The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-27

rsiIl will commence operations ss soon -
enough ore is taken out
A vein from two TO four feet wide has
been uncovered in the Little Queen nine,
owned by William MeLernon. J. r. Ma
loaey and others. Fifty pounds OF high
grade silver ore. carrying small per cent
OF copper. have been taken out. The ledge
is located on the range between sheep
creek and Takoa inlet, and IS continual
ton Of the Silver Queen.
At the Ground Hog mine twenty men
are employed in the construction OF the
three-rAu track tramway. and IN develop
meat work on the mine. Several hundred
tons OF ore are ready 10 be shipped 10 the
milL
A force Of men Is running line from
the Novel; quartz mIli through the Basin
and up 10 the Ground Hog mine io- the
NOVEL; Gold Mining Company. IL Is the
intention 20 hang from the trarnway tow
ers in the PAT five 1900 cAndie-power arc
electric lights. and up az the Ground Hog
mine. At the moun;a.n-side tunnel and
terminal stations fifteen more lights The
dynamos are furnished with power at the
mill
The mill at the Silver Queen mine Is
running steadily night and day with i've
stamps TO four Frne concentrators. by
which means the concentrates come out
nearly pure. Sacks put IN TO catch the
shines have effected a great saving, and
pans and settlers will soon be added 10 the
plant. As soon as all the means for saw
ing the shines have been added, the ca
pecity of the mill will be sufficient to keep
ten stamps running. The recent work
ings of the mines are showing good bodies
of rich ore.
The steamer Queens master was fined
$500 at Sitka on the last trip for neglecting
10 enter at the Mary Island custom house,
for which place he cleared on leaving the
Sound.
The Douglas City sawmill, owned by
the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Com
pany, and leased by Robert Purvis. burned
TO the ground early IN the morning of
August Is. The saws, planes and machin-
cry were ruined and about 20. 600 feet OF
dressed lumber, valued ct $3.50, and be-
longing to Robert Purvis. was destroyed.
The boiler and engine can be repaired.
The total loss amounts to $1,000, with no
insurance. The origin of the fire is I'M
known. 1t is the intention of the Tread
well Company to build another mil. OF the
same capacity, furnish 1t with the latest
improved saws and planes, and have 1t
running in six weeks time.
Juneau boasts of possessing the most
northern central electric station in United
States territory or on the North American
continent
Douglas City is now able to support a
kindergarten school. as the number of
children has increased beyond Juneau's
ratio.
w. c. Pedlar, deputy collector of In
ternal revenue, has received orders 10 Is
sue licenses to breweries.
The people of Juneau complain that the
courts are so slow in administering justice
that the whole country is threatened from
a business standpoint by the delay in pass
ing upon important eases. both civil and
criminal. Mining litigants are SAID to be
the most severe sufferers.
The Sunday closing act has been rend-
cred imperative by the verdict Of Juneau
juries.
Joseph Laronde and wife, 1roquois In
dams, owning a ranch near Montreal. are
supplying tourists to Alaska with orna-
mental beadwork manufactured by white
men in Tacoma The Juneau Nelcs says
the natives of that place are puzzled over
the 'event of this tyee."
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