The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1928, Page 2

THI:. DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY OCT IZ Political preferences may differ; But there can be only one opin- ion with regard to the merchandise and serv ice offered bv the B. M. Bchrcnd@ Co., Inc. 1o With us, the pleasing of our customers is of first importafice. That is the foundation upon which this business was built for- B Y& ing and successful business. ears ago, and it is the only foundation that insures a last- Styles must bé correct---quality must be dcpcndAblc---cou.rteous setvice must be rendered to every customer---to these ‘three thmgq we give most careful at- tention and have been fully répaid in our éver increasing lists of pleased and satisfi ed customers. B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. "4Iuayv thfl,,New Thmga frrstx* Yukon Terrijory at Daien of New hr( ;Mining Dm'('lopmont Re, smrlng bpmt of People The Yukon Terr dawn of hEg & sources ar and the sp 1h, aud rich from the surface re- to abont e hundred foot level rit | Most of the mining in the Sadie of opti that prevades the now i3 chiefly stove the 200 distriet bring about heir | feot ] 1 development,” . declared Charles| Settlemier, veteran Diwson | i pEwEpaper man and miner who is] UL the 1928 shipments I8 inseolty [the Mayo district this arrvived or ( tons were fr Good Values Shown from year about m the Sadiie very heavy contributor 1928 shipments was the Queen claim, on Keno Hill, by the cadwell people year from Hector Morrisen. The Lucky Queen ship- ments exceeded 1,500 very high -sorted said ta have 00 ton in value in above the 100 The Lucky Queen lies slope of Keno 5,000 feet back from Setticmier day after - spending months in the Yukon He expects 1o safl for and, the A\Mee Satarday movuing Mayo Is Exvanain Reviewing conditions himing during: the sumier 1\ v Settiemier ““The i M camp is winning tae a little gem, and expansion i steady with every promisc of be-|un d ing a permanent producer. The Vil ut shipments this year totaled the Treadwell mill, and 1,000 wone thaw 7,000 tons, which [feet higher in altitude than the 1200 werc -high-grade, crudelTreadwel vk An‘aerial tram ore and over 8,800 tons mill con<|epproximately u mile in length ntrates irom the Treadwell Yu- 18 vec 1 at )} 0 on the last n miil on Keno Hill. Al thejsleamers, to be installed 1 mined dast winter has been !0 convey milling ove from shippedi . The' last lot arrived in!'Luck Queen to the mill Whitehorse last weelk | tram already are in “AHowing that the crude ore The tram will be op- Nas an average value of about with powér generated by £200 aiton, and the concentrates. company’'s diesel plant, locat- an’average value of about §500 ed at the mill. Development work a ‘tony: the total of . tKis year's|on the Lucky Queen this summer shipments - has cu value cof ap-'tapped more very rich high grade Jprovimately 06,000, A large and it_is expected the high ;portion “of this sum was dis-|erade and milling ‘ores from 1t JAritnated In wages and supplics; | will contribute heay the com- and a big portion in freighting winter if not for years to the ard ' river and wailtransporta-loviput of the camp, tion, meaning thut the mining activity of the Mayo distriet has | heen the moans of contributing! largely tb thé prosperity of the| {rom the camp this son Territery, to say nothing of (he s the Shamrock mine, on the fvarious: ports and transport lines [P 0of Keno HIl, owned by Mc-| lenroute. sharing in the benefitg|'€4¥, Erickson and Formo, and | leidental to the traffie and the,Worked under lease by Paddy | ortion’ falling -to the smelter| MeIver, SI MecIntosh:and Thomas fand others eventually dealing in McKay. They shipped over 300 | rhe product (tons during the season, and the % Preducers Increase {mine, since it was opened in “More properties in the Mayo 1920, has produced some 1.500 distriet eontributed ‘to the ship-|tOR3, averaging about 0 ounces ments this vear than any other in silver and 65 to per cent ime \in the Listory of the Yulkon|'tt lead. The Shamrock is being dlver-lead industyy, and the re- Worked again by the same leasers poertss from thie aistrict indicate 2% vear, and deveopuent | Jthat pext season will witness a WOrk reveals more fine ore and frecord breakinz shipment far in ' Dromise of an additional heavy dvance of that of this year. . Al-|shipment this winter. Several ady there is in the yards of MeN ' aie now work on the Treadwell Yukon Company at &round, {Wornecke more ore ,then was The ‘shipped from ke mill for the 1923 ‘twelve months ending with the Lie “close of winter hauling last April. Was \This f{s.due Jargely to the fact Year ~ ithe rich wide vein uf the Sadic and . ‘claim, owned by (the Guggen. 'duc ~ heims and worked wnder lease by 1° 0 more than 2,500 tons fthe . Treadwell people, is turning of high grade. . The Star wul) Qt such extraordinary rieh and. comprising several elaims, as | “heayy.ore. The ratic of concen- taken over thie year (rom lhe ‘t#lol of the Sadie ore is ap- original owners, Settlemier, Ber- ‘proximately one ton of eomcen- Mingham and Ransley, In the teates frow six toms of mill feed, Treadwd!l-Yukon Company, and s are being made hy1 voral [Anothe districts, | Lo the Vanconyey | Luck Biing hous Stiles. onesih abont a ago0 this 'year 11 ot or han It is nin d to§ 1 shipping averaged M Yevrigad, v re pstern onee, the Tow= ore, Othcr Properties Active Tl third heaviest shipper of 8¢ next after Star operated produ running on since heavy the shipper Shamrock was on Galena Hill, which under lease last over 250 tons, | its total pro- was opened in of up it thereas in the ordinary run of preparatic v . heretofure handled by the the company for extensive devel was approximately 11 or 12 opment of the group as a twin, '1." The ore shoot in the Sadie Dropeity with the Elsa group, on | mow approximately 50 feet the same Hill, also taken over e @nd praciically ore the fullby the Treadwell people this {has been acquired below the Elsa | roada cross the lower end of Gal- le | 4N | Keno Hill. AL g year from the original lh&'fxl]l and Tolmie. Plan Second Mill “The Treadwell-Yukon Com- | pany, under the capable direction {of General Buperintendent Liy- ingston Wernecke, is carrying out, «n_extensive program of develop- | ment on Galena Hill of its: two new properties there. Ground owners, the mouth of Poreu- pine Creek, for a mill. A road costing the company $10,000 is being. graded from Willlams Creek, on the main Keno-Duncan|| Group, at enn Hill a distance of six and one-half miles, to the Rlsa, on a four per cent and flve per ceut maximum grade, and will be ready for use this winter. “Charley Rankin work: with 10 wen awd teams and a caterpillgr W aiant grader. K'eztcie the ver wili be supplied to sperade | “nd Lign' the two new camps, t'ie Elst ane the Star. The power will be generated with naw 250 horsepower diesel on Keno Hill and transmitted to Galena on power line. way has been cut over Hill, and the pole line is ncw being installed. As soon as it is completed shaft. sinking will be- | gin on the Star, and a new. shaft rut down near the old workings, | New buildings are being erected there and. at the Elsa for winter | wccommodations, and will be jw- | Already tiae company has development work well under v on the Elsa where Baker and Knudson, con-| tractors, have driven 375 feet of| tunnel into the hill, tapping :fit; vein at the 160-foo level, and | they are nmow drifting hoth rections on the vein with aid of two. compressors. and a crew of several meu, working day and night. The vein thus far is 10 feet wide and is under- stood to contain high vajues on &ray copper ore. They have drifted 400 feet cn the vein. a its Winter Program Extensive “All the claims in the Star and Elsa groups and several other claims adjacent were gur- veved this summer by Diekson & Dickson, who have recently re- turned from ‘a busy summer’s work on the hill. Mr, Wernecke put in a considerable portion of the summer doing topographical and geological survey work on the preperties. ' The Treadwell | |works on Galena wil be under the direction of My, Wernecke with -W: B. Hargraves, well known mining engineer of tiye district in immediate charge ot the two Galena groups. A K Schellenger remains assistant su- perintendent to Mr. Wernecke oft Mr. Putnam recently arrived from: the outside to serve as .surveyor on the company's properties. i “With its original works, the Sadie, the .Lucky Queen and the Star and Elsa | canips ion:. Galena, the Treadwell people will have the busiest time of its history in the district the Keno Hill is in charge | The right-cf- Snow water in the spring. Galena |41s0 will work on. veins already { located this winter, a- | the ‘m|ne timbers and lumber from lthe vieinity of its mill at Mayo Lake’ " Jim Ohisholm, veteran Klondike logger, has a contract to: cut several thousand logs this winter on Mayo Lake, and cently left Keno with a crew to open his camp on the 80 miles up the lake. by the Treadwell people and building of its new read, Wil- liams Creek Junction will become an important road point The junection is six and one-half miles below Keno City. Traffic out | will converge at Williams Creek, andithen follow the main Duncan Creek road to Minto bridge and into Mayo. | “Extensive prospecting tinues along the western of Galena Hiil by various indi-| vidual owners and leasers. Jack McHugh, Dan McLean’ and others are prospecting on the old Silver | King property, while mguy own- (ers along the slepe, which over- | Tooks the MeQuestion Valley, are preparing to do extensive pros- con- slope Some Other parts. of . Galena #ill also are Dbeing earnestly developed. On the Rio, on the north end of Galena, Gus- tafson & Peterson are working on a promising prospect. The ground is owned by Mrs. Sime. Independent Miners Ship ““Several independent properties. on Keno Hill which shipped last season will figure in the ship- ments ' again mext season. - Ap- proximate shipments by somg¢. of independents ‘on Keno' last winter were: ' 200 tons by Clrp & Ryan, from' the Lone Stan; 170 tons by, Wm. Williamsoh; from the Fisher; 20 tons '{¥om the'Bunny, by Mercue & Letour- neaul and 70 tons from the Rico, by ‘Ahdersen !& Pickering. From Séurdough Hill Andy Johngon shipped ~about 260 tons, and E: ‘Bjonnes: 90 tons, while from Galena HHll, Ferguson and Haw-= thorne “shipped! over 40 tons. of high ' grade : from ' the - Webloot and Jack ‘Sullivan’s Dixic addéd another 15 toms, and the Rio and the Elsa contributed a share. Most: of - ‘the ' camps and some others ' will be working this sea- son. Several - mew veins and shoots have. béen located. Sorhe will ‘not be able: to get equipped this winter but. others will. Mec- Kay & Hawthorne; on the High- lander, and Mercure & Letour- neau on the Bummy, will be work- ing: north of ‘the Lucky Queen in that pronitsing’ new zome. On the Croesus, ‘on Orystal; new pros- péects ‘have been ‘openeéd and are being v developed. - Madtt Butyer has blocked out' much siderate ore on.his.Stone.claim, and con- tinyes ‘development of his prom- isingy ‘progereyisl x itk ) “On iSilver Basin, morth end of Galena’ Hill}’ several ' mew pros- pectsy have been located, and some winter “work be done; and extehsive ent’ 15 Planned coming winter. It' is expected that its four ten-ton caterpillars and a smaller one added to ‘the fleet this season- will be busy all’ winter; day and night, haulihs ore out' and taking back furel and supplies from Mayo, for ‘mext summer. ' g re- | W, | vghnl +gom= | entrance of further the district. Pre —= |velopment into | Every son Locke, well work is en known in the mining world as an and progre capital See Our Window Display Juneau Young Hardware Co. If its hardware “WE HAVE 1T” PARIS Wide which almost hide the {the back aré a 'development of the new stylés, At Philippe et Gaston's a beige silk velour coat with semi-fitted hips and modi- | fied eircular skirt has can im- mense collar and deep wide cuffs of beaver. The fur extends the lentire length of both sides of the in fromt. shawl head from Charles by him and McKay Hill, on Carpenter Booth. Work the extensive |Copper Hill, several other {hills of the jare held. Keynote Is Optimizm ‘Optimism is the ien Mayo district, |individual cwner in |is confident that the {destined to experience rapid de-| in the near future. in the camp seeking sloved and prosperity | are evident on every Be¢k on w and Hill owned by Bob also continued. on showi on Gray Horseshoe highly mine F and every distriet is man engineer, examined the Keno Hill hand wuunxm«\ of the on behalf of the ow is’ understood he wi opening of the Galena Hill camps |ng of the properties on tensive scale others. He |many. other the camp. [in charge Mining and by the also properti K. Cra the J of |ing next s the Beaver yond Keno, whic | has under option. gasoline and other the company are at tiris * winter over th | summer. Another el ited the Beaver this Interests. of outside ingpressed. - gine and. copper tention of who make “their Keno. vote their entire ‘t ers. er* distriet this punies” were' in thé" district -dyr- ing the seasdn and examined var-| lous propérties’ amnd it is-und #1004 they mA7 recomimen WL i Guggenheims | and ners, report Nelson, | them cn the conditions and that art and ‘With the | his report may lead to the open- son, ex- an @ owners looked es while am, Smelting Company’s from Keno Hill and Gelana Hill [interests in the Territory, had 'a crew preparing for diamond drill- on on properties in district, 50 miles be- the company Diamond. drills, supplies for and | will be taken to the Beaver camp Mayo, e Snow. |government crew cut out a good, road to the camp from Keno this vis- the and |18 understood to hvae been much pecting with automatic gates and | nglneer fall in capital “Several hills very rich in lead pndi also carrying silver, gold, exist Beaver dnd are claiming the at- many hard-roek men headquarters at “Some ©f the owners de- to ' the Beaver work and others are back< Splendid showings were op= ened on mew ground in the Beav- sunt g in ime over engineer Consolidated | the “The heavy be produced mean ' added traffic Yukon Rivers next sea- and in the White Pass Route will have the large steamer Aksala and {several barges ready the |thing in the spring, and a little |later will have its new ore-haul- ing leviathan 'in service. The |boat is nocw nearing at Whitchorse, ‘and - will feet long with a 42-foot and is an exchusive freighter. "H!o boat will ‘be 18 feet wider nd 45 feet longer than the { Whitehorse, cepacity expected year tonnage it to this to or in be 210 and handling of {the ore, and a great help |sepeding up the traftic and prosperity of the country, “With ‘the bringing in of new minings- equipment, ning of new camps, addith irnniport facilities, the inauguration of air- plane mail and passenger service in the Yukon and the new silver- lead camps coming to their own, the Yukon is at the dawn of new era. 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