The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
ADVERTISEMENT

in the country, was accepted. A
contract made with him to drive at
least $500 feet of this crosscut and
drift, and before the middle of June,
Mr.. Riendeau and his crew, working
three shifts per day, were in full
swing in the tunnel. The tunnel adj
vance has been at the rate of about
seventeen feet per day, and was
started on the fourteenth day OF
June. 1t is expected that it
will be completed about the first
Of December OF this year. There
have already been encountered in the
tunnel, some valuable ores, and the
performance of the assessment work
on various claims upon the properties
has disclosed valuable lodges. Sever
al crews are still engaged in various
places on the property doing the as
sessment work for the present year,
the claims not yet having been pat
ented.
Having this work we'll under way,
the management turned it's attention
to other activities and preparation
for future installation. A crew of men
was placed at work on the millsites,
clearing the ground where the pro:
posed reduction works and other
structures which go with the mining
camp, are to be erected These
millsites lie upon the upland on the
tdewaterS of the channel the nearest
being about mile from the postoffice
AT Thane. Upon these millsites, it
is proposed to establish another min
ing town or camp similar to those al
ready formed, suburbs OF juneau, like
! Douglas, Treadwell and Thane. Out
over the tide lands, great wharves for
the reception of, and for the handling
of mining and milling machinery,
building material, and supplies for
mining operations, are to be con-
structed. Warehouses. stores, power
plants, machine shops, foundries, Of
flee buildings and reduction plant,
the first unit of which will be capable
of handling 1000 tons of ore per day,
will be erected upon these millsites,
! to be ready for operation by the time
/ the tunnel from the beach to the
claims in the Basin has been complet-
ed, and the ore in the mine blocked
out ready for breaking down. Quar-
ters for the men, with boarding hous.
es. mess halls, club houses, houses
for officials, office staff and employ
ees will be constructed here also. In
fact, this will be another plant of
the same general character as Thane
and Treadwell.
1t is expected that ultimately, the
reduction works will be increased as
the development increases unt2nAs
maximum capacity for handling 70:
900 tons per day will have been reach
ed, and that at that time there will
be employed in these operations, in
the neighborhood of 5000 men. All
this, Of course, will not be accom-.
plished in day, but it is the plan
and purpose Of the company to push
the work with the same directness
and energy with which 1t started, and
to proceed as rapidly as good business
and careful management will permit.
1t is obvious from the manner in
which the work has progressed up to
date, that the men in charge are ex-
perienced in their respective lines
and that they are in earnest in their
effort and intention to develop a
great mining property here. This
property will add to the Importance
of the famous Juneau Gold Belt, al.
ready the greatest gold quartz min.
ing section in the world, and will a
the same time, be distinct advant.
age to the Town Of Juneau, and to
the mining community of Gastineau
Channel.