Valdez daily prospector., 1914-02-14
FOR
 JUNEAU IS FAVORED

should ask for the establishment of a metallurgical and mineralogical laboratory at Juneau by the federal bureau of mines is the first recom- mendation contained in the first an~ nual report of Territorial Mining In spector William MaOlney, which has been submitted to the governor.
 MT. Maloney also recommends tha: the eight-hour working day be ex- tended to all underground employees. whether they are working in quariz or placer mines;
 That the owners and operators of mines should be required to register with the mine inspector and set forth the name of the mine, it's character, the location, name of person in charge, principal place of business, the number of actual employees and prospective employees, etc; That the mine inspector should be provided with blankets for reports to be made by mine operators and their agents, setting forth these and other particulars, including accounts of accidents, etc.;
 That it should be crime for any operator or employe of mine to wilfully and wantonly neglect any precaution against endangering life or injury, or to violate the rules provided for their safety;
 That the mine inspector should be provided with funds for office assist ance and for deputies to assist in field work. He particularly asks that deputies be provided to visit new camps.
 MT. Maloney reports that twenty four lives were lost last year through accidents in mining operations, fifteen of them in the quartz mines of the territory and nine in the placer
 There are approximately 5000 em- ployed. making three deaths to the thousand employed. He thinks that this number is too high.
 Muct of the work in the placer dis tricts now is confined to "sniping" i out the pillars that were left to sup port the earth, and overlooked cor ners in the old mines, according to the report, and this is extra hazar- dous employment.
 The labor supply has been ample according to the report, and in some places there are more men than the situation requires. This was due. however, to the lack of rains, which restricted mining operations. The inspector found conditions fairly satisfactory at Fairbanks, though he says ventilation could be improved in some instances. The working out of the richer deposits there, as at Nome. has curtailed the output
 MT. Maloney finds that quartz min ing is becoming important in Fair banks and Nome districts, but the operations are confined to the richest lodes on account of high cost of pro duction, due to excessive transporta tion charges.
 The report says that forty dredges are operated on Seward peninsula and that 300 men are employed in their operation.
 The mining inspector finds that the wages for men employed in Alaska s mines run from $35O, without board, to $5 day, with board The former obtains along the coNst in the quartz districts. and the latter at Fairbanks and at Nome in the summer time. In the winter time the wages ,at Nome are $3 to $3.5O and board
 The report shows that conditions have been satisfactory to employees and that there have been no strikes or lockouts.
 MT. Maloney says in his report that there has been insufficient develop ment work in the Chisana, Nelcnina and Andreaofsky strikes to determ- 1 inc anything as to their richness or extent
 Launch Donaldson to be Repaired.
 The launch Donaldson was laid up on the beach at Valdez near the Val deg Iron Works this afternoon and will remain there until repairs to the cylinder of the engine are made.