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VOL 2, NO. 33
RYDER, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,1926
FIFTY CENTS A KCMH
FOREST SERVICE TO
EXTEND LOCAL ROAD!
Two local projects, involving
the construction of 3.32 miles
of new road between the cem
etery and the end of the recon
structed Salmon River high
way at Fish Creek, and the
surfacing of 2.37 miles of tne
new road constructed last
year, are included in the For
est Service roads program this
year, according to a recent an
nouncement by District For
ester C. II. Flory. The work
will be done by contract, for
which bids will be called for
by the Bureau of Public Roads.
Twelve projects, involving the
expenditure of $436,600 of
federal and $27,775 of Terri
torial funds, are ncluded in the
1926-27 road construction pro
gram. In addtion to the two
Hydcr projects, the program
calls for the construction of a
bridge across Mendenhall Riv
er, reconstruction of the Duck
Creek.LTee Harbor section of
the Glacier Highway, near
Juneau, including new bridges
over Duck Creek, the outlet of
Auk Lake and widening of
several others. A new bridge
will also be built over Gold
Creek in the same section.
Considerable work has been
authorized for the Ketchikan
district, including surfacing
and reconditioning of about
6*4 miles of the Ketchikan
Ward Cove road, new con
struction on the Saxman
Mountain Point road, author
ized last year, and the exten
sion of another section to
Mountain Point. A new 1-mile
road will also be built out of
Wrangell from the beach to
Virginia Lake, in addition to
other construction and surfac
ing.
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Water power developmeni
for mining purposes on Cas
cade River is proposed by the
Commonwealth Mining Com
pany of Puyallup, according
to information received during
the week. The extent of the
proposed development could
not be clearly ascertained
before going to press. It is defi
nitely known, however, that
Sterling B. Hill, a Seattle
hydraulic engineer, is in the
district at present and engag
ed in making an examination
of the power site and develop
ment possibilities.
Mr. Hill, who is a member oi
the firm of Parker & Hill, hy
draulic engineers, and also a
member of the Skagit Powei
Commission, which has in
hand the task of providing a
new source of water suppij
for Seattle, came to Hydei
from Metlakatla, where his
firm is installing a community
power plant for the noted In
dan settlement.
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Freighters have been using
wheels from the wharves to
the Texas Creek bridge during
the past three or four days.
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Ketchikan advices report
that the Wales, owing to some
delay, will probably leave
Ketchikan for Hyder Friday.
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Hugh McGuire, well known
mining man, is expected to ar
rive from the South next week.
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J. A. Hall, president of the
Bank of Hyder, returned Mon
da^fron^^busines^trip^to
RESULTS OF ANNUAL
TERRITORIAL ELECTIONS
Following is a summary of
the results of the Territorial
elections held April 7.
KETCHIKAN—Tom Torry, re
elected for sixth time over
Dean C. Cannon, Paul candi
date, 543 to 254. Council: E.
J. Daly, H. P. Hansen, Alfred
Howe. 801 votes cast.
JUNEAU—J. J. Connors, in
cumbent, defeated Cash Cqle,
545 to 427. Council: G. F.
Freeburger, Gunnar Ingman,
A. F. McKinnon.
SITKA—W. R. Hanlon, in
cumbent, reelected mayor, sup
ported by overwhelming In
dian vote, over W. R. Mills,
214 to 182. Council: Frank
Price, Indian; John Hollywood,
Indian; Wm. Larianoff.
PETERSBURG— Ed. Loken
elected mayor without oppo
sition. Council: Sam Guffin,
Rasmus Enge, Earl O'hmer.
CORDOVA—E. V. Boyle, may
or; Chas. Foysten, Ray Dyson,
Chas. Ristine, council.
ANCHORAGE—C. M. Eck
man elected mayor over wom
an opponent by almost 2 to 1
vote. Council: Dr. C. A. Poll
ard, Grant Reed, Chas. Math
?son, 826 registered. 712 voted.
3KAGWAY—W. J. Mulvihill,
mayor; Council: J. W. Grash
»1, M. R. Goding, Dale Cowan.
VALDEZ—A. J. Diamond,
mayor; Council: John Cook,
lohn Eyemo, Bruce Haines.
WRANGELL— G. J. Grant,
mayor; Lee McCormack, F. E.
Cingrass, Arne Sorenson, coun
cil.
SEWARD—L. V. Ray, incum
j bent, mayor; Henry Thoday,
Carl Orlander, Joe Badger, J.
3. Hoffman, councilmen.
FAIRBANKS—Dr. F. DeLav
I crgne, mayor; Wm. Gilver, B.
3. Kennedy, J. G. Rivers, coun
' cilmen. No opposition and only
)0 ballots cast in quietist elec
ion in camp’s history.
MENANA—Thos. A. Jones,
mayor; Edward Keogh, Wm.
, Thomas, Mike Goonan, council.
NOME— Thorulf Lehmann,
: mayor; M. Jacobsgaard, Chas.
Mason, Albin Poison, A1 Pang
man, council.
A quantity of rails, an ore
| car and other mine materials
1 have arrived for the Chief
j Metals Mines Co., which is
' -eported to be planning ex
i ensive development work oi.
ts properties on Bear Rivei
! Ridge during the coming seas
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T. V. Wilson, well known
nining man and leading figure
; n the Eldorado group oper
| itions, returned on the Car*
: dena from wintering in the
| south.
Mr. Wilson brought in sev
| eral tons of supplies for use
during the season.
Mrs. William Gray returned
Monday from a lengthy visit in
j the States, accompanied by
i her sister, Mrs. Soberalski and
the Soberalski children.
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Mr. McGee, well known Mar
mot Rfver miner and proper
ty owner, is back after a va
cation in the south.
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Mrs. C. W. Blanton receiveo
last week the sad news of the
death of her mother, Mrs.
Harrie^Varner^^heMionig
CONFIRMS TRAM
PURCHASE BY DUNWELL
A. B. Wing representative 01
the B. C. Equipment Co. of
Vancouver, dealers in mining
supplies, has been a visitor in
camp during the eek and con
firms recent; reports to the ef
fect that the Dunwell company
has purchased intact the three
mile tram of the Roucher at
Boule mine in the Hazelton
district for use at the Dunwell
mine. Mr. Wing states that the
sale was made by his com
pany, and includes not only
the tram of the noted old mine,
but also a variety of other
equipment, all of which will
be probably brought to Stew
art, as soon as conditions pei
mit.
Recent Vancouver reports
say the Dunwell directors are
making preparations for the
installation of the projecteu
100-ton mill and power plant
and have secured the services
of Floyd C. White, San Fran
cisco mining engineer, who
was at one time in charge of
the old Portland Canal mill,
who will have charge of the
work.
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Ernest Bryson made a tnp up
Texas Creek this week to de
termine trail conditions and
packing possibilities, with a
view to taking in an outfit to
the Hyder Lead Mines prop
erties. Although there is still
considerable snow along the
upper reaches of the trail, the
lower section was found fair
ly clear and needing only a
small amount of work to make
it passable for pack animals.
The snow in the upper valley
is still 4 or 6 feet deep but is
badly rotted and will probably
disappear soon.
Including the Hyder Lead
company, there will probably
be ten or a dozen outfits at
work along' the west fork this
season and several property
owners are said to be figuring
on making small shipments to
determine the possibilities for
small scale operations. Among
the number who are planning
summer activities in that sect
ion are Connors and McVey,
Hewitt and Carlson, John Fer
guson, Malcolm Smith, N. H.
Stevens and associates, Hyder
Lead Mines, Inc., Paul Meger,
Dominick Bevactjua, Hummel,
Mross and Blasher, Jack Davis,
Joe Dugas. Thornton and Lem
mons. It is reported from the
outside that Day Bros., owners
of the Ibex group, are plan
ning some work on that prop
erty.
I Immigration Inspector Earl
Hinckley left Sunday on the
Prince Charles enroute to
Ketchikan.
Merl F. Thomas was among
the number leaving for Ket
chikan on the Wales last week.
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Emil Davis, well known old
: tinier and active figure in the
Commonwealth Mining Com
pany, with holdings on Cas
cade Creek, is back after
wintering in the States.
J. A. Talbot left Thursday for
Ketchikan after a short visit in
connection with the affairs of
the Salmon River Dock Co.
J. B. Johnson, pioneer Alas
kan and old timer of the Wil
low Creek district, arrived or
| FISH CREEK
TRAM PROPOSAL
That the development of the
American Mining & Milling
Company Fish Creek-Riverside
tramway proposal may be
considered a likely eventuality
I of the near future is the opin
I ion expressed by Mr. J. A.
| Hall, president of the Bank of
| Hyder, who returned this week
; from an extended business
| trip in the States.
Mr. Hall states that the pro
posal had not reached the
stage of a definite project
when he left Seattle but was
being seriously considered by
the A. M. & M officials and
J. D. Littlepage of the River
side mine. In fact Mr. Hall
i was himself instrumental in
! bringing the parties together
| in the first instance.
Mr. Hall says that while the
! tram installation proposal has
as its ultimate object the con
! veyance of ore from Fish
Creek, a more immediate ob
jective is the-transportation of
supplies and equipment. The
company officials are of the
view that the proposed instal
i lation will save many thou
sands of dollars in haulage
i costs, in addition to permitting
shipments of ore to the River
i side mill for reduction. That
this view is not unwarranted
t has been demonstrated by the
experience of the Mountain
view Gold Mining Company,
which saved a large amount of
money last year by installing
a tram to handle supplies and
i machinery between its Fish
Creek holdings and Salmon
river road.
The base ball fans are shak
ing off the chill of winter and
the ball club is preparing for
an active season. The first
move will be to clear off the
base ball ground and get it in
to shape for the season. The
club plans to get busy at this
job Sunday. It is a sizeable
task and all who are interested
in the national sport are urged
to come along and lend a help
ing hand toward getting the
grounds in first class shape.
The intense rivalry between
Hyder and Stewart will be en
hanced this year by the recent
generous action of G. W. Smith
of Stewart in donating a cup
for competition. The ball team
. of the Ketchikan Mooseheart
Legion, is expected to visit the
camp during h^ early part of
May and will probably cross
bats with both local teams.
It is# reported from Stewart
ithat the "provincial public
j works engineers are laying
plans to widen the Stewart
‘ Hyder road during the com
ing summer. It is also planned
1 to finish Jhe Marmot River
| road from the beach to the
forks.
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C. Schonbeck,, prominent
merchant of Anchorage, was a
visitor in camp during the past
week.
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Mrs. Walter Barron, well
j known pioneer resident has
■opened the “Mother’s Kitchen”
boarding house in the building
; formerly occupied by the light
plant. Service is family style
and the new hostelry is open
from 7 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
1 G. B. Lawrence returned on
Ithe Wales last week from »
I REPORT SHOWS
PRMIER STATUS
Following are the outstanding
features of the 1925 annual
report of the Premier Gold
Mining Co. Ltd.
During the past year the Com- j
1 pany’s engineers examined
numerous mining properties in
the Salmon River and nearby
districts, but none of them j
i seemed to the Management, of
sufficient promise, to justify
acquisition, upon the terms of
fered.
A rearrangement of the mill
ing equipment was made dur
I ing the past year and work
was started upon the enlarge
ment of the milling plant by
the construction of another
| unit, making in all a daily
capacity of 400 tons. This sec
ond unit will, it is expecteu,
] be completed and in operation
some time in March, and the
treatment, as now arranged, j
which will be simialr also in
the new unit, gives a more
concentrated product with cor
respondingly lessened ton
nage of concentrates and a
substantial saving in monthly ;
freight and smelting charges!
as compared with previous
practice.
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The above mentioned in
crease in milling necessitated
an increase in the power plant i
and a rearrangement of some 1
of its units. This work was
completed during the year and
the present plant represents
1620 H. P. of semi-Diesel en
gines and 1100 H. P. of water |
wheel capacity. This watei
power is considerably dimin- j
ished during the winter
months. A fuel-oil storagt
tank of 20,000 bbls. capacity
was installed, convenient to
the wharf at Stewart and the
aerial tramway.
In the last annual report an
estimate was given of the bro
ken ore in stopes as at Decem
ber 31 sit, 1924 and of the as
sured and probable unbroken
ore to the then bottom pro- ,
duction level of the mine, j
namely, the 4th level, these
estimates being as follows: j
Broken ore in stopes as oi
1 December 31, 1924—147,880
tons averaging 0.55 ounces
gold and 17.3 ounces silver per
ton.
Assured and probable un
broken ore down to 4th level'
as of December 31st, 1924—
420,000 tons averaging 0.54
ounces gold and 14.1 ounces
silver per ton. .
Mention was made in that re- j
port of additional ore possibili-,
ties in five different areas be
yond the then mine workings,
these being as follows:
(1 ( Unexplored ground in
the northeastern portion ot j
the Qompany’k property, along j
the main northeastern oi t j
zone. .
(2) Unexplored ground along j
the same zone but to the |
southwestward of the mine
workings.
(3) Possibilities in the vein of j
northwestern strike which in
tersects the main zone.
(4) Possibilities from pros
pecting at depth, various sur
face showings upon the Pictou
and Cascade Fall No. 8 claims.
(5) Possibilities of persistence 1
of commercial ore at great- i
er depth below the 4th levei
that has been as yet explored
by diamond drilling.
TOWNSITERS WANT
FLOOD PROTECTION
Hyder townsite residents are
displaying excellent foresight
by circulating a petition ad
dressed to Townsite Trustee
J. A. Ramsey, requesting ihat
funds derived from the sale of
lots in the townsite area be
devoted to river protection,
rather than to sidewalks and
other improvements of similar
character within the townsite.
Expressions of sentiment by
residents indicate that protect
ion against encroachment by
the river is considered tho
most important need of that
section, as well as the remain
der of the town. About $1500
is now in the hands of the
Trustee which can be devoted
to this highly beneficent ob
ject. This is far from enough
to overcome the flood danger,
but it is hoped to secure ad
ditional funds from the forest
service bureau and other
sources to extend the present
jetty far enough to prov'de
safety against ordinary floods;
at least until such time a3 the
government can be persuaded
to do something.
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The Moose lodge will meet
Thursday in Stewart. A feat
ure of the session will be the
installation of officers, as fol
lows: Past Dictator, W. F.
Tooth; dictator, John Hov
land; vice dictator, C. F.
Duke; prelate, A. W. R. Ash
ley; secretary, E. W. Hinck
ley; treasurer, Roy Newton,
trustee, (3 year term) J. j.
Hawkinson.
Noel Traversy, past dictator of
the lodge, has been named
delegate to the Supreme con
vention at Mooseheart, Til. and
is planning to make the trip.
P. S. Jack has been chosen
as alternate delegate.
The lodge is looking forward
Lo a projected visit of the
Mooseheart Legion of Ketchi
kan during the early part oi
May. Tf the plans under dis
ussion mature, there will be *
dig frolic in prospect as the
visitors will bring along an
orchestra and base ball team.
Arthur Moa, genial managci
>f the Mountainview Gold
Mining Company, was a pass
enger for Ketchikan on the
Wales Thursday.
opments during the past year,
directed toward the discovery
ad opening of new ore in thea
five areas, have, upon the
whole, been disappointing.
Area No. 1 was further open
ed up during the past year,
by the extension northeast
ward of the 1st, 3rd and 4tn
levels, but the tonnage of ore
thus developed did not materi
ally exceed the tonnage previ
ously estimated for that arc*
as probable. A substantial in
crease in tonnage would have
resulted, if the strong orebody
on the 2nd level in this are*
had continued undiminished
up to the the 1st level anu
higher.
Considerable diamond dail
ing was done during the pajt
year in areas 2 and 8, with no
ore found, and it seems highly
probable therefore that -the
main N. E. S. W. zone does not.
carry ore for any conside abl i
distance-southwest of its ae
section with the vein of nort i