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VOL 4, NO. 34
HYPER, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1928.
PRICE TEN dKTS
NINETY-SIX COMPANY
BONDS MORE GROUND
The Ninety-Six Mining Com
pany, newly organized mining
concern headed by H. A. Hen
ton, of Tacoma, which recent
ly bonded the promising 96
group on Mineral Hill, has
further increased its local
holdings by taking an option
on the Mother Lode group, ad
joining the 96 property, ac
cording to Ray Snyder, who re
turned Monday from Tacoma,
where he negotiated the deal
for both the 96 and Mother
Lode.
The Mother Lode comprises
three claims and lies along the
north boundary of the 96
group on the west slope ol
Mineral Hill. The group con
tains a number of important
ore showings of the same char
acter as those found on the 96
Although no extensive devel
ment has been accomplished
on the Mother Lode, enough
has been done to indicate that
it is a property of marked mer
it, with an excellent prosped
of developing into a mine.
Mr. Snyder informed the Her
ald that the Ninety-Six Com
pany plans an extensive devel
opment program during th(
summer. Mr. Henton, who is
president of the company, anc
Harry Townsend, consulting
engineer, will arrive aboul
June 1. to look the ground ov
er and formulate a develop
ment program. Work will be
carried on in the meantime un
der the direction of Dan Wood
more, who was recently ap
pointed mine superintendent.
Mr. Snyder stated that Mr
Henton’s associates in the
Ninety-Six company include t
number who were associated
with him in the bonding and
operation of the Big Missour:
property several years ago
The company is organized un
der the laws of Washingtor
and is capitalized at $2,000,
000, divided into an equa
number of shares of $1 pai
value. An issue of 400,000
shares has been authorized
and is now on the market al
30 cents per share.
Mr. Henton’s record as man
ager of the Standard Mine:
Corporation and and Big Mis
souri Mining ‘Company pro
vides ample assurance that th<
Ninety-Six will be developed ii
a thoroughly efficient anc
business-like manner. The re
tention of Harry Townsend a:
director of mining activities en
hances still further the mana
gerial strength of the organi
zation.
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F. J. Crossland, director and
mining engineer of the Pre
mier Border Gold Mining Com
pany, Ltd., arrived from Van
couver Sunday to formulate
development plans for the Vir
ginia, Cascade and Bordei
properties, on which the com
pany plans extensive activities
during the coming season.
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The public school will close
for the summer vacation next
Friday. The closing exercises
will include a program by the
children and an exhibition of
their work at the school house
Friday evening, commencing at
8:30 p. m. Everyone is invited
to attend and parents are es
pecially urged to come.
BILL CALLS FOR
LOCAL FLOOD SURVEY
Flood control surveys of a
number of American rivers, in
cluding the local Salmon River,
will be authorized under a bill
introduced in the House of
Representatives by James B.
Reed, chairman of the House
Control Committee, according
to Washington press dispatch
es of May 3.
This means that the long con
tinued effort of the Chamber
of Commerce to attract Con
gressional attention to the lo
cal flood danger is at last bear
ing fruit and may ultimately
result in something being done
to save the town from a cost
ly disaster.
Attorney Ernest Blue has al
50 been advised by delegate
Sutherland that a survey of
the river situation had been
authorized and funds for the
purpose appropriated.
Although the authorizing of
i survey is no assurance that
the desired flood relief will be
forthcoming thereafter, it is
lecidedly gratifying to know
that the government is at last
preparing to investigate the
-ituation.
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INDEPENDENCE DRILL
PROGRAM TO
START SOON
The contemplated diamond
drill program of the Revenue
Mining Company on the Inde
pendence property will be
launched as soon as the drill
equipment, which arrived last
week, can be placed in operati
on, according to S. P. Fitzger
ald, president of the Independ
ence Gold Mining Company.
The program, for which a
contract was recently given to
Lynch Bros., of Seattle, calls
:'or 3000 feet of drill work.
Most of this will be done on the
1800 foot level and is design
ed primarily to prospect the
No. 2, 3 and 4 veins.
Mr. Fitzgerald states that the
drill is special type and built
especially sturdy to meet the
heavy duty it will be called
lpon to perform. A crew of
eight men accompanied the
lrill north, five of whom are
o be employed on the drill
vork. The remainder will be
>ccupied at stripping and oth
er surface work, including the
tutting of trails to facilitate the
movement of the drill.
C. L. Batten, E. M. who will
have charge of development
A'ork, arrived a few days ago
0 prepare for activities. The
inderground development pro
gram includes the driving of
1 600 foot tunnel on the main
/ein at an elevation of 2800
;eet and 200 below the Inde
pendence tunnel. The two tun
iels will also be connected by
i 200 foot upraise driven from
;he new level.
The completion of this tun
ael and upraise wil increase to
learly 3000 feet the under
ground development so far
done, 2000 feet of under
ground work having been done
on the property by Fitzgerald
Bros, and the Independence
Co., prior to its acquistion by
i the Revenue Co..
Noel M. Traversy returned
Wednesday from a visit in Ket
chikan.
SELUKWE PLANS
FOR B. C. SILVER
Development plans of the
Selukwe Gold Mining and Fi
nance Co. Ltd., for the B. C.
Silver property in the upper
Salmon basin, include the driv
ing of two drifts from the
shaft, now being sunk from
the No. 3 tunnel, to explore
the extensive ore deposit en
countered in the shaft at 222
feet, according to a circular
letter to stockholders issued by
the Company April 14th.
The first of the proposed lev-j
els will extend from the shaft'
at a depth of 360 feet, the oth7
er will be driven when the
shaft has attained a depth of
465 feet.
As the shaft was reported to
have reached a depth of about
350 feet some days ago, the
work of driving the 360 foot
level will probably be under
way shortly.
Referring to the ore outlook
in connection with these oper
ations, the circular says:
“It may here be stated that
the company has itself proved
beyond doubt the existence of
the Premier ore body by dia
mond drilling, the drills hav
ing intersected the ore at sev
eral points showing large- bod
ies of ore of high value. While
sinking the present shaft an
unknown ore deposit .was
struck at 222 feet carrying in
places high values. The shaft
(at 800 ft.—Ed.) is still in a
silicified zone which continues
to carry values.”
Following a reference to the
last annual report of the Pre
mier Company, the letter adds:
“With the satifactory opening
up of the ore body, the policy
will include the erection of a
treatment plant.”
Referring to operations on
the Sebakwe, in which Seluk
we is interested in a large way,
the letter states that “a pay
able shoot of ore 200 feet in
length has been intersected
and opened up.”
CREST CO. COMPLETES
SECOND PAYMENT
The Crest Consolidated Gold
Mining Co., Ltd., formed re
cently by Eastern Canada in
terests headed by Ernest S.
Parker, Winnipeg financier, to
operate the highly promising
Crest group in the upper Fish
Creek area, made the second
| payment under the bonding
contract to the local owners,
Messrs. M. D. Ickis, Arthur
Moa and O. F. Hill, last Wed
nesday.
Activities looking to the com
mencement of development
work on the property are now
going forward under the di
rection of Wm. Bunting. F. J.
Crossland, Canadian mining
engineer, who arrived from
the South last week, will ex
amine the property and out
line the development plans.
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While working on the scaf
folding around his new bath
house building on First Ave.
Thursday afternoon, A. (“Jim
mie”) Hill, proprietor of the
Hill Hand Laundry, had the
misfortune to step on a loose
plank and fell approximately
20 feet to the tide-flat, sustain
ing severe bruises and a bad
shaking-up lyit fortunately no
serious injury.
ENGINEER SYND. SETS
FINANCING RECORD
Creating a decidedly remark
able record for local financing,
the Marmot Engineer Mine
Syndicate completed Friday
the sale of the entire block of
2,100 units authorized at the
time of organization, April
18th, according to Geo. Bunn,
locator and developer of the
Engineer group on the south
fork of Marmot river and pres
ident of the Syndicate’s board
of trustees.
. Mr. Bunn informed the Her
ald that every unit of the
allotment was taken up by lo
cal people and without going
outside of the district for sub
scriptions.
As the units were not placed
on the market until April 21,
the closing of subscriptions last
evening, May 11, dicloses that
financing was fully completed
within a period of 21 days.
As the sale price of the units
was $10 each, this means that
subscriptions averaged $1,000
per day for each day of the
sale period. In view of the com
paratively small population of
the district, this is a most re
markable financing achieve
ment as well as a noteworthy
attestation of local confidence
in the future of the Engineer
property.
With the possible exception of
the old Porter-Idaho Syndi
cate, the financing of which
was completed in a very brief
period, no attempt at local
financing of any character
has met with more immediate
success.
With ample funds available,
the Syndicate is rushing sup
lies and equipment to the prop
erty with all possible dispatch.
A two-drill compressor arrived
on the Catala Monday and will
be started up the' Marmot to
day, by wagon as far as the
fork and thereafter by means
of sleds. A large consignment
of lumber was started up the
hill recently and sixty drums
of gasoline for the power plant
are also enroute, in addition to
rails and other mine and camp
equipment. Work will be start
ed on a bunk and mess house,
compressor house and black
smith shop as soon as the ma
terials are on the ground. Ow
ing to the softening of the trail
the Syndicate has found it nec
essary to employ a small crew
to make repairs after failing to
secure government assistance.
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THREE DIVIDE
NENANA POOL
The approximately $60,000
contained in the 1928 Nenana
Ice Pool will be divided be
tween three lucky individuals,,
two of whom reside at La
touche and the third in Fair
banks, according to radio ad
vices received by E. M. Reyn
olds from Fairbanks.
The message states that the
breakup of the Nenana River
ice ocurred at 4:25 P. M. May
6th. The fortunate winners
are I. B. Wickstrom, of Fair
banks, and Mrs. E. Lasher and
V. Borge-Berg, both of La
touche.
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Dr. C. D. Carter returned Sun
day from a trip to Vancouver
and is preparing his new dent
al offices in the Reichenbach
building,
PREMIER CO. BUSY
ON MARMOT PLANS
Activities of the Premier
Gold Mining Company on the
Marmot promise to make that
section a decidedly busy one
during the summer. Not only
will the installation of the
tram between the beach and
the Porter Idaho and Prosperi
ty groups provide a great deal
of activity but the company al
so plans construction of a large
camp on the 22 acre tract tak
en up at the mouth of the
Marmot River.
The 6 mile tram is being man
ufactured by the Riblet Tram
way Co., of Spokane and will
be the last word in aerial tram
construction. The towers will
be constructed entirely of steel
and will be mounted on con
crete bases fixed in solid rock
along the east slopes of Mt.
Rainey. Owing to the danger
of snow slides, the tram must
be of the most durable type
possible to attain, as a weak
or flimsy structure would in
evitably be torn away by the
great snow avalanches which
sweep the mountain at inter
vals during the winter and
early spring. It is understood
that the right of way extends
straight from the Porter-Idaho
direct to Green Point, about
half way up the 5,000 foot
slope. Below this point the
tram will follow the curve of
the lower slope to the beach.
The company is also planning
the construction of ore bunk
ers, wharf, power house, store
and other buildings at the
camp site near the mouth of
Marmot River. Reports also in
dicate that the prospects for
business created by the estab
lishment of the big camp will
result in the development of
quite a settlement along the
lower Marmot.
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JUDGE REED’S DEATH
RESULT HEART ATTACK
The recent demise of Thomas
M. Reed, judge of the U. S.
District Court for the First
Judicial Division of Alaska,
was due to an acute heart at
tack, according to the Juneau
Empire.
Death occurred at 9:50 p. m.
April 30, and was entire unex
pected.A few minutes prior to
his death Judge Reed had been
walking about his room in St.
Ann’s hospital. As he walked
he suddenly remarked; “I
think I am going to faint.” He
was helped to a lounge and ex
pired immediately.
Earlier in the day Judge Reed
expressed a desire to take an
auto ride but after going a
short distance said he felt
faint and thought he had bet
ter return to the hospital. He
was suffering from a severe
attack of gastritis, which
brought on the heart attack
resulting in his death. Mrs.
Reed was with her husband at
the end.
Funeral services were held
May 4th under the auspices of
the Juneau Masonic Lodge, of
which Judge Reed was a mem
ber. The remains of the de
ceased will be taken to Olym
pia, Wn., for interment.
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J. A. Hall, president of the
Bank of Hyder, returned to
Vancouver Sunday after a
short visit.
APRIL EXPORTS
BELOW NORMAL
Alaska exports in April pos
sessed a total value of $1,101,
573, according to the monthly
report of Customs Collector J.
C. McBride. This was $352,378
less than exports in April 1927.
The slump is attributable main
ly to a reduction in salmon
shipment amounting to more
than a quarter million dollars.
Copper ore and raw furs
formed the leading items of
the month, the former practic
ally equaling similar exports
last year, and with furs show
ing a considerable gain over
April 1927. Following is the
statement:
Animals:
Blue foxes.$ 150
Other animals. 450
Curios. 457
Fish:
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish)
Halibut... 104,218
Salmon.!. 24,661
All other. 11,027
Canned (except
shell-fish )
Salmon. 4,460
Cured or preserved
(except shell-fish)
Cod. 686
Herring. 76
Salmon. 8,462
Shell-fish
Crabs. 1,559
Fur and fur-skins
Blue fox. 2,520
Silver or black fox.... 8,765
Red fox. 40,589
White fox. 958
Mink. 38,544
Muskrat. 958
Beaver. • 5,251
All other. 52,460
Manufactured furs.... 300
Ore, matte, and reg
ulus
Copper. 593,553
Lead. 10,998
Trophies, speci
mens, etc. v 50
All other articles. -340
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Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska. 900*923
Products of the Unit
ed States returned.... 198*940
Total value of for
eign products. 1V710
Total value of ship
ments of merchan
dise.
1,101,573
JUDGE LOMEN CALLED
TO LOCAL COURT
Judge Gud'brand J. Lomen,
judge of the U. S. District
Court for the Second Division
will temporarily fill the place
of the late Judge T. M. Reed
on the bench of the First Di
vision district court, according
to announcements in the Jun
eau Empire.
Judge Lomen is scheduled to
finish the present term of
court before returning to his
own station at Nome. Judge
Lomen was called from a va
cation in the East by the De
partment of Justice to take ov
er Judge Reed’s duties and was
scheduled to arrive in Juneau
Tuesday.
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Repairs to the steamer North
western, which went on the
rocks at Cape Mudge, B. C.
last December, while enroute
to Alaska, have been complet
ed at a cost of $170,000. The
work required 55 days. The
Northwestern will sail for
Alaska June 12.