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Show SHEEP CREEK MINE 10 BEJGPECTED Col. D. C. Jackling Plans a Visit to Alaska Gold Mines Property. For the purpose of making au inspection inspec-tion of the properties of the Alaska Gold Mines company ' and the construction construc-tion work tbat is being done, Colonel D. C. Jackling accompanied by Frank 0. Janney, chief of the metallurgical staff, and H. B. Tooker, traffic manager, nUl leave for Seattle on Saturday. F.ar!y next week they trill sail- for Alaska. The mine work is confined to connecting connect-ing up the immense ore aeposits with the Sheep creek tunnel and the main shaft, through which tho product will be delivered to the mill. This is not in the nature of new development, hut is tor the purpose of blockiuj out the ore in order that it may be -.'aaily broken down and sent out througn the t'jnncl. It is known that thnro is a bin mineralization miner-alization below the tunnel level, but the management t;iys that tune is suffuimt ore proven up to keep fie jimm-iisn 'l-000-ton onceutrator operating for a number of years, or during the lifetime of the present officials ol the company. At some future date it is expected that a lower tunnel will be run under the present workinr:, which will give an fad-ditional fad-ditional depth of from 1000 to 1 lOti feet. From this it is expected that mining can be condie-ted on sm h a j-calo as to practically double the resources of this gold pio'lin'er. Colonel .lacMing reports good progress being made in the construction work of the mill plant near Juneau. Material arc being delivered regularly and tliorc has been no interruption in getting supplies. sup-plies. Everything :ii pre-cnt iii.le'alis that the plant will be ready to start, the first section operating about January 1, lilli. After the first Hcniou lias been regularly commissioned, the reuia.niug six sections will be put in working order as rapidly as ad just ments can be made, it is planned to have the iiiant operating operat-ing on HoOfl tons ilaily within the vcar, after which construction work will be completed on the remaining fourteen set ions. It will take several vears to bring this mammoth reduction plant up to iK full capacity of i'0,000 tons, as the original plans only called for construction of sit sections. The .Sheep creek tunnel added so much more gold ore than was ex-peeted ex-peeted thai the management, felt in. tide. ti-de. in recommending the raising of (he capacity, and the directors took favor-aide favor-aide action on the enlargement plans. The ore being strictly H gold product, there will never be any occasion to curtail cur-tail operations bv reason of any market, mar-ket, action, and Colonel Jackling taken the view that this property is one of the greatc-it mini's ho has ever devc!ocd. Ore Shipments Released. The r:tylt Ore fcnmnlinir company reported re-ported tlie follow Irii,' slilpnintM ,,f ore released re-leased yester.ljiy: S.iyen cars from Kind. Mining Notcn. .1. W. TUeKlm, a mining encrlneer of -"all I.ake. left, yesterday on tlio overland Limited for New ynrk flic, from wliero he will pull on September ':: to take an Tnrlnoerlnx fortiori wllb the hlarre-Wlt-kon company on a lead-zlne property a ihort distance, from JohaiineHhnnr. |