The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-17
General Manager Thane of the Alaska GaStineau Sees Rosy Outlook
 for This Section. A.-G. MINE PROGRESSING Returns Excellent, Labor Being Only Questions
 and Crisis Is Now
 Believed Passed

q desire to set at rest all rumors about the possibility of closing the Alaska Gastineau mining and milling operations said General Manager }. l.. Thane, who returned to Ju- leau last night after an absence of i've months. "Only inability to get he necessary men to keep the mine md mill going would cause that, and we believe that we have passed the worst of the year. We confidently expect that we shall be able to in rease our working force. rather than have to further reduce it. We .tre pleased with the developments tt the mine and mill and the show ng that we have made. While the talue of the ore that has been inilled thus far has been lower than anticipated, the practical operation of the mine and mill has shown that under normal conditions and with prices at the level which prevailed before the war there would be great IT profit made from one dollar ore han we had figured on making from he expected one dollar and half ore. Even with prices 60 per cent. )r more above normal. and with the hill running 5000 tons day in stead of 10000 as it would be doing f we had the necessary number of nen, the mine and mill are produc- ng a profit of from IS to 20 cents )r more ton"
 MT. Thane says the people of Juneau must not expect too much from gold mining development until after the war, but it is his convic- ion that with peace there will come scramble for gold to meet the demands for cash that must come with the readjustment of national loans and business. He expects to see greater activity in gold mining development in this neighborhood after the war than ever before was witnessed here.
 Fish and Pulp Development Near
 In the meantime MT. Thane thinks
 here are many things which should make Juneauites and those in other sections of Southeastern Alaska op- timistic The fisheries and the op- )ortunities for pulp and paper making offer them greater hope now than tt any previous time on account of he demands for foodstuffs and for paper.
 Invest in Fisheries
 Now, when the demand for food ,tuffs is so great that the purchas- ar seeks the producer. is the time for the development of the fisheries business in all of it's branches" said Mr. Thane. Juneau should be the center of a great fishing industry. but that will not come unless the people of the city put up their mon. ey in fishing enterprises pack ing companies of various kinds, in fishing companies and their outfits, in fishing boats and the other things that have to do with the industry. If every man and woman of Ju- neau had some money-from $50 up- wards-invested in some phase of the fish business this city would be one |
 of the greatest fishing ports of the world within a very short time." People Should Cooperate on Paper and Pulp Business
 "I have been devoting consider able time to organizing for the pa per and pulp business in Alaska, continued MT. ThaEe. and discov- cred that the first step necessary will be for the forestry service of the country to fix prices for timber and regulations for it's use so that investors may know with certainty what it will cost and on what terms | it may be used for a long period of time-say for 20 years. found willingness on the part of the of ficiaIs of the government. to work with those who would % Into the paper and pulp business. They ac- |