The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05
KETCHIKAN
Local Happenings of the Past Seven Days TefseIy
 Told.
tFrom Wednesdays daliy)

Hotel arrivals: Stedman-P. Hea ney. Mrs. J. Emacia and children Seal Bay; Chas. P. Mercer, Guart island. Royal-E. c. Hanlihan.
 Rush and Brown have a f0rce O men at work making the annual ex penditure on their mine and other properties at Karta bay, and sorting over the large stock piles, mined and left over by former lessee, prelimi. nary to shipping the latter at an early day.
 It has just come to our knowledge that the .Ketchikan Power Compan,
 ndulges the pleasant habit of remem- bering each einpoiyee at Thanksgiving time. If he has a family he receives a turkey; if he has no family he gets an order for Thanksgiving dinner at one of the restaurants. This doubtless tends to the promotion of d spirit oi harmony and good fellowship between employer and employee, which should always exist, but strange to say, is su seldom cultivated.
 4 fine sample of ore from the Stevenstown mine for the A. Y. P. exposition has just been received by Frank Burkhart and will be on ex- hibition at the Stedman hotel until taken to Seattle. 42, GOO tons of ore nave been shipped from this mine. and there is more to follow. Many other mines in this district, ever though no more than a prospect ought 10 be represented at that exposition. Let us all do our best to get samples which will do us and our holdings credit. No. opportunity within oul reach for exhibiting our vat mineral resource should pass unheeded and in this particular case no petty jeal- uusy 0l Seattle should stand in lh, way of ysnsreas mineral contribu- tiOn.
 The shipment of It ore to the Tyee smelter-SO0 tons-gave returns .oi very nearly Sl7,O over alts sastSso production, transportation and sfhelt- ing charges. It is expected that aoother shipment will be made shortly and regularly thereafter, as iast as transportation can be secured Th0ugf the miaes hM not yes inors chan fairly passed the prospecting stage development has been sHeffiient- " advanced to afford reasonable as >urance of future large productiou of ore of the values of which the returns from the rype smelter quoted above atToid d. fair indication. Indeed. this mine may be considered as properly named in that the prospect is that 1t wiH require many more figures to ex- press the values Of its product than letters to spell it's title though the latter be written all in big I's, ard many times oyer.
 Their occupation gone. Frank Burkhart received wire from Com Mcbride, last night advis- lpg him that his term of employ oyment as collector of mineral exhibits for the Seattle exposition ended on the Both ult, and directing him to forward Il full report oi collections made and exhibits promised, with suggestions as to what further may be accomplish ed through correspondence by the commissioner personally. This looks very like a discharge of all the collec- tors, and an intention on the pait of lhe commissioner to limit further collections to such efforts as may be put forth by the Juneau office. Whether this is because of possible deficiency in tha amount appropriated for fhe work. or because of a belle on the part of the commissioner that they can do the joh alone and without other assistance than that obtainable at Juneau, can only be SUI missed. IL Ddy Ithu1t po po'ICNCu' ho"SNo' that in either event the Alaska mineral exhibit will not be likely tc prove such as those interested have been led to expect.
 A rumor is current-and not with out good and substantial foundation that operations will be resumed al the Mount Andrew mine at an earl, day. The mine is we'll equipped with the necessary machinery and apnli. ances, and can be started up in short order, whenever the owners conclude that the price o. copper will warran' a renewal of operations. Prior to thu panic of 1907 the Mount Andrew hae forged to the head in the way of pro duction, and can easily resume hel position in the front rank whenevel her owners deam it advisable to agair resume active work. Should the price of copper go to l5 cents--as is freeI. predicted, having already very nearl. reached tbat fiRure-tHere is-no ques ton but that the Mount Andrew, witl immense orc bodies, can be operate,
 with a fair margin of profit. 9 s
 There iano doubt about it, Ketchi
 kan needs home builders, In order t
 keep the town growing: hut sher