Hyder weekly herald., 1929-09-07
RUTH & FRANCES
 INTRODUCES NEW
 ORE ID DISTRICT

Verify, Hyder and Stewart are camps of mineralogical surprises. It has often been said that the camps have not yet been scratched, and it might just as well be said that the variety of minerals to be found here is still an undetermined quantity.
 The more common minerals: gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc, are found from one end of the camp to the other, from Georgia River to the extreme workings around Tide Lake. And these min erals are found in nearly all their forms, making an array of min eralogical names that would make 8 formidable list to print.
 For instance, there are enough varieties of silver sulphides to, in- duce an attack of brain-storm to him who would try to enumerate them. Gold is not only in the native state but associated with all of the other minerals. There are four or five forms of lead-Silver ore and about the same number of zinc. But why enumerate? The subject opens up a field that ap- pears to be limitless.
 Rarer Minerals Present
 Samples of the rarer minerals are brought into town frequently. Scheelite, the ore of tungsten, is found at the Riverside mine; as- bestos occurs a few miles down the canal and a rare variety, called mountain leather" was brought in by Jas. McMillan and Alex Stewart; antimony occurs in sev- eral properties, including the Ruth and Francis (of which more anon) bismuth is not uncommon, and even phosphate rock has been found at Bitter Creek The list is undoubtedly larger but the writer has neither the time nor the space to go more fully into detail.
 Now Come Nickel and Cobalt
 And now let us introduce you, gentle reader, to nickel and cobalt. These two strangers to the camp have just been identified at the Ruth and Francis property, or rather at the assay office of c. M. Bryant, who made the determina tion for Dune Mclean, who, with Jas. H. Nesbitt and Andy Archie, has been working on the Ruth and Francis most of the summer. The samples just run asayed .895 nickel and .52% cobalt, besides $10 in gold, making a total value of $49 per ton.
 The occurrence of this emerald green rock has been known for 8 long time. It has been found in a short creSScut tunnel and again in an open cut 1000 feet further ur the hill. No assays for anything but gold and silver have been made before, however. How much there is of it has not been determined
 Asked to define the character oi the ore, MT. Bryant said 1t wa. "zaratite" (emerald nickeD, a nickel carbonate, or "garnierite," a nickel Silicate, as it's color indicates either one. He had not had a large enough sample to determine whicl, of these ores it might be.
 Natures StOrehOuSe
 The principal work on the Ruth and Francis, aside from surface prospecting by stripping and oper cutting, has been done in an adit tunnel which follows strong veir and is now in 160 feet, with min, eralization coming in heavier 1T the face than ever before. Thi1 vein produces lead, silver, anC antimony and carries commercial values. Another vein, eight feet ir width, gives $48 in gold, and fur. ther up the hill there are larg, copper showings.
 Four big veins striking northwes and southeast, and numerous eros veins, with the variety of mineral they carry, make the Ruth anC Francis resemble one of naturc' collection for exhibition purposes