel will be
driven on the Last Chance
group during the present seas
on, according to H. A. Hallum,
head of the Seattle Oxygen Co.
and owner of the property.
Mr. Hallum, after spending
most of the past month on the
ground, came in the other day
ana let a contract for 100 feet
of cross cut tunnel to Marius
Pederson and his partner, Al
bert Johnson. The tunnel is ex
pected to cut the main vein at
a depth of about 75 feet, below
the outcrops, which show a
good sized shoot of galena
carrying shipping values. The
group is located in the upper
Salmon basin near the foot of
Salmon glacier and close to
the Cantu group.
Since: his arrival last month
Mr. Hallum has constructed a
substantial camp on the prop
erty.
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MINING NOTES
Manager J. V. Clegg of the
Silver Tip Mining Co. has re
sumed development work on
the Silver Tip group, north of
the Big Missouri.
Hugh B. McGuire, pioneer
mining man, has placed a
crew of men at work on a
number of properties located
in the vicinity of the Porter
Idaho, one of which is said to
hold the northern extensions
of the high-grade veins of the
Porter Idaho and Prosperity
properties. Activities will be
directed principally to surface
exploration this summer.
Ore is coming down from the.
Porter Idaho at the rate of
three tons per day and the
first smelter shipment of the
season will soon leave for the
south. The ore is brought down
the mountain as far as the
Wire Gold camp by pack train
and is then transported from
that point to the beach by
wagon.
Dr. J. S .Schofield, widely
known geologist, who was
formerly connected with the
Canadian Geological Survey,
arrived from the south last
week to make an examination
of the well known Bayview
property, a short distance
north of Stewart.
Wm. G. Strfench, district di
rector of immigration for
Alaska, paid Hyder a flying
visit Wednesday during the
Taku II.
Mr. Strench came over for the
purpose of conveying to Ket
chikan one Ragnar Gustinus
Bengtsson ,an alien, who was
arrested here July 6, by D. J.
Mulcare, local immigrant in
spector, and has since been
held in detention in the fed
eral jail pending action by the
immigration authorities. Beng
esson deserted from a Swedish
tramp steamer at Portland in
1922 and had been carried on
the books of the immigration
bureau as “wanted” until his
apprehension here. He was ar
rested by inspector Mulcare
under a departmental warrant
issued in Washington D. C. He
will be deported to Sweden.
The apprehension of Beng
tsson in this remote section
provides an outstanding ex
ample of the fact that Uncle
Sam has a keen eye and long
memory, as well as a far reach
ing hand ,for those who violate
his laws. It often happens that
aliens evade the immigration
BAD ACCIDENT AT
RIVERSIDE MINE
Caught by a delayed blast in
the 400-foot level of the River
side mine at 1 a.m.Wednesday
morning, Leonard Klemola,
miner, received injuries from
which he expired Wednesday
I afternoon, while his shift
partner; B. Perovich, i3 in
Stewart hospital recovering
from severe injuries to his
chest and throat. Details of
the tragedy related to Corone;
T. W. McDonald by Pat Calla
han, B. McDaid, miners, who
were working at the portal of
! the tunnel, were as follows:
i Klemola and Perovich came
i out of the drift after setting
| off a round of 15 shots. One
i of the charges failed to ex
| plode and after waiting only
15 minutes, instead of the full
half hour designated by the
mine rules, Klemola and his
partner went in to investigate
| About five minutes after the
i pair entered the drift, Calla
| han and McDaid heard one
I shot go off and entered the
! tunnel immediately to invest!
i gate. They found Klemola and
! Perovich lying on the floor ol
j the tunnel, the former with hk
i right leg torn almost to shred
i by the blast. After receiv
; ing such first aid treatment a
I could be given at the mine, th(
injured men were rushed tc
Stewart hospital, where they
were attended by Dr. Whil
Ians assisted by Dr. Carson oi
Premier. Examination disclos
ed that Klemola was in fear
ful shape. His leg was hanging
by shreds ,his hip was partial
ly blown away, and his righi
shoulder badly shattered. Se
vere wounds on his hands and
| other parts of his anatomy al
so gave ghastly evidence ol
the terrific force of the delay
ed blast. Perovich’s breast wa*
found to have been severely
crushed and lacerated but hi
has a good chance for recov
ery.
Both men stated that they
had reached a point in the tun
nel about 12 or 15 feet from
the face when delayed charge
exploded. Being somewhat
closer than his companion,
Klemola received the ful
force of the blast, which ac
counts for his more severe in
juries.
The remains of Klemola were
returned to Hyder after his
demise and prepared for bur
ial, by Nurse Perry, assisted by
R. C. Gregg. The funeral was
held Friday afternoon, follow
ing services in Pioneer Hall,
which were attended by a
large part of the camp’s pop
ulation, and with many floral
offerings attesting the sorrow
of the community over the sad
accident. Rev. S. V. Warren
delivered a splendid funeral
sermon, after which the re
mains were laid at rest in
Riverview Cemetery.
The deceased was born in
Michigan in 1899 but had re
sided in British Colummbia for
several years. His father, Gus
Klemola resides in Merritt,
B. C.
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A. W. Payn LeSueur, man
ager of the Ruby Silver, arriv
ed from Victoria Monday
evening.
laws by entering the United
States without the required in
spection and permission. They
usually find, however, that
Uncle will get them sooner or
later.
ALASKA EXPORTS
FOR JUNE
Average exports for this seas
on of the year are indicated
in the June statement of Alas
ka exports issued by Collector
J. C. McBride. The total value
of merchandise shipped to the
States during that period was
$1,995,935, over half of which
was made up of copper and
canned and cured salmon. Fur
shipments totaled $146,721, of
which the principal value was
blue fox pelts valued at $44,
770. The report follows:
Fish:
Fresh & frozen
(except shell-fish)
Halibut.$ 83,463
Salmon. 54,699
All other. 1,735
Canned (except
shell-fish)
Salmon. 542,411
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod. 2,534
Herring. 10,152
Salmon. 273,594
Shell-fish
Clams. 54,365
Crabs. 1,670
Shrimps. 19,045
Meal. 21,781
Oil. 38,482
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue Fox. 44,770
Silver or black fox.... 3,500
Red Fox. 11,240
White Fox. 50
Mink. 5,563
Muskrat. 10,883
Seal. 2,894
All other. 67,261
Manufactured furs.... 580
Ore, matte and reg
ulus:
Copper. 591,167
Lead. 13,336
Wood :
Timber & lumber.... 34,145
All other articles.... 714
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska. 1,890,014
Products of United
States returned. 105,296
Total value of for
eign products. 625
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise. 1,995,935
Items Included in
“All Other Articles”
Ivory. $ 65
Wool. 70
Paintings, 2,. 550
Zinc. 29
ANOTHER MAN IS MISSING
Third in a series of mysteri
ouse disappearances occuring
in Stewart and Hyder during
the past few weeks, Gust
Mikala, an employee of the
Johnson-Gardner camp on the
Salmon’River road operations,
has not been seen or heard of
since July 5th, and it is feared
that he has met with some
mishap.
Mikala, who is a stranger in
this locality, left the road
camp July 3 to visit town.
Deputy U .S. Marshal Donald
E. Martin, who has been work
ing on the case for some time,
succeeded in tracing his move
ments up to the afternoon of
July 5, when he was seen com
ing out of one of the resorts
in Hyder B. C. Vigilant search
has failed to develop further
trace of his movements.
Marshal Martin states there
is a possibility that the miss
man may have left on an ore
boat, although this prospect is.
discounted by his failure to
draw a substantial sum due
him as wages for work on the
road.