The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-22
WILL hSTOMSR THE WORLD
MINING ENGINEERS OPINION OF
s0UTnEAsrERN ALASKA
Says There Are Properties Which
Will OutrivaI the Famous Tread
welI-Low-0rade Ore On Baranen
Island-some PIacers Near sitka.

Henry c. Lansrehr, q California mining
engineer, who has been IN southeastern
Alaska for thu past two months. returned
TO the city Wednesday night on the
steamer Queen. Mr. Langrehr Is very
enthusiastic regarding the future pros
poets Of that part Of the country. The
quartz mines, he thinks, ars especially
good. within a few years" he said last
night, gold properties will DO worked In
Southeastern Alaska which VIII astontsh
the world I have been all through the
state OF California working about differ
ent mines there for years and tell you
that Alaska surprised me. The only mine
heard much of down here is the Tread
well, but I firmly believe that time VIII
bring into public notice far richer mines
The whole country IL a mass Of mineral.
I do not SEQ what takes people In rush
TO Nome when these properties are 30
much more accessible
IL visited number Of places during my
trip including Ketchiksn. Helm bay.
wrangeI and sitka. Most of my time
spent on Barnnofr island. twenty-five
miles northwest of eitka along the face OF
Neya strait, and nearly opposite Salisbury
sound. on a point known as kakui point,
This IN place which has lever been
prospected before 10 my knowledge. on
that point there IL an immsnss body OF
low grade ore. I located fwenty-one
claims for the Monte Cristo Mining Com
nany, OF Alaska, a California corporation
which represents several million dollars
-Four Of the claims are on Monte Cristo
river and the other seventeen are on Fos-
ter and Harry rivers. These rivers we
named ourselves after the names OF sew
erai OF our party. We took out three tons
Of ore and shipped II TO the smelter In
Fan Francisco to make an exhaustive
milling test of It. From our own assays
the ore will run from 81 10 50 per ton.
The claims comprise twenty-on acres and
I also took out tunnel rights for tun-
mel one and one-quarter miles long. The
claims are located at different attitudes
from sea level to over 1900 feet above.
All the vein matter Is from fifty 10 100 feet
wide. bears n course true north. and In all
in a slate formation. The ore bodies
throughout are thoroughly mineralized.
"yyhen I have made my report to the
company men and machinery will be sent
up at once 10 begin cutting the tunnel
II will take almost three years 10 com
plcte the work. Tho tunnel is to run
across the point from Forsting bay 10
Yuie bay and believe that after IL has
gone In $50 feet the remainder VIII pay
for itself At both ends the water Is deep
enough to allow large boats 10 come quite
near the beach, We will put mill Mt
each end OF the tunnel ana the concen-
trates can be loaded right onto the steam
ers. 1t is not by any means a poor mans
country. however, that Is n characteristic
OF Southeastern Alaska.
South Of Sitka, although II is not gen
orally known, there are placer diggings
which have yielded considerable gold.
took a run down near wrangel and the
mountains there are simply Guarres of
mineral. There arc many prospectors out
sraound Ketchikan and l am told that
quite number OF promising locations
have been made. I did not have much
time 20 stay there because had TO hurry
along TO Barsnoff. ! have no 'csitation
In saying that In tho near future South
eastern Alaska win outrival any mlnins
district in the world"