The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-04
MAYO DISTRICT
 LlvlEST MINING :
 CAMP || IN NORTH !
Arthur Shea Brings Glowing Account of Operations
 In Yukon Territory. <

lHc MdyO SrCek SlINeT-ledu hhih ing district of Yukon Territory IS the livest' camp in the North this winter, according to Arthur Shea, who reached Juneau this morning on the Estebeth, notwithstanding that strike was declared there on the properties of the Yukon Gold Cor poration the first of the present year. He says there are about loo men working on the Keno Hill prop critics in this district, and that other properties will be worked next year
 Mr. Shea, accompanied by Joseph Condry and George Sweitzer left Keno Hill about month ago. They weM to Dawson, and after spending a few days three, came up the Yukon River to Whitehorse. thence to Skagway and then Juneau. They are at the Occidental Hotel, and will leave for the South on the first boat
 The strike on the Keno Hill prop critics resulted from a refusal by the Yukon Gold Corporation to grant al demand for $6 day for eight hours work, six days a week. Min CTS are now getting $5.50 day and board and common laborers 50 and board They are working ten hours, seven days week. It is understood tllat men have been secured to take the place of the strikers.
 To Ship 5000 Tons.
 The Yukon Gold Corporation eX- poets to ship 5000 tons of ore to the shelter next summer. It will be sent down the Stewart and Yukon Rivers to St. Michael in barges and there transferred to steamship for Tacoma The company now has .1,5O0 tons of sacked ore on the banks of the Sewart River at Mayo, and expects to have 1,500 more tons before spring arrives and breaks up the winter road. The ore contains from 300 to 5000 ounces of silver 10 the ton, and contains a very large percentage of lead.
 One other property is being work ed this winter in the Mayo District, the Nabob mine, which is being op- erated by Axel Erickson, John Beck man and Ole Dahl, the latter for mer Juneauite. They expect to ship some ore next year.
 The Mayo District is not only very rich but it is very extensive, ac- cording to MT. Shea, and the indi- cations all point to long and pro- ductive life for the camp. Ore veins Tnnknllt Mnnn- tain, Galena Creek, Keno Hill, Stand-to Mountain, Rambler Hill and Mt Cameron. All these sec tions have been located. The Yukon Gold Corporation has 2S claims in the section, mostly located on Keno Hill where it is operating and the Caribou group about three miles distant
 Dawson Merchant to Operate.
 Mr Shea brings word that James Scougall, Dawson merchant, has se- cured the Aitken property on Galena Creek, and that he will operate it next summer. Mir. Scougall also eX poets to operate properties on Mt. Cameron.
 MT. Shea is interested in eleven claims in the Mayo District, and with his partners, John Beckman and Ole Dahl, expects to operate on Stand-To Mountain next summer. Louis Titus, a mining man who is interested in the district, is in San Francisco now trying to raise money with which to operate next year. Joseph Zahm and William Forbes are preparing to operate on Stand To Mountain also. They have a vein of galena 16 inches in thick ness located and stripped for so feet. It carries 2S8 ounces of silver and so per cent lead Archie Mar tin and associates will operate next year on Rambler Hill.
 Shaft Down 80 Feet.
 MT, Shea says, however, that most of the work that has been done thus far has been by the Yukon Gold They are working now at a depth of thirty-five feet, and from that to the surface. They have a shaft down at depth of 80 feet. | They have eight or nine veins that are about six feet in thickness and pay streaks about two feet thick. This company is plan ming extensive operations. It has located sites for water power plants, but thus far it is generating power by steam.
 Mir Shea says that all the known ground in the district has been located. People-are asking from a few thousand dollars to s250, ,00O each for their claims. MT. Shea has not nlaced a value on his