The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-31
TREADWELL

T7EApWELL
 The stamps ol rreadwoll have been steadily droppinG for so many years ! chat the averoge person n lhis gieln lty has long continued % view them aa fixture and the thought of change or any sort has occurred to very few yet ihero have boen some very import ant changes and improvements in the group Of mines ond mills ,hat go to mako Che Consolidated Treadweli.
 The developments and ohonges and some that are contemplated have been summarized each mill and mine be- ine treated in separate group as fol. lows
 Alaoka Treadwell Gold Mining Go.
 During the year l9i4 lhe 300 stamp mn of the Treadwel Company has been equipped with two 300 H. P. motors. and is therefore no longer dependent upon water power as for. merly, thus this min will be enabled to run full time throughout the year
 The 230 stamp mill which has heretofore been driven oy water pow CT by steam will also be supplied with an electric drive during the com ing spring
 During the year @ central shaft and crushing plant started operations. handling about 1000 tons per day of 24 hours. This ore comes from the Treadwell mine, the Seven Hundred aud the Mexican mines and ia deliver. ed Co the respective mills.
 The crosscut from the 2100 it. level of the central shaft intersected the vein early in tho year and since that time work has been actively pushed in opening up this new level This work Is considered as central de- velopmene In as much as it will give access to the lower levels of the Treadwell mine, the Seven Hundred mine and the Mexican mine.
 Alaska United Go.
 During the year 1914, the Seven Hundred mill of this company was in- creased by 80 stamps making the total 15O stamps. There Is an ample ore reserve to justify this Increase in the milling capacity and fourther- more i5O stamps is the economic unit for stamp milling work in this district.
 The l2O stamp mill on the Ready Bullion claim will be increased to l50 stamps in Che spring.
 The Seven Hundred mine is being opened up at the present time on the 2100 ft level. while stopes are about to be cut out on the three levels immediately above
 At the Ready Bullion mine, work is started on new incline shaft which which will open up the mine at a depth of 200 feet below the present level (2200 ft). The old incline shaft started in the footwall. but owing to unexpected straighteniug up and is now well in the hard greensboro hang. ing wall Tho new shaft will keep entirely in the iootwall slate and will release large bodies of ore now remaining ln the mine ro support the old incline shaft where 1t crosses from foot to hanging wall.
 Alaskan Mexican Gold Mining Co.,
 There has been no change made in the milling plant of this company, nor is any change contemplated.
 The lower part of the mine is being opened up by levels driven into 1t from the zoo c. mine of the Alaska United Co.
 Power Plant.
 An addition Co the power plant has been started, and will probably be through by January S1 1915. This plant will contain one 750 K. w. Gem eral electric turbine and one 2,OQ0 K. w. General electric turbine These two units are In addition to the pres cnt two Westinghouse units of LOGO K. w. each
 4 small log crib dam has been erected at one of the hydro-electric power plants in order to increase the head with a corresponding Increase. of power