The daily Alaskan., 1921-04-28
Ore in Wall of
 Mine Near Hollis
Rock shown to Hold Commercial Ore Running $500 in Gold; Vein Proven by Holes Drill- cd Every Ten Feet.

ing wall, shows that the vein is six to ten feet wider than when first uncovered" said NJ. M.Reese today who is manager of the Kasaan Gold company's mine near Hollis. There is now twenty feet of ore in sight"
 The hanging wall ore was proven by holes drilled every ten feet, and shows it to hold commercial ore val ued at about $500 per ton in gold, but by running the ore through the mill, the feed samples proves it to be better than SIP. It seems to have courscr gold than the ore in the vein proper. Furthermore con siderable amount of the gold passes over the amalgamated plates on to the concentrating tables. This flaky gold can be readily seen to flow over with the concentrates.
 "On the upper side of this gold is a streak of steel gray ore, heavier than gold. We do not know exactly what this new metal is and will not know until We get returns from the assayer, It appears to be platinum or one of the more precious metals. The concentrates run at the present time from $I2O to S4OS per ton.
 "Inasmuch as We do not have time to figure exactly what is made per ton. l cannot state how much bullion and concentrates is recovered in the mill The mill works very satisfactory and grinds on the basis of 50 tons to eighty mesh.
 We are waiting for a motor to come up from the south, which will drive the pump and relieve the con- pressor eight hours per day, and it will allow us to run the mill six teen hours. The mill is equipped with a 20-horse power boiler and 25-horse power engine. the new mo- tor will enable us to run, the full Jweuty-fOur hours a day.
 Ut is hard to state how much ore we have in the mine, so far we have found is in the vein proper to be ten feet in width and over $50 feet in length. There is still ore in both places in addition to this ore. we find that the ore extends to lhe contact rock. Over ten feet has been proven by two raises and drill holes every ten feet along the roof of the third level and the roof of the second level, so it is hard to estimate the amount of ore the mine is capable of producing, although all indications show that this continues all the way 10 the surface, which is $50 feet above the level.
 The extension of ore on the sec ond level has proven to extend 450 feet north of the shaft and on the third level 300 feet south of shaft, or a continuation of over 700 feet.
 Tn regard to the power We have at the present time, over 5000 cubic feet of water per minute flowing through the Hume. This amount should generate 360 horsepower. The present wheels have been in opera ton for the past fifteen years, and naturally they are not large enough to utilize the amount of water that is flowing through the Hume. At present We generate a little better than 125 horse power.
 We have at the mine up to date, 1 over ten tons of concentrates ready for shipment and considerable bull lion.
 Tt will take between sixteen and eighteen men to keep the mill grind ing fifty tons per day, while six men in the mine will be able to i get out the fifty tons of ore," con- cluded MT. Reese. i