Working in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine : from the memoirs of Donald E. Williams, 1937-1939.

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Working in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine : from the memoirs of Donald E. Williams, 1937-1939.

Recollections of friends and experiences working in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine. Cover includes two portraits.

1 v. (19 p. + 1 letter)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7556951

Alaska State Library

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Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company

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The history of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company (A.J.) begins indirectly with the discovery of gold at Sumdum and Windham Bay in 1870. This was followed by discoveries in Silver Bow Basin in 1880 by Richard Harris and Joe Juneau. In 1881 John Treadwell, staked by a San Francisco company purchased the Paris claim on Douglas Island for $400. He set up a five-stamp test mill. In 1883 the company set up a 120-stamp mill, then a wharf and chlorination plant. The mill was operating at full capaci...

Williams, Donald E.,

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Donald E. Williams worked as a nipper in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine, Juneau, Alaska at various times between 1937-1939. From the description of Working in the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine : from the memoirs of Donald E. Williams, 1937-1939. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 45679615 ...