The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
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in the country, was accepted. A contract made with him to drive at least 2500 feet of this crosscut and drift, and before the middle of June, MT. Riendeau and his crew, working three shifts per day, were in full swing in the tunnel. The tunnel ad- vance has been at the rate of about seventeen feet per day. and was started on the fourteenth day of June. It 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 its 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 tidewaters of the channel the nearest being about a 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 rhane. 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 a reduction plant, the first unit of which will be capable of handling 2,000 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.
 It is expected that ultimately, the reduction works will be increased as the development increaset.S HAtn maximum capacity for handling 2O,. 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 a day, but 1t is the plan and purpose of the company to push >'.~ "N'N "N" uITeClueBS and energy with which 1t started, and to proceed as rapidly as good business and careful management will permit. It 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 fin the world, and will a the same time, be a distinct advant. age to the Town of Juneau, and to the mining community of Gastineau Channel.