, 1889-08-15
A GOLDEN LINING.
How an Old California Miner
Stumbled into Luck and
Fortune.
The Largest Stamp Mill in the
World Located Near Juneau,
Alaska.

on Douglas Island, three miles distant
on the other side of Gastineau channel,
is the "Paris gold mine, or, ae 1t is
commonly called in Juneau, the Tread
weN mime The property is immensely
valuable. It Is owned by Colonel }. d.
Frye, an urbane, white-haired San Fran
cisco millionaire, and several other
nabobs for the California metropolis. 1t
has been operated only few years. The
largest stamp mill in the world Gao
stamps) has been erected ON 1t, and is
producing such rich returns as to put
Che value of the mine away up into the
aristocratic neighborhood of si0o00,0o0.
The paris" enters at marrow g,tloh
iRto the base Of one Of the rugged noun
The vein of ore is 470 feet wide, and has
been followed downward to depth of
$50 feet without the bottom of the ore
being found. Is 1t any wonder that
Colonel Frye wears q smiling counte-
nance just above his neck-tie2
The ore is Of a low grade, yielding
from SO to S12 per ton of quartz; but
THE IMMENSE QUANTITIES
Vi foeh Wiheti ale cpahtu iuake tue
gross product immensely profitable the
cheap chlorine process being used to ex-
traot the metal from the puizerized
mass. As each stamp bneaiss two and
one.haH tons per day, and the Parts has
2ao of those iron and steel masticators,
Colonel Frye can get away With about
600 tons OF Douglas island every day
that hts mill rum ut Ms ASf speed and
capacity.
Douglas island is 1x miles wide and
rock is auriterous nobody knows. GlaiIns
have been staked off ip every dissection.
An English company is now erecting a
40 stamp mill on the claim adjoining
the Paris, and eapects 10 pick golden
eggs out OF tbe 'Beafss Nest," as It's
property is called, within short cme.
island is not a long one. About eight
years ago some prospect0rs discovered
traces OF
LOOSE PLACER GOLD
in the decomposed rocloon the surfhee,
careful sluicing yielded. between $6O, 600
and $4,000 before the ''nonlef' was OK
hausted. SLange,to say, thsy dfd not
thinki II worth whiie 10 examine. the bed
rock, which they supposed to he value
less. Cine of them, howeaer Mr. John
I. Treadweii was an Old miper in sore
need Of false ana looked carefully
neglected.. Finding traces of pay ore,
ehe managed quietly 70 buy up the
to San Francisco to interview
some of the gold kings there. and, IL pos
bsible, to secure capital 60 build q quaptg
|mih on his property. The men Of wealth
were nos eager to enperisIsent in polar
oeeded in interesting Col ). d. Frye and
the money to erect fve.stamp mill az
mariners with Mr. Treadwdtl. The mill
arrived ip Suneau aboot five years ago.
freadwell soon hadit put together and
drove a tunnel into tue rock. The in-
dicstinns were SO satisfactory that the
cash was advanEed for q f2Q.stamp mill
IL was speedily eyected, and IN d very
short time ground out
HUNDREDS OF rHousANDs OF DOLLARS,
to the great delight of che investors.
The amount Of the golden harvest was
kept secret; but last year 100 more
stdpps were set going, making the cost
Sias Sh ,Ss ss sSSS5' which sfs sp IS ie s0%s sS
ficient evidence that the previous invest
ment had paid satisfactorily. All Of the
stamps were under one root, and they
hpye ample work to keep them running.
The ore seems to be ineNhaustiblo.
AN UNsEBMLy ESrRAvAGsNuE.
The tale may be touched with an ele-
ment of doubt; probably 1T could not be
proven to the satisfaction of a jury; but
at least il illustrates fact, and tie fact
illustrates in an instructive way how a
millionaire may hope 70 stay Iich.
With the exception of Bears Nest"
and the Paris," no mines are in pro-
cess Of actual development on Douglas
island. There is no capital here, and
the returns to be expected from the
large investments required for the cree
tion of machinery are too uncertain to
attract capital from the east.
Douglas, indications OF gold have been
found, and claims have been staked off
but no work has yet been done. The ore
where found, is of low grade, so that
without expensive machinery no profit
can be made, and the amount of ore to
be worked has not been ascertained.
On the mainland just back of Juneau
is gulCh which can be reached only
after struggle through
THREE MILES OF MUD
and water. When you get there you are
thing of a rpisnomeT, since the rock il
freekled, not with silver but with gold
In this locality three new mines have
inst been opened, the "9akou Union,
the aGoIa Mountain" !" and the juneau
Gold Mining COMPANY 8 Claim" Owing
| TO the lstitudes of the lodes and the lack
OF water at that height, the mt,l owners
are obliged to build ttram-ways reselnb
ling coal elevators TO lower the quartz &c
the mills, which are built far below the
mines. The tramways work autoinati.
cslly, the loaded cars on the down grade
pulling up the empty cars at the Other
end OF the cable, This plant of the
Takou will cost, when completed, about
$40 600; its cars will run about quarter
of mile. The trsmway of the Gold
Mountain will be three-q quarters of 9
mile long, and the cost of its plant viii
be about 100000. The Junean's tram
way will be two miles long. Its mill:
will be situated at the copfiuenoe o!
Snow Slide gulch with Upper Bow
basin, 2500 feet above sea level. As Ice
guloh Is in the immediate vicinity, the
miners
NEED HAVE NolFEAR OF sUNsgKoKE,
even in July. The veins of ore in tn,
basin do not crop ou extensively at tn,
| surface. They are believed to be o
smaller size, but of higher grade thar
| tn ut of the Freadwell mine. All of tn,
ore yet found in Alaska is ofqnalit,
kpown as 'free milling ore," and Can b'
easily worked.
Outside Of the three basin mines M
quartz miles are being CONSTRUCTED OF
the main land,but the country Is covered
with claims staked out by enthusiast,
miners who expect to realize fortunes
from them some day.
A recept silver discovery has greatly
excited the town, and wtll probably leae
to new influx Of miners, and prospect
ors were sailing along the shore q