University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
PH1469
Photographs of
Southeastern Alaska Mining Companies
1915
30 Photographs (1 folder ) ; 4" x 5"
Collection materials are in
English.
Photographs of
mining companies in Southeastern Alaska and views of Juneau, Thane, and nearby
areas.
The Alaska Gastineau Mining Company (the operating company of Alaska
Gold Mines Co.) was owned by Bartlett L. Thane. The town that the Alaska
Gastineau Mining Company was located in, Thane, was named after him. The mine
began operations on February 18, 1915. Thane's Alaska Gold Mine Company had
expanded to 2,166 acres in 1915 with 275 acres of mills and homesteads. The
Alaska Gold Mine Company was composed of four different holdings. These were
the Alaska Perseverance, Ground Hog, Silver Bow Basin, Sheep Creek, and the
mill site on the Gastineau channel. Operations closed in 1921. The Ebner Mine
was run by the California-Nevada Copper Co. The Alaska Juneau Mine began
operations in 1840 and was enormously successful in later decades (1930s-40s),
but it closed in 1944. Its mill was modeled after the Gastineau Company's
innovative tube mill. Treadwell is located in the Douglas region opposite the
Thane area across the Gastineau channel. The city of Treadwell, Alaska was
incorporated on April 1, 1901. It was named after John Treadwell who founded
the Treadwell Gold Mining Co. in 1889 . There were four mines in the Treadwell
area including the Ready-Bullion which was the only mine which did not flood on
April 21, 1917. The other mines which were destroyed during the flooding were
Treadwell mine, 700 Foot, and the Mexican mine.
Photographs of mining companies in southeastern Alaska including the
Gastineau Mining Company, Ebner Mine, Perseverance Mine, Alaska Gold Belt
Mining Company, Alaska Juneau Gold Mine Company located in Juneau, Treadwell
and Thane, Alaska
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Alaska Gastineau Mining Company (Juneau, Alaska)--Photographs
Juneau (Alaska)--Photographs
Treadwell (Alaska)--Photographs
Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Photographs
Mining corporations--Alaska--Photographs
Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Photographs
Alaska
Mines and Mineral Resources
Alaska Gold Mining Company
The Alska Gold Mining Company included the Alaska Gastineau Mining
Company, Alaska Perseverance, Ground Hog, Silver Bow Basin, and Sheep
Creek.
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Alaska Gastineau Mining Company mill, mill housing, and
mountainside, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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2
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company houses at Thane,
Alaska
circa 1915
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3
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company houses at Thane,
Alaska
circa 1915
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4
Gastineau Channel from above Alaska Gastineau Company
mill, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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5
Gastineau Channel from Alaska Gastineau Mining Company
mill, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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6
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company buildings and mill,
Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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7
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company buildings and mill,
Thane Alaska
circa 1915
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8
Steel frame building under construction at Alaska
Gastineau Mining Company, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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9
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company mill, Thane,
Alaska
circa 1915
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10
Interior of Gastineau Mining Company's Mill, Thane,
Alaska
circa 1915
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11
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company's dining room, Thane,
Alaska
circa 1915
1
12
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company store, with tin ceiling
and canned goods stacked, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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13
Portal Camp Sheep Creek, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
Probably part of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company.
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14
Sheep Creek Basin, Thane, Alaska
June 30, 1915
Probably part of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company.
1
15
Salmon Creek, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
Probably part of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company.
1
16
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company power plant in Salmon
Creek, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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17
Hot house and garden at Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
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18
Wrecked wharf, Thane, Alaska
August 16, 1915
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19
Street scene, Thane, Alaska
circa 1915
Alaska Perseverance Company Mine
1
20
Alaska Perseverance Company Mine at Silver Bow basin,
Juneau, Alaska
June 10, 1915
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21
Alaska Perseverance Company Mine at Silver Bow basin,
Juneau, Alaska
June 10, 1915
Juneau Mining Companies
Ebner Gold Mine, Juneau, Alaska
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22
Ebner Gold Mine, Juneau, Alaska
May 18, 1915
1
23
Ebner Gold Mine. Juneau, Alaska
June 1915
Alaska Juneau Mining Company
1
24
Alaska Juneau Mining Company railroad
August 21, 1915
1
25
Alaska Juneau Gold Mine Company Mill, Juneau,
Alaska
May 1915
1
26
Alaska Juneau Gold Mine Company Mill, Juneau,
Alaska
June 1915
1
27
Alaska Juneau Gold Mine Company mill, Juneau,
Alaska
May 1915
Juneau and Treadwell
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28
Group of miners in Alaska
June 30, 1915
On verso: Alaska Gold Belt Mining Cos' Miners
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29
Automobile wreck in Juneau, Alaska
June 13, 1915
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30
Baseball game in Treadwell, Alaska
circa 1915
Baseball was very important to these communities, and the team
in Treadwell was known as one of the toughest. Sometimes the residents would
even place bets on the their favored baseball teams.