The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-31

' -fr ttHtHHtafHHrf H.arHt rf"tHH by gravity to the loading statloas on i tho Sheep Greek adlt level Eight levels have been opened in the mine at an average distance of 200 feet apart in elevation. These logels are now an open to the surface in ley l Gulch and win average in each in- stance from O length of 2000 to 1000
 Mile Of Ore.
 The development program contem- plated the complete development in tho way Of levels. shafts, oreways. sta lions. etc, for block or ground a mile ln length by 2OoO feet in depth and the opening up of the fest line Of stope5 on the different levels Of sufficient size to supply ore for the milling plant This dcyelopmena pro gram has been completed and Is in operation, and actual stopins Is now in progress.-The ore going into stor- age in the old stopes until the mill is ready to receive the same.
 The underground equipment is mod eru covering the use of storage bat lery locomotives on each level. con crete powder magazines on the surface of each level GTanby selfdumpine type ore cars and the most modern Of chutes and gates for the handling of ore from the stopes to the under ground trains. On January first the mine will be, so to speak, turned over fFom the development period to the operative period although there will always be certain percentage of development carried out in coniunc. tion with operations. A very large tom mage of ore has been developed on tho third side and still larger ton nnge has been placed in the indicated class. namely; by being developed on two sides. It is estimated there is sufficient tonnage opened up above the top level to pay for the mine and all Of the equipment and development which has been done therein in the last two and half years
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 At Sheep Greek the coarse crushing plant is finished and is the largest and most modern of any crushing plant in the world It has a capacity of 10000 tons in 24 hours and is SO worked that ore will be crushed at minimum expense. The ore as it comes from the trains Is dumped by electrically operated tpples, four cars being turned over at one operation; then it passes down over screens. and grizzlies Co S6"x4S" jaw crushers and then screened and the over size pass ed through two No. SIX Gyratory crushers. This reduces the whole pro duct to 2 inches or under when5it goes to storage in an underground storage bin of 10000 tons capacity. From the underground storage bin it is convey cd to fine crushing plant by belt con- veyors. The fine crushing plant con-I sists of 72"x54" rolls of tho latest de- sign and equipment electrically driy en. All the most modern eleYating and screening equipment is installed SO that the rolls VIII reduce the pro- duct to the proper fineness with the greatest economy. From the fine ore bins the ore automatically passes to the concentrating section where the values are extracted. The milling plant is all steel and concrete. a25OO tons of steel and $500 yards of con- crete being employed In the cosFuc- 1 ton Of this plant. The erection of the mill and concentrating section was actually begun this year and the first section of the plant will be ready for operation during the month of January. Thereafter each section will be put into condition as rapidly as the organization Is prepared to operate ! the same and during the year 1915, by June or July. the full plant win be in operation.
 The plant itself is one of the most modern milling plants erected and in one unit is the largest gold min that has ever been constructed. The mini mum capacity will be 5000 tons peri day and it is expected it will largely exceed this.
 Machine shop, boarding houses and all such accessories necessary to @ plant of this kind havo been finished and are in operation.
 Expended s5,ooo,ooo.
 Tn passing into the operation stage this event IS completing 9 schedule which was laid down two and a half years ago on tho first Of July which the development and just Illustrated and which has cost approximately S5,0O0.000 It wil take 9 year to bring plant of this size into perfect operation where 1. the best economy in ali departments viii be realized. but in passing into