LOCAL MINING COMPANIES
Alph«hetically arran«re«! li'l
ct active and semi-active min
ing cisaniTaticr.-j operating in
' the Portland Canal Mining Dis
trict.
Note: In compiling the following in
dex of local mining concerns the
publishers have been unable in some
instances to secure much desired in
formation; owing principally to in
ability to locate the office address
es of various companies. As a result,
the list falls to include titles or
other data relative to a small num
ber of companies.
These will be added to the list 4s fast
as the necessary Information can be
secured.
Companies hot represented in the
listing are requested to advise this of
fice.
Adnnac Mines Company of Alaska:
Cap. $750,000, Far §1.00; properties
Kish Creek, Hyder district. Ameri
can registry.
Albany Mining Co., Ltd: properties
Bear 11. district. Canadian registry.
American Mining A Milling Co: Cap.
$3,000,000, Par $1.00; properties Fish
Cr. Hyder district. American reg.
Amalgamated Mines, Incorporated:
Cap. $5,000,000, no par; subsidiary
Amalgamated Mines, Ltd., controlling
Hyder Lead Mines, Inc., properties
Texas Cr. Hyder district. Amer.
Amalgamated Mines Ltd: Cap. $5,000
000, par $1.00 (see above) Canadian.
Alaska-Canadian Consolidated Mining
Co. Ltd: prop. Salmon R. dist. Can.
Atlas Gold-Copper Company, Inc.:
Cap. and reserves $1,200,000, par $1;
prop. Bear River distt^Can.
Bayvlew Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $3,
000,000, par .25; prop. Bear River
district. Can.
British-Canadian Silver Mines Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon
district. Controlled by Selukwe Gold
Mining & Finance Co., Ltd., London.
Can.
o. c. Bonanza mining v^o., na.. i
Prop. Salmon (list. Can.
Beaver Development Syndicate: Cap.
500.000 units, par $10; prop. Bear
R. (list. Can.
Bear Valley Mines, Ltd: prop. Beat
R. (list. Can.
Bimetallic Syndicate: Cap. 15,000
units par $10; prop. Marmot R. dis
trict. Can.
Big Missouri Mining Co.: Cap. $5,000,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist*
Araer. (Controlled by Buena Vista
Mining Co. )
Bitter Creek Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1.
500,000, par .50; prop. Bear R. dis
trict. Can. (Controlled by Marmot
Metals Mining Co. Ltd.)
Black Hill Mining Co., Ltd: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by
Marmot Metals Mining Co.. Ltd.
Bridgeport Syndicate: Cap. 20,000 un
its, par $10; prop. Salmon R. Ilyder
district. American.
British Dominion Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Salmon R. Dist. Can. (Controll
ed by National Silver Mines, Ltd. )
Buena Vista Mining Co.: Cap. $500,
000, par $1; prop. Salmon R. district;
Can. (Controlling Big Missouri Co.)
Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $8,000,000, par .50; prop. Salmon
R. dist. Can.
Butte-Hyder Mining Co., Inc. Cap. $1,
000,00), par $1; American.
Cassiar Gold Mines, Ltd.: Properties
Salmon R. district. Canadian.
Century Mines, Incorporated: Cap.
$5,000,000. no par val., prop. Salmon
R., Ilyder (list. American.
Chief Metals Mining Co.: Property
Salmon R. ulst. Amer.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Co: Controlling George Gold-Copper
Co., Bear R. (list.: Buena Vista Min
ing Co.. Salmon R. (list. Can.
Commonwealth Mining Co.: Prop.
Cascade River. American.
Crest Consolidated Gold Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $2,000,000, par .50; prop.
Salmon R., Ilyder dist. Can.
Dalhousie Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. (list. Can.
Dandy-Star Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Bear
It. (list. Can.
Daly- Alaska Mines Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000. par $1; prop. Saimon R., Hyder
district. Amer.
Dunwelt Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000
par *1; prop. Bear R. dist.
Emperor Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,500,000,
par $1; prop. Hear R. dist. Can.
Extenuate Gold Mines, Ltd.: Prop.
Salmon R. di3t. Can.
Forty-Nine Mining Co. Prop. Salmon
R. district. Can.
Ceorge-Enterprise Mining Co., Ltd.:
Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
George Gold-Copper Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $1,500,000, par $1. prop. Bear R.
dist. Can.
Georgia River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$3,000,000, par $1; prop. Georgia R.
Can.
Glacier Girl Mining Co., Ltd.: prop.
Bear R. dist. Can. (Controlled by Mar
mot Metals Co.)
Gold Standard Mining Co., Ltd: Cap.
$3,0000,000, par .25; prop. Texas
Creek, Hyder dist. Amer.
Hyder Lead Mines Inc.: Cap. $2,
500.000 par $1; prop. Texas Creek,
Hyder dist. Can. (Controlled by
Amalgamated Mines. Inc.)
Independence Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:
Cap. $3,500,000, par *1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Revenue
Consolidated Mines, Ltd.)
Indian Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $3,000.000,.
par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist. Cau.
International Metals Exploration Co.,
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
L. and L. Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $500,000, par .25; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. ,
Lakevtew Mines Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000,
par ..25: prop, near R. dist. Can.
Latt Chance Mining Co.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dUt. Can.
Marmot Metala Mining Co, Ltd.:
Cup. $1 nOh.ooo. per..50; ffrop. Marmot
T:. dlsn. C?u. (Controlling Melvin Syn.
dlccte, Glccler Girl Minin's Co.. Bl&oli
Hill Mining Co.; Bitter Creel* Mines
Co.)
Marmot River Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000. par .25; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Cian.
Marmot Engineer Mine Syndicate:
Cap. 15,000 units, par $10; prop. Mar
mot R. (list. Amer. *„
Marmot Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $5,000, 000, par $1; Marmot R.
dlst. Can.
Marmot River Development Co. Ltd.:
Prop. Marmot dlst. Can.
Marlund Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Marmot
R. (list. Can.
Mayflower Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap. $1,
000,000, par .50; prop. Rear R. dist.
Can.
Mayou Gold-Copper Mining Co, Ltd.:
Prop. Rear R. dist. Can.
M. C. Mining Co, Ltd.: Trop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Melvin Mining Syndicate: Cap. 25,000
units, par $5.00; prop. Marmot R. dist.
Can. (Controlled by Marmot Metals
Mining Co.)
Mountainview Gold Mining Co.: Cap.
$500,000, no par; prop. Pish Cr. Hy
dor (list. Amer.
National Silver Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $1,-’
500,000 par .50; prop. Salmon R. dlst.
Georgia R. (list. Can.
Ninety-Six Mining Co.: Cap. $2,000,
000, par $1; American.
North Country Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
$2,000,000 par $1; prop. Bulldog Creek,
Marmot (list. Can.
Northern Light Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $5,
000.000 par $1; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
Northern Mining Co, Ltd.: Prop. Sal
mon R. dist. Can.
Ore Mountain Mining Co, Ltd.: Prop.
Bear R. dist. Canadian.
Outland Silver Bar Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,500,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
dist. Can.
Oversight Mines Syndicate: Cap. 20,
000 units, par $10; prop. Marmot R.
dlst. Amer.
rdi. udiy mining unu ucvciojjmcm
Co., Ltd.: Prop. American Creek, Bear
R. dist. Can.
Pedro-Georgia River Syndicate: Cap.
15.000 units par $10; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can.
Porter-ldaho Mining Co„ Ltd. Cap.
$2,000,000, par .50; prop. Marmot R.
dist. Can. (Controlled by Premier
Gold Mining Co., Ltd.:)
Portland Canal Gold Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$1,000,000, par .25; prop. Georgia R.
dist. Can
Premier Border Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $2,500,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R., Hyder dist. Can. (Also is
registered under laws of Alaska.)
Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$5,000,000, par $1; prop. Salmon R.
Red Hill Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap. $600,
000. par .20; prop. Barney's Gulch,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Reef Mining Co.. Ltd.: Prop. Mt.'
Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Red Top Mining Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear
R. dist. Can.
Revenue Consolidated Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. $2,000,00, par $1; prop. Bear R.
dist. Can. (Controlling independence
Mining Co.)
Ruby Silver Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$350,000, par SI- prop. Bear R. dist.
Cah.
Rufus-Argenta Mines, Ltd.:Cap. $3,000,
000, par $1; prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Sebakwe and District Mines, Ltd.:
Cap. £200,000, par 2a 6d, prop. Sal
mon R. dist. British.
Silverado Mines, Ltd.: Cap. $500,000,
par $1; prop. Mt Rainey, Bear R. dist.
(Controlled by Premier Gold Min.ng
Co.) Can.
Silver Crest Mining Co, Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Salmon R. dist.
Can.
Silver Bell Mining Co., Lt(*-: Prop.
Mt. Rainey, Bear R. dist. Can.
Silver Ledge Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Glacier Creek.
Bear R. (list. Can.
Silver Range Consolidated Mines.
Ltd.: Prop. Marmot R. dist. Can.
Silver Slipper Mining Co., Ltd.: Cap.
$500,000, par .25; prop. Mt Raiuey,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Stewart Central Mines, Ltd.: Cap.
$250,000, par .25; prop. Bitter Cr.,
Bear R. dist. Can.
Sunshine-Morning Star Mining Co.,
Ltd.: Cap. $1,000,000, par .25; prop
Glacier Cr., Bear R. dist. Can.
Terminus Mines, Ltd.: Cap $1,000,000,
par $1; prop. American Cr., Bear R.
dist. Can.
Titan Gold Mining Co.: Cap. $1,500.
000, par $1; prop. Fish Cr., Hyder dist.
Amer.
United Empire Gold & Silver Mining
Co., Ltd.: Prop. Bear R. dist. Can.
Vancouver Mines, Ltd.: Prop. Ameri
can Cr. Bear R. dist. Can.
White River Placer Syndicate: Cap.
20.000 uni ts, par $5; prop. Nass It.
dist. Can.
Woodbine Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Cap. $5,000,000, no par value; prop.
Salmon R. dist. Can.
Geology of Hyder and Vicinity
By Prof. A. F. Buddinyton
Department of Geology, Princeton University
FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 807
(Sixteenth Installment)
Geology (Continued)
Aplite and Pegmatite
Aplite dikes are present but
not abundant in the Hyder
quartz monzonite and in the
adjacent country rock. The ap
lite is fine grained and has a
characteristic pink hue. It con
sists of the same minerals as
the quartz monzonite but in
different proportions. The per
centage of quartz and potassic
feldspar is much higher in the
aplite than in the quartz mon
zonite. The dikes are fresh and
unaltered and thus are inj
marked contrast to the aplite j
dikes asociated with the Tex
as Creek batholith, which are
shattered and crushed. In thin
section the aplite shows a hy
pidiomorphic granular aggre
gate of microcline, in part with
a trace of microperthitic inter
growth, rounded quartz grains,
and subhedral plagioclase. A
trace of biotite is locally pres
ent. Accessory minerals 'are
sparse; the most common is
magnetite.
Small dikes of pink fine
, grained aplite are abundant in
the Boundary granodiorite
i near the south contact. Only
i one was examined
Malchite Dikes
Dikes of green-gray or medi
um to dark gray rock of felsit
ic to sparsely porphyritic fel
sitic texture cut the sediment
ary and volcanic rocks, the
Texas Creek granodiorite, the
ore veins, the Boundary grano
diorite, the Hyder quartz mon
zonite, and the granodiorite
porphyry dikes that are gener
ally connected with the Bound
ary granodiorite and the Hyder
quartz monzonite. Rock of
similar appearance is found
here and there as a chilled
border zone along each side of
the granodiorite porphyry
dikes. The dikes must there
fore be of two ages. Rarely the
rock has a greenish-gray hue
and there is scarcely any fer
romagnesian mineral present.
A dike of this kind cuts both
granodiorite porphyry of the
Boundary type and the ore j
vein at the Ibex prospect. The
rocks are the same as those
which have been described by i
Westgate as diorite porphyry,
and by Buddington as andesite
porphyry and are in part the
same as those described by
Schofield and Hanson as lam- j
prophyre.
The writer is here adopting
the name malchite for these
dark to medium gray dike
rocks because they are not suf
ficiently coarse grained to sat
isfy the requirement? for a typ
ical diorite porphyry; (2) the
term andesite porphyry is un
desirable, as it commonly sug
i
gests an association with vol
canic extrusives, whereas these
dikes are definitely associated
with batholithic intru3ives; (3)
more typical lamprophyre
dikes are also present, and it
appears preferable to restrict
the use of that term to such
dikes; (4) the rocks corres
pond in part to typical mal
chite, which is defined as a
microdiorite in which pheno
crysts are not conspicuous. In
some of the dikes, however,
the hornblende has a brownish
green hue and the rocks grade
toward lamprophyre.
When examined microscopic
ally the malchite is seen to con
sist typically of small pheno
crysts of plagioclase, or rarely
of plagioclase and hornblende, j
in a felsitic groundmass com-!
posed of a mat of plagioclase
laths with subordinate horn
blende rods and a little inter
stital quartz and potassic feld
spar. Abundant minute crystals
of magnetite are distributed j
throughout the groundmass. j
Apatite is occasionally seen. |
The hornblende is, as a rule,!
partly or completely altered to
chlorite, commonly with a lit
tle associated epidote and cal
eite, and the plagioclase is in
places slightly sericitized. Py
rite in well-formed crystals
occurs locally along fractures
in some of the dikes.
Continued next week.
SAYS PROSPECTING
INCREASING-ALASKA
A revival of prospecting in
Alaska is one of the most en
couraging signs in the mining
industry, declared N. M. Wim
mer, who returned to Juneau
recently from a three-months’
study of placer mining over a
wide area of the Territory. He
found a substantial increase
over the past several years in
the number of men engaged in
the search for new mining ar
eas. This he attributed to two
main reasons), one the Pros
pector’s Aid program of the
Territory, the other being the
activities of the larger compan
ies in both placer and lode
mining. Many of the men in
the hills were enabled to get
there through the aid extended
by the Territory in the pay
ment of transportation costs.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Hytler, Alaska.
October 19, 1929
To John Carlson (deceased), his
heirs, executors, administrators, as
signs and to whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1922,
192.2, 1924, 1925, 192G. 1927 and
1928 twelve hundred dollars in
labor and improvements upon the
Alaska Quartz Claim Lode and the
North Star Quartz Claim Lode be
longing to the Monarch Group,
situated near the top ot ridge on
Fish Creek, the location certificates
of which are found of record in
Volume One of Lodes at pages 121
and 125 respectively in the office of
the Recorder, Hyder Recording Pre
cinct, Hyder, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 2324 of the Revised Statute ot
the United States, and the amend
ment thereto approved, January 22,
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount to
hold said lodes for the years above
mentioned, July 1st of each year
being the end of each assessment
year. And if within ninety days from
ihe personal service of this notice,
or within ninety days after the final
publication thereof, being January IS,
1930, you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure,
upon or for the benefit ot ihe Alaska
Quartz Claim Lode and the North
Star Quartz Claim Lode, two hundred
dollars on each of said claims, a
total of $400.00, you holding a one
third interest in each of said claims,
your interest In said claims will be
come the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who has made the
required expenditure of $100 each
year on each of said claims, by the
terms of said section.
JOHN HOVLAND.
Publish Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 1U, 23,
30, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18.
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