The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-03-08

men on the lookout for copper proper | ties. in which to invest. He will bt heard from, and that at no distant day w. T. Fink, assayer at the Niblack |mine for the past two years or more, has resigned and gone to Nevada, Ito enter the employment, in respon- |sible position, of the Nevada Smelling and Mining company, whose property l is located at Silver Peak about thirt, |mies distant from Tonapah. It is nol publicly known who will succeed hlm lat the Nibllck.
 The steamship Farallon, which |lrrived up on "Wednesday last, took R3S tons of coal and 200 tons of coke
 0 Hadley. It is doubtful, however, unless the management las more ,oke in sight for early delivery, if the |,melter will be started up again fof |shat would otherwise necessarily be Ia short run.
 The barge Potter is at Nibalck lak- ing on a cargo of from 1900 to 200O sons of ore. Her loading has beer
 delayed by some custom house conpli- cations, involving fine of $l00c which had to be paid before she could De allowed to take on cargo and proceed on her way.
 Williams and Harris, old and ex- oerienced miners, have taken con- .ract to sink the main shaft at tie Niblach mine 80 feet deeper into the bowels of mother earth, and want iome experienced machine men to assist in pushing the work.
 NJ. L. Bell, who has been engaged ,he past several months in the con ,truction of the surface tramway at he Hydah mine, is in town, having the work to the perfec of the company.
 The Gold Standard has sent down
 rom it's mlll at Helm bay, for ship nent to the Tyee Smelter, ten tons ,f concentrates which are expected 0, and probably will, yield returns ,f not less than $150 per ton.
 w. H. Archibald, the we'll known ,nigneer lately in the employ of the company, has transferr d his affections to his old love, and sone to take similar position at he Valparaiso.
 The Reason Why.-Much resent nent, some of it aimed in the wrong Erection, was manifested here when he steamship Jefferson-the fastest hip plying in the Southeastern Alaska trade-arrived here on her ast voyage up without bringing any nail. Those who had not been made aware of the reasons were in
 lined to blame the steamship com ,any, and comparativly few knew hat the fault lay entirely with the ,ostal authorities, who had preferred
 request that no mail should be landled on that trip either north or outh bound, for the reason that the had already exceeded its ontract for carrying the mails during he months of January and February. This request, while not wholly pro- libitiory, was equiv alent to an
 rder implying that, if the ship landled the mails on that trip, it must do so without hope of compen- ation from the government, and the was averse to establish ng a precedent of that kind. The ault is, therefore, that of the govern nent and is likely to occur again, not ,nce alone but frequently, unless the people of the sections most directly bestir themselves in an ,ffort to secure regular mail service ,n each an every one of the fast boats )lying on the route. If proper repre- ;entations are made to the postal authorities a Washington, The Min
 ng News has confidence in the belief hat recurrence of such annoying breaches in the service can be pre- yen ted.
 Have You Registered?-f you haven't, and fail to do so before 4 p. n. 3Oth inst, if you vote at all at the election to be held on the 2nd of next month, your ballot will have to be cast in the air instead of the ballot box. All voters, no matter how long they have resided in the town, must register as a prerequisite to being allowed to vote. Registra- tion officer can be found at the council