The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-10-24

president, and whose principal stockholders are Wrangell resi- dents, has just completed a busy season of preliminary development work on their property which is located on Dease Creek two, and three-quarter miles west of Dease Lake.
 A. H. Bryant, general manager of the company, who is spending a few days in Wrangell before leav- ing for the States, says that a crew of IS men put in a busy season, A ditch was completed on August l which connects up the benches with Lyon gulch, and everything is in readiness to turn on the wa ter and take advantage of the high water that comes every spring and usually lasts for five or six weeks.
 When the spring floods are over it will be necessary to have more water than will be available from Lyon gulch. For the purpose of en- surfing a sufficient quantity of wa- ter for hydraulicking throughout the. season each year, the company has under construction another ditch which will bring water on to the property from Bucks gulch. The length of this ditch will be 15,450 feet, of which 2800 feet have been completed.
 Other ditch work consisted of building a penstock and fumes over the slide on the lower ditch, a dam and boxes and two gates at the drop. On the upper ditch a box was built at the lower end where the water is turned loose at the drop to hold the grade and prevent cutting. A waste gate was built at Station 69 for emergency use and to turn out side streams at the time of closing down.
 The total length of ditches com pleted during the season, was 16, 8O5 feet. The ditchess are. seven feet wide and two feet deep. The total length of ditch fumes built during the season was 1,280 feet.
 Telephone Line
 The seasons work began on May Il. One of the first jobs completed was the installation of a telephone line connecting the warehouse at Dease Lake with the mess house at the camp. This telephone line en- ables the company to receive no- tice of the arrival of freight. It is great time saver and will pay for itself in very short time. Wagon Roads
 Early in the season the crew swamped out a wagon road below the ditch to Lyon gulch, distance of about two miles, and bridged across the ditch about 1000 feet from Lyon gulch, making fairly dry road all the way. Another road was constructed from Lyon gulch to the sawmill, distance of about two miles. Part of this road was corduroyed with slabs, and a bridge put in to cross the creek. A road about three miles in length was built to Bucks gulch. On these roads five substantial bridges were built capable of support ing heavy loads All of these roads were completed and are now in good shape for hauling.
 Sawmill
 The logs at the boom on the lake were sawed and the mill moved to a good stand of timber about two miles up Lyon gulch from the ditch line. About 10000 feet of lumber was sawed. Of this about 5000 feet was hauled to the main camp to complete the camp buildings and for Hume work. About 5000 feet was used to re- pair break in the ditch, and about 10000 feet hauled to Bucks s gulch for Hume construction, leav- ing about 10000 feet on hand at the mill.
 New Buildings
 A blacksmith shop and toolhouse was constructed early in the spring from lumber on hand,l size .l6 X 20 feet, and a penstock SxSxl6 feet, all two-inch plank, and $ sills, and exc posts. A bunk house 1Sx42 with eight-foot walls was completed except the partitions. The lumber for these was all stored