ACTIVE WORK AT
READY BULLION
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0. H. Sleeper Describes Opera
tions to Open up Great
Copper Property.
Work at the Ready Bullion copper
mine on Lynx creek will proceed every j
hour of the coming winter. Three
eight-hour shifts will continue to bore
the long tunnel on the second level,
\v hich will reach the vein 1000 feet from I
the >ide of the mountain.
This vein has already been cross-cut !
MRMVet higher up, and drifting both I
wa\s has revealed an ore body which
all who have ^een it pronounce one of I
the mon marvelous copper deposits
ever uncovered. The ledge where the
tunnel strikes it is 300 feet wide, with
a pay streak blocked out which would
keep the mine shipping for years. This
upper tunnel i> 300 feet long.
The tunnel on the lower level is de
signed to reach the ore to better ad
vantage. and it is also believed that
according to the rule in similar depos-1
its the ore will he richer and the pay
streak wider as greater depth is at
tained. The first tunnel is only a few
hundred feet from the summit of the
hill, where the apex of the vein lies.
Achieves Wide Notice
The Ready Bullion mine has at
tracted as much attention in the past
year ar ary mining project in this part
of Alaska, and its lame has caused it
to receive considerable attention in the
newspapers and mining publications on
t he outside, a I chough it is not yet a
-hipping mine. Copper experts who
visited it said months ago that the de
velopment work then done took the
property out of the list oi experiments
and established it as a mine which ;
could safely begin shipping at any
t ime.
Late in 190.‘> the Ready Bullion was
located by Nathan P. White, who is
now superintendent of the work, lie
immediately enlisted the interest of |
o. II. Sleeper of Kxeter, New Hamp- J
-hire, owner of a valuable gold prop
erty on Bear creek, who had been i
coming to the Inlet region every sum
mer >ince 1S9S to direct operations on
i lie latter. The following year con
-iderable development work was done
m the Ready Bullion, and in the spring
>t‘ thirty men were put to work.
Keeps Tab on Work
Mr. Sleeper came to Alaska in July
this year, and remained at the Ready
Bullion until this week, when he came
to Seward to go out for the winter,
-ailing on the Bertha for Seattle. He
will return about April Land the scale
>f operations then will be greatly en
larged. The lower tunnel is now in
more than 200 foot. It is being driven
at the rate of four or live feet a day,
and the vain should be struck about
May. The dip is inward, which adds
to the distance of the ledge from the
surface, as well as the slope of the hill.
As soon as the ledge is reached in
the lower tunnel attention will be
given to blocking out the ore bodies by
drifting, and a few months later the
mine will be prepared to ship. At pre
sent only a trail leads to it, but a branch
of the railroad can be run up Johnson
creek from the main line on an easy
grade, or a lirst-class wagon road can
be made over the same route.
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GIFTS FOR CHRISTENINGS.
Queen Alexandra, When a Godmother
Bestows Presents of Pearls
, and Diamonds.
Much more is made in England of christ
enings than here. Nowadays the Eng
lish make a social function of what for
merly was a purely religious affair;
there is a large gathering at the ehurcfc
where the ceremony is performed, and
this is followed by a reception at the
home of the child’s parents. The ntim
ber of sponsors is no longer restricted
to two godfathers and one godmother foi
a boy and one godfather for a girl, but
four and even six sponsors appear
Queen Alexandra is often a godmother
and her gift to her godchild is generally
a pearl and diamond pendant. Othei
godmothers are giving valuable lace or
jewels, but sometimes give money in*J
stead, the sums varying from $250 to
$25,000. The nurse always receives
from them a note varying from five dol
lars to $100. or a bit of handsome jewelry.
The reception following the ceremony
is a white function so far as decorations;
and the gown of the child’s mother go.
The baby itself is always beautifully
dressed in a slip of white satin or silk,
over which is drawn a robe of rich lace.
Bridal veils are often draped over the
slip instead of a regular robe. Lord
and Lady Castlereagh’s children were
christened in an Irish lace robe, the
work of the lace-makers on their Irish
estate, Mount Stewart. Lady Dudley
had her first child christened draped in
the bridal veil she wore at her wedding, j
FINDS AN AGED BANDIT.
A London Journalist Interviews Fa
mous Servian Desperado Who
Is Now 117 Years Old.
A London journalist has just inter
viewed the famous Servian bandit, Sto
van Zikitsch, who is claimed to be 117 '
years old. The old fellow wears heavy :
clothes the year round; drinks about
three-quarters of a liter of brandy a day,
and aifirms that in his youth he drank
12 liters of wine a day w ithout any harm
ful consequences. But he has never
taken coffee or a smoke. Early in life,
while in Greece, he knew Lord Byron,
and is proud of telling of the “curly
headed Englishman.’’ Zikitsch has
twice been married and has four daugh
ters. He boasts that he has never
worked in his life. "All thaV I can
vield is the gun and the dagger, and, ;
thank God. I have earned enough by \
them to live comfortably now," he
shouted after his interviewer, as the lat
ter was leaving.
Newcomers should see the fine line
of furniture at Richards’ before fitting
up their houses. * j
Take a bath at Gould and Conners.
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We will give away $150 in presents Christmas,
Watch this Add next week. No fake!
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