The west shore., January 01, 1886, Page 36, Image 34

THE WEST SHORE.
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NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST.
In a recent letter to tho Cohmixl a correspondent
gives tlm following UU about mining in Alnnka: Juneau
Cilv in situaUd on a bay of tlio same mime, and on n
plateau which rises graiiuauy irom "
back to tho foot of precipitous mountiiiiiH almost perpen
dicularly somo throe or four tlioiiHimd foet high. 0iik
sito in Jfc.uglass Island, fiimotiH for its largo deposits of
g..ld-loariiig quartz. On ono of theso ledges m situated
thn largest, or ono of tlm largest, quartz milla in the
world (120 atampB), fully equipped with tlio latest mid
immt improved machinery. Tlio lodge. nomo (500 foot in
width, lie nWo tlio mill, nnd nlmut 1,(HK) foet from it a
Nliitft from the too to tlio level of tlio trainwny, not far
from tlio edge of tlm ledge, receives tlio ore which iH
mined from tho top of tlio ledge, and iH carried on a sub
Nlantinl tramway to tlio top or fourth story of tho mill,
where it in crushed ami fed t4i tho stamps liy inachinory.
This vast mill will email ovoi HoO tons of ore per day,
and only required tho attendance of twenty-five men on
each shift. The enterprising projector and part owner
of thin justly celebrated atamp mill, Mr. Trendwoll, ia at
present in very ixor health. When 1 viaited tho mill
and inini'H the other day lie informed me that the output
of golden bricks had atemlily increaaed from tho start in
Inly, and ran lie safely put down at $100,000 per month.
Tho chlorinatiou works are not yet in satisfactory work
ing order, hut aa booii aa they are the output will bo
largely inrroaaod. There ia but little doubt that there
will I hi two or more atamp milla erected at ouco on tho
aamo ledge, aa there are Hoveral other claima on tho annio
IcnIh which are aaid to Ik) equally rich and extenaivfl aa
the Tremlwell claim. Senator Jonen and other capitaliata
arn here from San Francisco insocting thoao miuos, and
it ia eiKs-ted that aeveral other milla will shortly bo
starlisl. The outlook ia very bright for Alaaka, with ita
mild climate and immeiiHO gold-bearing quartz voina.
There were aeveral gardena and truck patches started
arouii.l Juneau thia your, and turnips, beota, lettuce,
oltoes and other vegetables, aa lino aa you would wiah
U aee, are raised in abundance, and myriads (that's tho
only word that will oircss it) of fish alumnd in ovory
lay or crcok. The timborof thia part of Alaaka ia rather
inferior, principally hemlock ami spruce, but enough for
all purp.... To return to Juneau. It Iiiih alamt (5(H)
mhahitmiU. There are eight stores of dry goods nnd
gnavrioa, two drug stores, three tin shops, two shoo
makers, two btilorn, onn hliwkatuitli shop, fifton saloons
or iilaeea where bmir, whiskey and other liquors aro sold'
and one brewery. The pl,u.,.r mines have been fairly
pr.w..nMis this year. There are of the citizens of Juneau
over lifty miners who havo Imcn out prospecting, moat of
then, uih.,1 the tributaries of the Yukon, who have not
Murnm yet, but are eivtel early next month. Many
Mrt.e h return. from short trips of two or three
months, nnd bring m duo eciinei,s of gold, silver and
copH.r, an, one party from up the coast returned laUily
rou, a visit U a iniun of ,,,., t, 0()Lst . J
.. ilea ala.r here, with some fine ap.H-i.nena of thia vl,.
able miners . There is no doubt whatever that Alaska
la rich m ,mral .unv,, and that ita develop.u.M has
now RMtuiiied a tangible slm.e. 1
TlmrA m'.m . : i ii . .. . .
iiniit'rnoie n arm in ... i. i.v.i. rs 1...
bia when it was announo,, that ihl, iZlZ
to l'ort M. y would not Ik, oraUl Ullti,
:,ri"n,:n r tiM Vwn
in.aajl ,,.igh c$!V
rol tho u,u.r.or merchanU W not laid iXSt
nry qunntity of supplies for the winter, nor had sufficient
beef cuttle been brought from the ranges to the const A
beef fnmine seemed imminent in Victoria, while the shut
ting off of supplies from the interior threatened the most
harmful results, npproacmng m places even to starvation.
After considerable negotiation arrangements have been
made with, the contractor to run a train semi-weekly, and
the publication of this has relieved the anxiety of the
merchants. About the 1st of May the road will be
opened for through traffic from Montreal to Coal Harbor.
One of the mines contributing to the prosperity of
Helena is the Gloster, situated thirty miles west of the
city. The works consist of the mill of sixty stamps,
hoisting works, assay office, blacksmith shop, stables,'
office, charcoal storehouse containing 20,000 bushels,
boarding house and a gravity tramway one-half mile
long. The mill is supplied with power by an 18x42 Cor.
liss engine, nnd the hoisting works by a pair of lGxfiO
engines, recently put in at nn expense of $75,000. The
mine is oponed by a three-compnrtment shaft to a depth
of 400 foot, nnd four levels have been run about 000 foet
each, the vein averaging ton feet in width. There is
enough ore in sight above the 400-foot level to supply
the mill 110 tons per day for a year and a half, anil ex
plorations below that level show a continuous body of
ore fourteen feet wide for the next 100 feet The ore
averages about $52, of which the mill saves GO per cent
The product is about $80,000 monthly and the expenses
SIIO.OOO.
Two capitalists ami experienced meat packers have
boon investigating the question of the shipment of
dressed meat from Montana in refrigerator cars. The
r 1 -r 1 - 1 i.i-lYi 'i !' i i
.uarquis no luores huh uemonsiraieu its leasiDiuty, Dili
these gentlemen wish to embark in it on a larger scale.
It is their idea to handle 20,000 cattle during the fire
months of fat boef, and to do this will require an invest
ment of nbout $250,000. They have not announced any
definite plans nor the selection of any particular location,
though Miles jOity seems to have matte a favorable im
proHsion. Montana is now Bonding about 100,000 cnttle
to market annually, ami if 30,000 (20,000 at Miles City
and 10,000 nt Medora) of these can be slaughtered near
the ranges stockmen will experience much relief in con
ducting their businoas. Industries for the utilization of
the refuse matter will naturally follow in the train of
such a great slaughtering business, benefiting the Terri
tory by thoir presence.
Tho indox of Bahylioo8 first year, which accom
panies its twelfth number (November), comprises nearly
fiuir linn.li.a.l t;tl .. l :.. : i f it.. ..u:..i
ered by this novel mother's companion in ita first volume.
Il - I I l. .i:n U i 1 r - tn.
i nuuiu uo uiuicuii wj crowa into oju pages a grenvoi
variety of information and suggestion touching the rear-(
ing of children nnd the regimen of the nursery. The No
vember nuuilier contains nn article which, if rend and
thoroughly digested by half the mothers of recent arrir
nla in the human family, could not fail to add materially
to their mutual comfort, to say nothing of vanquishing,
in advance, the dyspepsia with which many bnbioa are
destined to find themselves handicapped a few yean
hence. The writer is Dr. L. E. Holt, visiting physicia
to the Now York Infant Asylum, and he heads his article
with the simple and suggestive word "Colio." 'a w '
Spruce street, New York. $1.50 a year.
A short time since word was received that good plncer
diggings had been found in the foothills of the Cascades,
east of Toledo, W. T. A correspondent writes: "Th
nnd of gold in the hills east of Toledo is so far success
ful that the party of men, among them experienced