The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1934, Page 4

NN i v st 4 frrrrrrrres —— | The big mill of the Ala‘ka Juncau Geld Mining Company, within the city TS ore reduction plant situated in the city limits of Juneau and its mine immediately adjacent to the town, the Al Juneau Gold Mining Company is the most im- portant asset of the community and one of the finest of the Territory. Its payroll shows a personnel of 746 employees daily. Its annual lo- cal expenditures average slightly below $2,000,000. It has just completed its fortieth year as an operating company. Its operations and productions were on a limited scale for the first two decades, is indicated by the fact that it mined but 507,254 tons of ore from which recovered gold valued at $707,730.15. Since 1913, production has stead- ily increased as it expanded its mining and milling capacity. Its production of 1933 was 00 tons from which was re- covered $3,187,000 in gold, silver and lead It is the lary lowgrade mine in the world. Its total production of ore for 40 y tons. Of that qua tons were trammed to the mill and fine-milled and otherwise treated The of that output is ap- proximately $36,841,856, gold repre- senting slightly in excess of $3 000,000, and the remainder in sil- ver and lead Its underground workings ore for value com- prise about 50 miles in drifts and winzes, interme- diate drifts, powder drifts, bull- dozing chambers and stations. It owns and operates its own water- d plants. ars ago it discovered ad- ditional ore bodies of large extent beneath the original ground. A sub- stantial amount of development work has been done there with the result that commercial ore in suf- ficient quantities to add many years to the life of the property was revealed. It averages consider- ably higher per ton than the ore worked during the past 40 years Ore is now being produced from this new ground and within a few months new equipment will have been installed boosting materially production from that source. Over the period of its existence ore values have averaged one dol- r per gross ton. It has been in dividend-paying class for sev- eral rs, has retired all unfund- ed and funded debts; and has ulated a fine surplus to finan: explorations that may be and for other purposes other operating lode > Juneau district and and de- crosscuts, raises. entire any ne undertak There mines in still others in exploratory velopment stages. Two of the known are on Chichagof Island Chichagof Mining Company, Chi- chagof, and Hirst-Chichagof Min- best DEVELOPMENT EDITION—THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, JAN. 28, 1934. inz Company at Kimsoan Bay. The former was one of the richest mines of its kind in the world and for a number of years paid large divi- dends. Operations were suspended for a time, but are again under way. New high grade deposits were discovered recently - JUNEAU 54 YEARS OLD ON AUGUST 17 (Continued from Page One) valuation of property, as amounted to 000.00. The as: real and pers equalized in $5,245,067.00. One of the least understood fea- tures of Juneau is the climate. July is the warmest month, accord- ing to the U. S. Weather Bures station here, with an aver 57.1 degrees above zero. Janu average of 27.7 degrees makes the coldest month. Less than 100 days of zero or below have been recorded in Juneau in nearly 40 s The July average for Ju- s close to that of the sum- Calif., which n average of 59.6 degrees for the same month. At least one- half of the states of the Union have portions reporting colder Jan- uary averages than Juneau, statis- tics show ssed nal 1933, The Alaska Juneau--Alaska’s Wonder Mine limit; of Juneau. iderable mining ac- tivity is alw manifest through- out Southeast Alaska, the big mine in this section today is the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, on Gastineau Channel, bordering Ju- city limits. With a mill ca- pacity at the present time of ap- proximately 12,000 tons daily, this mine employs over 700 men and has a payroll in excess of $1,000,- 000.00 annually. The great future forest industry of Alaska is the manufacture of pulp and paper. Juneau is especial- ly well situated for plants of this kind. for in this locality are 17 billion board feet of western hem- lock and Sitka spruce timber and both of these spzcies are admirably suited to such use. Cheaply devel- water power sites with a total less than 125000 “While cor horsepower are available for paper mill operations. The Juneau Lum ber Mills plant was recently re- constructed into a modern electric ally-operated sawmill and box fac tory at a cost of $117.000.00. The entire value of the plant is now in the neighborhood of $450,000.00. not Juneau’s proximity to the great halibut fishing banks at Icy and C und, and to ad S 14 le 2 Storage Company plant to handle well in excess ur @ wuwwon pounds of fresh and frozen fish each year. Garden Vegetables Grown Owing to abundant precipitation during the summer months, agri- culture is confined mainly to the growing of garden vegetables and small fruits together with some stock raising in a few localities and dairying near the towns. Such vegetables as potatoes, cabbage, auliflower, radishes, lettuce, ruta- b turnips and rhubarb grow well and canont be excelled any- for crispness and flavor. awberries and red raspberries grown in abundance in many e brown and grizzly bears BUTTER and MILK That "KEEF ALASKA buvs more DARIGOLD Sweet Cream Butter and DARIGOLD Evaporated Milk because: 1. They are always of the highest quality. 2. They “KEEP” nary dairy products. This “keeping” quality i who have found DARI deliciously sweet and flavorable even after a year’s time. DARIGOLD butter is sweet cream, packed in vacuum tins, its rich wholesome flavor DARIGOI another that will Ask for DARIGOLD leading groceries and food products at stores. Consolidated Dairy Products Co. Seattle—~Tacoma .D Full Cream Cheese is product delight the family because of its delightful tang and richness. the largest carniverous animals in the world, are found on Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof Islands and most of the mainland adjacent to Juneau. Black bear, deer, moose and mountain goat are plentiful, too. Among the fur bearers in this locality are mink, marten, beaver, land otter, ermine and red fox. Ex- cellent hunting for duck, geese, grouse and ptarmigan is available to the sportsman, who will find, also, native Cutthroat, Steelhead Rainbow and Dolly Varden trout, and some Colorado brook trout, which have been planted. 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