The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-30
DEVELOP MEN I OF INTERIOR
 MINES

The Kennecott mine Is now employ ing 450 men and is producing about B, 500. .0e0 tons of ore. The milling plant consists of rolls and crushers, with a capacity of 800 tons per day and with capacity for teaching of about 900 tons per day.
 The Mother Lode mine has produced about s5,0OO,0Oo worth of ore this year. At present the company is in. staliing steam electric plane at the mouth of Mccarthy creek. and are building an auto truck road up the creek distance of fourteen miles to the lower terminal of the tramway. They are also building a 250-ton mill. The present production of the Mother Lode Is about 250 tons per day, and the working force Is about 200 men.
 Pat Bonner has a bond on the Brick son property, which shipped two car loads of high grade copper ore to the Tacoma shelter this spring. It is To- cated 36 miles southeast of Mccarthy creek, on the Nizina river. MT. Bon ner, the manager of the property, ex- poets to build an auto truck road from Mccarthy to the mine this year.
 There are several hydraulic gold mines in the Nizina district that are working crews of from 10 to 150 men. The principal large operators are Frank Herman, George Max Esterly and Howard Birch.
 One of the largest lead-copper, gold and silver properties discovered in the country. located on the Chitina riy- CT by Jimmy (The Bear) Barclay, Cap Jack Hubert and Jack Schultz. The property was bonded last spring for one million dollars.
 The War Eagle on the Kuskulana river, Is owned by the Chitina, Kusku- lana Copper Company, is being deyel oped by driving two tunnels, one on the west end on the War Eagle, and one on the east end on the Calcite claim, and is working a force of 45 men. The plant consists of a 125 horse power boiler, 100 horsepower engine, 65 kilowatt generator air com pressor, etc. with sawmill. The ore gody contains high grade sutphite and low grade chalcopyrite. The company intends to build a spur railroad from the main line to the mine. distance of about eight and one-half miles.
 The Alaska Copper Corporation, op- erating on Nugget creek near the Kus- kulana river, is one of the high grade properties of Alaska. They are at pre- sent working with force of 100 men. Howard w. Dubois is consulting en- gineer. They are building an auto truck road from Strelna to the mine, a distance of some IS miles, and ex- pect to be shipping ore soon. The machinery consists of two Cemides- nal combustion tandem engines and a compressor with capacity of about 500 cubic feet of free air per minute, sufficient for the operation of five ma chine drills.
 The North Midas Copper and Gold Mine is employing a force of 20 men and is operating in the east tunnel, on a vein of high grade ore. Their ma chinery consists of Cemidesmal con busion tandem engine, compressor and three machine drills. On the 18th of June they crosscut vein of high grade gold and copper ore, and expect to be shipping the last of the year.
 The Great Northern Development Company, at Copper Mountain, on the Kuskulana river, has completed 5000 feet of development work, opening up one o! the largest low grade proper. ties in Alaska. E. F. Gray is the gen eral manager of the company. They expect to install 5000 ton flotatiot plant, work to commence in 1918. There are 165 claims in this property and the majority of the patents have been issued by the United States.
 The Big Horn mine. on Big Horn mountain. owned by L. c. Dillman, is developing with one tunnel driven on the ore. T. w. Lynch is in charge oi the property.
 The Climax mine, owned by London & Cape Company, is composed of four teen claims, and was the second pro perty to be patented In the Copper river district. The ore outcrop Is 4 feet wide. and runs from three pei cent to eight per cent copper. Tn, property joins the east end of tn, War Eagle. Fifty-six thousand dol lars have been spent in getting pat ents for the fourteen claims. The de velopment consists of two tunnels.
 Hubbard & Elliott Company. ol Elliott creek. have property beinl developed by one long cr0sscut tuu nel. driven with machine drills, an several shorter tunnels.
 On the KOtxina river there are Sc, eral high grade properties, of grea promite. that are awaiting funds fo development.