The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-19

-. chosen. But III by
metropolis Is meant
the centre OF the
.aucational, mercantile, whal-
nu, a's,rg or mining industries OF
ps' ,hen Juneau has no right to the
Iss' of metropolis. In everyone OF
s..s particulars it has second OF
less ,ots standing. In 1880 gold was
.rored az the mouth OF a smai
'.p hack of the present site OF the
" notwithstanding the fact mat
ny Of claims were soon located
holf dozen mines are now In OPP
.,.n along this stream, 1t requires
~ e,tv.6ye stamps TO pulyerize all
W. .ook mined. and the magnitude OF
onorations has never yet justified
y '.ectlon of smelling or chlorination
o,ss From first to last these mines
700 nroyed disappointment.
,s.oss the Gastineaux channel, some
niles away from juneau, prospec-
y, struck pay dirt" on the southern
~ douglas Island. This was In
eSo two wears after the discovery Oh
oN At Juneau Peter Erussard, OF
rrsucb Pete" worked his way up the
,nt and discovered a ledge OF quartz
.r,oining traces Of gold. This he con-
aored of little value, as 1t could only
oOerated by machinery much more
v,on.iye than his pick, shovel and
ching nan. He therefore went back
,be beach and continued to dig in
loose gravel. A shrewd prospector,
ann Treadwell by name, came along,
card Of Pete's find. examined 1t on the
and struck bargsin with the orig
ii discoyerer for $500. This was the
-st sale of a claim that has since be
Ome one of the richest mining proper
b in the world. 1t was another sale
Paradise Lost. French Pete was
h Milton of Douglas Island. 1t is
Dpg way from $500 to 100000, 900. but
hat distance has been covered in four
BON wears since John Treadwell ac-
hired the property With this change
ownership the name Of the ledge
kapged for "Tle Paris" 10 The Tread
tn.'
Treadwell at once organized a COM
sny and proceeded to dig a prospect
. shaft across the ledge and to erect
dye.stamp mill. The shaft showed
Il ledge TO be 400 feet thick and the
amp mill convinced the company that
be rock could be worked profitably
Don a large scale. Upon the strength
this discovery a 120-stamp mill was
uilt and active operations begun on q
asls hitherto unknown on the Alaskan
past. In 1883 the capacity of this mill
las doubled. and now the deafening
nmult Of 240 stamps browns all noise
the mine, save the roar of the heavy
lasting. Not content with his first
urchase, Treadwell traced the ledge
long the bluff, and step by step ac-
ured other claims until he owned the
en to the very waters edge. Think OF
A ledge of collaborating quartz,
900 feet long, 400 feet wide, and
Fachlng TO uneXplored depths. Such
the Treadwell claim.
The Treadwell ore is very low grade,
Inning only about three dollars per
n. Unless operated upon an extern
he scale, the mine would not pay ex-
nses. Under the present manage
Rnt the total cost of mining has been
iuccd 10 Sl.35 per ION. AT least, this
the published statement of the COM
Fny A former governor of Alaska
no had access TO the books in order
ia he might make ont his report to
general government, informed me
Fat ne found the actual cost to be but
per ton There is, therefore. a profit
from Sl.65 to s. on every ton mined
be present output of the TreadwelI
NE alone is 500 tons per day. This