The Salmon Hirer District ia
T\l*rvelously Rich' iU'"Ml«fcriila
’ and Hyder ia the'Grfieway in
' Consequence of Which 'Ryder is
* the Fastest Growing Town in
* the North. 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 21.
HYDER, Alaska, April 27. 1921
FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
,CIot£ier’s Report On
.Red Top and L.L. & H.
rf'-ed Top Group—Tjus. property
l‘ias been linger bond to G. J-^if
jfert of Seatfie, and associates
(since last spring. Under the
j supervision of Sejffert a con
siderable ajp^pnt of work ji^g
,been dope :jp .a very miner like
'manner. Conditions ip the
spring, due to jiighi water, were
anything bpt encouraging fqr
this part of the district. How
ever, roads and trails were re
paired and improved, supplies
taken in and mining workfinally
got under way gt least a month
later than under normal con
ditions. The old foot trail from
the Bar-Nass trail to the camp,
a distance of a jnile or more, ,was
improved to a fair horse trail,
and a good horse trail built from
,the camp to the upper tunnel.
There are two showings on the
property, occqppjpg \ji the Bear
river formation. At pp elevation
pf 3850 feet, about 4QQ feet a hove
the camp, ^ fjqe showing of
galena has h<£Q exposed in an
ppeq cpt. fhe y^in is aftout five
feet wide, qf import? and cplcjte
gangpe, jncjusiops of green
stone country rock, mineralized
with galena and pyrite. On the
hangipg wall are about 18 inches
of banded quarts in which are
small bunches of galena; the
balance of the vein is a coarse
crngloiperate of quartz, galona,
pyrite and greenstone, the whole
assaying, I should judge, aboqt
20 per cent lead. The silver con?
tent is shown as 10.8 oz. a ton in
an assay of 70.7 per cent lead.
The vein strikes east-west and
dips, with the hill, st about 55
degrees to the south. It has
been traced diagonally down the
hill for se ’era! hundre 1 feet. At
a convenient point on the steep
hillside, at at an elevation of
3510 feet, a crosscut tunnel ig
being driven on a hearing of
north 30 degrees west to tap the
vein. It is estimated that it will
require from 210 to 240 feet of
tunnel. 1 have later been in
formed by Mr. Seiffert that 188
feet had been driven when it
was necessary to quit on account
of tbs heavy snow. There are
indications of the proximity of
the vein in the face of the tun
nel. This is a very promising
showing and, from the topo
graphy of the hillside, I think is
being opened up in the best
possible way.
At the camp another crosscut
tunnel is being driven to get un
der a copper-showing, briefly de
scribed in 1919 report. It is 178
feet horizontally from the mouth
Of the tunnel to the showing, but
as the dip of the vein is into the
hill it will require a longer tun
nel. It has now been driven 132
feet, of which the first 80 feet,
through slide rock, required tim
bering and therefore was slow
work. Although this tunnel is
expensive for exploratory work,
l think Mr. Seiffert’s judgment
sound ilk getting ths depth, es
pecially ionsidering ths bunchy
ajid distorted nature of the sur
face showings. The results of
the extension of both tunnels in
the spring will be of interest
and importance to the remainder
of this area.
L. L. &.H. flrpup -This group
was staked in the earlier days by
| Ly4d«n. Lade & Hartley and has
•bad.tpnsiderable work done on it
,feyrtfy2 pjvners. The claims are
Situated on Hartley gulch, on the
north side of fitter creek, about
,ejght miles from its mouth. The
property is now under option to
Mr. Tubman and associates of
Victoria. This season's work
.consisted of repairing and build
ing new trail up letter creek
and from the Bitter creek trail
up to the camp, .building a new
cabin, putting in a trail from the
camp to the workings, and some
surface work. ^Everything ie
now in good shape to go ahead
with the development of the
showings.
There are three parallel fis
sures lying in a somewhat broken
apd distorted country rock of
argillite, which is intruded by
greenstone. They strike about
south 70 degrees east, paralleling
the gii oh. n d dip GO degrees
northiast into the hill. The
vein filling is partly quartz and
partly ground and broken up
country rock, all min*ralizad
with arsenical iron, and small
amounts of galena and chalco
pyrjte in place.
The upper vein has been ex
posed on the surface by open
cuts and also has been cut "by a
$5 foot crosscut tunnel. The
vein, where cut in the tunnel,
shows about a foot of black, plas
tic mud on the footwall; then 16
inches of quartz; then about 16
inches of black, ground up ar
gillite mineralized with some
iron pyrite. The quartz is
mineralized with pyrite, dis
seminated and in bunches, zinc
blende, and a little galena, and
carries fair values in gold with a
little silver. Picked samples of
the heavy, coarser sulphides
assay very well in gold. From
here to the face, about seven
feet, is a greyish rock dissemi
nated with pyrite which proba
bly is part of the vein. The ele
vation of the tunnel is 3700 feet.
About 300 feet lower another
tunnel has been driven 232 feet,
crosscutting the lower vein and
cannot be very far from the
middle vein. An open crevice
was cut in the tunnel, from which
there is a heavy flow of water.
There is a width of about 45 feet
of a more or less silicifled and
pyritized rock that would be well
to investigate for milling ore.
About four feet of this, next to
the hanging wall, is mineralized
quartz, averaging, it is claimed,
$44.60, mainly in gold.
To eliminate the difficulties of
getting supplies, timber and
other materials up the steep side
hill from the creek bed to the
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
Meet me at the Mecca.
Send this paper to your friend.
Ketchikan Chronicle at the Mecca.
If it isit't to be found elsewhere, try
The Midget Emporium.
Ed Bronson has returned from a
trip to Ketchikan.
Dick Johnson, an oldtimer of the
north, is a recent arrival from An
chorage.
Harry Fallon, who has been hoist
man at the Premidr, came down
this week.
J. Critten, a recent arrival srom
Anyox, has taken over the Joker
Cigar Store
Eddie Syk^, a sourdough who
..knows practically every camp in
Alaska, is a recent arrival
Frank Nagel has coaverted his
•truck,in to a passenger car and is
on the Hyder-Stewart run.
D.W.McLemanis finishing an ad
dition to the Alaska Cafe which Bob
Keith says will be.a modem bake
shop.
Billy Claverly, who has been en
gaged since last C^ctober in framing
limbers for the raise at the Pre
mier, came down Tuesday for a few
days’ rest.
WANTED—Suitcase. Enquire Miner.
SEA ilON IS TO UP
Under instructions which came
by radio from Ketchikan the Sea
Lion was siezed by Marshal Green
and the captain .and crew who
same oyer with the boat have been
thken back to that city on the
Taku. The message gave no de
tails except to prefer a charge of
larceny against the men. who seem
tittle worried over the affair, claim
ing that they have done nothing
irregular and that their arrest is
the result of a misunderstanding.
The craft, a 23-ton fishing boat, was
beached at high tide and cannot be
floated again until the 8th of May.
Instructions for her siezure came
to E. R. Stivers, Deputy Collector
•f Customs.
RE-OPEN PORTLAND CAFE
Ed Herman and Gus Erickson
have re-opened the Portland Cafe,
the pioneer restaurant of Hydei ,
and have started out with a good
business. Both are too well known
in this district to need any intro
duction, Ed having operated the
Exchange Grill in Stewart for many
months and Gus being connected
with the Portland in its early his
tofjr. They are serving meals fam
ily style and are certain .to restore
the Portland to its oldtime popuai
ity.
tunnel, Mr. Tubman proposes to
start work at the creek higher
up, pica up the veins there—
possibly a short crosscut tunnel
will be necessary—and drift on
them. This work would obtain
good depth on the veins and be
very convenient. Altogether the
property ia looking promising.
Hairy Brown is back from a two
months' cruise down the coast in h
launch.
Rube Miller of Ketchikan is Br>l>
Keith’s latest acquisition on the ' i
aska C afe range.
Jack Swanson had five stitches
put in his foot as the result of cut
ting it with an axfe.
The old Alaska Cafe building has
been converted into a bunk house
for men working on the tramline.
Norman McLeod has gone to
Edmonton to work on the Fort Nor
man route for the B, X. Co. with
whom he was formerly associated
on the Ceriboo road.
Billy Black, who cooked on the
government toad last year, has re
turned from a trip Outside and
takenrthe day shift at the Silver
Grill. ’Frank Stanley, who arrived
on the last trip of the Talsy. is on
the night shift and does the baking.
TO HOLD BENEFIT DANCE
On the night of May 7 a dance
will be hel 1 in Pioneer Hall ifer (the
benefit of John Co'lich who is in
Ketchikan receiving treatment for
a paralyzed arm. The injury was
caused by a fall on a slippery side
walk a month or more ago. Mr
Colich is a charter member af the
Hyder Igloo and is held in much
esteem by his fellow members*
Both the Hyder Auto Service and
Frank Nagel have volunteered to
haul Stewart residents to and from
the dance free of charge. The floor
is being put in perfect condition
and the best music in northern B.
CL,the Stewart Orchestra, has been!
secured for the occasion.
SEVERAL RESIDENTS SICK
These is somewhat of an epidem
ic in camp which appears to be a
form of the flu. Commissioner
Reed has just been barely able to
attend to his duties for some time}
Tom Powers is confined to his bed;
Bill trwin is in the Stewart, hospi
tal; R.J.McDonell is one of the vic
tims but is able to be around, as is<
also Bert Edmonds; Scotty Patter
son has had a rather severe attack;
W.L.Duff also is knocked out; Jack
Pet rs is in the hospital; Jack
Cou ,hian is able to be around after
a hard siege.
Temperatures
As recorded by official registered
thermometer of Oren F. Hill at the
Hyder Drug Company.
Date Max Mm
Apl. 20.42. 32
21 .46.3t<
22 .48.40
23 . 52.36
24 .50. 34
25 .46 . 38
26 .54 . 42
C. J. Murphy .and Jimmy Morris,
pioneers of the oamp . who started
for the Westwasd a few weeks ago,
have returned.
TO DEVELOP SILVERADO
John Haati, better known as John
the.-Finn, and Albert Peterson are
busy packing supplies up the moun
tain in preparation for development
of a lead on the Silverado group
which was discovered by Haati
last fall and from which assays as
high as 1100 ounces in Siiver are
reported to have Jbeen obtained.
The claims lie near the edge of tim
ber line almost directly above the
Lawrence &. Workman sawmill. It
is the intention to rawhide the ore
down the mountainside and make
a considerable shipment in the fall.
"ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD"
Fred Joyce and Jerry Kincaid
who left for Edmonton and the
Port Norman oil fields a short time
ago, have both wired from Edmon
ton to discourage others from tak
ing part in a atampede to that sec
tion. Joyce’s telegram to Blondy
Charleton reads as follows: ‘ Abso
lutely no good here until Septem
ber. Tell everybody to keep away.
Letter following." Kincaid’s tele
gram to Tom Powers is practically
the same.
TWO CABINS—For rent. One fur
nished. Enquire Blondy Charleton.
COMFORTABLE LOG HOUSE—For
•ale at a bargain. Enquire Miner.
Sun and Snow glasses at the Hyder
Drug Co.
Send a dollar for a set of twelve Alas
kan scenas—real photographs. The Midget
Etnpormm.
GENERAL WARREN IS DEAD
• General Chas. S. Warren, pioneer
aiine operator of the Northwest
■and. father of Wesley >W. Warren,
«vbo is well.-known here, died at hi*
home in Bette, Mont., on April 20.
He was one of the most picturesque
and'likeable characters connected
with the settlement and early de
velopment of the western states
and British Columbia and his death
Is a distinct loss to the mining in
dustry. He was'born in Illinois im
'1846 and camelo Montana in 18#
OLD PROSPECTOR DIES
John Ord, a prospector of the old
school, who has been a resident of
Stewart for some time, died in that
town on P riday, the 22nd, the cause
of death being a general /physical
break-down. He was born in Dev
onshire, England 60 years ago and
has a brother living there. Coming
to America many years ago, he
spent nearly his entire lifetime in
the hills searching for minerals
and although discovering several
properties which brought wealth te
others he failed to realize much
from them himself. One of his im
portant finds was the Nickle Plate
ait Hedley, which for marry years
was the most prominent gold raiue
in Canada.
New shipment portable model Strad
ivara Phonographs at the Hyder Drug Ce
Cowhides for rawhiding, at Carolyn *
Butcher Shop, Stewart.
Big reduction in all kinds of hardware
also stapfe groceries. Jack Nelson.
Get Unioa-made Silver Springs Beer
at Tooth’s.
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