The Ketchikan miner., 1907-03-23
THE MINES
What the Mines and Miners of This District Are Doing-Cheer.
 ing Prospects Ahead.

crsAsing their product. while others are actively engaged in making pre- pAratioss to join the list of producers,
 Al the Mamie the usual amount O. ore is heging raised and sent 10 the shelter. while development work DOW in progress is expected 10 result shorty in largely increased daily product This development consists in the driving of two drifts 10 tap a couple of ore bodies recently esss hy the diamond drill. and which have no, yet been attacked by the miners one of these drifts will be completed within a week or two, ani the other about the first ot May. As will he seen elsewhere in this paper Dr. Paul Johnson has signed from the smell Ter management. and Is succeeded by Mir. Thos- Riddle. man of well known ability and long experience in his profession. Under his manage ment. now that supply of coke i> assured. Ii Is expected that the smell ter will again he blown in within a week or ten days with the prospects good for long and continuous run 1t has an abundant supply of ore on hand which is constantly being added to. while : cargo of coke promised for the A6th inst with others totollow give reasonable assurance that there will not be in any hitch in operations in the near furture because of lack of either ore or f,iel.
 W. A. Patterson has talk en over under bond. for himself and others. three locations on the west side of Dall island. known as the Idaho. Mexico and California claims. and will proceed as soon as the snow con- ditious will permit 10 develop them by driving cruss-cut tunnel 10 tap the ledge. which is l2 feet wide. feet being very rich in copper. with some goli values Mr. Patterson will go 10 the island with a force Of len men about the middle of April for the purpose of. commencing the work. which will be done under his personal supervision. It is under stood that he has Spokane capitalists interested with him in the deal
 Thirty-eight tons of ore sent from she Go.odro ard Thomas mine al karta bay 10 the Hadley smelter. gave returns of sllsper cent copper and g.. 5o per ion in gold-and yet .he owners of .he mine oo not appear 10 bs wholly pleased with the result of The sampling- The ore. which is a tornise carrying free gold in quantity sufficient 10 be visable 10 the naked eye. certainly looks as if il ought 10 carry larger values-yet, one would naturally think that ore worth g.. per ion ought 10 satisfy any one who does not crave lhe earth and all there is in II.
 D. w Ogle. who has been al work on Hump island during the past year. returned yesterday from Seattle where he had been pertecIing arran gements for a commencement of development work on the property. He informs The Miner that he will commence operations by clearing of the surface drift for an open cut I5 feet wide which he will make in the ore deposit. commencing al 8 point on the beach. safe distance above high water mark. with view 10 develop ing satisfactorily what there may b. of value in the ore deposit which is apparently q very large one
 Gone 10 Valdez. z.-Dr. M. M. Hop .ius left on the last trip Of the Hum boldt for Valdez, where he goes to take the position of acting assistant surgeon in The [. 5. marine hospital serrice. The doctor has been resi- dent Of Keicbisan since January. lsoO. and occupied similar position her for year or two until June of last rear. when he resigned. sold out his general practical. and made tour of the interior intending 10 locate either at Fairbanks or Nome, but finding neither place to his liking re- turned here in the fall. Dr. Hopkins is Q skilled physician and surgeon. who might have resrablished large practice here. had he been content 10 remain rather than accept the ap- pointment 10 Valdez. He has many friends in Ketchikan whose best wishes accompany him to his new field of eDdeavOr.
 New Machinery Knight & Morrow have just installed in their shops on Mill street new machinery which adds very materially to their facilities for turning ous all kinds Of work in their particular line of business. This machinery consists of 8 rip. cut of and dodo saw, with boring attach n1ent. band saw, iointer, and turning lathe. all of which work to such per- tecsiOn that .hey appear to be endog- ed with the human sense and reason ing powers.
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