Douglas Island news., 1914-08-26

other surface improvements have been made. The company states that it plans later to put in main adit tunnel from the mill site near Juneau, which will be 900 feet long and 400 feet lower than the present adit. Power is to he furnished from a hydroelectric plant on Nugget creek.
 Plans are under way to open the Ebner property, lying adjacent to the Alaska Juneau on the north. This mine has been idle for some years, but, it is said, will pass under new manage ment, with a promise of early develop ment, as soon as certain legal compli- cations have been settled. It is reported that some work has been done on-a property lyiog north of the Ebner, which is said to be an extension of the stringer lead system in which the mines described above are located. So far as known the only other mining done near Juneau consisted of some placer operations in the upper Gold Creek basin.
 Work was continued on the new adit tunnel of the Eagle river mine, located 500 feet below the old workings. This has been driven 1900 feet and is re- ported to have iutersected the ore body. Some developments were also made on the Peterson and Aux bay properties. The driving of the adit of the Keusington mine, in Berners bay region, was continued. Two lodes, the Eureka and Kensington, had been crosscut by the adit, and in 1913 it was extended toward the Johnson lode, and this lode is said to have been crosscut 4.8OO feet from the portal, at depth of 500 feet. Some drifting on the lode was also done. It is reported that work was continued at the Jualin mine, con. sisting of the sinking of a shaft and surface improvements Information is lacking at this writing regarding any other mining developments in the Ber- ners bay region. There is also no in formation at hand regarding mining operations in the southern part of the Juneau district.
 Other Districts Hydraulic plants were operated on Porcupine, Calhoun and Nugget creeks in 1913. Another plant was installed on Glacier creek, and preparations made for putting in a dredge on the lower part of Nugget creek. Developments were continued in small way on some quartz proper ties in this district.
 The two 10.stamp mills of the Cbich- agof mine, formerly operated as two mines-the Chichagof and Golden Gate, in the Sitka district, were operated throughout the year. A new hydro electric power plant and air compressor are being installed and underground developments were confined. At the Hrst property, also in the Sitka dis trict, the vein is reported to have been crosscut at the upper level, and another crosscut has been started 165 feet be- low this and $50 feet below the surface. About ,250 feet of underground work has been done on this property.
 The Jumbo and Rush & Brown cop. per mines, in the Ketchikan district, were operated on a shipping basis, and some developments were made on other copper properties, notably at the mines of the Northland Development Go. on the west side of Prince of Wales island. The small stamp mills at the Valparaiso and Harris River Gold mines were op- erated in 1913, and some developments were made on the Londevan and Bugge properties. The details in regard to the Ketchkan district are presented elsewhere in this volume,