Great Falls tribune., 1886-01-02
to Douglass Island, which is separat-

quarter of mile wide and nayigable
for the largest steamers to Ha rrs
burg, OF, as it is now called, Juineau.
Above Juineau the channel narrows
to canoe passage. Douglass Island
is about sixteen miles long, and four
or five miles wide Its surface is bro
ken up into high hills, covered with
pine forests, which rise abruptly from
the water Indications were found of
gold in small stream leading up into
the hills opposite Juneau, and loca-
tons were made without any very
sanguine hope that they would ever
rival IN value the locations on the op-
posite mainland.
4 Mr.. Treadwell builder and con
tractor OF San Francisco, went to Jn-
ineau, partly for his health and partly
to look at the mining district. After
prospecting the mining claims in the
mainland plateau and On the island,
he bought the unworked elailu on the
island now known as the Paris mine,
ior $500 After prospecting it enough
to be entirely satisfied with his pur-
chase, he returned to San Francisco
and formed a partnership with four
wealthy men to own and work the
mine The work was to be prosecuted
quietly and economically until it could
be shown that the property had a
positive value, which would warrant
the erection of large works. The joint
property was divided into six shares
Ireadwel retaining one share: Col. J.
j. Fry, former partner of Sharon,
taking one; Edward Fry one, Horace
James Freeborn two TreadWell was
appointed manager, aud returned to
the mine. Tunnelling was begun and
actively prosecuted, and small stamp
mill sent up.
While this was going on strong
party of squatters had taken possess
ion the top Of the hill, had strippedi it
of timber, and found a rich placer
which they claimed the right to work
on the plea that the mining location
bought by Treadwell did not cover
the placer claim. They were in the
wrong, and We're tresspassers without
a shadow Of right, but there was no
court in the Territory to expel them
They were men who, whether right or
wrong, would not give up the ground
until they were forced to yield So
they held on for more than two years
and took off about 100000
Senator Jones acquired from Mr..
Freeborn one half of his F'reeborn's
one third interest in the mine. This
will undoubtedly make the jolly Sen
ator a rich man again. The Paris
claim covers 1,500 feet of mining
ground running parallel with the ship
channel. The ground rises up some
800 feet above the water and has been
tunnelled for a distance of 400 feet
from the water front. The tunnel has
a gently rising grade down which the
ore-ladened cars descend by gravity
to large 120-stamp mill which has
now been at work about six months.
All the mining and milling work is
above the high water level Supplies
for the mill and mine are landed
alongside Of the mill Wood and wa
ter are abundand, and no gold-p pro-
ducing mine in the world is more ia
yorably situated for easy and eeonom-
ical working.
Experts who worked for years on
the Comstock declare that the Paris
mountain covers larger mass of ore
that can be proftably worked, than
has ever been found in the entire
Conlstook lode. The popular senior
Senator from Nevada IS to be con
gratalaaed upon an investment which
will yislh him an income of s25000O
to 100000 year
The success of the Paris mine is
starting active developments upon
the adjoining properties on Douglass
Island, as well upon the hitherto neg
lected claims on the opposite main
land. Prospecting is being actively
carried on above and below Juineau,
and there is strong evidence IN favor
OF the belief that Alaska holds many
valuable deposits of gold, and will
soon rank as one of the largest con
tributors to the worlds stock of that
precious metal
The Grand Island (Neh.l Times
wept and turned its rules whea
Vanderbilt died.
a new Republican papa1, the Tri
bune, has appeared in Philadelphia.
The project of dividing Washing
ton Territory meets with little favor
either east or west of the Cascades.
The deficit in the accounts Of ). e.
Stitt. city trearurer of Wabash, Ind,
is $1,000, bat he stontIy maintains
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