The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-02
WINTER MINING IN ALASKA.
New discovery OF Placers-New Stamp
Mil to Be Erected.


The milling plants In the vicinity OF Ju-
neau that VIII operate all winter are the
Alaska TreadweiI with It's 20 stamps and
chlorlnation works, the Mexican with It's
sixty stamps, the Silver Queen at Sheep
creek with its ten stamps, the Berners Bay
Mining and Milling Company at Berners
BAY with its forty stamps. At Uuga the
forty-stanp mill OF the Apollo Consolidated
company VIII also continue its operation
All told In Southeastern Alaska $50 stamps
WIZ Do dropping all winter. and including
the forty stamps at the westward, $50
stamps in all Alaska. Aside from the win
ter milling of ores, says the Alaska Min
ing Record. on many other properties the
work Of extracting them viii go on and
the work on a number OF cross-cgt tunnels
VIII continue. Next season a number OF
the stamp mills that had 10 cease operat-
ing al the beginning of the cold weather.
viii prepare for winter work, and run the
year round
During the winter a 1Do-foot tunnel will
be run in on the Mountain Top location,
situated In Sum dunn bay, which is owned
by Oliver Fountain and others. This tun-
mel VIII tap the vein at a depth OF about
80 feet, as at that point the mountain
slope is about half pitch.
New placer cIggings were discovered
late last fall in the interior on a stream
that heads across the range from ChIlkat.
but az the discoveries are keeping the ex-
act locality a secret, IL is not known so far
whether the creek flows into the Alsec
river, which runs west and empties into the
Coast, or Is a branch of the Yukon. II is
believed TO be on a stream along the Dali
ton trail. The new discovery is undoubt-
eddy rich one, as party from Juneau
VIII soon start for that locality QUILTED
to put IN next summer there IN opening up
claims
To-, 81 ~r-H.
group OF rich gold bearing veins near the
head OF Windfau creek, are now laying
plans 10 erect a stamp mill on the proper
~. 1t Is their intention to take the ma
chinery on the ground early In the spring
on the crusted snow, which Will do away
with the extra expense OF building wagon
road from the beach TO the mine, and will
also be the means whereby much earlier
start Of milling operations can be COM
menced.
George Harkrader recently purchased
from John Schultz an eighth interest in
the Chief and Copper Stain locations for
$1,000. These claims are located on Ne
vada creek on Douglas island, a short
distance from the Ready Bullion. The
vein is exposed on the surface for 80
feet in width. is developed by sixty feet
Of tunnel. and yields ore averaging S to
the ton in gold
W. F. Mills, OF the Troy Mining G. De-
velopment Company, has left for Sum-
dunn, where he will superintend develop
ment work on the properties belonging
TO the company there. A thirty-foot tun-
mel will be driven and other Improvements
made. Mr.. Mills secured bond on the
Golden Rule group Of mines for $50 900 a
few days ago, and also purchased the
interests OF Harry Ash and others in the
Portland No. 2. at Sumdum- He viii be-
gin development work on this property
at once.
Several sales OF mining properties are
now pending with almost an assured prob
ability that a number OF them Will be
closed before spring. Immediately fol-
lowing these transfers number Of stamp
mills viii be erected. which viii necessi-
tate the construction Of new wharVes
and the building OF new roads.
James Jackson. accompanied by l.. :.
Hodge. a newspaper man, and two In
dams, Albert and Chilkat Bob, have left
Juneau for the Yukon with mail for the
Alaska Commercial Company and others
at the posts in the interior, going In by
way OF the Tskou route. Mr.. Hodge took
In with him about 600 copies Of the latest
leading newspapers. with the intention of
opening news stands at the posts. In all,
the party had about an S00-pound outfit.
Dogs viii do most Of their shedding.
The first snow. some three or four inch
es, fell at Mary island December T.
There are no longer any miners at work
on Annette island. II IS thought that most
OF the claims have been abandoned.
The new church now IN process of cree
ton at Metlakahta VIII be one OF the
haudsomest as we'll a. one Of the largest
buildings IN Alaska. says the Searchlight.
II Is fn0x70 feet the front ornamented by
two large square towers. very much after
the style Of Notre Dame. at Paris