The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-20
MINING MOVES
What Was, is Now, and Destined to BecOme..A Brilliant Future
 Awaits Work of Development

The Alaska Galena Company is the name of the new corporation organiz- ed for the development of the Moon- shine properties, taken over by pur- chase, from Messrs. Medallion, Hoover and Patterson, and of which Mir. R. H. Parsons, general manager of the Bemis Bros. Bag Company, Seattle. 1 is president, w. W. Catlin, vice-pres- ident and general manager, Willis
 B. Herr, secretary and Minor Rob- erts. enigneer and superintendent of mining operations. Messrs. Catlin and Roberts are now on the ground making the necessary arrangements for the commencement of mining operations on thoroughly systematic plan. Since about April force of seven or eight men have been employ ed in the establishment of a camp on the beach of the South Arm of Chol- mondely sound. about seven miles south of Chomly r. O., and in the constructor of a substantial punche con trail two and one-half miles from the beach to the ridge of Granite noun tain, the point where the first work was done, and where active mining operations will be commenced.
 In the course of few days the camp will be moved up to a bench near the summit of the mountain, a few men in the meantime being kept 1t work on the trail. packing and camp construction. but from this time forward nine or ten miners, or more if it is found that they can be em- ployed to advantage, will be steadily engaged in development work. Definite plans will be arranged after about ten days spent in cleaning up the several openings heretofore made on the property. and when the min- ing stage is reached an aerial tram way. about one mile in length. will be put in for the purpose of deliver ing the product of the mine to the water side for shipment to the smeit- CT. Between one hundred and two hundred tons of galena ore, carrying high values in silver. was taken from the main exploratory shaft and tunnel, and with this as nucleus. it is be- lieved that the mine can be made to pay all costs of development and a profit besides, from the very start. The work thus far done has been. under the direction of C. B. Bacon, who will remain with the company as assistant to engineer and superinten- dent Roberts.
 The barge Potter is at kiam, to which place she was lowed yesterday by the Vigilant. taking on cargo of ore from the Omar mine. This will be the Omar's first shipment the one promised by the yellow-leg- ged expert, who..was so magnificent ' liberal with the company's money, to be made within the winking of an eye nearly, if not quite, two years ago. Where that particular expert Is now exploiting his ignorance at somebody else's expense, is not known, but the Omar is still here, and apparently about to enter upon an era of profitable production. The history of the Omar is, to some ex- tent at least. an exempliication of the difference between practical manage ment and the application of eApen- sive hot air. in the development of a promising mining proposition.
 The steamer Dirigo arrived up about one o'clock today, with the barge Case in tow. the latter laden with 5O0 tons coal and TOO tons coke for the mine and shelter at Hadley. The Dirigo is laden with miscellan- eous freight for the interior. via Skagway. among it an installment for a 100-mile hydraulic pipe line, similar instalments of which are being sent forward on all the ships plying to Skagway.
 Mir. Lawton, manager of the Brown Alaska company's mine, has ordered by wire a large new boiler and cleo trc machine. to replace that lost by the blowing up of the barge Japan, while.in transit to the mines at Maple bay last week. He is advised that the order will be filled at the earliest day possible, and therefore feels assured that the delay of development work at the mines in question will not be Of as long continuance as he had good reason to fear. He has also succeeded in securing consignment of coal from one of the Vancouver colleries, the loss of the 150 tons in transit on the Japan having compelled resort to wood fuel for steaming purposes in the operation of the machinery al ready installed at the Ma pie bay mines. The Marion left here this afternoon with the scow E. D. Brown
 in tow, the latter taking supply of powder, and going with the intention of bringing back a cargo of ore, for
 the shelter at Hadley. in which latter business she will be kept employed
 for some time, pending the delivery of two new bargss which have been