The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-02-08


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 discharged into the storage or ship ping bins, the latter having a present capacity of l, 500 tons, which capacity can be doubled at comparatively small cost. The tram is supplied with all the latest improvements of the Riblet patented automatic system, and was manufactured by the A. Leschen & Sons Company, of St. Louis, Mo. The line is supported by fourteen towers, the long, ss span being 2,2OO feet. At present the tram carries 2 buckets with capacity of HOO pounds of ore each, and two timber and freight carriers, the whole being equal to capacity of F tons per hour.
 The rich ore bodies at the Jumbo occur in the shape of large lenses in wide vein, or formation, rather, of garnetite, and in some cases in lime. The largest Tense thus far developed has a width of 28 feet, depth, as far as shown of 15O feet, while its length has not yet been determined. A large number of these lenses have been cut, but their extent remains to be de. termined.
 At present force of D men is employed, and are breaking about 1000 tons of ore per month, but as soon as transportation that can be relied upon is secured, the product will be largely increased. So far hand drills only have been employed in development and mine work, but it is the purpose of the management to install compressor plant and machine drills early in the Spring, and thus complete the mine equipment to an extent sufficient to enable an increase of product to at least 5000 tons month.
 The further operations and develop ments at this m me, now that its suc- cess is practically assured, will be watched with great interest by the mining men of this and other dis tricts, as we'll as by the Eastern peo- pie who have their means invested in the enterprise.
 Martin Bugge, who is the owner of several prospectively valuable mineral locations at Smugglers' Cove, Cleve- land peninsula, has been steadily prosecuting development work on one of them, and making the annual ex- penditure on the others during the past year. He has driven cross-cut tunnel over 200 feet in length to an intersection with the lead, in which he has drifted 50 feet or more with good results. The head of this drift is now 50 feet below the surface outcrop and the lead is about 4 feet wide, with an exceedingly rich psy streak from which he has taken enough ore to keep his 2-stamp mill steadily run ming whenever the weather is such as to justify him in putting it into operation. Martin's4 patient persever- ance throughout these past several years is fully deserving of the reward he now has in plain sight.
 Despite the untoward weather, the Mt. Andrew mine is still achieving a product of 100 tons day, and send- ing it to the shipping bins at the wa ter side. In addition to the shipments of l, 15O tons and 1, 200 tons mentioned elsewhere as having been shipped within the past two weeks, the man. agement expects to have another ship ment of from 1,2OO to l, 500 tons ready by the 18th. Certainly MT. Freeburn is making a record for this new mine of which he may well feel proud Many an old timer will likewise be gratified to learn that their old friend Sammy" Lichtenstadter's grit and perseverance is meeting in large measure, with it's just reward.
 Transportation is the problem that is seriously troubling some of our pro- ducing mines just now. This is espe- cially so with the Alaska Industrial company which has over three thou sand tons of high grade ore awaiting shipment; the Cymru, which has its bins full and its stopes clogged with ore which cannot be moved, and the Niblack which is similarly situated, and further handicapped by an ice blockade which makes it difficult and expensive to get in supplies.
 NEW COAL MINE
 Victor. Vigelius, the prospector, miner and mine promoter, is nothing if not altogether contemplating and ever ready to take advantage of oDD0rt,lnities that present themselves