The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-09
LOCAL COMPANY SHOWS LARGEST
 NET IN CAREER
June Surplus of $l54,800 Second Biggest Month
 on Record
DEPTH DEVELOPMENT
 GOES AHEAD STEADILY
Winze Reaches Depth of 600 Feet and Values
 are Still Unchanged


 The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company has experienced the most profitable half-year period in it's long history, the net surplus from operations from January to June inclusive being $850,000 in round figures. This was revealed today by P. R. Bradley, Consulting En- gineer, who has been here for the past three weeks on his annual in- spection trip.
 June operations surplus was $154,- 800. This was $83,l00 more than the surplus for the same month last year, and has been exceeded but once in the past, February, 1928, showing $l68,000
 Development Program Continues
 The company is pushing ahead steadily with it's deep level devel- opment program which, it is esti- mated, will require a minimum of three years to bring to completion The showings,, MT Bradley said, continue to be satisfactory.
 The winze which is being driven below the main haulage level on the north ore body has been sunk to a depth of 600 feet. It is plan ned to continue this to 300 feet. Some drifting was done. but this character of work was discontinued in order to facilitate the sinking of the winze.
 In his annual report last De- cember, MT. Bradley said the "gold assay value of all samples taken from this winze and work done from the winze to date has aver aged $3.20." Values, he comment ed today, have shown no change.
 Drift Into Ebner
 The drifting will be resumed after the winze reaches the desired 900- foot depth. The drift will lie in. the same direction of the main haulage tunnel and be carried west erly into the Ebner ground.
 Two crews are employed in pros pecting on the Dora and Hallum groups on which the Alaska Ju- neau holds ten-year working op- tions. On the Hallum the work consists of trench prospecting on the surface and is moving ahead satisfactorily.
 A tunnel is being driven on the Dora. This work is being done on the Jeff Claim and has progressed 250 feet.
 Second Mill at TreadweH
 If the depth development proves to be successful in lining up a sufficient ore body, the program calls for the erection of a second milling plant. This, Mir Bradley said, will be located on the Tread well property on Douglas Island which is owned by the Alaska Juneau. The development of transpor- tation system will be necessary in order to connect the mine with the mill. This will be achieved by a tunnel at sea level northwesterly through Mt. Juneau, distance of about 5000 feet which with 5000 feet on the Alaska Juneau's own present holdings will give it a total length of 12,000 feet.
 A bridge will have to be con- structed over Gastineau Channel and a tramline will operate through the tunnel over the bridge and thence to the mill at Treadwell In view of the program of the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Public Roads to bridge the Channel near the point where the sea level tunnel would emerge, MT. Bradley was asked if the company and Government would cooperate in this project. If the company has to build bridge, and the Government is building one, also, we should be glad to cooper ate with it. It would be the nat ural thing to do," he responded.
 Depends or Development
 Of course, this tremendous pro- gram is not an absolute certainty. Its fulfilment naturally rests upon the outcome of the depth pros- pecting, as MT. Bradley pointed out In progress now since last year, it is regarded as highly en- couraging that the showing up to date has been satisfactory