The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-08
THE LOCAL. FIELD
(From Saturdays Dailyl

The Goodro deal is made and th,
 final papers, signed and sealed. ar,
 now on their way to Alaska. This an lnouncement, which means so much t,
 Ketchikan and has been anticipated
 so long, will be received with i'm
 men SC satisfaction by the whole pub
 lie, involving as it does the larges
 sum of money ever paid for propert,
 in southeastern Alaska. and bringing
 into the District men who have bott
 the ability and the capital to handle
 a project of unusual proportions. The Goodro claims. consisting of the Joke, group located in kasaan bay, were
 located less than two years ago and every mining man who has seen them
 has predicted wonderful future for them. The present transfer has been arranged by Mir. E. c. Howard who is a mining man of long experience, and associated with him are men who are accustomed to mining on a big scale. and who can be trusted to do their mining on the ground and not on paper. Among the new owners will be Mir. ]. D. Howard. brother of F. c. Howard, and capitalist and mine owner of Duluth: c. c. Hartley, a capitalist of Duluth, who is heavily interested in iron property: and Messrs, Bond and Benson of New York who have extensive mining in- terests in other localities. Mr. Bond is the chair man of the Erie Canal commission in New York, among other things. and Mir. Benson is a multi millionaire whose interests are very extensive. s. J. Goodro will come in from the mine today and the papers will be in Ketcbikan the first of next week. Several of the princi- pals in the deal are expected toSarriv- ed here with very little delay and it will be but short time, according to the present prospects, when work on the property will be started. It is the general intention of the company to commence work on as large scale as possible, but thorough development work will precede any outsde con- structiou: in other words the new company proposes to do its mining first, and its building and 'hollering" afterwards. The entire District may congratulate itself on the coming of these interests to. Southeastern Alas ka, and the development of the prop erty will be watched anxiously by every mining man in the country.
 The Taku made a special trip to Niblack last night with Deputy Mar -hal Abrams who went to serve papers resulting from the court decision not ed elsewhere in this issue. B. B. Yielding came over on the Taku which returned this morning.
 The Ketchikan cannery is almost swamped today by the receipt of tSenty-seven thousand fish in the last twelve hours, and has, besides, trap full which it is unable to handle. Of the fish received at the cannery about eight thousand are red salmon.
 The re-opsning of the Hadley shelter is now an assured fact, the street reporss which have been circu- lated to that effect for the past day or two, proving we'll founded. Mr. Sil- verman, who wired a few days ago that he had secured the smelter, is now on his way to Alaska again. and ii the required changes can be made it. is proba ble that the shelter will be blown iI before another. month. MT. B. H. Bennett, who was pass enger for Hadley on the Dolphin yes. terday, is an expert shelter con- struction man and will have general cLaige of thP necessary repairs ard alterations. Under the last manage luent Of the sn.lter the dust Aue was
 torn down with the intention of in- f4uA q bOh D!dst. Uut Ib IS HUN probable that ibe flue will be rebuilt somewhat along the old lines, MT. Silvermau being anxious to begin the .duction of ore at the earliest date 'nsisteat with good management. Geo. E. Green. @ l.n returned to Hadley this morning, was unable to tell The Miner exactly what changes would be made until be had consulted Mr. Ben nett, but confirmed the report that the smelter would again go into commis- sion in the near future. Work on the StevenstowL and Mamie properties is progressing satisfactorily, though some difficulty has been encountered in pumping out the Mamie. Ore is being taken from the Steyenstown steadily and he Mamie will be producing again regularly very soon. About furly men are at work in the two camps now. ard the resumption of work at the smeter willl give em- ployment to many more. Tbe definite announcement that the Hadley camps vii 20 ahead at the earliest possible moment. in fall swing again. is q splendid thing for Ketchikan and wiII add another great factor to the pros perity which seems now to have re- f11rrlu i,1 oond earna~t