The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-20
THE MINES
What the Mines and Miners of This District Are Doing...Cheer.
 ing Prospects Ahead.

D. w. Ogle is at work making ar
 open cut in his Hump island property
 from which he is taking some fine looking copper ore.
 N. B. Whitefield deputy U. s. mineral surveyor, is now making the survey of Ketchikan Consolidated min. ing company's group of mineral loca. tions, more popularly known as the Shoenbar property. He commenced
 the work last Monday, and expects tc
 be kept busy several weeks in com
 pletion it, the claim embracing a group of no less than thiry-six loca- tions.
 T. D. Pickarl,a mining man whc will have charge of operations at the Cracke rjack, is in town, and will go over to Hollis tomorrow to start work. It is understood to be the intention of the parties who hold the property under bond to thoroughly explore the ground preliminary to the formulation of systematic plan of mining operations should the explor- ations reveal ore bodies of sufficient size and values to justify such pro- cedure on their part.
 The incline gravity tramway at the Hydah mine has been completed, and the bunkers will be finished today As soon as some tram cars, ordered from below, and which should have been delivered to the mine ere this, are received everything will be in readiness to begin shipments, most probably to the shelter at H&lley, to which place the ore can be deliver ed in scows, within distance of less than fifty miles. The ore is of high grade, and occurs in large deposit.
 At the Red Wing mine, six miles below Coppermount, Capt Wyman has his hoisting plant running, and is now sinking in the ledge, with the purpose of opening up new working level. The ledge, though a com paratively small one. runs unusually high in copper and gold values, and forms the nucleus of a highly profitable mine, even should the ore body not be found to widen out in sinking and drifting. It is one of those rare properties that do not need the expenditure of a considerable amount of money to put it on a pay ing basis; indeed, it has already paid all costs of development, with a goodly margin of profits besides.
 The first cargo of coke of the supply promised the Hadley shelter, has not yet materialized, but the management has advices to the effect that it is on the way and may be ex- pected to arrive within two or three days at the most. Manager Riddle has been making some changes and improvements calculated to facilitate and lessen the cost of handling pro- duct, and has the shelter in complete order for the 'relighting of the fires as soon as the first consignment of coke arrives and is discharged. He has an abundance of ore on hand ard, given the fuel, can confidently look forward to long and uninterrupt ed run.
 The Henriette brought up the new boiler for the Mt. Andrew compressor plant, which, together with the new Rand compressor, is now being plac- ed in position and made ready for active operation. This addition to the mining plant will enable the management to push the work of development. and at the same time materially increase the daily output of the mine. The wharf has been considerably enlarged, and the min ing force is being gradually increas- ed. The Henriette cleared from here Tuesday with cargo of HOO tons of Mt. Andrew ore. The product for this month, as represented by shipments to the shelter, will be about the same as that of March-54, % tons.