Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-03
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ALASKA.
fCoRRFsposDEscK CoLoSIsr.

JUNEAU CRY, Alaska, Sept. IS. 1885.
Thinking II might be of interest to
your many readers ! drop you line
from this place. Juneau City is sit
uated on a bay of the SANS name. and
on a plateau which rises gradually
from the water and extends back to the
foot of precipitoas mountains almost
perpendioularly some 5000 or 1000 feet
high; opposite is Douglas Island. ia
nous for it's large deposits of gold
bearing quartz. On one of these ledees
Is situated the largest, or one of tne
largest, quartz mills in the world (l20
stamps, f1lly equipped with the latest
and most improved machinery. The
ledge, some GOO feet in width, lies above
the mill, and about 1000 feet froH IL a
shaft from the top to the level of the
tramvay, not far from the edge of the
ledge, receives the ore which ia mined
from the top of the ledge, and is car
ried on q substantial trafnway TO the
top or fourth story of the mill, where il
~ crashed and fed TO the STAMPS by
machinery. This vast mill will crush
over $50 tons of ore per day, and only
requires the attendance of twenty five
men on each shift. The enterprisinR
protector and part owner of this justly
celebrated stamp mill. Mr.. Treadvell,
is at present In very poor health. When
| visited the mines the other day he Ia.
formed me that the outpat of golden
bricks had steadily increased from the
start IL July, and can safely be pot
down at 100000 per month. The chlori
nation works are not yet in sati5fao-
tory working order; but as soon as
they are the output will be largely in
creased. There Is but little doubt there
will be tive or more stamp mills erected
at once on the same ledge, as there are
several other claims on the same lode
which are said to be equally as rich and
extensive as the Treadwell claim. Sen
ater Jones aud other capitalists are here
from San Francisco inspecting these
mines. and it Is expected that several
mills will shortly be started.
The outlook Is very bright for Alaska,
with it's mild climate and immense gold
bearing quartz veins. There we're sew
eral garden and truck patches started
around Juneau this year, and turnips.
beets, lettuce, potatoes and other vege-
tables, as fine AS You would wish to see.
are raised in abundance, and myriads
chats the ouly word that will express
III of fish abound in every bay and
creek. The timber of this part Of Alas
ka 10 rather inferior, principally hemloek
and spruce. bot enough for all purposes.
Juneau has about 600 inhabitants.
There are eight stores Of dry goods and
groceries, two drug stores, three tin
shops, two shoemakers, two taiiors. one
blacksmith shop and fifteen saloons. or
plsses where beer. vhisksy and other
LIQUORS are sold, and one brewery. The
placer mines have been fairly prosper
ous this year. There are Of the citizens
OF Juneau over fifty miners who have
been oat prospecting. m st OF them on
the tributaries of the Yukon, who have
pos retained yet. bat are expected early
next month. Many parties have re-
turned from short trips Of tvo or three
months, and bring in fine specimens Of
gold. silver and copper, and one party
| from up the coast returned lately from
a visit TO mine Of mica, on the coast
some uinety miles above here, With some
| fine specimens Of this valuable mineral.
There ID no doabt whatever that Alaska
| il rich In mineral resources, and that its
| DEVELOPMENT has nov assumed tanRi-
BILE shape.
The elm ate is very nearly like that
Of the inhabited part Of British Colum
bia. Its high northern latitude voald
| indicate Q riaorsus climate: but the
same influences tocean curreutsl that
mitigate the climates OF British Coium-
bia and other parts Of this Northwest
coast. are at work bere, and no othei
vrecs stioos in houses Or clothing ara
necessary for the comfort OF its cisi
zens.
The new governor. district attorney
and marshal arrived on the Idaho. anc
relieved the old incumbents. Govsrnol
Kinkead. District Attorney Hascott sne
Jusige McAllistef. The ex governor ano
ex Judge 90 home eu the Idaho; th'
district attorney and marshal remain
and will become permanent residents e'
Alaska, / understand