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ALASKA MINER
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VOL. 2. NO. 3fl.
HYDER, Alaska, Aug, 17. 1921
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
High Grade
Goes South
Ten tons of high grade ore from
lhe Fish Creek Mining Company's
property went out on the George
Sunday afternoon and an equal
amount will go south next Sunday.
Thereafter, until arrangements are
ptade for getting the ore down from
the big ore shoot recently opened
UP near she head of Skooku.n creek
jt is expected to ship ten tons ev
ery second week. This ore comes
from the tower workings, where the
pld camp is established
W.R.Tonkin, president and man
ager of the company, came down
front the mine Saturday and went
(o Seattle on the George, on com
pany business whieh he expects
willkeep him away three weeks.
The first ore to come out over the
new government trail was sent
down Saturday, the Hyder Transfer
Company’s pack train taking the
new route within two hours after
the branch to connect with the old
trail at Hovland’s cabin had been
completed. The government trail
effects a saving in time of at least
30 minutes.
Superintendent Harry Tanner
v\ ei.t up Monday to continue push
ing development in both the lower
and upper workings and the con
struction of a permanent camp at
the l itter showing. During the
past week excellent progress has
been made In the crosscut tunnel
which is being driven to tap the
big ore shoot, and a month should
see th° miners breaking into the
high-grade.
Mrs. Helen Bell received on th&
last boat a fine assortment of fall
and winter coats, the famous "Chap
pie" brand of New York, for which
she h .s the exclusive Alaska ag
ency. They include all the new
shades and materials, in fur-t»im
med as well as plain models. The
Variety of furs shown includes
flutria, Australian oppossum, rac
fioon and moleskin,
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DEFINITE NEWS-OF SCHOOL
In response to a message sent to
L, D. Henderson, supei intendent of
schools, the following reply lias
been received, addressed to J. A.
Hall;
“The clerk of the court, now in
Ketchikan, authorizes me to state
that he will issue an order estab
lishing the Iiyder school district
on his return to Juneau in a few
days. You may proceed with gen
eral plans. All school supplies or
dered from this office. Advise me
regarding the probable number in
each grade/ Do you need a teach
er? If so aan send one,”
Commissioner Reed stated that
as soon as he is notified that the
distaict has been establshed he will
pall for a school election and that
the steps for securing and equipping
a school-house will then be taken.
CROSSCUT ON WASHINGTON
R. E. Lundvall, who was down
from the Marmot over the week
end, reports that good progress is
being made in the crosscut tunnel
he is driving on the Washington
group, hut that mining there js an
expensive business owing to the al
most piohibitive oost of packing in
supplies. The report of the B. C.
Minister of Mines states ftom year
to year that the Marmot has good
transportation facilities, when the
fact is that all supplies have to be
taken in on men’s hacks, it being
impassible to t: ke a horse more
than a very short distance up the
river.
The Washington group consists
of seven claims, on which eight
leads have thus far been found, all
of which can ho cut by a e iitinn
ance of the tunnel now being dr'v
en The last lead t<. be dis-yv ml
assays 230 ou o.es in silver across
two feet.
Modern house and two lots for sale
very reasonable. Enquire Hyder Drug Co
Dfy wtlod for sale. Blondy Charlton
ever take a bath?
Tfy one» It might do you good
arid help you besides
That eld bunk about Folirtli of July and Christmas being
the only proper lime* is Bolshevik propaganda!
If you are ton bashful to tell your secret longing*) to those
who sell baths, cdme to tis.
We are full of sympathy!
Besides, we want sell oiir Toilet
Waters* 57 fifty-seven 57 v a rides
of Soap, Sponges, Brushes, Bath
Towels etc»
Renieraber—Cleanliness id n£xt to Godliness — and
THERE IS NO CHURCH HEREl .
hVder drug Co
Oren F; HttL, Prop.
Hyde? Alaska’
‘!THE POiTOFFICE §TokE’’
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
Get your bread from Jimmy Carter.
Mr. and Mrs.. C.A.Ranks left on the
George for Vancouver.
If it isn’t to be found elsewhere, try
The Midget Emporium.
Alex Gee left Monday for Ketchikan
where he has a job blacksmithing.
T.H.Evans is converting his little resi
dence into a pretentious bungalow. «*►
Mrs. Folsom left on the George for Se
attle to visit her mother, who is sick.
C.B.Murphy is down from the Outland
Silver Bar where he has been sacking ore
George Elwood has gone to Valdez
where he is interested io in mining prop
erties.
Alex and Mrs. Frazer have moved in
to their new residence on International
avenue
Make your own fruit and jelly jars
MacDougfill the blacksmith will show
you how
Jack McKay of the Ketchik#n logging
firm of Sawyer & McKay, spent the week
end in camp.
Nick Bieler and Bob Martin have re
turned from a prospecting trip to the
Tide lake district.
C.A.McKenzie, principal owner of the
M.C., left on the George for a short busi
ness trip to Victoria.
E L,Gruber, who has been electrician
at the Premier, left with his family last
Thursday for Ketchikan.
Pete Sandall, who has been a foreman
on the train since the work started, has
gone to Tokeen, Alaska.
Mrs. L'leanor McGrath has arrived from
Ketchikan to assist Mrs. Helen Bell in
her new ladywear atore.
Owner MeKadden came over >• ■ terdov
from the Marmot river where be lius been
working on the Patricia.
Captain John Irving went up and sam
pled the Bayview last Friday. He is
pleased with the property.
During Mrs. Jamieson's absence M. LI.
Jamieson is having Mirimachi Lodge re
modelled and re decorated.
"Big Cole" Murcllisdn, who has been
working on the wharf construction, left
on the George for Vancouver.
Ti.m ftiidxofl caHie down from the Pre
mier Friday with two pieces of steel in
Ills eye. j»hieh Dr. Davis removed.
Deputy Marshal J K.Green has tetur'n
e'd from Ketchikan where has been for a
number of months attending court.
Carl Clay, (in rMdtimar of the district
j who not* resides <n Artyox, is is camp
j having cbm» around in a row-boat:
j W.R.looth has finished setting the pil
! hig fhr tfiil foundation of his proposed big
hotel in llyder, B.C.i and is laying sills.
n dance under tlie auspices of the
Mtewart C itizfnS’ Association Will be
htlld in the Stewart Hotel next Friday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Stone and Mr.
and Mrs1 Wm: Bunting have gone to the
Virginia group near Thirteen-mile frtr an
otiting
lt.L.Clinei forest examiner for Alaska'
arrtved with his wife and baby on the
Chrmen Sunday. They have established
a camp at Fish creek.
The Pioneer dartce last Saturday night
was such >t success that no one had the
heart to brihg it to a exclusion until the
George Whistled at 6 O'clock.
Wyle Graham, son of T H,Graham WhO
is installing the Premier tram; and Ray
y arm! erti<fed Sin'dey front SpekdhO. Both
hro expert trdm construction men.
Vic A nderSHn has taken a lay-off from
the trartl w'ofk. Hh was riding on the
Wemldr caterpillar ttaliVr wheh it Spilled
its load nedr Fish creek recently and has
•Mce been suffering fVom lnjurieU tekelv
u t\ turn
i
S. P.Fitzgerald came down Friday from
the Independence with a big pack load of
fine ore specimens to be sent to the Am
erican Mining Congress in Chicago.
William Noble has been appointed liq
uor vendor in Stewart and will open a joy
dispensary as soon as ho receives the
necessary blanks and a stock of goods.
Hugh B. McGuire is doing assessment
work on the B,C. Verde group situated on
Copper mountain about six miles down
the canal and owned by himself and Louis
Watkins.
J.S.i’udney, who is connected with the
Tong,ass Trading company In Ketchikan,
is spending his vacation here, and inci
dentally measuring up nearly everyone
for suits of clothes.
Among the oldtimers who are going
after the high-grades for the Fish (.reek
Oo. are Bob Cameron, Charlie Nordlund,
Emil Olson, John Carlson, Mickey Nash,
Jack Mullen and Nels Fogert).
Markus Savovich, partner of Max Lip
ovatz and Nick Belyin, has returned from
the Copper river country. In Ketchikan
he underwent an operation necessitated
by injuries he received in the north.
Martin Smith is having good success
selling lots on the new townsite to invest
ors who want to get as close to the gate
way to the Salmon valley mines as they
can withmit leaving the Canadian side,
1'he 800-foot baby tram which has been
used to haul material up to angle station
No. 1 on the tram has finished its work
and is being torn down The donkey en
gine which operated it is also dismantled
T. T.Thompson, the dairyman, left Sun
day for eattle where he will buy more
cows and take them to Sitka. He sold
his business here to Mrs. Carolyn of Stew
art who has put Louis '•'orsythe in charge
II W.M Ralston, editor of the Portland
Canal News, has been elected president
of the Stewart Citizens' Association.
.1. Peck McSwain ' elebrated the event hy
coming out in a straw hat and b'iled col
lar b’gosh.
Kd Jones is getting out piling near Gla
cier bay for the now wharf addition. It
is reported that one of the horses Sent
him last week by the Hyder Transfer
company died shortly after its arrival at
liis camp.
M. II.Jamieson has biiill an addition to
the Hotel Hyder which will be used to
house the ore exhibit he is collecting. In
n short time he vrill have the finest in
dividual collection of district ores ever
assembled.
John Colich, who injured His arm by fl
fall five months ago and went to Ketchi
kan for treatment, has returned. The
doctors thete did nothing tor his relief
and hd thinks lid will have to visit a spe
cialist oh thd Outside.
The stork arrived at thd home of Mr,
On'd MrS. W. 1*. Reid last night with a
baby girl. Dr. Chace informed the Miner
this morning that mother a*id daughter
are both doing fine but that you couldn't
touch Billy with a ten-foot pole. •
While waiting for a casting to be re
paired so thal he can fHunte his logging
operations oh the Marmot, Horner Ficklin
made a trip across thd rangd from Stew
art to the l’remier mine, climbing up from
Bear river on the Bayview trail.
Mr. and Mr*; Ci A. Banks took a hike
across the mbiintains Friday from the
head df Fish creek to thd Premier mine,
arriving at their destination late at night
because af a dfeifty cdused UJr two owda
clbul brown beard which chased them i'd
to t’lld Fish Creek Mining bdtnpany’s up
per battip. John Carlson, who Is working
there’. Rilled the fdbget of the bears With
his I,Ulb gr'o'.lse gun dhd shot a Way ohe
foot from the other This is the breed of
bears that Id protected by thi fdmaitlb
||n« HUM
POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED
Robert L. Stewart, an oldtime Al
askan, secretary of the local Pio
neers of Alaska and one of the most
popular members of the commu
nity, and Theresa H. Edblad who,
since her arniva! heFe from Seattle
a number of months ago has also
gained the esteem of a large pro
portion of Hyder’s residents, were
united in marriage at the home of
Mr. and Mrs R.L.LundvaH last Sun
day evening at 6 o’clock, the cere
mony being performed by United
tales Commissioner John T. Reed.
Mr, and Mrs. Stewart have com
merced keeping house in the home
built by Mr. Stewart on Cotton
wood avenue. The Miner joins with
the balance of the town in wishing
them every happiness.
A party of New Yorkers includ
ing Howard A. Guess, vice-presi
dent, and Samuel Untermeyer, cor
poration counsel for the A. S. and
R. Co., arrived in camp last Sunday
and made a trio to the Premier.
Mr. T-d Mrs. Guess remained at
the mine for be week," the others
Iqpv'ng for t!)«- south on the af'er
noon of their arrival.
Archie Patterson, manager of the Sal
mon River store in Prewar*, and one of
the moat persistent stickers with the
camp for the past 12 years, b'oke away
Sunday for a visit in Ontario. He bought
a return ticket to look at when he gets
lonesome
Tli Carmen v/as in Sunday from Ket
chikan with i I passengers r.nd a large
amount of freight, Including fruits and
all kinds of creen stuff. Captain Clary,
who missed the last trip on account of
tonsilitis, brought the boat over He says
he will have his tonsils removed be
fore the next trip.
H.H,Howard has on display at the
Midget Emporium an interesting collec
tion of Alaskan curios and native handi
craft which is attracting marked atten
tion. especially from southern and eastern
tourists who, for the first time in the his
tory of the camp, are visiting here in con
siderable numbers,
Roy Priest and Jack Voting have built
a substantial cabin on the New York
group near the head of Fish creek, owned
by S.G.Benson mid associates, and Have
started preliminary development on the
properly. The ground is near the sensa
tional surface showing recently uncovered
on the Fish Creek mining company's
property.
E.Polson is carrying his arm in a siing
because of A Broken wrist. With several
others he was riding on a tractor trailer
which sloughed Into a mud hole above
fdsli creek a short time ago throwing the
passengers off Mad the binding chains
broken and the lortd come on top of them
some would undoubtedly hftve been drown
ed in the gooey depths. All had a mud
bath but Poison was the only one serious
ly injured.
Dale L Pitt, general manager of the
Premier, blossome 1 out in a new role
whert he undertook the defense of Frank
Demars, Who had been haled befote Jus
tices of the Peace Cameron and Lade nti
a charge of operating a steam engine
without the proper certificate. The Gen
eral Manager's eloquence failed tt) move
the judge* to mercy, and they mulcted
his client for a $100 fine. DCmars was
operating the donkey engine which is
used for hauling material to angle station
No. i on the tramline.
Alaska tdining Law, territorial and
Federal, Covering lode, plater, oil and
coal Ideations, Water rights, mill sites and
tUnnels, With fornix and explanations jiM
Vedeived at The Midget Emporium'. This
is a handy pampbjlt, indispentlble
Wl MtatrC.
Death Was
Mysterious
Death from unknown causes and
a recommendation that an investi
gation be made by the United States
authorities in conjunction with the
Northwest Mounted Fuiice is the
finding of the coroner's jury empan
elled to enquire into the death of
Ira Evans, whose body was found
about 50 miles down the canal by
Dr Rogers and Jack Lambert and
brought here last Wednesday. When
found the body was tied with a
piece of halibut line to his launch,
which lay partly on its side on the
beach. It is said that the tying was
done by a man named Smith, who
found the body in the water as he
was passing in a row-boat and re
ported the matter to the authorities
in Anyox. Tnere were no marks
of violence, and an autopsy per
formed by Dr. Rogers showed that
death was not from drowning.
Funeral services were held Sun
day evening at the Ryder cemetery,
being conducted by Commissioner
Reed.
Deceased was well known to
many residents here, having lived
in a number of towns in the Terri
tory. He was about 40 years of
age and a native of Washington
state, having been raised by Mrs.
Sarah Doran in Tacoma, where his
sister, Mrs. Stella Ckristiland, is
now living. Harry Doran, who
grew up with him, is here now, con
nected with the work of altering
the wharf for the Premier ore
bunkers.
TITAN LEAD MO,IE TiTANIC
Jack Fitzgerald and J. E. Keller
man came down from the head of
Fish creek Friday where they have
been working on the Titan gFOup.
A continuation of the big Titanic
lead was picked up by Kellerman
1500 feet down the hill from the
present workings, and near the
creek, the lead showing the same
characteristics as above, white and
decomposed quartz with a sprink
ling of steel galena, silver sulphides
anu chaloopyrlte. It is their inten
tion to establish a camp at the new
showing and do considerable work
there The lead there is. 60 feet
in wia h, six feet of which appears
to be ofe of good quality,
The Portland Canal Mining Con*
gress has ceased to exist, but the
Hyder Alaska Mining Congress Is
very much alive. The change in
name was made at a called meet
ing held in Pioneer Hall last Sun
day at which the executive com
mittee reported the progress they
had made toward assembling ah
ore exhibit to send to the American
Mining Congress in Chicago. M. R,
Jamieson and A.A. FraXfer Were 6e>
lected by the executive as a oomr
mfttee on finance.
No Movies Tonight
Mrs. johnsah, Sanitary laundry, A street
Ask Rdbe Miller about house cleaning,
suit pressihg, Shoe shining. Wood for sale
Or leave orders at Frazer anti Adkins.
Fun ished cabin for rent. Blondy Chari
ton. _ __
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