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VOL 3, NO. 45
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 2,1927
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RIVERSIDE AGAIN
BREAKS CONCENTRATE
SHIPPING RECORE
A shipment of 125 tons of Riv
erside concentrates will leave
on the steamer Border Queer
enroute to the Selby smelter
The shipment was the largesi
in the history of the mine ,ex
ceeding by 23 tons a shipmem
made last month, which alsc
topped all previous records
for the property.The mill is
working at full capacity
turning out over 60 tons oi
concentrates daily.
Lafe reports from the mint
indicate that the fine ore bodj
encountered on the No. 4 lev
el some days ago, is holding
up in good shape under con
tinued development and gives
every promise of providing t
splendid ore reserve for future
operations.
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PORTER IDAHO TO
RENEW SHIPMENTS
Preparations for the renewal
of high grade shipments frorr
the Porter Idaho are undei
way and ore will again be com
ing down within a bfief season
It is understood that the com
pany plans to increase its out
put and will ship a consider
ably larger quantity of ore
this year than was handled
last season.
Plans are also under way foi
the installation of an assay of
'».*U>-£ice at the mine.
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MAN HURT BY
FALLING TREE
John Erickson, an employee
of the Johnson-Gardner Com
pany, sustained a broken leg
Tuesday when struck by a fall
ing tree while at work on the
Salmon River road extension
near the Johnson-Gardnei
camp.
The injured man was taken
to the Premier hospital where
it was found that his leg was
broken in several places.
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The steamer Border Queen
arrived from Seattle late this
(Saturday) afternoon, with
180 tons of cargo for this port
including 80 tons of supplies
for the Premier ,which were
landed at the Stewart dock.
A large crowd of Hyderites
attended the Confederatior
celebration at Premier Fridaj
evening and enjoyed an ex
cellent program of sports, ir
addition to a dance and fint
luncheon provided by the Pre
mier Community Club, undei
the auspices of which the cel
ebration was held.
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Alfred Anderson, who wil
have charge of the Texai
Creek wagon road construct
ion operations of the Seims &
Carlson company, arrived las
Saturday to establish a cami
near Nine Mile,f Which will b<
the base of operations.
Wm. A. Pratt, director of th<
Dalhousie Company, arrivet
last week ttf visit the company
properties, the Dalhousie ant
Rock of Ages groups on Bea:
River.
ALL READY FOR
BIG 4TH CELEBRATION
The Independence Day cele
bration committee practic
ally completed its labors this
wee.k and, aside from a few
minor details, everything is in
readiness for the big celebrat
ion of the nation’s birthday
Monday.
The committee has labored
well and the program is all
that could be anticipated.
Through the patriotic generosi
ty of the business houses, and
citizens, the prize list for the
parade and field sports well
exceed $300, with an ample
surplus for other expenses. The
committee has decided to fore
go the earlier practice of offer
ing a prize for the best decor
ated building, but has increas
ed the number of prizes offer
ed for the best decorated float
in the big parade, which will
be the chief feature of the
celebration. The first prize for
this event will be $50, second
$30, and third $20.
The parade, led by U. S. Com
missioner T. W. McDonald,
Marshal of the Day, is sched
uled to start on Premier Ave
nue near the ball grounds at
noon and will traverse the
principal streets. On returning
:o the starting point the pro
cession will disband. Col. E. R.
Stivers will then deliver an ad
dress on the ball grounds; at
the conclusion of which the
the sports will start and con
tinue through the afternoon.
The sports program includes
21 events .ranging from races
for the little tots to more stren
uous contests for their elders
of both sexes. Cash prizes
ranging from $1 upwai'd will
be given the winners of the
various events. The sports will
conclude with a base ball game
between Hyder and Stewart
for a purse of $100.
The day’s festivities will con
clude with a big dance, given
by the Pioneers of Alaska at
Pioneer Hall .The noted Pre
mier orchestra assisted by Vic
tor Durand, Alaska’s pioneer
professional violinist, will furn
ish the music. The price
of admission to this event has
been fixed at $2 for gentlemen,
which includes the supper
charge, and ladies may enter
free.
Following is the program of
sports and the prizes offered.
Boys Races:—
1st.
$3.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.50
2.00
2.00
2.00
100 yard dash
Sack race
Shoe race
3 Legged race
Obstacle race
Pig O back race
Small Girl races:
100 yard dash
Potato race
Egg race
Sack race
Free For AI1:
100 yard dash
Base running
Relay race 4 men 10.00
Ball throwing 5.00
Hurdle race 5.00
Fat men 100 yard
dash—200 lbs. or
over 7.50
Women free for all:—
100 yard dash 5.00
Base running 5.00
Nail driving 5.00
Pie eating contest 2.00
Ball game prize 100.00
2nd.
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
10.00
7.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
3.00
2.50
2.50
2.50
1.00
FINE ORE ON
B. C. SILVER
A fine body of shipping grade
i ore was encountered last week
on the B .C .Silver, according
| to authentic information, re
ceived during the early part
of the week. As no official
announcements of develop
ments on this property are
made locally, the details of
the new find are unavailable.
It is understood, however, that
the ore was encountered on
the lowest level and in the lo
cality occupied by the well
known “C” and “D” ore bodies,
of which it. is possibly a part.
The ore is said to be so good
that a resumption of high ship
ping is indicated.
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HIGH DUN WELL
GOLD VALUES CREATE
WIDE INTEREST
| The unexpectedly high gold
I values developing at the Dun
! well are creating much inter
J est in local as well as outside
| mining circles. Although ordi
nary sampling prior to the in
stallation of the mill had fail
I ed to reveal more than nomi
| nal average gold values, mill
j operations have yielded table
I concentrates running up to 16
oz. gold per ton, with an av
| erage of 4V& oz. In fact the
I gold values in the concentrates
1 is said to be almost equal both
| the silver and lead values con
! tained. As a result of this un
expected but highly pleasing
; development the mill is au
thoritatively stated to be yield
ing from $500 to $600 per day
profit from a daily reduction
of 15 to 20 tons of concen
trates.
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NEW RESIDENT
ENGINEER APPOINTED
Dr. Howard T. James has
been appointed by the B. C.
Department of Mines to the
position of Resident Mining
Engineer for No. 1 Mineral
Survey district, which includes
the Stewart district. The posit
ion was formerly held by Geo.
A. Clothier,- who was recently
transferred to another district.
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Transportation of the 50-ton
1 outfit of the Premier Gold
Mining company to the Pros
perity group above the Porter
j Idaho, is making good prog
ress according to reports from
I the Marmot River section.
1 Jack Rennie .holder of the
packing contract, has complet
ed the first part of his diffi
cult task by landing the out
fit at the Green Point Cabin,
| about half way up the mount
| ain, and is now engaged in
i taking it up the precipitous
! trail to the Prosperity. The
transportation of heavy ma
chinery over such a route to an
elevation of moi’e than 5000
feet is a herculean task, the
difficulties of which can
scarcely be realized except by
those who have seen such work
in progress.
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S. A .Knowles .superintend
ent of the Big Missouri, return
1 ed Tuesday from a visit to the
> company headquarters in Ta
coma.
NEW WASHINGTON
VEIN LOOKING FINE
The 12-foot vein recently
cross cut by the main tunnel
on the Washington group of
the Washington Mining Co., is
showing up fine under drifting,
operations, according to R. A.
Lundvall, manager of the com
pany, who came down from
the property during the week.
The drift now being run on
the ore was in 40 feet last
Sunday, Mr. Lundvall stated.
Mr. Lundvall declined to
make public at present the
results of the assays so far
made, although admitting that
he was himself surprised (at
the valuesi carried by the ore.
The company is making prep
arations to install an assay of
fice at the mine as soon as the
required materials can be se
cured and landed on the
ground.
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PREMIER TO PAY
REGULAR DIVIDEND
The Premier Gold Mining Co.
will pay the usual quarterly
dividend of 8 cents per share
on July 5, according to an
nouncements made in the south
a few days ago.
The distribution of dividends
will be shared by stockholders
of record June 14th. Based on
the capitalization of $5,000,
000, the dividend will total
$400,000 and will bring the
total of dividends paid by the
famous mine in the seven years
of operation to $10,550,000.
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UNIQUE TROPHY FOR
4TH BALL GAME
In addition to the purse of
$100 offered by the Independ
ence Day celbration commit
tee, a baseball autographed
by Walter Johnson, famous
Washington pitcher, and H.
Ruel ,will be given to the win
j ning team in the Independence
! Day baseball game by Mr. A.
j H. Jarman, director of the
! Washington Mining Co., it wa3
announced today by W. C.
Blanton .manager of the Hyder
ball club.
Mr. Jarman is a friend of
Johnson’s and the ball was
given him by the great pitcher
as a souvenir.
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Chas. Durrwachter, repre
sentative of the group which
! bonded the Independence last
year .arrived last week, ac
companied by J. A. Hutchings,
of New York, and F. E.
Wormsley, a mining engineer,
to inspect the Independence.
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Archie Patterson, who recent
ly sustained serious injuries!
while working on the Wood-1
bine, is making progress
toward recovery in Premier
hospital.
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A. T. Mork, Puyallup ,Wn,
business man, arrived a few
days ago and is looking over
the district in cbmpany with
B. G. Raymond .head of the
Commonwealth Mining Co..
Mr. Mork is concluding a vis
it to Alaska which has taken
him as far to the westward as
Anchorage.
TO EXTEND SILVER
TIP TUNNELS
. Development work will be re
sumed on the Silver Tip prop
erty, north of and adjacent to
the Big Missouri, early in July,
according to J. V .Clegg, di
recting head of the Silver Tip
Mining Co.
Mr. Clegg states that the
summer development program
includes the extension of both
the upper and lower tunnels,
in addition to other develop
ment work of an exploratory
character on the very promis
ing vein system. The lower
tunnel, the longest of the two,
was the scene of considerable
development work last year.
The tunnel crosscut the No. 2
vein last season and was later
extended by drifting along the
vein, which was found to have
widened from a few inches on
the surface to an average of
21/2 feet at the point where
crosscut. Extension of the up
per tunnel is expected to cut
the No. 1 vein, from which
several shipments of high
grade ore have been made.
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STEWART CELEBRATES
DIAMOND JUBILEE
Stewart launched its celebrat
ion of the 60th anniversary of
the birth of the Canadian Con
federation with pomp and
splendor Friday and is contin
uing the festival of rejoicing
today.
Practically everyone in Hyder
who could get away journey
ed over to Stewart and for the
greater part of the day Hyder
bore an aspect very similar to
one of the famous deserted
mining towns of the south
west; with not a soul in sight.
The festivities included a
grand parade, an interesting
address on Canadian history
by Russel W. Kennedy, patri
otic songs by the school chil
dren and a wide variety ot
field sports, including a base
ball game between Hyder and
Stewart, in which the former
carried off the honors by a
score of 18 to 5. The festivities
closed for the day with a big
carnival dance, in which many
Hyder residents participated.
The sports were continuing to
day and the celebration will
close this evening with another
dance.
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A dividend of $1 per share,
payable at the end of the June
quarter, has been declared by
*he Granby Consolidated. The
payment will amount to $344,
000 and is the first paid by
the company since 1913. This
will make a total of $11,105,
138 distributed by the Granby
company.
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Mrs. Mills ,wife of Joseph A.
Mills, M. I. M. E. .engineer in
charge of development work
on the American Mining &
Milling Co. px-operties, arriv
ed from Vancouver on the
Prince George to join Mr.
Mills.
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J. K. Green ,one of the pro
moters of the International
Metals Exploration Co. and a
member of the board of di
rectors .arrived from the States
Tuesday.
DRILL PROGRAM
FOR BIG MISSOURI
A program of extensive dia
mond drilling operations has
been launched on the Big Mis
souri properties.
L. Jessen, president of the
Boyles Bros, drilling company,
arrived from the south Monday
to get the work under way. A
small crew of men is also em
ployed at other work, but noth
ing has been given out relative
to the company’s future pro
posals, although from vari
ous indications it appears
that important announcements
may be forthcoming in the
near future.
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STEWART YOUNG
PEOPLE WED
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Miss Edith Mary Wright be
came the bride of Herbert
Joseph Lane at a quiet wed
ding performed by U. S. Com
missioner T. W. McDonald in
the Commissioner’s office Fri
day evening. The ceremony
was witnessed by a consider
able number of friends of the
young couple.
The happy pair are both resi
dents of Stewart, Mr. Lane be
ing employed as timekeeper at
the Dunwell mine.
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STEWART WINS SIXTH
GAME OF CUP SERIES
By beating the Hyder ball
team 16 to 5 on the local
grounds Sunday, the Stewart
ball tossers annexed the sixth
game of the series and placed
themselves two in the lead for
the Universal Supply Company
silver cup. The score now
stands 4 for Stewart, 2 for Hy
der, with the Canadians need
ing only one more victory to
win the series.
Local baseball officials state
that the games at Stewart dur*
ing the Confederation cele
bration havfe no bearing on the
Universal Cup series; nor will
the game to be played in Hy
der July 4th. Only the games
played on Sunday count in the
cup contest, the others being
for special prizes.
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Wm. Shaw, teamster, was
fined $15 by U. S .Commission
er T. W .McDonald, Saturday
morning, after entering a plea
of guilty to a charge of as
sault and battery preferred
by Wm. McGrew.
The charge grew out of an
alteration occurring on Main
Street, Friday afternoon, in
which Shaw is said to have
been the aggressor.
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A three-year trial with Itali
an honey bees by J. N. Mc
Cain, who resides on a farm
three miles south of Anchor
age, indicates that apiaries
can be operated profitably in
Alaska. Some years ago Mr.
McCain noted the abundance
of wild flowers and wild bees
and although having had no
previous experience with hon
ey bees, he bought a colony
i in the spring of 1924, but lost
it the following winter. In
1925 he bought two colonies
and these increased during
the summer. In 1926 he had
four colonies and in the spring
of 1927 he had seven colonies.