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VOL 6, NO. 6
RYDER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
UNICORN WORK
DISCLOSES FINE
FUTURE OUTLOOK
Development activities during
the summer on the Unicorn
group of the Unicorn Mines,
Ltd., adjoining the Big Missou
ri, were of the most encourag
ing character and indicate ex
cellent prospects for the future
of that promising property, ac
cording to John Hovland, pres
ident of the company
In an extended resume of the
season’s work, Mr. Hovland
gave the following interesting
details.
Work during the season con
sisted principally of open cut
ting and stripping on the sur
face outcrops of the East and
West zones. The latter is about
800 feet wide by 2000 feet long
and forms a contact with the
tuffs lying to the east of the
east fork of Union Creek. The
zone has a north and south
strike and dips westerly. One
thousand feet of open cutting
and stripping was done along
me striae 01 mis zone uurmg
the season, in an effort to prove
the numerous outcrops. Low
values in gold and silver ap
pear in most of the open cuts
along the strike of the zone. A
number of cross fractures
striking east and west and dip
ping southerly cross the main
zone at intervals along the en
tire 2,000 feet of its length.
These range from one to 3 feet
in width and yield gold assays
ranging from $4 to $48, in ad
dition to from one to five oun
ces of silver. The A vein, locat
ed on the Good Hope claim, is
a n east and west vein ranging
from 40 to 50 feet wide and
crosses the north and south
zone about 800 feet north of
the No. 3 tunnel. As the vein
dips south, it should be cut by
the tunnel at about 750 feet
from the portal. Wherever
exposed, this zone is highly
silicified and mineralized with
with pyrite, sphalerite and ga
lena. The average of seven
samples from No. 6 cut on this
zone, taken across 5-foot sect
ions, was $2.45 gold, 1.7 oz.
silver. The highest assay;
across five feet was gold $4,
silver 3.6 oz.,lead 5 per cent,'
copper 1.5 per cent. In Cut No
7, located about 75 feet west
of the No. 6 cut on the hanging
wall of A vein, is 2 feet of ore
assaying $2.40 gold, 14 ounces
silver and 5 per cent lead.
This, Mr. Hovland said, may
be a continuation of the ore ex
posed in the No. 6 cut. No. 9
cut on the A vein, about 150
feet west of No. 7 cut, is 45
feet long and ten feet of the
north end assayed $4 in gold,
with traces of silver The av
erage of 9 samples taken in 5
foot sections was $3.20 gold,
.05 ounces silver. Samples
taken from the Unity cut, situ
ated about 1800 feet north of
No. 3 tunnel and 130 feet long,
gave assay returns from 5 foot
sections showing from $2.40 to
$4 in gold and from 2 oz. to 9.8
Continued on Page 4.
WORK SUSPENDED ON
TEXAS CR. HIGHWAY
FOR SEASON
Seims and Carlson, concluded
their season’s work on the last
section of the new Texas Creek
highway this week, after trans
porting the rock crushing plant
and considerable other equip
ment to the scene of activities
over the snow. Only a small
amount of material remains on
the dock and this will be taken
out to the road camp by Holly
Evans during the winter.
Superintendent V. K. Woods,
L. W. Turoff, supervising en
gineer of the Bureau of Public
Roads and his family, and the
few remaining men of the
road construction crew, ar
rived in town this morning
The departure of the crew
from the road camp on Texas
Creek was delayed by a snow
slide which rendered foot trav
el impossible for a time but
was later negotiated without
great difficulty.
News of the camp s unexpect
ed isolation was brought to
town Thursday by A. H. Camp
bell, the company bookkeeper,
and John Ebbing. Owing to the
snow conditions, the two men
were compelled to follow the
channel of Texas Creek from
the camp to the Salmon river
road. The trip was fraught
with many difficulties and
hardships and they did not suc
ceed in reaching town until
nearly 24 hours after leaving
the camp. They reported the
camp’s isolation and the need
for assistance in getting the
road open. Following their ar
rival a number of alarming
rumors were circulated regar
ing the situation of those at
the camp. One of these was to
the effect that the road build
ers were without food and in
danger of starvation unless
assistance was speedily forth
coming; another that Mr. and
Mrs. Turoff and their baby
were practically without suste
nance. As is often the case in
such circumstances, the yarns
were fictitious and were ve
hemently denied by Mr. Tur
off and Mr. Woods after their
arrival here. Both men de
clared that there was sufficient
food at the road camps to obvi
ate any immediate danger of
anyone there going hungry.
Following the report of Mess
ers Campbell and Ebbing, the
Bureau of Public Roads tractor
and the Holly Evans tractor
left for the camp and speedily
opened the way for the snow
bound officials and crew. The
party arrived in town about 2
o’clock this morning, none the
worse for their experience.
Mr. Woods and Mr. Turoff
and his family will leave to
night enroute to Juneau.
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Conrad Wolfle, widely known
mining man, who is interested
a t present in the development
per Salmon basin, arrived from
per Salmon basin, arived from
the south last Saturday in con
nection with that promising
minig venture. Mr. Wolfle is
planning to launch large scale
development work on the prop
erty in the near futuer.
RUSTGARD OUT
FOR OFFICE OF
ALASKA DELEGATE
Following the announcement
last week that Alaska delegate
to Congress Dan. A. Suther
land would not be a candidate
to succeed himself at the next
territorial election, word came
from Juneau that John Rust
gard, attorney-general of Alas
ka, has entered the lists and
will be a candidate for the of
fice.
The announcement was con
tained in an Associated Press
news dispatch, as was also the
announcement from Washing
ton, D. C. last Wednesday that
delegate Sutherland would re
tire at the expiration of his
present term, Mr. Sutherland
is now serving his fifth term as
Alaska delegate, having occu
pied the office since 1921.
Attorney-general Rustgard
has held his present position
for an even longer period, hav
ing been elected for his first
term in 1920. His popularity
throughout the Territory is
probably greater than that of
any other individual, with the
possible exception of Mr. Suth
erland, judging by the fact that
his vote in the biennial elect
ions has been almost equal to
that of the delegate on every
occasion.
As announced last week, Hon.
James Wickersham, former
delegate to Congress and form
er federal judge, will also be a
candidate for the office.
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LIBRARY ASSN.
ELECTS OFFICERS
T. H. Evans was elected pres
ident of the Hyder Public Li
brary Association at a special
meeting held in the library
building Tuesday evening. The
remainder of the new official
roster include Col. E. R. Stiv- j
ers, librarian; D. J. Mulcare,;
secretary; Arthur Hall, treas-1
urer; Mrs. N. M. Traversy, j
trustee. Messers Evans, Stiv
ers and Mulcare were mem
bers of the old board. Mr. Ev
an ; has held the post of treas
urer for several years; Mr.
Mulcare has filled the office
of secretary for two terms and
Col. Stivers has been the librar
ian for an equal period. It is
largely due to the efforts of
these three officers that the
Library has attained the pres
ent high standard of public
service and utility and Col.
Stivers is entitled to special
commendation for his highly
efficient services as librarian
and his unselfish devotion to
the duties of his office.
John Hovland, head of the
Unicorn Mines, left for Seattle
last Saturday to spend the hol
iday season with his family. Mr
Hovland plans to return early
in the spring to resume person
al direction of the Unicorn ac
tivities.
Dan Canavan, well known
old-timer, left for Ketchikan on
the Norco.
IUSU GOLD
EXPORTS OCTOBER
OVER $MM
Overtopping by a large sum
the monthly gold export rec
ords for many years, gold ship
ments from Alaska last month
attained the splendid total of
$1,189,750, according to the
monthly report of Collector of
Customs J. C. McBride. Silver
shipments during the month
totaled $16,587, bringing the
total shipments of precious
metals for the month to $1,206,
837.
The October gold shipments
were greater by $429,965 than
the value of gold exports dur
ing September, when ship
ments aggregated $759,785.
Alaska merchandise shipped
to the United States during the
mopth were valued at $3,342,
603. Following is the list of ex
ported commodities and their
value: •
Blue foxes.$ 3,760
Other animals. 6,480
Curios. 1,640
Fish: fresh and froz
en (except shellfish)
Halibut . 196,087
Salmon . 31,342
Allother. 1,*79
Canned: (except
^ell-fish)
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod. 9,440 |
Herring . 277,671 j
Salmon . 83,125 1
Shell-fish:
Clams . 878 j
Crabs . 10,215 j
Shrimps. 13,898
Other fish products:
Meal . 167,015
Oil . 344,010
Furs and fur-skins:
Red fox. 990
White fox . 28,260
Muskrat . 1,379
All other. 3,476
Manufactured furs 1,084
Ore, matte, regulus:
Copper. 461,272
Lead . 15,198
Reindeer meat. 63,775
Stone, marble . 3,045
Trophies, specimens, 290
Wood, timber, lumber 12,489
•All other articles .. 8,719
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska . 3,342,603
Products of United
States returned . 175,722
Total value of for
eign products . 1,250
Total value of ship
ments of mdse. . 3,519,575
♦Items included in
“All other articles”.
285 Hairseal skins .$ 345
1 Painting. 150
15331b Ivory. 1,398
1210 gals, seal oil. 1210
Wool 2651b . 175
Edible reindeer offal .... 2,079
Reindeer hides 60,3251b 3,336
Whalebone 25751b . 26
Gold . $1,189,750
Silver . 16,587
MINSTREL SHOW
PROVES PLEASING
ENTERTAINMENT
The minstrel show and baz
aar given by the Friendship
Club in Pioneer Hall last Sat
urday evening was decidedly
the best entertainment of the
"show” type seen here in sev
eral years and well merited the
unstinted praise bestowed upon
the performance by everyone
attending.
The program included the us
ual minstrel ensemble and was
brimful of clever, specialties,
lively songs, monologues and
character skits, presented by
an array of talent seldom found
in the mining camps of the
Northland.
The Herald sincerely regrets
that lack of space prevents a
full description of the various
numbers, many of which were
exceedingly clever and pre
sented in a manner that would
do credit to the professional
stage.
v/uioimiuiiiK aijiung uic iium* |
ber were the comedy skit pre
sented by Rev. H. R. Cross and
Miss Geraldine Torrance and
depicting their troubles with
a Ford car, represented by W.
D. Smith, E. D. Haddon and
Johnny Hewitt in a most clev
er and amusing manner; the
monologue of Mr. W. D. Smith,
in which he displayed an un
usually high order of histrion
ic ability; the comedy team
act of Masara- Tata-. Walters
and E. D. Haddon, filled with
songs, gags and topical hits;
the comic songs of Johnny
Hewitt, and especially his ren
dition of “The Big Rock-Candy
Mountain;” the dancing of Mrs
Edgar Provinse and Miss Peg
gy Reed;the monologue and
songs of Mrs. Harold Johnson;
the “pickaninny” song and
dance act of Master Billy Big
ham and Miss Peggy Reed ;the
comedy duo of Mrs. A. J.May
er and Rev. Cross,in which Mrs.
Mayer supplied remarkable
avoirdupois with her acting;
and also the fine banjo ac
companiments of Mr. Richard
Wirth. Mrs. W. R. Reed also
rendered skillful piano accom
paniments.
The bazaar, with its booths
and fish pond also provided
much additional interest and
was liberally patronized. The
fancy-work booth was in
charge of Mesdames R. M.
Stewart and Holger Johnson,
the candy booth was super
vised by Mrs. Brown, and the
fish pond by Mesdames E. M.
Reynolds and A. II. Benken
dorf.
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McLeod—Loveway
Hugh J. MacLeod and Mar
garet E. Loveway, both of
Stewart, were united in mar
raige by U. S. Commissioner
Chas. F. Sandford at the Com
missioner’s office this morn
ing.
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The Hyder Lumber Co. saw
mill closed down for the win
ter season last week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Legge and
family left for the south last
week.
NEWSY JOTTINGS
BEHRING ON LOCAL
MINING JCTIYITES
Announcement was made this
week of the organization in
Stewart of a new unit syndi
cate to operate a group of 24
claims known as the Bryant
and B. J. K. groups. The organ
izers are all prominent Stew
art people. Owing to lack of
space details of the syndicate
organization and description of
the properties must be with
held until next week.
A complete and auspicious
change in the capitalization of
the Mountainview Gold Mining
Company was effected at a re
cent special meeting of the di
rectors in Ketchikan. The
changes involved are of wide
importance to the company
and its shareholders and will
provide a greatly improved
outlook for the future. Full de
tails will be given in next
week’s issue of the Herald.
Reports from Texas Creek
disclose that Seims and Carl
son succeeded in accomplish
ing a remarkably large amount
of work on the last unit of the
projected government high
way to the head of Texas
Creek, despite the unusually
inclement weather conditions
this fall. In addition to consid
erable camp construction work
the contractors cleared and
brushed out approximately 2
miles of the right of way,
thereby paving the way for an
early start on the actual road
work next spring.
The motorship Norco arived
from Seattle early Wednesday
morning with 108 tons of local
cargo, including a consignment
ef feed for the Premier comp
any, which was landed at the
Stewart dock. Included in the
cargo landed here was a new
ten-ton tractor for the Bureau
af Public Roads. The cat. is
ane of the most powerful in the
district, weighs 15 tons and
will be an important adjunct
af the bureau’s local road con
struction and maintenance ac
tiviaies.
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J. F. MacDonald has purch
ased the interest of his partner,
David Allan, in the Silver Grill
and will conduct the establish
ment in the future. Mr. Mac
Donald plans to operate along
the same high-class lines that
have made the pioneer eating
bouse one of the most popular
dining places in the camp.
Mr. Allan, who has been asso
ciated with the restaurant bus
iness here for many years,
plans to take a vacation in the
south in the near future.
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The Taku II arrived from
Ketchikan early Thursday
morning .practically 24 hours
behind schedule, owing to the
stormy weather.
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Wm. Gray, head of the Hyder
Lumber Co., left Thursday en
route to the States, after a busy
season. P. R. Wilson is looking
after the company business.