Army Chases
Ghosts to Test
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Winter Conditions
SILVER CITY, Yukon Territory,
{/P)—The Army has chased the
phantoms from this ghost torwn
where 60 years ago miners moiled
for gold. But they'll be back in
July.
Operation “Eager Beaver” yes
terday reached the halfway point
and the worst was over for the
450 Canadian and U.S. army men.
They came to Silver City, 150
miles north of Whitehorse, in
January to build an airstrip and
to test equipment against the Arc
tic winter.
Winter Conditions Tested
In July, when the exercise is
completed and reports have been
sifted for their last useful bit of
information, the army will pull
up stakes and allow the ghosts to
drift back to Silver City.
The troops, under command of
Maj. E. D. Taylor of Vancouver
and Lt. Col. H. D. Brown of the
U. S. Army, are tearing and blast
ing hundreds of tons of muskeg,
rock and permafrost to build the
airstrip which may never be used
and test themselves and their
equipment under the worst possi
ble winter conditions.
Frozen Beer and Thick Oil
Maj. Taylor says he and his
men have had “several minor
problems” to contend with, such
as: 46 - below - zero temperatures
when oil in tractors and bull
dozers became as thick ns glue,
heaters broke down and the men
had to work 24-hour shifts for
two weeks to determine how they
and their machinery could stand
up under pressure. Not only that,
but the beer froze.
The exercise involves for the
most part testing of new and
“classified” equipment.
On the ice of nearby Kluane
Lake, the men built another -air
strip for the heaviest aircraft in
68 hours. The main airstrip on
shore will be 6,000 feet long.
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