The Haines Borough Assembly at its July 12 meeting approved a resolution to pay Dave Pahl of the Haines Hammer Museum $18,800 to restore the Keystone Driller that for years sat at Lookout Point as a tourist attraction.

Pahl said this week he is still negotiating the contract with the borough, but hopes to begin work on the driller soon.

The borough in March put out a request for proposals for an artisan craftsman to…