The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
E. L. (sD sCRAFFORD AND AssO- GATES SHIP SMALL FORTUNE IN ANTHONY DURING FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THEIR OPE. RATiONS.
AND MORE TO COME YET
PLANS ARE NOW BEING MADE BY ANTlMONY MEN TO OPE- RATE ON EVEN LARGER SCALE NEXT TEAR-WlLl REDUCE THEIR ORE HERE.

That approximately 1000 tons of antimony ore. netting Sl50 per ton. was shipped this summer to the Outside by E. l.. (SD Scrahord and associates, is the statement of J. w. Pomeroy who has been acting as timony mine at the head of Treasure creek, but who left for the Outside last Friday. The valuation of the ore is based by MT Pomeroy on the returns received for the first few shipments, which were $l53 to the ton.
 The statement of MT Pomerov means that the sum of S150,000 was realized by MT. Scrafford on his shipment of antimony ore. Just the amount of expense involved in talk ing out the orc and shipping it was not stated b. the mining man, but 1t is understood to have been small in comparison with the amount of money it brought at the California shelter, which was the first to han dle antimony ore from this country and which was associated with Mir Scrafford in the venture. In fact, MT. Scrafford's profit from shipping the ore is variously estimated by conservative local mining and busi- ness men, to have been between S50.- GOO and $S0,0o0
 The ore shipped by MT. Scrafford and associates, according to MT. per cent ore, or rock that was 60 per cent pure antimony. It was all hand sorted a great deal of ore carrying a lower percentage but which will still pay. having been mined and being still on the dump taken out on the property at the head of Treasure creek.
 MT. Pomeroy states that opera tions will be carried on next year on even a larger scale than during the past summer. The work will al St Dt uOIt lllIS Sulilultl WllIl NltW to reducing the expense of mining and sorting the ore and to that end an ore reducing plant will be brought in by Mir Scrafford and set up at the scene of the opera tions. After it is in working order all of the ore will be worked over m hn ti,,,N pure as can be secured by such a process will be shipped to the Outside. The cost of shipping the ore will therefore be materially re- duced. After it has been reduced the ore is called Singles"
 It is probable that actual opera tions will start again about March l, according to MT. Pomeroy, MT. Scrafford having given up the idea of shipping ore over the trail. In the meantime a small crew of men nel to tap the lead at a lower level The work will be in charge of Ed Quinn.
 However, practically 200 feet of the ledge is already exposed, and is ready to work upon next sea son as soon as operations com mence. The vein is ten feet wide in the narrowest place, the anti mony occurring in kidneys. Various values other than antimony are also extracted from the ore.
 The claims on which operations in antimony mining are now being carried on are the Sunrise" and Chief" quartz claims. They are owned by Guy E. Roadruck and Josh s. Vance. The owners of the ground let a lease to Ed Quinn on March l, of the present year, the terms of the lease being that the lessee deliver to the lessors five per cent of the output during the first year and 10 per cent thereaf- ter during the life of the lease, or for five years. The lease therefore has four years from March 1 to run.
 Incorporated in the lease is an agreement whereby MT. Quinn may pay the sum of $5O,OO0 during the life of the lease and become the owner of both claims. The royalty paid to the owners applies on the purchase price, according to the records. No record of the agree ment between Scrafford and Quinn is obtainable.
 It is estimated that MT. Scraf ford has shipped approximately 6Ot