The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-29
WERNECKE ON
 PLANS WORK
 IN MAYO CAMP

LlVlnBSLOn NeEueChSp 6SOlO6iStt HI charge of the work of the Treadwell, or so-called Bradley interests in Yu-. kon, who is now visiting Dawson, today announced some interesting news concerning tue plans of the company in the Mayo district. Mir. Wernecke Is in Dawson on business His family will reach here from Jul neau tonight on the steamer Daw- son, and they will leave here on the next steamer for Mayo, where they will spend the summer.
 Concerning the operations of his company in the Yukon and plans for the future, Mir. Wernecke today pre- pared the following statement for the Dawson News: "
 Tn answering your several in- quiries concerning our plans for Keno Hill I hesitate to give many details at present lest they be 'mis- leading and am misunderstood.
 During the last eight months. be- sides erecting a camp and getttfng established, on the west end of Me Question slope of Keno Hill, we have done a total of S36 feet of develop ment work, which is not sufficient to prove or disprove any ore badly. Number one shaft Is 182 feet deep, and number two 106 feet. This work has exposed some very good shipping ore; some ore that must be classed as milling ore because of the high zinc content, and also exposed some quite barren places in the vein. Above the 5O-foot level at the num- Der one shaft We have between 5 ,000 and 5000 tons of milling ore.
 We have been disappointed in not finding more shipping ore at the beginning of this enterprise. The milling ore cannot be treated until enough Is in sight to pay for con- structing and operating the mill, which means a very heavy expendi ture before and returns can be ex- pected. We need the shipping ore to encourage us with the develop ment and help meet the instalments on the options.
 "The cost of operating in the dis trict Is excessive and there seems to he no way of reducing 1t as present. The two principal Items are freight and labor. Our base wage is S5 per day, and board and lodging, which means a total of $9 per day. The freight from all coast points to Mayo is from S75 to $1OO per ton, depend ing upon the commodity. From Mayo to Keno the rate Is 2Iae ( per pound in the winter and OOc per pound in the summer. The last figure will be reduced to 7t when the roads are better.
 .. "In order to speed development work this summer We are bringing in prospecting machinery, gas driven compressorsJ and hoists, and the necessary supplies. However, rumor has it that the supplies and machin- cry are coming because we have found large high grade ore body and the equipment is for mining purposes, all of which is about as correct as most rumors are The only heavy piece Cf equipment we have, is the ten-ton Holt caterpillar and the tra!lers. which are quite necessary for moving the other equipment to Keno Hill and the 1000 tons of high grade back. Between 30 and 40 men are now working at our camp and this sum- mer We expect to add 20 more. h. cluding these with the men of the Yukon Gold Co.,, Keno Hill Ltd, and the Onek Company, Ltd, a total of l25 men will be employed in the mines on Keno Hnl this summer
 No one can tell what may be the result of this summers work and consequently cannot see any just- fication for high rents at Mayo or flcation for high real estate prices or high rents at Mayo or Keno City. A boom which breaks Is certain to hurt somebody generally those who cannot afford to be injured l dol not intend by these remarks to dis courage the prudent business man from establishing at Mayo or Keno, if he fully realizes the risks in- yolYed. " r-'
 Tn the future all of our business will be conducted by the TreaEwell Yukon Company, Ltd, corporation organized under the laws of OreGon.