Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-15
GREAT ACTIVITY IN SOUND COPPER PrOSpeCtOrS 0Yerrun All Islands and Development Work
 Is Growing,
SMALL BOATS DOT WATERS
Remarkable Showing at Mummy Bay Where Numerous Seward Men
 Have Property.

Increasing mining activity marks all the islands of Prince William sound, with the southern end of Knight isl- and and Latouche island as the center. Development work is in progress wherever property was located prior to this year and all other parts of the sound islands are overrun with prospectors.
 Scarcity of men impedes mining and development work. On Latouche isl- and all the mines are crying for more men and find it difficult to pick up even a few stragglers. Nearly all of the newcomers to the sound are prospect ors who are looking for something on their own account.
 Mummy bay is regarded as the most promising field now by all who have been around the islands recently. Development work on all sides is con- stantly making a better showing. Julius Singer, H. w. Ross, working property owned by himself, Thompson and Peterson and Brown; the Iverson Brothers, O'Reilly, representing other Seward men besides himself, and the Prince William Sound Development Company are all working steadily,
 Have Remarkable Ledge
 Of all these the favorite now is the ledge which the Prince William Sound Development Company is open ing up. As reported two weeks ago a remarkable deposit was discovered practically at the surface on this ledge and every days work shows it up to better advantage. Fri Thompson says; "They've got a mine now"
 A face twenty-five feet wide and twenty feet high has been stripped and seems to be nearly all ore. According to the rule that quality increases with depth into a hill this ledge should prove bonanza. Sauers and Hale of the company brought over 1000 pounds of ore to ship to the Tacoma shelter to be tested. A local assay of the first ore found showed nearly s60 per ton in copper and an ounce of silver.
 All the other Mummy bay claims on which work has been done have good surface showings, and some of them may prove better with depth than that of the Development company. Mummy bay is an almost circular basin and every side of 1t seems to be highly mineralized. Steep hills rise on all sides, either from the waters edge or beginning at a short distance away, so that wherever mineral lodges are found great depth can be quickly attained by tunneling. It is confidently expected that this summers work will place the Mummy bay field in the front rank of Prince William sound copper areas.
 Men on All Islands
 On the last trip of the Bina Capt, Scheffler went around Knight island and skirted the shores of the other is- lands on the west side of the sound. He spent some time at Bainbridg and Hoodoo islands and Saw numerous pros- pectors on both.
 Every part of the sound seems likely to be subjected to some exploration by prospectors this year. Fri Thompson says that from the hills of Mummy bay small boats can be seen scudding in all directions among the islands. These include launches, sailing sleops and rowboats and they dot the waters everywhere.
 The working population of Latouche island is steadily growing, although not nearly enough men can be obtain ed. Beatson is working twenty-eight men in two shifts. The Reynolds com pany has nearly 100 men employed in the mine and on building operations. Barrack, Buzard, Orton and others are also working large shifts.