The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-26
LEGISLATORS SEE
 JUNEAU MIN ES

Tine party of legislators mining en [ ' giueers and representatives, of the l press which took advantage Of Supt . P R. Bradley's invitation to inspect } the workings of the Alaska.Juneau
 mine and mill yesterday returned to
 town with high grade specimens of ore, a fund Of information and words . of praise for Mr. Bradley whose pa.
 tient courtesy had made the trip pos sible
 Owing to weather conditions and the members of the legislature being
 knee deep in lmporan, bills near the
 close Of the session, the party was
 small and this fact made a personal
 explanation of the lntricacies of the
 mining work easier
 The party left the Alaskan in autos
 at 70 O clock sharp, were supplied with
 slicke,s and other apparel for their
 comtor. and hoisted to the motor rail-
 way. There they boarded cars and
 were sped along Che scenic heights,
 through the $500 foot tunnel and out
 into Che open stretches interspersed with lesser tunnels until they entered
 Che electric lighted mining tunnel pro- per.
 ! A mile or so Of this brought them
 Go the hoist which lifted them up the
 55 per cent. shaft to the surface where
 they looked out across Gold creek
 basin at the buildings of the Ebner property, the Perseverance toward the
 head of the stream resembling fort on the heights. the glacier at one
 side, and lastly at the crumbling ruins oi the old stamp mill where the Al. asla.Juneau mine had first been pick ed at-a scene, as Senator Willard af. forwards said. which caused him to see in fancy the first prospector toil. ing up the rough creek bed with pack on his back, and in his hand carrying pick for a staff.
 Level No. was next visited, this being a wide irregular chamber. ap. parently covering a couple of acres of floor space. out of which the ore had been taken and where hive Of men were sorting and wheeling pay rock to the chutes, their lights flick erink like June Bugs in the darkness while the deafening thud Of drills eating their way into the face and roof of the chamber gave a Gulliver effect to the place
 But the vault on level No. 4 was by far the most impressive sight of the day Here in one place the ore had been removed to a height of so feet from the chute to the ceiling and for the matter of l5O feet in diameter and as one looks down into the hollow and across at the bobbing lights of the miners on the farther side, it has the appearance of g vast underground theatre, dimily lighted and wierd Sen. ator Hubbard suggested it would be a good place for the next Legislature Co meet
 Alter inspecting the engine room at the mouth of the mine tunnel where Che new 75O h, D. lngersollRond en. zine. running as smooth as a watch" and fed from the power l2 miles away furnishes the compressed air and reransmission for the hoists etc. the party descended to the mess house and partook of nicely prepared din- ner.
 Senator Willard gave the first after dinner toast thanking Mr. Bradley for his courtesy in few well-chosen ] words. He was followed by Senators Charles A. Sulzer. Frank A. Aldrich. and O. P. Hubbard Representatives J. R. Hickman and M. F. Moran D. D. Muir Prof l.. c. Cory and Supt Bradley
 Senator Aldrich directed his re- marks to comparison of the home ike atmosphere of the Alaska-Juneau ness house with that of one at min ng camp at Berner's Bay in the early | lays saying that he noticed that the yaiters were able to serve the table .ere with slippers on their feet. while < the camp he had reference to. the nen sat at the table with their slick $ ITS on, the water dripping from the O cling into the soup and beans which he walters in gum boots served to g hem. Representative Moran enliven- K d the after-dinner smoke by reciting C The Kobuk Maiden, poem with an b rctic tang ending, And the waters o the Kobuk rippled onward to the Il ca" N Prof Cory gave Q very interesting a iscourse on the present application ol machinery Co mining in particular l' nd the work of the world in general. al .aiing that its development had now tr cached such stage that "Co-opera- tT on is the whole story with the wa pi ,r falls of nature doing the work ne continuous horse power being d' lual to that Of 90 men"
 Returning to the mill. the party aided by Mr. Bradley, Supt. Richards nd Foreman White. were shown the iinute workings of it's fifty stamps, hich work up 500 tons per day and atched the black sand which carries ie gold dripping off of the broad shak- Ia IFS. tc Descending the path to the office, ul ne sightseers visited awhile there, nd were then carried to the ferry f .njing on the company gas boat
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