The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-09-19
GLEASON GETS
BIG KICK OUT
OF GOLD NINE
Saws Change from Merchan-
dising is Pleasing and is
Confident of Beating Old
Man Depression

EVERYONE seems to be in their re-
suective positions and the gold is
trinkling off the concentration table
in a satisfactory manner so will
take slime out" to write you a few
lines as to the progress we are max
ing up here in the Cascades.
While it is rather a difficult prop
osition to adjust my mind from that
of commission merchant to that OF
q gold producer, the transformation
is slowly taking place, however, and
I hope it won't be long before the
prices of farm produce won't oc-
eupy the front row of my thots as
il has in the past. The administra-
tion,s efforts to establish prices in
most lines, in my mind, has been a
lot of lost motion, but the price OF
gold has been regulated to a very
satisfactory level, nevertheless,
there is considerable comfort in
knowing that one can obtain a
profitable price for what he pro-
duces regardless of the quantity he
has to dispose of.
We are constantly adding equip
ment so it won't be long before we
will be able to take the finished
product to the government assay Of
flee direct and so escape any pos
sible loss from the smelter, in fact
it seems to be the policy of this
company to make every step count
and it was for that reason that I
cast my lot with them. IA
The mining business is certainly
q fascinating one and every day is
almost sure to bring some new sur
prise. Everyone on the job seems to
be doing his utmost to make the
venture success. It really is in
teresting to watch the hard rock
men under ground, working at top
speed, continually hoping that the
next blast will cut into some long
looked-for vein.
On one level we have already un-
covered what we were looking for
and found even larger quantities of
pay ore than we anticipated and by
drifting both ways on the vein we
will soon be running our mill the
full twenty-four hours per day,
which will put most of our worries
in the background.
In the main tunnel, which you
will remember is the one from
which the track runs to the mill, we
are cross cutting to hit the vein Of
pay ore that we are working on the
higher level. BY contracting this vein
at lower level it will enable us to
shoot the ore down from above,
which naturally makes less ex-
pensive operation than hosting it
from below as we are doing at pres
emit. Besides our mining operations
we are going into winter quarters
by fixing our buildings for colder
weather. AT present it requires all
the quilts and blankets available to
Keep warm along toward morning.
Frosts are a regular occurrence
every night at present. &. s.. =
We are all anxiously waiting for
rain SO we will be able to start OPP
eratlons at the placer mine, which
is about three miles distant from
our quartz properties. I might add
at this time that we have just &C
qllred several more claims sur
rounding us which gives us an un-
limited supply of water, timber and
ore bodies. Mentioning timber re-
minds me that we have just purch-
ased small saw mill so we will be
able to make big saving in lum-
Der OF which we will need a plenty
from now on.
Getting back to the placer mine.
we have some three million wards
OF gravel to run through the sluice
BOXES which should keep us busy
ior quite some time. We hope YOU
nave the cut of the big nugget that
was found on our placer property
Dy this time so that you can show
!. sne natives that we pick them I'D
least. CIV
II Is just a hundred and forty
1--WE miles from Kennewick to the
lamp, which just makes a fine davis
ou1lls 1or any of you. You had
fCnntin11aI -.