The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-09
MAYO DISTRICT BREAKS RECORD
 OF EXPORT ORE
Ten Thousand Tons Ship ped This Season, Says
 (. R. Settlemier

The Mayo district shipped 10000 tons of ore, including high grade and mill concentrates, during the season that closed there on Sep tember 27. according to Charles R. Settlemier, Keno Hill mine own- CT and operator and formerly for many years editor of the Dawson News. He arrived here last night ! from Mayo, via kagway and Whitehorse, after spending the sea son on his property
 He came out on the last trip of the Keno. River transportation between Dawson and -Whitehorse will close in the near future.
 New Record Is Made
 Despite the low ebb of the sil- ver-lead market, the Mayo district during the past season set up a new high record tonnage of 10000 tons shipped since May of this year." MT. Settlemier said. Already trucks are delivering ore on the waterfront and have accumulated quite an initial store for the 1881 shipping season.
 "This district, the premier silver lead camp of the north, has been described as Canada's ace-in-the- hole. The lack of massive orebodies in way is counterbalanced in vol ume by it's numerous high grade veins and this particularly favor able aspect in an area some l50 miles square has maintained the spirit of prospectors, claim own CTS and miners in the period of stress.
 of the some 2,000 claims held in the district, all are being kept in good standing by the owners. No little development work has been done this year by both individuals and large companies.
 New Discoveries Made
 True to form in the opening of new ground each year, the camp centering about Keno City has brought forward a number of new discoveries this season, some rank ing among the best yet made in the district. The acquisitions of trading companies for supplies this year were practically the same for the district as last year, one Of the best evidences of substantial con- ditions. These goods have been delivered, and the camp is well away on another year of activity
 While some of the milling pro- jects for the immediate future have been held in abeyance pending de- velopment of property and inn provement in market conditions and individual ore shipping is cur tailed and will continue to be un- til silver advances, the one concen- trating mill now in camp is work ing at capacity. It will produce a good tonnage of high grade ore fol shipment in 1881.
 This mill owned by the Tread well Yukon and located on Keno Hill, is especially fortunate at this period in having the highest grade ore yet found in this region from which to draw it's mill feed. It is understood the mill feed of last averaged from this vein-the Lucky Queen-between 500 and 600 ounces |, and was heavy in lead. The de- velopment and ore reserves in the property is sufficient for months of mill operation, and other high grade veins of Keno and Galena hills are being developed and are potential reserves for the expect ed improved conditions of the fu- ture.
 Confidence Is Displayed
 "All preparations in the camp, ' MT. Settlemier said, "bespeak con- fidence in the future. The tread- well Yukon continues development work in rich high grade vein at the Silver King Mine on Galena hill, and it has rich reserves in it's Elsa mine on the same hill with several thousand feet of drifts, stopes and shafts already developed. With crews employed at the Lucky Queen, Silver King and main camp at Wernecke, and men engaged in other work in the camp, there have
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