The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-22
MEIER-PARDEE MINE BIG ASSET
 COMMUNITY

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 The Columbia Mine. owned and operated by Meier. Pardee & Ce. is an asset to the Fairbanks com munity which only few can ap- preciate
 Thirteen miles from Fairbanks at the mouth of Steel creek are nine adjoining claims which are being mined for tungsten The mining company also has bonded adjoining property which at this time is be- | ing prospected The first tunnel had only been driven 25O feet when the first big ledge was hit This ledge. which seems to run through the en- tire chain of claims, is If feet wide. The sheelite is found in a soft quartz composition and is loosencd by blasting, then it is picked and drawn out of the tunnel by small cars to the mill
 mill is being constructed at an approximate cost of $25,OO0 in the gulch at the lowest spot on the claims. and the ore from up on the mountain will be transported either by aerial tram or by rail. This ore .aken to the mill will contain mo- lybdenite. gold and tungsten, but only the gold and tungsten is to b. taken out. The concentrate will be hauled by teams to Fairbanks. The concentrate at present is marketing at S27,5O per unit, and unit equals twenty pounds The camp Is d den- nite thing. because years can scarce Iy measure the time it will take to take out all the mineral in tho lodges there. The sur ounding hills which are a part of the prope@ty will furnish mill and camp fuel in 91G the claims were stakcd, each one costing recording fee of $2.5o, SD the valuable ground was gotten very cheap.
 A plant is being installed at tho mill to generate their own elcCttci-
 y, and when completed the camp will be an individual town, but oas1. accessible A well made road goes 1 right to the camp from Gilmore, one rom Fairbanks and one from ChaHa- nika
 There are two units to the camp: One, consisting of offices and r~-.- dcnce buildings, mess and banE houses for the men working on the upper end of the claims; the other al the mill, consisting of mess and bunk houses. The houses are all made of lumber and made for sainly Appearance as well as comfort. The hunks are individual, large rooms with two separate beds two men to the room, so pair of mining partners can enjoy some privacy and not have to be in the usual large bunk house with all the men The
 mess houses are especially fine, be ing equipped with only the best of everything, even to the chef l ,,,,,J,r,, r,I;F,r,;, l,,,r,,.. l..,,. ,rr. .rI conservatory is to be constructed during the winter for the use of Mr. and Mrs. Pardee next summer. The bungalow will be the only one of its kind in the north and will be one of the many things that will make the Columbia mine a camp of fame.
 A library with a large reading room is being constructed, and as gift to the camp, Mrs. pardce has ordered all the current magazines sent to the shelf room of the Meier, Pardee library
 When the camp, which now is only in the making, is completed, it will be not only the newest but the big gest and finest anywhere in Alaska.
 With so genial a host at the camp as MT Jacob Meier there is no question eilat the Columbia Mine will be a most popular social center for many Farbanksans and creek pco- pie Everyone anxiously awaits the completion of the camp and the ini- tial "housewarming"