The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-08


 and rushed through to completion.
 Some of the most prominent bus mess men of Seattle are stockholders of the Kelly Mines company.
 The Healy River Coal Corporation is making preparations to install an aerial tram at Healy, for hoisting coal from carriers on the opposite bank of the Nenana river, to the company bunkers at Healy. In this way it will be possible to take coal from the big seams on Healy Fork throughout the summer season, giving uninterrupted service between the mine and the rail road The company has secured a commission tractor, a Holt "45," for use in hauling coal from the mine to the tram site and with this equipment it will be possible to deliver 500 tons of coal daily at the bunkers if neces- sary The company is steadily ex- banding the market for it's coal, the latest request having come from Cor dova, to which point the company is now arranging to ship 150 tons, the larger part of which is for the Copper River & Northwestern railroad. The company expects also to ship con- signment of fuel to Valdez in the near future. Coal can be landed at both those towns for less money than is now paid for outside fuel.
 According to a deal, said to have been recently consummated, the Kan tishna property, known as the Cop per Mountain claims, of o. M. Grant and Frank Giles, has been purchased by the Thomas Aitken interests. All though the consideration has not been made public, it is believed to be sub- Stantial
 Grant and Giles are the original locators in the Copper Mountain Dis trict, the discoveries having been made last year. The property in- volved is considered among the most promising inf the interior, and it is believed that development in this new district will mean further discoveries of high mineral value.
 The miners of the Totatlanika dis trict, in which region there will be considerable mining activity during the coming summer, are forwarding petition to Col. J. G. Steese in which the urgently request federal as- sistance in connecting that district with the Government railroad by means of a wagon road, to facilitate the handling of supplies and ma chinery.
 Val Diebold, who is preparing toI open up a large block of placer ground in the Totatlanika, cut five miles of road last fall, assisted by one or two other men of that sec tion of the country, and he estimates that the cost of putting in a useable wagon road will not exceed $6,O00, which sum the Alaska Road Con- mission, of which Col. Steese is chairman, is asked to eXpend this amount during the early summer.
 The Totatlanika is directly tribu- tary to the railroad but as practically inaccessible without wagon road.
 A new company was formed in An chorage and twenty-five thousand dollars was subscribed locally for the mining operation on the Kenai Star claim on Couer d'Alene creek, a tributary of Palmer Creek. A five stamp mill is now at Hope and this will be moved to the property at once and installed. It is expected that the company will employ about IS men this summer and in addition to installing the mill will carry on further development work and min- ing.
 The claim acquired by the new company Is already a proven pros- pect and the ore values run from $48 to $80 ton. Frank Short ex- poets to develop the property into a paying mine this season. Mr.. Short is graduate mining engineer from the Colorado School of Mines and has had considerable experience in the