The lumber to plank Seward Street from Second Street up to the school house has arrived and will soon be in place.
The City Brewery has placed one of the latest improved beer refrigerators in the Banquet Saloon.
Reports from the Porcupine District near Haines Mission indicate some very rich diggings. Quite a number of Juneau men are working claims there.
The Last Chance Gold Mining Company, which owns both Last Chance Basin and Lurvey Basin, has sifted its operations to the latter, located at the head of Silver Bow. A three-inch giant is at work tearing out gravels in the basin. A tunnel 343 feet in length has been driven through bedrock to tap the basin and carry off the gravel, which is 37 feet deep in the basin and covers about ten acres. Henry Hile is in charge of the operations.
The July report from the Mexican Mine on Douglas Island sows 13,482 tons of ore was crushed to produce $20,391 in bullion. The average return was $1.51 per ton and expenses were $20,102 or $1.49 per ton. For the Treadwell mine, 54,376 tons of ore were crushed to yield $92,008 or $1.69 per ton. Expenses for that operation were not reported. News of the Gold Camp – 12/11/1980