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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 547.
•SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW CY4NIDE PLANT BE
INSTALLED AT HERSHEY
FOR GREATER RECOVERY
ORE RESERVES AT PALMER CREEK PROPERTY
AND LARGE TAILINGS DUMP JUSTIFY IN
CREASE IN PLANT EQUIPMENT. THOUS
ANDS OF TONS CARRYING HIGH VALUES TO
BE TREATED.
A new cyanide plant is a probable innovation in the
gold operations of the Moose Pass district for next
spring. It will be installed at the Hershey mine on Pal
mer Creek where there are several thousand tons of
tailings awaiting treatment.
In addition the mill will be an added unit to the
milling operations that are being carried on with an in
creased production from the mine with the opening
of the season of 1931. The tailings, which are the result
of several years of operation of the five-stamp mill now
on the property, have been found to carry values rang
ing as high as $16 a ton.
Careful analyses of the ore have shown that a 95
per cent recovery is possible with cyanide equipment.
The new addition to the reduction machinery of the
mine has been dictated by increased tonnage blocked
out as well as better values. Ten and a half tons of con
centrates running better than $300 to the ton went out
on the last boat to the Tacoma smelter.
Such is the word left by John
Kershev, who with Mrs. Hershey
soiled on the SS. Yukon Saturday.
Early cold weather at the mine on
Palmer Creek above Hope stopped
■r;. 1 operations prior to the u u 1
time and the mine closed for the
winter. In the meantime Mr- and
Mrs. Hershey will sojourn along
the coast.
■The mine was never in better
shape.” said Mr. Hershey.” and T
_ , am slightly disappointed at our
short season. However, the develop
ment work we have been able to do
is most encouraging and our ore
reserves give us plenty of confi
dence for the future.
•Our investigation of methods
best suited to handling the tailings
c-n the mill dump lead us to be
lieve that cyanide is the thing for
ns and I hope to find the equip
ment necessary during my stay
Outside with the intention of in
stalling it next spring. Our five
siamp mill and concentrator have
not been recovering the values by
a long shot and it is up to us to
save a bigger percentage. There are
/ several thousand tons on the dump
waiting for us and that will be
practically all velvet since the mine
is paying from the plates right
now. We have 500 feet depth on
the vein and have no uneasiness
about our ore reserve. ”
Mr. Hershey is confident that his
property lays in a good mineral
zone at the head of Palmer above
the famous old camp of Hope
There are at least half a dozen
good prospects in his vicinity that
only require development. “I be
lieve that real energetic develop
ment in that section will bring to
life a real camp because there is
every indication of deep-seated
well-defined lodes.”
Mr. Hershey is also of the opin
ion that a small smelter located at
Seward would quickly bring to light
a number of producers with suf
ficient tonnage to keep the smelter
going. It would have a double ac
tion in spurring orf work in old
prospects and initiating search for
new ones. He believes Seward
would be the logical place for a
reduction plant since it would ob
viate increased handling costs, but
| in any event, a smelter somewhere
; on Kenai in the railroad belt would
| be a god-send and would most cer
| tainly add a new mineral produc
| tion district of no mean propor
tions to the wealth of the world.
I
0.0. X. PAUSES ON HEN
FLIGHT JIEfl OCEAN
AMSTERDAM, Uov. 6. (JP) —
The gale which kicked up a choppy
sea outside of the Zuider Zee pre
vented the D-O-X from continuing
its flight to Southampton, Havre, ;
and Lisbon enroute to the United
States.
The plane carried 16 passengers
cn its flight from Lake Constance, j
Switzerland to Amsterdam. The!
huge plane made the trip in five !
hours and 20 minutes
CLOSE IS THE WORD
“She’s going to be a mighty close
and it’s a tossup,” said Joe Meliern,
and it’s a tossup,” said Joe Meherin,
representative of Hills Bros., and
asociate in the Seward Trading Co-,
and who came in on the Farragut
Wednesday night. “ There are a
number of precincts to hear from
in the First Division ana they are
almost certain to give Wickersham
a strong vote.” Here are some of
the towns still to be heard from
and an estimate of the votes they
will poll: Kake 100, Xiawack 125,
i
Hoonah 100, Tenakee 75. Angocn
40, Killihue 50, Warm Springs 25.
Yakuat 60.
SS FARRAGUT IS
RETURNING PORT
Because of the accident
to the SS Northwestern
which dropped a rudder,
the SS Admiral Farragut,
of the P. S. Co., has been
wirelessed by the Seattle
headquarters to put back
t o the Port of Seward
from which she departed
early “ this morning. The
Farragut will arrive to
day and will remain over
awaiting the arrival of
Friday’s train from the
Interior. After taking on
passengers and mail mat
ter it will sail for the
south.
STATES REMOVING
BIB SHACKLES
OF PROHIBITION
WILL OF PEOPLE EXPRESSED
IN SEVERAL REFEREN
DUM'S
St.Res now having no enforce
ment codes to . uppiement the
Volsteed net are Maryland, New
York. Wisconsin, Montana a .id
:\evada.
In Michingan Seymour TL Por
: on, in the, 6th. and Jesse P.
Wolcott in the 7th. won horse
seats formerly held by prominent
dry leaders. Hudson and Cran
ton.
Person favors rental while
Wolcot is an advocate of a nat
ional referemdum.
Another repealist, Arthur
P. Lam neck. Democrat, upset a
Republican dry i ncu m b e nt,
Sneaks, in the 12th Ohio district
while Ralph A. Horr, Republican,
and a repeal advocate, took the
seat in the first Washington
district formerly held by Repre
sentative Miller, Republican.
Gifford Pinchot, former Re- j
publican governor of Pennsylva- j
nia who said his second term ■
would be as dry as my first, had ;
a 17,000 lead on Incomplete re
turns over his Democrat Liberal
repealist opponent, Jno. M. Hemp
hill. Another gubernatorial can
didate described as a dry, Wil
bur M. Brucker, Republican, won
in Michigan over William A.
Comstock an advocate of state
and national dry referendum.
Joseph B. Ely, Democrat, runn- :
ing in Massachusetts on the.
state repeal platform, had a 20,
000 majority over the Republican I
incumbent, Frank G. Allen, who
favored retention of the state
enforcement act.
ELECTION SLAYINGS
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 6, (/P)—
Three men were killed and j
another wounded in election
rows in Kentucky. Boyd Bing
ham, a worker, killed Hampton
Smith, farmer, and in turn was
shot by Hampton’s son in Knox
county. At Danville, Joseph Hay
den, a democrat challenger, shot
and killed Ed Doneghy, a negro.'
SEATTLE, Nov., 6, (/P)—Captain
Glasscock of the SS Northwest
ern wirelessed to company offi
cials that the gasboat Emma of
Seattle and the fishing boat
Tordenekjold had taken the lin
er in tow for Dundas Bay where
the crippled steamship, which
dropped her rudder, will awail
tugs from Seattle to tow her
back to Seattle.
The passengers will remain on
board the vessel unti lthe arrival
of the SS. Alameda, next Wednes
day; the Alameda sails from
Seattle Saturday.
The U. S. S. Coast Guard Cut
ter Unalga was due to arrive at
the scene today.
WON’T BE LONG NOW
WASHINGTON, Nov., 6, (/P)—
The newly inducted Brazilian
government will be recognized
by the United States probably
within a week, it is learned.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINER
ON HER WAY NORTH
DROPS HER RUDDER
SEATTLE, Nov- 6. i/P>—The Seat
tle Harbor radio at Bremerton re
ports receiving SOS calls from the
steamer Northwestern south of
Cape Spencer, Alaska, saying that
the vessel dropped its rudder.
The first report said that the
vessel was two miles off the Cape
and the second message said that
it was 28 miles off. The reports
further said that the danger was
slight as the rudder just dropped
off.
The Coast Guard Cuter Haida. on
special duty in waters out of Se
ward is reported enroute to aid
the vessel.
TERRITORIAL VOTE
Grigsby . 4513
xkersham . 4177
ole .v. 4281
Jaffney . 3865
Smith . 4525
lardcastle . 3077
>Iesse . 4221
Ulmer . 2967
Karnes . 4313
Keller . 3730
3rd DIVISION
Wickersham . 1211
Grigsby . 1184
Smith . 1411
Hardcastle . 772
Cole . 1314
iaffney . 961
arnes . 1213
r . 977
: se . 1244
Ulmer . 888
Rragaw . 905
L jsius . 1613.
Murray . 1520
McCutcheon . 1495
Roach j. 1387
Foster . 1345
GOVERNORS STAGE
HECTIC BATTLES
IN MIT SUITES
POLITICAL COMPLEXION O F
ENTIRE COUNTRY GETS
SWABBING
Democrats name, seven gover
nors and Republicans four. Sweep
of votes caries 10 gubernatorial
candidates of each party in lead
ership. One Independent ahead.
Governors already elected:
Alabama—B. M. Miller, Demo.
Arkansas-Harvey Parnell, Dem.
Georgia—Richard B. Russell,
Dem.
Idaho—C. Ben Ross, Dem.
Maine—William T. Gardner,
Rep.
Michigan—Wilber B. Brucker,
Rep.
New Hampshire—John G. Wi
nant, Rep.
New York—Franklin D. Roose
velt, Dem.
South Carolina—Ira C. Black
wood, Dem.
Tennessee—Henr^ H. Horton,
Dem.
Wisconsin—Philip F, . Lafollette,
Rep.
In these states the following
are leading:
Arizona—George W. P. Hunt,
Dem.
California—James Rolph. Jr.,
Rep.
Colorado—Robert F. Rockwell,
Rep.
Connecticut—Wilbur L. Cross,
! Dem.
Iowa—Dan W. Turner, Rep.
Kansas—Frank Haucke. Rep.
Maryland-—Albert C. Ritchie,
; Dem.
Massachusetts—Joseph B. Ely,
j Dem.
Minnesota—Floyd B. Olson,
Farm-Labor.
i Nebraska—Charles W. Bryan,
Dem.
Nevada—Fred B Balzar, Rep.
j New Mexico—Arthur Seligman,
| Dem.
Ohio—George White, Dem.
j Oklahoma—William H. Murray,
! Dem.
Oregon—Julius L. Meier, Inde
| pendent.
1 Pennsylvania— Gifford Pin
I chot, Rep.
j Rhode Island—Norman S. Case,
! Rep.
South Dakota—Warren Green,
Rep.
Texas—Ross D. Sterling, Dem.
Vermont—Stanley C. Wlson,
Rep.
Wyoming—Frank C. Emerson,
Rep.
i MANY PRECINCTS STILL
OUT THIS DIVISION
As far as can be checked up
the following precincts in the
3rd Division are as yet unreport
ed:
Hope, Kenai, Ninilchik, Afog
nak, Ouzinkie, Chignik False
Pass, Unalaska, Naknek, Perry
ville, Belkofsky, Katalla, Sanak,
Umnak, Unga, Sqiaw Harbor.
Political experts figure that at
least 450 votes will be forthcom
ing from these precincts.