The Ketchikan miner., 1907-03-30
THE MINES
What the Mines and Miners of This District Are DOing...Cheer.
 ing Prospects Ahead.

nothing at all startling, to report il relation to mining affairs in thi district. At the working mine operations are progressing as usual in the mining of ore and driving de velopment work ahead with view tc increase of production, while at others in the incipient stage preparation. are making for the commencement O a vigorous campaign as soon as tht weather conditions will permit. II some of these last sinking and drift. ing is in progress, while others, where the workings are on the sur. face, are handicapped by the late unusual falls of snow, and little, or nothing, is being done.
 At the Mamie operations are pro- gressing as usual, with the expecta : tion of gradually increased produc- tion being attained on and after the first of the coming month. A drift in progress is expected to reach one of the new ore bodies revealed by the diamond drill, in a few days, if in- deed it has not already done so. The new ore body, together with another towards which drifting is in progress, are expected to very nearly, if not quite, double the daily output of the mine. In the meantime, diamond drill explorations are being continued with the reasonable ex- pectation of finding other lenses of ore equally as large and prolific in metal values as any yet found in the property. Indeed, the last revela- tions due to the drill, strongly indi cate that the larger and richer ore deposits lie at a greater depth than those from which ore is now being mined. Preparations are being made for relighting the shelter fires, on or before the 10th of April, by which time the management expects to have on hand sufficient supply of coal and coke to insure long and contin uous run.
 At the Mt. Andrew the daily average product is being maintain ed, though the shipment of 4,500 tons during the month just closing would seem to indicate considerable increase. An additional 5-drill com pressor has been ordered and is now on tho way. and -7'-c" in.stallad the daily output of the mine will not only be considerably increased, but de- velopment will be pushed with accelerated vigor by sinking and drifting from the present working level, which is 165 feet below the surface. The miners are now drifting in an apparently very large body of the best ore yet found in the mine.
 At the Niblack the management has been more or less handicapped by weather conditions which made it difficult to get in supplies. The main shaft is now in course of sink ing an additional 80 feet.
 At the Cymru, only few men, comparatively, are now at work, and those engaged in sinking, which will be continued until such time as weather conditions may permit a resumption of operations in the above ground workings.
 Nothing is doing at the Copper Mountain mine or shelter, pending plans for future operations now under- stood as being considered by the re- organized company. At the Copper city, Capt. Wyman is installing machinery and otherwise getting ready for a renewal of mining opera tions.
 From Sulzer The Miner has noth- ing new from personal knowledge, or from first hands, but all reports are of the most encouraging character, except that operations have been somewhat retarded by snow slide which carried away one or two sup ports of the wire tram, thus for a time interfering with the delivery of ore from the upper bins to those on the beach. Mine work, however. is being prosecuted with vigor, and at last reports the bins held cargo of not less than ?, 800 tons ready for shipment and which, for all The Miner knows, may ere this has been delivered at the shelter.
 Chas. D. Lane, the well known mine owner and operator, was a passenger on the last south bound trip of the Cottage City. He had been at Sitka, where he bonded the De- Groff and some other Chicagoff island gold property, at heavy figures, but on terms which gives him ample time in which to fully investigate and determine values before any of the deferred payments become due. He thinks very highly of the property, and that it is the richest and most promising free gold proposition evei called to his attention in Alaska, Oi anywhere else. It is his intention tC commence the work of development at an early day, and in order to full! test the question of values, as tho work progresses, will install fv' stamp mill on the property He has