The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-09
PROSPERITY OF
 JUNEAU IS NOW
 OF SOLID KIND

'a big increase in savings deposits. Considerable local capital has gone from Juneau into properties operat' ing hereabout. 1T is estimated that S225. GOO worth of stock in Alaska Juneau Mining Company is held by Juneau people.
 Merchandise shipments to Juneau and Thane Cthc latter the settle ment four miles south of Juneau at the site of the Alaska.Gastineau milD during the year 1916 will show an inc crease over those Of i9l5 This will be due largely to che shipment or mill materials for the Alaska-Juneau milling plant now in the course of construction comparison of the inbound commerce to Juneau and Thaue for the past five years presents cn interesting set of figures.
 In 1911 before the Work of the AL aska Gastneou had started, the north bound commerce of Juneau and Thane was $G551S2 The next year. the normal growth of the district and the first steps in construction work for the Thane properties caused leap to S1,41I9iO, but the real jump did not become evident until the year following when the trade from Seattle and other Sound ports reached a total of S8,24O,GSl. In 1914 this construction, together with the new worl, undertaken by the Alaska Juneau Mining Co. caused an increase to S4Ol771O. With the completion of the Alaska-Gaauneau plant and the mdecislon Of the Alaska-Jmeau people as Co their final equipment ,he merchandise shipments for 1915 showed a decrease to $S.5912Sl.
 Operations or the Alasks-Gastneau Co. are being developed to the stage where the milling equipment will be treating from 10000 to 12.O00 tons of ore each day. The mill now is treating coco tons daily in order Co give the mine development a chance to catch up with the demon strated milling capacity of the crush ing and concentrating equipment A year ago ore was being drawn from D stopes. Now ore is being taken from IS stopes, with total of 20 stopcs opened up.
 The mill Of the AiasEa-Gastineau Co. established a new record July 9 for gold ore handled in one work ing day. The plant at Thane treated S7OO tons of ore during the day. The cost of milling has been brought from 70 to 65 cents ton for mining transportation to mill. crushing, con centrating and recovering gold.
 Bart l.. Thane, general manager of .4e Aaska-Cas:ineau has turned his attention Co exploratory work. with the plan in view to organizing company to handle exploration in Ian parts of Alaska. Mir Thane now has representatives m many parts of the Territory, making eXamina- tions oc properties. He also has un- dertaken the development of the re- organized Kensington properties at Beruers Bay. A crew of men has started work there to complete two raises. one on the Kcnsington proper and one on the Johnson group. with an aggregate ultimate depth of 1850 feet. The property will be developed as rapidly as possible for milling plant which is to be installed with in anofhor Voor
 The Eagle River Mining Co.'S. con soliiation with the adjoining prop critics on Yankee Basin side has been about completed No worS looking Co the development of the property will be undertaken until financial adjustments have been com pleted
 The construction of tho Alaska Juneau Mining Cos. milling plant within the city limits of Juneau is the biggest development project in the district at thls time. The mill when completed will have daily capacity of 5000 tons. Up 10 Jan l. 1916. there had been expended in construction work a total of