The Ketchikan miner., 1909-07-17
Publicity Given
 Aetcilikan District

which extends from Dixon's Entrance
 ou the south to Sumner strait on the
 north. The lsland is l60 miles in length
 and haS an average width of 40 mile,
 with q eoaS.line that is indented os
 inlets and sounds from opposite sides that almost meet. For instance,
 Chomeley sound on the east side. an0 aesta inlet, on the west side, are
 separated from each other by a neck ot land three miles wide. over which
 there is Government portage. kasaan bay. Port Johnson. Mora sound, and Big Harbor constitute other ! iudeusatious Of inEeVs st, because they are open waterways 10 the mineral
 deposits of the island. Mining and
 mine development are iu progress in as least twelve diHeress places. and
 il is estimated that there are 200 men
 !. work on ,he island in connection
 with mining. Four mines are regular shippers of ore. ana three or four
 others may become shippers later in .he year. The Sulzeg and Commercial, on Hesta inlet the NJ. Andrew, IL and Goodro. cn hasaan bay; the Niblack. ou Mora sound. are all cop
 per mines. yielding some gold. The Dunton. on kasaaa bay. and the pro-
 osrty of tha Priuston Mining Co.,. st Dolomi. are considered gold mines,
 while the Moonshine, situated high
 on the mountain. over looking Chom- andeley sound. has opened bodies of
 ore containing gslena. silver, and cop per. h all eases observed there is exposed al the surface, ard occurs in
 masses and lenses. rather than in
 veins and shoots. The better grade of tbe copper ore constitute chalcOpyrite,
 as rule while in the lower grade ore the copper is in some cases asso- ciated with magnesite. which occurs
 in great bodies. Two ofthe best deyel- oped properties visited have copper ! iron ore on the contact of limestone and granite. and this seems charae-
 ,eris.ic of tne island. The surface oi
 the country is covered by spruce. hem- l Iock and cedar trees. with an under growth that includes everything from the fern and skunk cabbage to the ruiz,eletoe ard devil club. Ke.chikan ] is ths principal supply center. espec-
 ally for che east side of the island. gasoline laurchss carving passengers. mail. and supplies. making regular
 ,,ips 10 various places. 4. sulzsr, on the west side. is the well stocked store of the Alssza Industrial Co. and Cop
 psr City and Klavack are also trading places.
 Ths su'zer mine. belonging 100 the Alaska Industrial Co.,. is managed by
 Chas. !. s1lzar. president of the company. Interest ed with him in the property is William sulzer, congress man of New York. The mine is near the head of Hetta inlet, two miles
 from she teach. and 150O to 20oo fl.
 higher than tide water. A. the beach
 is wharf over deep water, ore-buDk-
 CTS having 1000, tons storage capacity. the aerial ;rsmway terminal. and a
 bgdro-elecsric plant. The pipeline,
 which brings to bear 330-ft. head Of
 water cn the Pelton wheel in the ! electric plant. is 359O fl. long. The upper section consists of SO ft. Of
 Hin pipe. followed by I900 #. of lO-
 in. then sc0 fi. of sin. all being U ire ? ogud wooden-stays pipe. The , electric power thus generated is tran
 sfaitsed to she mine for all power ! requirements. The tramSsy is of
 the RibIet type, is oyer g000 is. long,
 has II wooden towers, z balf-ton buckets. having 2 carrying capacity ] Of F tons per hours. The line makes an ascert Of l5O0 ft. from the bunkers
 to the upper terminal toward the upper end there is one span Of 25oo
 feet.
 ! Operations began in small way ] in lsg2, aad on larger scale in 1905 :: l the bUnkers and tramway were built
 In lsGs. ere shipments began in 1907,
 and since then regular semi-monslily
 shipments have been made The first years shipments were to the smeIter at Tacoma, but they go now to the plant of the Tyee Copper Co. at Lady
 srnitn, B. C. With present facilities | roT. s1x. #