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M-veloMsIv Sfich in Minerals
^nd ilydri is the Gateway in
Gonaequence of Which Hyder is
the Kastest Growing Town ip
the North.
HYDER ALASKA MINER
Published at the Qateway to the Salmon River, Alaska - British Columbia, Mineral Area
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VOL. 3. NO. 1a.
HYDER, Alaska {4ar. ?2. 1922
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FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR
UNiOUE MILLING
BRINGS SUCCESS
TO PREMIER PLANT
To work out a successful solution
of the metallurgical problems con
fronting the Premier mine man
agement in the short space of time
that the mine lias been on a com
mercial basis redounds to the
credit of all departments, and the
success achieved in the mill is par
ticularly gratifying, as practically
all the gold values are saved, and
the only appreciable loss of silver
occurs when ore carrying a consid
erable amount of ruby silver is
treated. This loss, it is believed,
can be eliminated by further ex
periment. The mill is of interest
to all claim owners of the district,
especially in view of the fact that |
some of the operations are unique j
in milling practice.
Tl.e flow-sheet of the mill is un-;
usual. The equipment includes j
gyratory crusher, rolls, Marcy mill, j
Whilfley concentrators, re-grinding
tube mill using 1-in. balls, three K
& K flotation roughing-machines
and one K & K machine used as a
cleaner. This flotation scheme is
followed by a standard Dorr coun
ter-current cyanide plant.
The tables and the cyanide plant j
are chiefly relied on to save the
gold, while by far the largest part j
of the silver is lifted in the flota
tion froth. Grinding is done ini
cyanide solution, and the Premier
mill is probably the only mill that
carries on flotation in cyadide so
lution.
At present 100 tons of high-grade
ore, $100 a f m or better, goes to
t »eTacoma smelter. From 50 to
T*0 tons dn.iy goes to the Granby
su-dter at \nyox, B. G. This is
s. c lous ore assaying about $50 a
t >n. About 100 to 130 ions of ore,
that with the hi best nyi-ite con
tent, ran; ing from $30 to $60 in
grade, goes to die . i i. Such has
been the airanyemenf since the
renal tram from the mine to tide
water went into operation about
Janu try 1. f or Srvei d months
[tnor to the corrq.leti m of the tram
ore ranging fro ,i $110 to $160 in
assay value a to was milled.
Per Kent Business tot ou Interna*
t'l.i.: ! Avene. Liniielior;’ Addition, $10
« .. n th or will arrange terms. Address
XX care Miner.
v I line* stand. Alaska:. Hotel, Rube
i-!i!i -r. i n<f; s:ii't\al bath rubber.
Leaves Salmon River Store
Monday Wednesday Saturday
AT 10 A, M.
TO REVIVE WATERWORKS
L. Holtan, owner of the property left
by the defunct Hyder Water, Light and
Power to., whose assets he bought in at
marshal's sale last spring, left Sunday
| for Saattle and hopes to make arrange
| ments while Outside to finance the pro
ject originated by Geo. \V. Nelson' to pro
vide Hyder with a water system. The
company, in the summer of 1‘'20, built a
dam across a small spring creek a short
distance north of Hyder, and formed a
reservoir containing 1500,000 gallons, with
a reserve flow sufficient to supply the
needs of a population of 2000. The work
was well done and constitutes a long
stride toward the establishment of a wat
erworks svstem.
ORE SHIPMENT
LOST BY SCOW
TURNING TURTLE
Twenty-five thousand dollars'
worth of Premier ore now lies at
the bottom of Observatory Inlet,
about four miles from Anyox, where
it was to have been landed for the
Granby smelter. The loss occurred
through a scow, loaded with ore
and towed by the tug Tartar, turn
ing: turtle, presumably on account
of being waterlogged. Only the
barest details of the accident have
reached here, so the information is
meager.
The Tartar arrived Thursday
morning with an empty scow ano.
waited for it to be loaded, which
consumed 3 1-2 hours. The scow
docked here on the last trip of the
thg had been loaded for several
days and was leaking badly, fre
quent pumping being necessary to
keep it afloat. The tug departed
'ibursday evening with both scows
and it is believed that the leaky
one lost its load. The accident hap
pened Saturday morning, denoting
that trouble of ome kind had been
encountered, as the time made was
very slow. The scow was loaded
with 5 .0 ion- of second-grade ore
worth ob< m $SG a ton.
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ON KANSAS GROUP
C. S. P- ker .md R. L. Clothier
!.' vc t: k a mive-vear lease and
bond on me Kansa group of three
claims, locate i on ineriean creek,
about 14 miles from Stewart, and
owned by the Portland Canal i\iiu
ing o. Ltd. of Vancouver.
The Kansas was worked under
lease a few years ago by Jack V i
kins, who shipped about lb ton oi
high grade silver ore from a shoot
he opened up in a three-foot lout .
Development consists of a series of
open curs and a tunnel ah ut 100
feet in length. The present lessees
intend doing con mien bit develop
rnt nt work this season.
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Don't go home hungry. Get a lunch at
the Ocean View.
Laundry work done right and promptly
de ivered. Tub and shower baths, new,
( modern, strictly up to date. Jim Johnson.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT
If It isn't to be
Found elsewhere try
The Midget Emporium.
Meet me at the North Star.
Send this paper to your friend
Ketchikan Chronicle at the North Star
■'Slats” Lathrop left on the Carmen for
Ketchikan.
Don't overlook the Pioneer smoker next
Friday night.
Yesterday was the first day of spring
according to the calendars.
Mickey Nash is now hammering rivets
on the pipe line at Thirteen-mile.
Deputy Marshal McDonald and Henry
Rivard left Monday for Ketchikan.
Dan Chisholm, Premier foreman at
Nine-mile, was down for the week end.
The freighter Amur is in port loading
I Premier high-grade ore for the Tacoma
smelter.
Harry Wilson, caterpiliar expert, left
on the Albert. He intends going to
Mayo.
Harry Zeffert, the Stewart merchant,
returned Sunday from a purchasing trip
Outside.
George ( lothier. resident 13. C. mining
engineer, came from Rupert on the Robt.
W. Seymour.
The Tartor came in yesterday from
Anyox and took away another scow load
of-Pretnier o. e.
Dick Bell, one of the International road
house proprietors, came down Saturday
for the week end in town.
O. S. Baker now has the Stewat assay
office all to himself. R. L. Clothier having
retired from the business.
Hart y Tanner, superintendent for th •
Fish Creek Mining Co., left Sunday on a
short business trip to Seattle.
Mrs. Tipping and Mrs. Foster chme
down from Thirteen-mile to attend the
St. Patrick’s dance in Stewart.
Joe Gilboe of Vancouver arrived on the
Albert. Mr. Gilboe came to ITyder in the
spring of 1919 but did not stav long.
Jimmy Nesbitt left Monday night for
iit*!I Island hot springs for a month’s rest.
He has been working at the Premier.
Captain Jas. Anderson returned Sun
day morning from a trip to Rupert witli
his cruiser launch, the Robt. W. Seymour
LI. J. McDonnell, the veteran hotel
man of the north, returned Sundaj from
a v, it of several months in Vancouver
I uid Victoria.
Jack Woods, who lias been with the
j tram ever since construction staried and
s now stationed at Nine-mile, is in town
■ for a few days' rest.
The Prince Albert a:lived S- nday from
lupert with d7 passengers, n ariy all of
. them working nen. They are h;re too
| early in the season.
i The most nerfect specimen of a gen
l nine optimist Hub? Miller. The other
day ne was around with a sr.ck looking
,.r empty beer hotth-s.
Jimmy Morris, who recently returned
! from a trip to Anchors a and ‘ hllsiJe.
has resumed his old occupation of dnvii..
team for the i render.
Garnett Wait, an oltUdner of tire north
I who now represents the Mutual Life in
surance comt>any, went out on the Albert
' after spendit g the week in camp.
Herb Anderson, one of the oldtimers of
11yder, returned on the Albert from ;f
visit of teveral week in Vane uv<r and
left on the Carmen for Ketchikan.
! E. Kavanaugh, who has been on the
tram line fi r eleven months and is t ow
in charge of the angle station at Nine
mile, came down to meet the Albert, upon
which Mrs. Kavanaugh arrived from
V ancouvef i
The Carmen arrived Sunday* morning
. from Ketchikan and left on the return
I trip Monday night. Captain K.d J. Will
iams, the owner, made the round trip,
i Joe Miller, the newly appointed inspec
; tor of customs and collector of internal
| revenue for British Columbia, with head
quarters in Victoria, is paying Stewart a
visit.
Fred Caron, checking clerk at the dock
for the Premier, wiii resume his old posi
tion with the Grand Trunk system on one
of the ships plying between Stewart and
Seattle.
L. Jessen, diamond drill expert for
Boyles Bros, ot Spokane, returned on
the tug Tartar last Thursday. Since leav
ing llyder he has been operating at Ter
i race and Hazelton.
Bill Tolin is papering each room ot the
i Hotel King Edward in Stewart with a
j different pattern of paper, possibly so
| that guests will know they are in the
; right rooms by simply looking at the walls
Geo. T. Reed, who has been with the
Premier office force for over a year, left
j Sunday on his way to Mayo. He wilj
1 visit for a short time in Terrace before
i going north. George is an oidtimer of the
Dawson country.
Sam Potts and Noel Traversy are put
ting up enough ice to supply the antici
1 pated requirements of Hyder next sutn
; mer. The ice is as clear as crystal and
; absolutely pure, but there is a question
whether it can be handled in Hyder. b.~
! cause it is hard liquor.
! The St. Patrick’s dance in Stewart jn
J support of the fire department netted
$175. About 20 llyder people went over
and report having enjoyed themselves.
I The music, they say. was exceptionally
1 good and the hot air furnace in the base
ment was well regulated.
J. Frank Breeze, who was book-keeper
for the Forty Fine when that property
was operating in 1919, and who reported
last year on the Telegraph Creek section
for the B. C. Minister of Mines, arrived
^from Rupert on the Robt. W. Seymour.
Tnis is his first visit to the camp in ovi r
two years.
The Prince Albert brought in a
quantity of supplies fo: the Indian
i mine Sunday which will bo started
up the road this \ve<-k. ' Six men
were sent up to Thirteen-mile last
Wednesday to break trail front the
‘road to the Indian camp, a distance
i of about four miles . n ! put it in
shape for double-ender sleds. It is
understood »hat (i !), B. Turner
and associates of New York who
recently acquired control of the
i pro: fix', has outlined an exten
sive I ‘Vd'O.i neat ;‘r->.f tin.
E. L. Hunter, special territorial
. tax collector, was in camp during
the stay of the Carmen interview
| injr Hjder business people. He re
1 ports - falling off in tax collections
j allovt the Division, including Hy
der. Mr. Hunter is probably the
only > .p ilar tax collector in exis
tent- His genial good nature and
smm: smile warm up his victims
- to tl. ' ant where they think he is
1 ioing them a favor when he takes
their money. It is a noticeable
I fact that when they bid him good
I bve they call him “Earli"
DR. MULHOLLAN ARRIVES
Dr. W. E, Mulhollan, for many years
the leading dentist of Juneau, who has
been spending the winter Outside, arrived
[ Sunday from Seattle and has opened an
| offiee in Mrs. Canipbbll's rooms on Inter*
! national avenue. Both Hyder and Stew
! art have been without a dentist for many
| months, and I)r. Mulhollan will undoubt
! edly have his hands full while here. Sun
I day and Monday he was kept busy greet
ing old acquaintances. He says that
I everywhere he has traveled he has met
I oldtime Alaskans, and that the friend
ships formed in the Northland seem to
wear better than those of the Slates.
SI. PATRICK'S DAY
WAS UNLUCKY TOR
"HENRY'S PLACE''
Henry Rivard once doubted the
assertion that St. Patrick was a
Frenchman but now he believes it,
in fact he says he is sure of it.
’Twas on St. Patrick’s night that
calamitous fate, in the person of
I Deputy Marsh 1 Bill McDonald
i descended on Henry's Place and
I hung the sign “Nobody Home" On
! the front door. So now there is no
; welcome on the mat for the many
| friends of Henry who used to drop
! in for a sociable chat, to patronize
| his chairs and cuspidors, smoke the
seductive little cigarette and munch
; the succulent pean ut,
i The Marshal suspected that some
1 of Henry’s friends might occasion
j ally harbor a thirst for something
; more stimulating than a Bill Bryan
cocktail to pave the way for fresh
argument. So he secured a search
warrant, sauntered in at what ap
peared to be an auspicious moment,
opened a cute little cupboard, and
what d’you suppose he found? One
quart bottle of Pebbleford Bourbon,
one quart bottle of Sandy McDon
ald Scotch, two quart butties of
Roger Martin Scotch and one pint
of moonshine, all sitting there just
as quiet, though the pedigreed nec
tars had their backs turned to the
unaristocratic flask of native mar.
1 u fact ore.
Next day Henry admitted to
Commissioner Frame that he was
| the owner of the forbidden viands,
and the magistrate ordered him to
My $500 on l he collection plate, but
! tempered justice with mercy by
j also prescribing SO days’ rest in
a quiet resort in Ketchikan, away
from the jolts and jars oi hustling
Hyder.
REPORT ANOTHER BONO
; ON THE 618 MISSOURI
Arrivals from Vancouver on ^tlie
Albert Sunday report that Harry
Hows sn has bonded the Big Miss
ouri from Dan and Andy Lindeborg
and had left for Seattle on his way
to New York to finance the -prop
jerly.
DELEGATE DEN
SECURES PERMIT
That Delegate Dan Sutherland
represents the whole of Alaska and
not simply those sections in which
he received a majority vote in the
last election is well illustrated by the
manner in which he gave personal
attention to a request from this
town regarding securing a permit
| for dock construction.
Months ago Captains Williams
and Clary of Ketchikan and Fred
Dorey of Hyder applied lor a per
mit to build a dock. The matter
hung fire and it seemed as though
no progress could be made even in
such a simple matter. Then Dorey
wired Sutherland and received a
reply next day that he had taken
the matter up with Col. Steese.
Later came another wire that the
! application was receiving favorable
j consideration, and Friday a third
message that the permit had been
granted. This was followed almost
immediately by a message from
the U. S. Engineering office that
the permit was anproved and
would arrive within the next two
weeks, showing that Dan had been
on the job all the time.
Meanwhile Dorey has had a crew
employed taking out piling under a
permit from the Forestry depart
ment. and has enough for the dock
and 300 feet of approach now in the
water. He is going ahead and get
out the balance of the piling and
says there is an absolute certainty
that the dock will be finished in
time to take care of the sumnief
traffic this year.
C. A. McKenzie of Vic . ■», prin
cipal owner of the M. C. r up, h =3
taken an option to pun ise the
Prince John group of ui claims
and tits Red Bluff grout of tv.o
cl urns from James N> . tt rod
Andy Archie. The grou -.-adjmn
each other and arc on c same
mountain as the Si. ('. i t;t ;it a
lo-t elevation and onh mi s
from Stewart. They mo amor.;?
the first locations i f the district
and the owners have d-me consid
erable work there, particularly on
the i'ri.ns John, where a tunnel
has been driven approximately 200
feet at 2330 foot elevation, cross*
cutting -in feet of g >cd milling t ie.
Considerable surface work has been
done on this lode, and another lo is
of hi filer grade material has been
partially opened up at an elevation
of 1750 feet. The latter carries
encouraging gold values. Mr. Mc
Kenzie’s intentions with regard tt
the property are not known at tl it
| writing.