The Nenana daily news., 1919-03-03

SShAh DNAAi> AANA~ e1S V SAONh' HAS party consisted of Carl Schmidt, Eli Gray, A. W. Lilliedale, Neil Mccall, John Cook, R. s. Mcdonald, 4. J. Ghezzi and J. J. Murphy. Favored with absolutely ideal weather for mushing the walk to Eva creek, on the Totatlanika side of the divide, was much enjoyed by all and those who were making the trip for the first time were impressed with the easy grade over the divide, which apparently would make possible the contraction of a wagon road at small cost.
 Arriving at Neil McCall's cabin, Eli Gray was invited to get busy with the bean pot and other essen- tials of 2 good feed, while Neil brought the blow-pipe into play and demonstrated the values in some of the rich samples he has taken from his workings. Both did excellent work. and it was very well con- tented party that arose from the din ner table and started a tour of in Spection of the neighboring quartz properties. This completed, the start for the steel was made at 12:45, and after another enjoyable walk over the hill. the Crossing was reached at ?. m. Two hours had been spent looking over the quartz properties, and the walk, totaling distance of p miles. had been made in seven hours.
 The Burns Mine
 The revelation of the day awaited the excursionists at the coal mine, which is being developed by R. E. Burns and associates, the partners being John Bernard and Andrew Anderson. The mine was surprise to all, both in amount of work done and in quality of coal encountered; ; and after a thorough inspection of the workings, there were none who doubted the ability of the enter prising operators to keep the h. terior coal market well supplied with a good quality of fuel for many years to come.
 Mir. Burns conducted the party to the face of the main tunnel, known as Tunnel No. l, which runs into the mountain distance of approximately 450 feet, with fine looking coal under foot, over head and on both sides the entire dis tance. The coal seam in this tun- nel has a width of about eighteen feet, extends upward for distance of 90 feet and downward for a dis tance as yet undetermined, but sup posedly for a very great distance 4 raise has been started every fifty feet in this tunnel, and when the completion of the railroad will per init of more extensive operations, the owners of the mine expect to take out about one hundred tons of coal daily. There is a second tunnel, known as Tunnel No , which is $50 feet in length, includ- ing crosscuts. F.. ... ... . + The coal at the face of Tunnel No. has the appearance of high grade Lignite, and analyses show that it runs only about five per cent ash and only slightly more than 20 per cent in moisture. The coal is used with satisfactory results for ilIdhll4S dl L!lt TUT ing purposes in the cabins, for heat ing and cooking at the Singleton roadhouse nearby, and also in the pile-driver boiler, where no diff culty whatever is experienced in maintaining steady steam pressure.
 New bunkers have just been com pleted at the mine, with a capacity of 300 tons. The coal spur track will be laid beneath these bunkers, and the sixteen shutes will make it possible to load two cars at the same time. A small mine track connects the bunkers with the tunnel and two mules will be employed in haul