Show BUTE SUPERIOR AND AlASKA GOlD SEEN BY JACKLING I D. D C. C and Charles Hayden have completed their Inspection of the Butte Superior mine and have sailed saied from Seattle for Alaska where they I wl will Inspect the Alaska Gold Mines properties While In Butte Dute and Just be before before before be- be I fore their departure Colonel gave out the following statement re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding these the as m follows We Ve have the new shaft shan completely finished and timbered do down n to the 1500 foot level said Raid Mr Jackling r after the inspection trip and If I we had har the hoisting machinery here and could put putI It I into shape for operating It I would no not aol take long Ions to have the new shaft shaf run run- ning The great geat delay however is due to our inability to get the hoisting apparatus apparatus apparatus ap ap- ap- ap I and sad machinery and the electrical electrical elec elec- equipment for it t soon loon We Ve have had good promises from the manufacturers but I do not anticipate that we can have the shaft in readiness and hoist operating BO so that ore can be hoisted before the first of the year We may do a little better beter than that Until then we will have to rely tely on the old Black Back Rock shaft for hoisting ore but It i will wi stand It all al right I believe beleve Conditions In the zinc industry are showing some Improvement although we I have had a pretty hard Jolt in the re reduction re- re ducton in the price of spelter The rhe marl market et looks more stable now and we believe beleve that there will wi be several months of or good times ahead in the zinc bust busi ness nel Mr Jackling was asked about Alaska Gold and the outlook there We Ve are on our way to Alaska and conditions there are Are not at all al discouraging dis dis- he said said As far tr as we are concerned we pay no attention to stock market prices We are interested in the mining end of or It I. I I The operA operating costs there are running running run run- rn- rn i ning about 65 tin cents a ton Conditions are different there than In some Rome other mining lines We Ve have to take the ore that we have on hand and that is broken and dispose of it before we can get at other ore At present we are opening the mine In some new places and this will wi probably probably probably ably soon result resul in an improvement Conditions are not as al good as we expected ex ex- nor as good a as al we expect they will wi be But we have faith in the property and believe beleve that we will wi run Into better beter ore that will w show good profits later Our July report showed the ore was averaging 24 per ton which is an improvement over the average shown by bythe bythe bythe the ore handled In previous months for some time The average for last lat year ran Tan a alte little over average 1 15 per ton We look for forstl still further improvement however after aler the ore that is broken and ready for forthe forthe forthe the mill mi is 11 disposed of Alaska Gold old is a long lone time proposition tion and must be worked out gradually as ton S It I is an enormous tonnage tion |