MINING ACTIVE
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In the annual report of the terri
torial mine inspector, just received, is
contained the following reference ic
the copper properties in this section:
The K ennecott-Bonanza.
The Kennecott - Bonanza and Kenne
cott-Jumbo mines were inspected De
cember 13 and 14. Mining and devel
opment work were carried on at those
properties throughout the year. There
were 277 men employed, in the mill
and surface works of the company,
at the time of visit. An average of
109 men were employed under ground
during the year at the two mines.
Both mines hpve aerial tramways,
each 16,000 feet long, connecting the
mines with the mill. About 750 tons
of ore is mined front both mines every
day, and trammed to the mill, where
it is crushed and the richer ores
sacked without sorting or concentra
tion, and the low'er grade ore crushed
and run over concentrating tables,
and the concentrates sacked for ship
ment. The largest part of the ore
mined is copper glance and covilite,
and does not need any treatment at
the mills other than crushing and
sacking. The carbonate ore Is found
(n the mine to a depth of 700 feet, and
probably deeper, as this Is the great
est depth attained in either mine. The
Jumbo mine incline w'as just down to
the 700 level, and a station and ore
pocket cut. A new leaching plant was
being constructed to treat the carbon
ate ores that are lost in the tailings,
from the mill, which contain about one
per cent copper. An entirely newr pro
cess from any ever tried anywhere is
being put in and is called the "am
monia process.” This is the first
plant of its kind ever built for large
operations. It is to have a rated ca
pacity of 450 tons per day, and con
sists of thirteen iron tanks about 12
feet high. Four are 30 feet in dia
meter, three 16 feet and six are 12
feet In diameter. They are used for
the purpose of condensing the am
monia. The ore shipped gives a re
turn of 74 5 per cent copper.
Mother Lode.
Development work was continued on
the Mother Lode property, 1 1-4 miles
northeast of the Kenneoott-Bonanza
mine, and on the Westover claim on
! Dan creek. The Mother Lode deposit
consists of chaleooite and is situated
in the same shear zone as the Kenne
cott-Bonanza mine, but is on the Mc
Carthy creek side of the ridge between
Kennecott glacier and McCarthy
creek.
A tramway 7.000 feet long conveys
the ore from the mine to the bunk
ers on McCarthy creek, from which it
is hauled fourteen miles on sleds to
the railroad at McCarthy station.
Plans have been made and some of the
material is on the ground for the
construction of a concentrating plant
at the lower bunkers on McCarthy
creek. A compressor plant will be
installed to furnish power for the
mining of the ore, as at present hand
drilling and mining are done.
There was some development work
on a number of other copper proper
ties in this district, but no ore was
shipped. Such work was also done
on claims on Hidden creek and Lak
ina river.
Development work was being done
on the Era and Glacier claims by the
Kennecott Mining Company, prepara
tory to taking out ore and doing ac
tive mining.
Bratton Bonanza Mine.
The Kennecott Copper Company
took over the operations ot the Beat
son-Bonanza mine, on Latouche Is
land- During the year a large plant
for the concentration of the lowei
grade ores, chiefly by the flotation
system, was nearly completed at this
mine. A new Marcey hall mill, an
Oliver continuous filter press and
Haggles dryers are being installed
the power for w'hich is furnished by
two 500 k. w. electric generators. Di
rut connections are made with two
st-am turbines, the steam for which
is furnished by three larger water
tube boilers. Oil is used for^fuel. The
rated capacity of the mill when com
pleted is 750 tons per day. Develop
ment work at the mine was continued
as usual by open cuits, tunnels and
drifts. The ore is benched or blasted
off from a high cliff at one end of the
cut and bulldozed in the open cut.
The ore is then sent down through
chutes to an adit, 1,400 feet long,
driven on the mill level, where It is
loaded in cars and trammed by horse
power to the mill. The surface equip
ment consists of mill, blacksmith
shop, boiler and engine house, store,
bunk and mess houses, and commo
dious bunkers and wharf for large
steamers. The average number ot
men employed during the year was
170.
Development work was done on sev
oral copper properties on Knights is
land, but no shipment of ore made.
On the Dickey Company’s property
| on Fidalgo hay preparations were g
being made in December to haul cop
j per ore out to Irish Cove for shlp-j
ment early In 1916. The mine is about
two miles from the landing, on the V
i rove. Development work was done on *1
i several other properties on Prince
| William Sound.
Four gold >|uartz mines were oper- n
ated on Prince William Sound dur- -
j ing the year, the Granite, Cliff, Ram
say-Rutherford and Gold King.
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GERMAN ARMY III
SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN, Union of South Af
rica, March 21. — Only one isolated
mountain outpost, consisting of a coin-j
pany of native troops and four Ger
man officers, remains of the German
army In the Kameruns. This outpost
is at Mora, on an almost inaccessible (
liight which forms one of the most j
northerly spurs of the Mandara!
range, in the far north of the country, j
From Its fortressed position, this
German garrison looks down on the
plains, several thousand feet below,;
stretching northward toward I,ake|
Chad. For a year and a half the im- j
prisoned garrison has been tdockaded j
by British and French forces and cut I
off from the outer world.
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BUENOS. AIRES. March 21.—The
Argentine is experiencing a phenom
enal heat wave, that has caused an
enormous mortality among live stock, j
I In the rich district of Venado Tuerto, j
I province of Santa Fe. alone from five!
to six thousand head of cattle have
succumbed, involving a loss of nearly
a million dollars to the ranch owners
The wheat yield, however, is remark i
ably large, and the corn crop also _
promises to be good.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Joe Matthews and T. W. Hocker are
among the Fairbanksans who arrived
on the Watson and will take the next
train for the interior.
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John Carroll and Fred Hupprich, of
Fort Gibbon, are recent arrivals in;
town.
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M. J. Sullivan returned on yester-1
day's train from a week's trip to Chi— j
tina and McCarthy.
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Captain Ben Durkee, of Katalla, ar
rived here yesterday on the Watson,
direct from Seattle.
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J. L. Menzemor, a government [ g
steamboat inspector, is here, and will ¥;
» to Fairbanks on Thursday’s trail
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NOTICE, EAGLES.
Initiation of class of candidate
’ednesday. Full membership is d«
red. GEO. DOOLEY, Secretary.
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For Sale—A new steel kltche
mge. Phone 94.
i REGISTRATION NOTICE. ^
Beginning February 1 the reglstra
tlon book of the Town of Cordova
s will be open at ray office at the P. O.
Store, Second street, Cordova, at all
hours during the day and evening. The
registration book will be closed at 4
i p. ra„ Saturday, April 1, 1916.
CHAS. ROSSWOO, Registrar.
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