The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-06
MUCH ACTIVITY IN RYDER CAMP;
 FUTURE BRIGHT
Premier Begins Active Oper- ations-Other Mines Show
 ing Up Good Values.
Special Correspondence.)

De a good camp III the OplnlOn or all | who make the>.trip into the hills up the Salmon River. While there has not been as much activity this season as was anticipated, in the city proper, the work in the hills has been of such nature that the future of the camp is assured.
 A visit to the Premier mine-said by all experts who have visited 1t, l to be one of the greatest mines in the world-would be a revelation even to the most optimistic booster. | This mine is just now in process of changing over from prospecting proposition to a real mine.
 A mill is now being installed on this property which will handle 100 tons of ore day. This mill enl- bodies all the latest ore dressing and cyaniding. The company is also putting in power house which will generate power by water, all the ma chinery in the mill will be run by electricity, and there are two modern bunkhouses, with baths. hot and cold water and electric lights.
 The company is also doing con- siderable road work from the main road to the mines.
 | A warehouse has just recently been built on the new dock, where the ore is being stored prior to shipment. High grade ore is being hauled over the trails now from the mine, in dicating that an effort will be made this season to make as heavy ship ments as developments will permit. More than two hundred men are now on the payroll of the Premier, and all the labor obtainable will be put to work.
 Considerable work has been done on the Indian group, and they are in good ore. It is rumored that a favorabl deal is pending.
 Just below the Indian, on the Can adian side of the boundary, is the Glacier Group. Exceedingly large gold samples have been found on this property. some as high as twelve ounces in gold, as well as some val hes in silver. The ore in the Gla-
 
 of the group owner by Thomas Riggs, Jr., Governor of Alaska, on the Am l erican side.
 | The Big Missouri Group, has some of the best surface showings yet found on any property up the Salmon River. On the Province and Laura, belonging to this group, some really wonderful showings have been found. Several prominent engineers, both l American and English, look to see this property one of the biggest pro ducers in the near future.
 | Considerable work has been done on the Unicorn this Summer, and this is another property which joins the Big Missouri-which has all the earmarks of turning out a winner. | Considerable stripping work has been done on the Silver Tip this Summer. High grade silver ore has been exposed on the Bella Coola claim. Also a large body of ore on the May P. J. and Silver Leaf. The management of the Hercules, controlled by General Leckie and as sociates, seem very well pleased with the seasons work They are at pres ent driving a tunnel and sinking q small shaft. The ore body is GO feet at 60 feet.
 The Forty-Nine has been closed this Summer, the management stating they would start operations again as soon as roads were built to the property to allow them to ship in supplies and to haul out the hign grade ore which last seasons work proved they had on the property.
 The Spider. bonded by Hamilton md Larson to the Algunican Develop ment Company is turning out 10 he c real mine While the Spider cannot be classod as a Premier the deyel- opment work shows the property up much better than was expected The company let contract this summer for one thousand feet of tunnel, which is now being driven. This tunnel developed a vein. the exist ence of which was entirely unsus- pected At last reports at the face. there was two feet of high grade ore. Besides this, stripping has ex- posed two other well defined veins, in which the ore is all high grade. The tunnel, as it is being driven, will reach large quartz lead, cross ing the above mentioned veins di- agonally. They are also diamond drilling on this property to see if more stringers or veins can be picked up.
 On the International. which ad- joins the Premier, surface stripping is now being done. This property is owned by Pat Daly and associ- ates.
 Some fine surface showings and ore have been uncovered on the New Alaska, on the American side.
 w. R. Tonkin, President and Mar ager of the Fish Creek Mining Com pany. says they have developed their property for the past seven years, and each year gave promise of good l looking prOpefty which justified inc