Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-08-10

Sunday for visit in Fort George.
 river. If extended to the road it would cross at about seyen-mi!e. It is a contact vein, with granite on the footwall, and Quartz-pOrphyry on the hanging, the strike being al most east and west, and the dip to the north.
 A crosscut tunnel has been started to tap the shoot near it's western extremity. By driving 70 feet the lead will be reached at depth of 52 feet, and it is the ihten- tion to drift both ways on the lead, blocking out ore. The drift to the east will gain fifty OF sixty feet ad- ditional depth under the crown of the hill, and if the ore shoot shows the same length and width at that depth as 1t does on the surface, a vezy lasee tonnage of shipping ore will be developed in a short time and with a minimum of expense. The ore is grey copper and galcna, with sprinkling of silver sulphides and chalcopyrite. and carrying val ues in both gold and silver
 From the west end of the shoot a tram could be built down to the wagon road, a distance of 3400 feet from an elevation of 2600. It is expected however to start the deep- CT and permanent workings from the east end, driving in from Skoo- kum creek, gaining 800 feet of depth with an adit tunnel, and talk ing the ore out down past the lower workings, which will add their Qu0- ia to the product from obove, The physical characteristics of the group lend themselves to the working out of an ideal development program to benefit the whole of the property both in extracting and handling the lore. Skookum creek is of sufficient lYolumn during the lowest stages to furnish power fer betn minine and fulfilling pjrp0se2. Bit if ain utusual Iamount of power should become Unnecessary, the water of the main ltish creek, to which the group of Ielains extends, would be auailable, land practically unlimited in amount
 The group consists of 19 claims Some Iof which are among the oldest locations In the disttict The property is owned by the Fish Cresk Mining Company, With head office in Seattle. W. R. Tonkin, a Thinning man of many years experience. !is president. and J. A. Hall, president of s:he Salmon River Bank of Hyder secre- ltary, Mr Tonkin has been on the prop EEEty IOT SeFcTdl "SSho anu CHpcCtS u lstay all summer and possibly into the
 winter, as the development has reached
 it's most interesting stage.
 l Twenty tons of ore will Be shipped to Sthe Tacoma smelter shortly after the Emiddle of the month and it is expected that regular shipments will follow. Tran sSportaton is none of the Best pack hors-
 es being used between tho mine and the IwagCn road, distance of three miles, lover an indifferent trail However, the Alaska government is rushing construc- tion of a good trail which will enable the lore to be transportel much easier.
 The difficulties to be overcome in this Prospect however are infintisimal compar- ed with those already overcome, and are lgiving the owners and management no
 Ivory. They are satisfied that they have a potentially great mine and that il is only matter of pushing development | work for a short time, when they will Icommence to be bounteously recompens- ed for the money they have invested and Ithe years 0f. pioneer work they have at Isst bIsGsht is . suecsSstlAl tone'aal6n.