The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28
AL LASKA JUNEAU
 STORY IS TOLD BY MINE STAFF.
P. R. Bradley Says Outlook Points to 6,000 Tons
 Daily from Depth
MINING JOURNAL GIVES
 WHOLE ISSUE TO STORY
and Other Depart ment Heads Contribute
 to Picture

 gineering and Mining Journal, the leading publication of the mining industry, the story of Alaska Ju- neau is told, and told with abil- ity and wealth of detail by the men who have had the most to do with the making of the great local mine. The entire issue of the magazine, and most of its ad- vertisements, is devoted to the tell ing.
 P. R. Bradley, Consulting Engin- eer; L. H. Metzgar, General Su- perintendent; Walter P. Scott, Mill Superintendent; J. A. Will Hams, Chief Engineer; Livingston Wernecke, Consulting e Geologist and Theodore A. Hellenthal, Chief Accountant, are authors of we'll written and timely articles dealing with the several departments of the great project. Statistics, charts, diagrams and photographs add to the interest and value of the story.
 Is Praised Editorially
 An editorial article, signed by A. w. Allen, Editor of the maga- zine, constitutes an effective fore word to the several articles. It praises in highest terms Frederick Worthen Bradley, President of the Company, and his staff. The edi- torial appears in another column of this edition of The Empire. The contribution by P. R. Brad ley, dealing with the history, or ganization and outlook for the fu- ture of Alaska Juneau naturally is given first place. Going back to the expedition headed by Rich ard T. Harris and Joseph Juneau from Sitka to Gastineau Channe, in 1880, he traced the history of the finding of gold here and its subsequent exploitation to the pres ent day operations of the Alaska Juneau.
 Outlook IS Brilliant
 Naturally, to Juneau the outlook MT. Bradley sees for the future is the most interesting phase of the article. In this, he indicates a daily production of 5000 tons of ore from the deep-level area now being developed. The original prospecting winze driven to the 1 ,0O0-foot vertical level, or 1,20l feet on the slope, in it's entirety has an average gold value of A per ton, he said.
 Continuing, he said: "The aux iliard prospecting work on the sev- eral levels, spaced about l50-feet apart vertically, has shown the 5O-foot band of ore associated with Nugget Gulch fault to be higher in value in this section of the mine than elsewhere.
 Additional Work Done
 Continuing his view of the out look, MT. Bradley wrote:
 Additional work was planned and started, having in mind addi- tional prospecting and the prep aration of this band for stoping The band itself was indicated by assays taken in 1913, when Golt Creek tunnel was driven througt the ore on the north side of Sil- yer Bow fault. At the time 4 it. of ore having a gold assay val ue of $6 per ton was intersected Accordingly, as a part of the deep level program, a second winze wa! started from a point 1000 it. east erly from the first and advan- tagously situated with reference te development work already done 1T the vicinity.
 This wiaze has two compart- ments and ladderway, and is be- ing sunk to the l,000-ft. level where a connection will be mad< with the first winze.
 Diamond drilling has been re- sorted to for exploring the coun- |try lying on the l1anging-wa side of the high-grade band, and values sufficient for carrying on profit table operations are indicated although the ore must all be hoist cd To be treated profitably, how ever, this ore on the hanging wall side of the l1igh-grade band will have to be broken and ham, dled as cheaply as that above Gold Greek tunnel level. Accord ingly, the high-grade band will be prepared for mining and stopped out first, this operation constitut- ing the preparatory work for the lower-grade hanging wall areas. Tt bring about further economies main haulage levels will be 1Oot (Continued on Page Twol