The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-06
NEARLY A THOUSAND STAMPS.
Douglas leland a WOrld-Beater-
New Mines ON Berners Bay.

More gold -bearing rock is being crushed
on Douglas Island. Alaska, thar Ia an eGaai
area N any other country in the world
Such is the observation Of Ernest q, Locke.
who has returned from Douglas. where ne
is opening the Venice. an extension on
tho Ready Bullion ledge. In talking OF
affairs there. Mr.. Locke said:
the Treadwel and aEied companies now
have $50 stamps set up-5io on the Tread
wei. 100 on the Mexican, 100 on the Union
and 80 on the Ready Bullion-and the ell
gineers will soon turn over the mills 10 the
companies as completed, These mills VIII
easily crush 900 tons OF ere a day. 10
not believe there IL any place in the world.
South Africa. Australia or anywhere else.
where 80 much rock IL being crushed on so
small a space of ground The Tread well
new has s6ce,on0 tons OF ore I'm sight. The
Ready Bullion promises to equal the Tread
we'll in the amount Of its production. All
The dirt has been siuced OFF Il and II has
been traced for BIO feet along the beach and
GO or 700 feet along the hill. II Ia from
~ TO 100 feet wide on the surface and Is N
the contact between greensboro and sla e
are all the Douglas Island lodges. the
ore being of the same character as the
Treadwell The shaft is down go feet
under Gasttneau channel and the ledge has
there widened out TO over 20" feet and car
RES from si2 TO $l4 In geld throughout On
the Venice we sinking shafts and trac-
ing and defining this ledge.
The Elmer Is erecting new 2o-stamp
mill in the gulch leading up to Silver Bow
basin and IL about 10 start tunnea from,
that level which Will tap its ledge at great
depth Further up the same gulch the
Alasfa-Juneau Company has 80 stamps at
OF slate full OF veins Of quartz carrying
free gold. They simply quarry out the
whole mass sort out the quartz and send
II 70 the mill and throw the safe over the
dump. The hydraulic in Silver Bow basin
was not working the day was there. but
started the day after.
.'Berners bay Il keeping 1rp Its reputation
the. Ophir,. Northern Belle. Bald Eagle
and Seward all having their mills in opera
ton. Judge Mellen, who represents an In
diana Company and who siccessfuly
the Ivanhoe. over the ridge between the
Jualin and the Comet. and has about COM
pleted a ao-stamp mill; The Jualln has
!, s,sr,s op' M,Io Key b. sann verv good
claims in the Berners hay district, show
ing free milling ore. and is working them
Montana creek. which runs into Lynn canal
bet xeen Berners bay and Juneau, Is com
ing To the front. The p,acers were worked
In the early days. and now the Ear,y Is
working In very rich ore and running a
very satisfactory. The Boston & Alaska
Co Is sinking a shaft on the Funters bay
mine. but has not started the mine.
Il was shown A remarkably nice piece
Of coal by Charles Wells. who took II from
the south end OF Admiralty island. Judg
ing from its size. II must have come from
q large vein.
'aThe trail from juneau 70 the Lake Attn
district should he finished. for according
10 al | could learn, II is the most practi-
cable route. man named Johnson. who
has made a number of trips over II. and
is familiar with the ground. says there are
no hills or mountain ranges 10 climb, as
the trail runs directly from the head Of
navigation on the Taku river. which cuts
through the coast range. and runs directly
north Ia the headwatarS % all the creeks
whore the discoveries have been made in
tho Atlin diCtrict. Flat-hottomed bcats.
can re no the Taku river right past the
glaciers To the head OF navigation. ane
n IN there the trail leads through n rolling
cr"ntry with good horSe-fced right 10 the
Atln district. a distance of forty-ilve
miles"