Hyder Alaska miner., 1919-10-31

claims are Portland No. 1, Portland No. 3, Big Dick, and Fritz, and are Crown-granted. They are at an eleva- tion of about 2,40O feet and fourteen miles from tide-waters at Stewart. No work has been done on the property since 1913.
 Development consists of three open cuts on the croppings and two tunnels. The open-cuts expose vein from 12 to 20 feet in width, which can be fol- lowed on the surface to the end of the claims, about 2,000 feet. The vein is quartz and appears to follow wide dioritic dyke which intrudes the green stone-schists. The minerals included in the quartz are galena, sphalerite, and pyrites, in the order of importance mentioned. The first two open-cuts, going up the hill, show very little gale na; the values are about $10 ton in gold and silver for width of 12 feet. The upper or main open-cut discloses the vein for width of 20 feet, of which to 8 feet in the centre Is solid galena, with the same amount of zinc and galena on the hanging wall, and the balance of the vein on the foot wall of quartz and pyrites.
 A tunnel has been driven about 15O feet critically below and following the vein for a little over 400 feet, showing each of the ore-shoots exposed on the surface. The No. shoot shows con- siderable galena at this depth, with quartz and -pyrites predominating, and is about 35 feet in length. The No. 2 shoot is entirely of quartz and pyrites and will average about $10 ton, main ly in gold values. The No. 3 or main shoot, from the big cropping on the surface, was struck at about 400 feet in the tunnel and drifted on for 30 feet. The ore started from seam on the foot-wall and has widened to IA feet at the face, as exposed by two cross cuts. Three sectional samples across the face averaged $40 in gold, 3.5 OF. silver, 10 per cent. lead, and 16 per cent. zinc. The hanging-wall crosscut at the face is still in heavy zinc ore. Further work in driving this drift is very important, as the foot-wall DOT tion of the vein, carrying the galena, is widening rapidly and has all the appearance of making into a good shoot of ore.
 The lower tunnel, 150 feet below No. l, has been driven about 60 feet on the vein, in which there is from to 3 feet of good ore on the hanging wall. On the upper end of the claims there Is a 6-inch seam of ore on the hanging-wall assaying as high as $l20 ton in gold. There is good cabin and a good equipment of all necessary tools, with a car and rails in the upper tunnel.
 Adjoining the Indian group on the north is the Boundary group, owned by D. J. McIntominey and under bond to the Granby Company. East of this group and adjoining the Indian on the north is the Payroll group, owned by Bill Murphy, on which assessment work only has been done for the past three years.
 This group is situated on the east bank of Silver creek near it's head. The vein has been exposed by three open-cuts, showing about 8 inches of galena in a quartz vein which lies on dip of 45 degrees. A tunnel has been driven 40 feet on the vein from Silver creek, 200 feet below the upper cut.
 North of and adjoining the Big Mis- souri group is the property of the Hercules Mining Company. of Victoria, B. c. No work of any account has been done on the property for some time.
 This group consists of three claims Yellowstone, Butte, and Old Timer owned by Bill Murphy and the Steven son Estate, and under bond to c. F. Caldwell and associates. The forma- tion is the Continuation of the Big Missouri and the naturalization idanti- cal Development-work consists of seven open-cuts opening up vein up to 30 feet in width.
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