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VOL 6, NO. 1
HYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 12 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW SYNDICATE
TO OPERATE Oil
MOBILE GROUP
Plans for the organization of
a new unit syndicate to take
over the development of the
Kenneth group are being per
fected by Clay Porter, pioneer
mining man and developer of
the noted Porter Idaho proper
ty in the Marmot section.
The new organization will be
known as the Argentine Min
ing Syndicate and will possess
a unit capitalization of 15,000
units of a par value of $10 per
unit. The units will be non-di
visable and non-assessable.
The Kenneth group, formerly
the Mobile, consists of seven
claims and is situated on the
south side of the Portland Can
al group, on the east side of
Rear River, about three miles
north of Stewart..
The owners of the group are
Messrs H. P. Gibson, of Stew
art, and Louis L. Legge, of Ry
der.
Mr. Porter has taken a bond
on the property and is person
ally organizing the syndicate.
The owners are to receive joint
ly 4,800 units of the syndicate
as consideration for the sale
of the property and Mr. Portef
is to receive an allotment of
3,000 units. The remaining
7,200 units are to be held in
the treasury for development
purposes. The vendor units are
all to be placed in escrow for
a period of six months after
the organization is completed
and when released are to be
disposed of through the syndi
cate.
i ne syndicate win ne model
ed in ail respects on the ident
ical lines of the Porter Idaho
Syndicate, which Mr. Porter
employed so successfully in
placing the Porter Idaho mine
on a productive basis. As the
organization is not fully com
pleted, the personnel of the
board of trustees cannot be an
nounced at present.
Mr. Porter plans a campaign
of active development on the
property but, owing to the late
ness of the season, no large
scale operations will be at
tempted before next spring.
Operations will under the per
sonal direction of Mr. Porter,
whose connection with the pro
ject provides not only certain
assurance that the syndicate ,
will operate with the greatest
efficiency possible, but also
that the property 13 one of ex
ceptional merit and possibili
ties.
There is no more competent
judge of a mining property in
the district than Mr. Porter and
his assurance that the Kenneth
bears every earmark of devel
oping into a valuable producer
will be all the recommendation
anyone in the district will ask. j
Work done on the group in
earlier years has revealed sev
eral strong veins of silver-lead
ore from which exceptionally !
high silver values have been j
obtained. In some instances as
says running up to nearly 1000
ounces in silver have been ob-'
tained. Smolter tests made by
earlier owners are also said to I
have given satisfactory returns. ^
MONARCH GROUP
SHOWING UP WELL
Results of the season’s devel
opment activities on the Mon
arch Mining Company proper
ites have been decidedly satis
factory up to the present time,
according to Arthur Moa,
managing director of the
company.
The Monarch group, compris
ing ten claims, lies in the Fish
Creek area between the River
side and the American Mining
and Milling Co. properties
The No. 1 tunnel, started a
few weeks ago, is being driven
on a heavily mineralized vein
showing from five to 18 inches
of solid galena, in addition to
from three to four feet of good
milling ore on the side. The
lunnel is in over 20 feet and is
expected to encounter within a
short distance the lower ex
tensions of a strong surface ex
posure from which assays
showing up to 1069 ounces of
silver and over $40 in gold
have been obtained. The face
of the tunnel will be directly
below this showing in another
10 feet or thereabouts. Mr.
Moa says the ore is already
coming in strong in the floor of
the tunnel and displays every
indication of widening out with
further progress.
A new tunnel has also been
faced up about 60 feet below
the No. 1 level to explore the
same vein at increased depth.
PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETING
The regular annual meeting of
the Hyder Public Library Asso
ciation will be held in Cham
ber of Commerce Hall Tuesday
evening, October 22. Business
to be transacted will include
election of officers for the en
suing year.
All persons who pay dues to
the library are members of the
Association and are entitled to
attend and participate in the
election. A full attendance of
the membership is requested.
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Maurice L. Sharp, of Anchor
age, was elected commander
of the Alaska division of the
American Legion at the an
nual convention held in Jun
eau late last month. Other of
ficers named included J. A.
Talbot, Ketchikan, fii*st vice
commander; Dr. A. R. Roberts,
Seward, second vice-command
er; M. H. Sides, Juneau, fi
nance officer; H. F. Dawes,
Petersburg, judge advocate;
Homer G. Nordling, Juneu,
historian; Rev. J. F/Youel,
Fairbanks, chaplain. J. F.
Petrich was reappointed de
partmental adjutant.
Mrs. Paul Beran, of Anchor
age, was elected departmental
president of the Auxiliary.
Anchorage was chosen for the
1930 convention of the Legion.
Marking a substantial in
crease in the growth of the
budding Alaska wool growing,
industry, shipments of wool
during September reached a
total of 62,173 pounds, with a
value of $30,490.
Roy Campbell left Wednes
day for Ketchikan.
ALASKA GOLD
EXPORTS SHOW
STEADY GAIKS
Gol dand silver shipped from
Alaska last month had a de
clared value of $801,741, ac
cording to figures made public
by the U. S. Customs office at
Juneau. Of the indicated sum,
$759,785 was in gold and $41,
956 was in silver.
This was the highest amount
registered for any similar
month during the past six
years, according to the records.
August gold and silver exports
also exceeded those of any sim
ilar month during the same
period of years,shipments for
the month totaling $800,415,
made up of $787,134 in gold
and $13,281 in silver.
There has been a steady
increase in the value of
August gold shipments since
1924, when shipments during
that month totaled $287,000.
For August 1925 the amount
was $327,000; for Aug. 1926
$662,000; for Aug. 1927, $512
000, and for Aug. 1928, $739,
000. The increase is said to be
due almost entirely to the in
creased production of the Alas
ka Juneau mine and to the big
placer gold output of the Fair
banks Exploration Co., in the
Fairbanks field. _
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Eight thousand tons of lead
silver ore valued at approxi
mately $3,000,000 will be re
ceived at the Bunker Hill j
smelter from the Mayo mines
of the Treadwell Yukon comp
any by the close of the present
season, according to the Kell
ogg News
Of the 8,000 tons about 75
per cent is flotation concen
trate containing 55 to 60 per J
cent lead and 500 to 600;
ounces of silver to the ton. j
The remainder is in crude form j
and contains 50 per cent lead !
and 500 ounces of silver to the j
ton.
The mine and mill operate
steadily during the year. The
ore is hauled from the proper
ty by caterpillar to the Stew
art river to await opening of
navigation in the spring. Barg
es next carry the product 150 j
miles up the Stewart river to
Whitehorse, where it is load
ed on the White Pass and Yu
kon railroad and hauled to
Skagway to be loaded onto'
steamers for Seattle and thence
by freight to Kellogg. The
transportation involves heavy
expense but the high grade
character of the ore makes it
possible to make a profit on
the shipments.
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W. R. McDonnell has been
busily engaged since Wednes
day afternoon at handing out
cigars and receiving congratu
lations as a result of a visit of
the stork, who left behind a
husky boy. The little stranger
made his earthly debut at the
Stewart hospital and tipped
the beam at 61/2 pounds in his
natal hour. Mother and child
are reported progressing nicely
undel* the care of Dr. Whillans.
NEWSY JOTTINGS
BEARING ON LOCAL
MINING ACTIVITES
Further gratifying results in
the development of the fine
ore body recently located on
the Oakville Fraction of the B.
C. Silver property are dis
closed in the following prog
ress report, cabled to the Se
lukwe company offices in Lon
don September 16th: j
Sixth Level: Number 637 drift
being advanced in northeaster
ly direction. At Station 28 plus
63 feet dollars 21 over 8 feet;
at 73 feet dollars 39 over 5
feet. Face at 87 feet in heavy
sulphides.
Eighteen inches of snow on
the higher levels of the Hyder
Lead Mines properties near the
head of Texas Creek, forced a
suspension of drifting activities
in the upper tunnel, situated at
an. elevation of 4600 feet,
| where excellent results have
been attained during the seas
on in the development of the
Jo-Jo vein below the noted
“Castle ’’outcrop.
I Later in the week the snow
extended down to the lower
tunnel, at 3700 feet, and forced
a complete suspension of oper
ations for the present season.
The snowfall occurred 15
pdays earlier than at any time
since development started bn
the property and, combined
with the loss of time occasioned
by the late departure of the
snow last spring, caused a cur
tailment of almost two months
in the present working season,
as compared to earlier years.
Recent development work on
the west face of the Gray Cop
per vein at the Mountainview
property has been distinctly en
couraging. As will be recalled
by Herald readers, this vein
was crosscut last winter at a
vertical depth of 350 feet by
the main or Skookum Creek
tunnel and has since been
drifted on both ways, although
work has been directed prin
cipally to extending the west
face.
The vein is showing up well
as work proceeds and the ore is
also said to be improving,
showing unusual quantities of
chalcopyrite. The face of the
drift is now at a depth of about
400 feet on the dip of the vein
and is estimated to be about
100 or 150 feet away from the
most promising portions of the
vein, as indicated by the sur
face aspects. The vein has
been traced over 600 feet on
the surface and ranges up to 8
feet in width, with an average
width between 3 and 4 feet.
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The Northland Transportat
ion Co. motorship Bellingham
will replace the Norco on its
scheduled voyage to Hyder
this week, according to wire
advices received by the Hyder
Dock Co., local agents. The
Bellingham is scheduled to sail
from Seattle this evening and
should arrive here some time
Wednesday night.
CHAMBER of COMMERCE
HOLDS ELECTIONS
The annual meeting of the Ry
der Chamber of Commerce was
held Tuesday evening in Cham
ber of Commerce Hall, but de
veloped little business of gen
eral interest aside from the
flection of officers for the com
ing year and the subsequent
selection of the various exec
utive officers; all of whom,
with the exception of the sec
retary, are chosen by the trust
ees from among their own
number, following their own
election by the general body.
The seven trustees elected in
cluded : E. D. Haddon, Holger
Johnson, N. M. Traversy, E. L.
Dale, John Hovland, Prank
Reichenlback and Ben Oien.
Following their induction in
to office, the new trustees
elected Mr. Haddon to the
presidency of the board. Mr.
Haddon was not present, how
ever, and has since advised the
board that he was not a cand
idate for the presidency. In
the event that he does not al
ter his position, it will be nec
essary for the board to make a
new selection for the position.
Mr. Reichenback, who has
filled the office of president in
most able manner during the
past year, was named vice
president of the board, and
Col. E. R. Stivers was re-elect
ed secretary by unanimous
vote.
Considerable interest was cre
ated by the announcement of
A. <}. Hallin, of the- Prince
Rupert Evening Empire that
his publication is preparing to
issue a 16-page special mining
edition, in which both Stewart
and Hyder districts will be rep
resented. Mr. Hallin expressed
the desire of the publishers for
local cooperation in the matter
of securing subscriptions and
urged the support of the Cham
ber to that end. Owing to the
new board of directors not be
ing fully organized at the time
no action was taken.
CENSUS UNDER WAY
George Kooman has been ap
pointed census enumerator for
the Hyder recording district
by Census Commissioner Chas.
E. Nagle and will have full
charge of the work of deter
mining the population of Hy
der and adjacent territpry on
the Alaska side of the bound
ary.
Mr. Kooman is already at
"work and expects to have the
census completed within a
short period.
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Ralph C. Young, former local
resident and popular tonsorial
ist, will arrive from CleElum,
Washington November 2 to
take charge of the Traversy
barber shop, according to tele
graphic advices received by
Mr Traversy this week.
Mr. Young, who was formerly
connected with the same estab
lishment, will be accompanied
by his family.
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S. P. Fitzgerald, head of the
Independence company, re
turned Saturday from a busi
ness trip to Vancouver.
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M SEPTEMBER
ABOVE AVERAGE
Despite a reduction of pearly
eight million dollars in the val
ue of canned salmon exports,
as compared to the same
month last year, shipments of
Alaska products to the United
States last month exceeded pri
or September records for a
long period with a total value
of $16,992,434, according to
figures presented in the month
ly commerce statement of Col
lector of Customs J. C. Mc
Bride.
Canned salmon shipments for
the month attained a total val
ue of $13,333,867, compared to
$21,744,475 in September 19
28, the highest record of years.
Copper reached second place
on the list with shipments total
ing $1,312,884, the highest fig
ures attained b y copper ship
ments in years. Fish oil was
in third position with a total of
1,058,177 gallons, valued at
$452,029.
Following is .the itemized
list of exports and their values:
Animals .$ 23,130
Curios . 942
Fish: Fresh and froz
en (except shell-fish)
Halibut . 102,973
Salmon . 28,693
All other . 777
Canned: (Except
shell-fish
Salmon.13,333,857
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod .
Herring .
Salmon .
Shell-fish:
Clams .
Crabs .
Shrimps.
Other fish products:
Meal .
Oil .
4,030
228,708
186,531
185
14,295
20,405
315,487
452,029
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox . 3,335
Silver or black. 1,390
Bed fox . 6,583
White fox . 156,218
Mink . 850
Muskrat . 51,50'
All other . 6,96:
Oil: Whale. 137,306
Ore: matte and regulus:
Copper. 1,312,884
Lead . 24,779
Stone, including
marble . 35,836
Trophies, specimens .3,525
Timber, lumber . 26,035
* All other articles .. 52,89:
Total value prod
ucts of Alaska. 16,532,162
Products of United
States returned . 283,759
Total value of for
eign products. 176,513
Total value of ship
ments of mdse. 16
* 'Items included in
“All other Articles.”
Paintings .
Hairseal skins.
Wool .
Ivory ..
Whale bone.
Whale tail .
Whale meal .
Whale fertilizer ....
,992,434
$5,385
810
30 ,490
2,725
201
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4,42 ]fl
8,58