The Alaska daily empire., 1913-10-20
Mine Consolidation
 Means Much to Juneau

The consolidation of several groups of mining claims under the ownership of the United States Smelling and Re- fining company. means that Juneau Is to be the center of another great min ing and milling industry to be eStab- lished as soon as development work has reached the stage for economical handling of the ore known to exist. The properties concerned in the con solidation include the Boston Group Gold Mining cOmpany's property. con sisting of several mining claims, some patented and some unpatented, ad- jolning the town of Juneau, the hal- lum Group of claims consisting of seV- eral clamis adjoining the Ebner Gold Mining company's property, the Dora Group of Mining claims adjoining the Hallum property. and on the left side of Gold creek going up stream; the Lemon creek property consisting of a very valuable water right for power purposes; and very probably the Eb- her Gold Mining cOmpany's property.
 This latter property has been mined for several years and is no longer a prospect, but is an actual mine. lt also carries valuable water rights on Gold creek which flows through 1t. The United States Smelling and Refining company has been doing considerable work on this property of late, protect ing it until the old EbneT company can be reOrganized. Crews are even now driving the tunnel extension at the rate of 15 feet each day with only two machine drills at work.
 v-iy. md chief engineer of the United States Smelling and Refining company, was here during the summer and looked the property over. The extension of the Ebner tunnel is going on under An gus Mackay. receiver for the Ebner company, but it is believed that the United States Smelling and Refining company is furnishing the money. When Mir Jennings left for the East he left D. D. Muir, the we'll known mining engineer on the ground as the representative of his company's in- terests and Mir Muir has been giving the development work his careful at tentiOn. It would appear from these circumstances that the great mining organization cOntemplates taking over the property The tunnel is now in for a distance of over 1,500 feet. The Ebner group and all of the other groups of claims mentioned in the con sOlidation are in the Juneau gold belt.
 We'll informed mining men say that if this consolidation has been effected and the properties are worked tOgeth- CT, it will prove to be one of the best and most productive properties in AL
 
 cally as any other low grade prOpOsi- tiOn in Alaska. The mills will be To- cated practically in town and the mines being so close in. Juneau will reap the full benefit of all expenditures made in the development. as we'll as the fixed industry, when in operation. Cheap power of course is available from two sources. Lemon creek. and Gold creek. in event the EbneT prop erty is included in the deal.
 The United States Smelling and Re , fining company is one of the wealth fest. and most powerful. as we'll as aggressive corporations in the United States and its advent into this vicin- ity means more to Juneau and the sur rounding country than one can con- template.
 Locally everything concerned in the consolidation as outlined except the Ebner property is in the control of the Hallum Construction company and the Alaska Mines and Power company. of which George R. Noble is general manager. Mir Noble is now in the States where he has been for the past several weeks. There has been no official announcement that the cOnsOl- idatiOn has been effected but the re- port that such is the case is believed to be true. Options on all of the prop critics except the Ebner were to have been taken up about the middle of the present month That the consoli- datiOn will include the Ebner proper ty when completed is also believed to be true