Family papers of Richard Tighe Harris, 1853-1969.

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Family papers of Richard Tighe Harris, 1853-1969.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43961414

Includes dated and undated correspondence, invitations, mining and other legal records, financial records, memoranda books, drawings by William John Harris (son of R.T.), photographs including those of Joe Juneau and R.T. Harris for "Old Tillicum" cigar ads, maps, publications, a scrapbook, newspapers, and Masonic Order materials that belonged to R.T. Harris.

2 boxes (0.8 linear ft.)

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7536466

Alaska State Library

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Harris, Richard Tighe, 1833-1907

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Juneau, Joe, 1826-1899.

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Pilz, George E.

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George E. Pilz was born in Saxony, Germany in 1845. After studying mining and doing exploratory drilling for coal, Pilz came to the United States in 1867. He worked as a mineral examiner and mining engineer in Vermont, Michigan, California, and Nevada. Moving to Sitka, Alaska in 1879, Pilz financed several prospectors including Richard Tighe Harris (1833-1907) and Joseph Juneau, who made a major gold strike in 1880 at Quartz Gulch and Silver Bow Basin. In addition to this, Pilz organized or help...