The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-27
JUNEAU, ATLIN DRAW CLOSER

The coOrful little town Of Atm, across the jagged ice cap behind Juneau is Canadian, but re- cent developments have brought that promising set clement and its section close to the American flag that Juneau would do well to become better acquainted with our neighbors lover the hump"
 There are three big reasons why Atlin and Juneau will grow closer in the years ahead.
 First Atlin is but a little over an hour by air plane from Juneau Second Atin is a mining with perhaps more promise than any camp in the North. And third, Atlinites admit that Juneau is their logical port for freight transfer
 With those bare statements in mind, it be predicted that increasing air tonnage will be carried to Atln and the country surrounding. from Juneau. and that in addition regular tourist air schedules will be maintained It means more money to Juneau
 Enarging on these statements, anyone who has made the airplane flight to Atlin from Juneau will say along with people who have air views the world over, that the country traversed this flight furnishes the tourist the magnificent scenic, flight on the globe"
 Up the winding Taku River directly the ice cap at height of from two to three miles, the colored panorama Of glaciers, jagged peaks, blue mountain lakes and pungng waterfalls make pie ture that cannot be touched with newspaper type
 And once over the summit your chances of seeing sunshine almost 100 percent in your favor for Atn exactly percent sunshine of it's possible amount during the 365 days of the year-which is tourist bait in itself
 Lake Atlin itself is deep unbelievable blue that divides two climates and two terrains almost pre- cisely On the western shores of it's 90-mile long north to south sweep swift rising glacier studded mountains reach into the skies for thousand feet while on the eastern margins, round hills roll off towards the distant Mckenzie River
 The tourist has then only one hour from Juneau unrvaed climate unmatched scenery superior fishing for lake trout, macknaw trout grayling and 1ttao,
 deer, bear goat and mountain sheep as well as several species of the grouse family.
 It is place where the big game hunter can take his wife and children permit them to have all the joys of vacation with modern conveniences in Atin itself while he himself samples the hunting fish ing offered to him in the immediate vicinity
 As a future tourist mecca, Atlin will march to a prominent spot the vacation map of North America.
 Mining men predict Atln is a coming camp That area was struck in 98 when gold was found in Pine Creek placers the rush began and surface graves washed in a hundred streams producing millions of dollars
 Today, mining has gone below the surface gravels to drift mine paystreaks deep 200 feet on ancient stream channels. But although mining methods have gone to deeper paystreaks, methods themselves are unchanged from forty years ago. and the advent of modern mining equipment will bring steady growth to Atlin
 Last year, Atlns mining production from its numerous small crew placers," amounted to nearly s6o00O0, and significant to the mining man observer approxmately S250OO0 of that production made on the Spruce Creek ground of the Colpe Mining Company which is operated with the most modern equipment in the dstrict-two ancient wood burning steamshovels
 It is said Atlnites were dubious when the steam shovels in to replace the man -wielded number two shovel. They said it would be impractical to mine in such fashion. Now some of the biggest min ing companies in .he United States and Canada are laying plans for dragline and dredge developments
 mining map shows placer gold in practically every creek of the district and future odes scattered over wide area Homemade sluice boxes and the bister-rasing number two shovel will go into the discard and modern equipment will bring Atlin to greater heights
 There has been one drawback to tourist and mHing developments in the Atlin Its remote ness has placed freight rates almost beyond
 Potatoes cost slo sack in Atlin eggs one dollar dozen butter 65 cents a pound small cans Of con- densed milk three for 50 cents
 The through commodity rate for freight from Vancouver, via Skagway and Carcross, thence down the lake to Atln is s7s. Local rate breakdown shows cost of eight dollars ton from Vancouver to Skag way, S64 ton from Skagway over the railroad 57 miles to Carcross, and SIP a ton from Carcross to Atlin by lake steamer otaling in the aggregate $84 a ton
 Airpanes savings days and weeks of time from Juneau will be serious competition. Fresh produce flown by arplane arrives in Atlil in an "eatable' state. Mining machinery is made today to be flown in pieces by airplane.
 AS Atln grows, so will grow Juneau With that