Show JACK PLEASED WITH M TOE PROGRESS AT ALASKA MINES MINS i Colonel D. D C. C Tackling Is II thus quoted In Juneau Alaska Alalea following an inspection tion ton of ot tho property of ot tho Alaska Gold Mines U eR company I r have ha had scores of ot development p pro pro- programs o grams grama und under r m in my supervision during thelast tho the last twelve years yeats I have havo h had con construction ion tion ton work done In many localities but butI I have ha never had ha a n development scheme so thoroughly thorough worked out In all 1 directions as that which has haa been accomplished In Inthe Inthe inthe the Alaska properties In Juneau Every Eiery detail detal of our plans has ha been put through in finished manner maer Part of the program Is IH ahead of schedule Every phase of or th the tho work hero here is highly y satisfactory and I am d delighted t to bo be able abla to witness the strides that have been taken Colonel also als spoke of the wholesome class of or men to be b found In Inthe the GasUn Au camps anti and ant tho the spirit which characterizes their work Colonel Jackling said ld The development development development develop develop- ment program mapped out over a year yeara a ago 0 Is now right tho the Tho The tunnel In Is four months ahead of schedule and will bo done by April Apri 1 1 1914 Theother Tho The other has work has gone ahead equally as smoothly There remains abott feet teet to be driven Iriven in tho ho Creek tunnel before the tho connection with the vertical shaft of ot the tho mine Is made Tho The west face of ot the Sheep Creek tunnel Isnow is isnow isnow now at a point beyond tho the east face of the ho Alexander tunnel with a distance of ot feet fee separating them The vertical shaft will wJ be finished this month but the tho connection will m not be made until nt next year eAr On our present trip we e decided e upon the hc location locton of ot our mills mUs at Creek We have hn had unusual luck In getting mAterIal ma- ma tonal on the ground On September 27 21 tho the Kansas Kansa City Structural Steel compan company com corn pan pany shipped a n carload of ot steel to Seattle Sete over o the tho Milwaukee roa road coupling an antraIn all steel train to Its cars of or steel steel We received recel el the steel hero here last Monda Monday B By the time Ume we get Ket back to Seattle nil all ni the tho steel and an machinery for tor the shops and mills mis will wU have o ha been ordered The Tho main steel for tor tho the buildings will wi not begin begino to o arrive before January or February By Dy that hat time the tho design and arrangement of all aU shops and mills mUs will wH be fully tUly set set- tied ted These buildings will Trill wl bo be so 80 constructed that the they will wm be In the same condition a generation afterward a as j when built buit Our l idea dea ea is to put up buildings that wilt will m be bo as permanent as the ore bodies boies in our property prop prop- erty ery We are ua all nI ver very much pleased with the entire entre situation and satisfied with the tho progress up to date Compared to tn a mill mili tary campaign this Is tho the battlefield ml- ml and 1 the men In charge are aro the tho field officers i It I it Is 1 m my task AsIc to lay layout out plans and the Burden of ot raising tho the sinews of war ar has been jeen upon President Hayden HaY I seo see no reason reson to change the statement I made a year ear ago when I ald said that I expect to see eo coming comin out of or this development the situation that will 1 make the tho district tributary to Junc Juneau u tho the grea greatest test gold I producing district In the United Unie States |