The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-28
A BIGGER, BETTER ALASKA JUNEAU.

Two things we think, stand out above all others in the annual report of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company One of these is that the deep level development program, now entering on its thTo year. is bringing into existence bigger Alaska Juneau than the that has given to this com munity much of its prosperity. The other is that it will not only be a bigger mine, but better that is higher grade mine, than that of the past five decades
 The Bradleys and their associates, the men who work for and with them to make ther properteS paying investments rather than speculative crea- tions are not promoters. They regard even their own ventures without the warmth of undue enthus- iasm They are apt if anything, to err on the conservative side Theirs is the viewpoint of the scientist the trained engineer. Thus, when they quote actual figures giving tonnage and values the tonnage is almost certain to be rather than ess and the values higher instead of smaller.
 To date, President Bradley tells his stockhold- CTS we have prospected between Level No and Level No 10 an 300 feet wide by 750 feet long, and in that area we have found 18,750,000 tons of ore that lis expected to yield average operating profit of 85 cents per ton" Compare that with the average operating profit for 1932shown in the an- nual report to have been 2702 cents per ton, or less then one-third of that expected for the deep level ore so far prospeced and classified This, we
  Juneau will be a better Alaska Juneau."
 In his letter to the stockholders President Bradley said: "The present preparatory stope work is being done with an area 750 feet long by 300 feet wide, which is about onefifth of the commercial ore bear ing area of the North ore body on the Mo- level Regarding the remainder of the area not prospected sufficiently to be classified, F. R. Bradley as Con- sulting Engineer, said: "The balance of the ground in the North body between No. and Mo- 10 levels must be considered probable and possible ore that will be further prospected and developed and this includes the 91 winze area where not enough work has been done to determine either the grade or classification of the ore" And that tells of bigger Alaska Juneau to come than the one of today
 It has been said so often that repetition is nc doubt trite-but even so it would be less than just not to again acknowledge that the Alaska Juneau is the backbone of Juneaus prosperity. And the effect of it's continuous operations it's employment of hun dreds of miners every day, is a Stabilizer that reaches throughout the Territory Employment there has furnished many prospector with grubstake with which to go into the hills to search for himself chance for another Alaska Juneau another Chi chagof Premier It is tangible evidence to others with money to invest that payng mines do exist in Alaska and encourages the hope that where there is Alaska Juneau many others may be found.
 Possibly it would be nearer to correct to say "de- veloped" rather than found" AS a paying mine it wasn't exactly discovered It made paying through the belief of one man-F w. Bradey-in the possibility of making profit out of ore so low in value that no other man had ever made it pay. His confidence, his own money and that of of his associates, forthcoming after company funds were exhausted combined with the engineer ing of group of experts headed by P. R. Bradley L. H. Metzgar and their aides, evolved profitable property that most of the mining world had already agreed could Hot be built It is to these men that the Alaska Juneau of today stands as a monument, The new Alaska Juneau is not needed to give them laurels. It but add luster to their renown and bring greater prosperity not only to the company that owns it, to Juneau and in- directly to all of Alaska.