The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-07
MINING ISACTIVE IN DISTRICT
 NEAR RYDER


 That there are sixteen gold and silver mining properties operating this winter in Hyder as against one dur ing the past three years, was the en- couraging information given out at Ketchikan recently in regard to that thriving town by Oren Hill, formerly of Ketchikan but now one of the lead ing business men of that city.
 The Premier Gold Mining Company | the first to be developed says the in- terview published in the Ketchikan | Chronicle, has been operating since 1919. During the winter of 1920, only 40 men were employed, while today over 400 men are at work at the mine and on the aerial tramway which car ries ore to the dock at Hyder. There is always boat at the dock loading ore. During the past two years, the Premier Gold Mining Company has paid over three and half million dol lars in dividends, which is world | record breaker.
 Big Missouri Bonded
 The Big Missouri group is bonded to the Woods, Trites & Wilson Co.,, which has made the second payment on the option held by them. They have al tol in, extensive operations this coming sum- mer. Before the company stopped work last fall they ran into fine vein of ore.
 The Indian mine, on the British Co., lumbia side has been working force of twenty men all winter, and has re- gently taken in modern compressor to be used on the property. The B. c. silver mine also adjoins the Premier and is owned by British capital. c. A. Banks of London, is the superintendent. Twenty-Five men have been at work all winter on this property. Machinery has been taken in for the purpose of more extensive operations next spring. It is reported that owners of the property have | turned down several handsome offers | for this property running into millions of dollars, MT. Hill says.
 The Daily Alaska, formerly known as the New Alaska operated by Pat | {Io nrin Ci1 the boundary line and adjoins the Pre- mier It is very fine grade of ore and the company has already made some small shipments. The last one was shipped last week on the Jeffer- son to the shelter at Tacoma. i The Alaska Premier adjoins the in the development stage, it is en- ploying this winter a small force of six or seven men.
 The Virginia Group at 11-Mile on the Alaska side is owned by J. Hall of Hyder, Charles Finzel of Ketchikan, and w. J. Benson of Hyder. It has l son, mining engineer of Spokane. MT. Larson has a small force of men at work on the property this winter and is bringing in a compressor on one of the next boats from the south. U ketchikan Men Interested
 The Riverside Mining Company's property is located at 7-Mile. This gold and silver mining property is bonded to J. c. Barber and H. c. Strong of Ketchikan, and the Black Bros., of Seattle. It is under the su- pervision of Superintendent Jack Lit tlepage He has a force of 15 men doing development work with com pressor. They are operating three shifts a day.
 The Titan group, owned by the Fitz- gerald Bros., of Hyder are employing 16 men this winter. These men are all old time miners and know the min ing game well enough to have confi- dence in this property to the extent that they are taking One-half of their salaries out in units on this property. They are also bringing in a compres- sor early this spring.
 The Fish Creek Mining Company operated by the Manhood & Tonkin Company has a force of forty men at work this winter and on the last Jef- ferson/ received one of the latest model compressors mounted on wheels. The compressor has already gone up on snow and the company is now ship ping ore on each trip of the Jeffer- son southbound to the shelter at Ia coma. Just at present their method of getting ore is by the rawhiding