Digital Bob Archive

2 June 1978 issue

MAY 21, 1921-For many years visitors to Juneau, and especially those connected with the mining business, have been proudly taken to the Old Stand to view the collection of some 3,000 mineral specimens on display in three glass cabinets. And, in earlier and happier days, after viewing the collection they were often invited to step over to the bar and have a little something.

The Old Stand, at 22 Front Street near the Occidental Hotel, was opened in 1897 by Louis Kubach. Around 1904 he sold it to Gustave F. Studebaker and William Bosch who have conducted it as one of Juneau?s favorite sample rooms. And, during the years, they have assiduously collected mineral specimens and created the aforementioned display.

Since January 1, 1918, when Alaska became a ?dry? territory as a result of the overwhelming vote of the people, the Old Stand has been a soft drink parlor and billiard hall. And now the mineral collection will grace the premises no longer. It has been sold, cabinets and all, to the territory for placement in the Alaska Historical Museum and will soon be transferred to the museum quarters. A portion of it will be included in the Alaska exhibit at the American Mining Congress at Chicago next October.

The famed mineral collection will still be available for showing to visitors but, alas, it will no longer be possible afterward for them to take a little something, either at the museum or elsewhere.

MAY 6, 1893-The Juneau Mining and Milling Co. is making preparations to resume work at its property in Silver Bow Basin. The snow has been cleared away and preparations made to put in a new pipeline. Ten more stamps will be added to the mill, doubling its capacity. The machinery will arrive on the City of Topeka. Mining is expected to resume next week.

MAY 6, 1893-Landerking & Winter have put in a large stock of picture frame moulding and will now make the framing of pictures a regular feature of their business. J. M. Landerking and Lloyd V. Winter, the proprietors, report that business is booming at their photographic gallery on the Water Front.

AUGUST 23, 1913-Jaxson?s Rink, a roller skating emporium, opened last night as Juneau?s newest amusement place. It is located on the water side of Lower Franklin Street. For the opening, both the skating floor and the spectator?s balcony were filled to capacity. The high school band and the Welte Orchestration furnished music for the occasion. The rink will be open afternoons and evenings.

JULY 12, 1888-Over at Treadwell the work on the Mexican claim is being pushed ahead as rapidly as possible under the direction of Superintendent C.F. Depue. The tunnel on the property has been run in on good milling ore a distance of 80 feet and is still being advanced. Mr. Depue owns the sawmill at Sheep Creek and is increasing its capacity in order to supply lumber and timbers needed on the Mexican and other mining properties on Douglas Island.

JULY 6, 1938-The 600-foot cruiser Louisville, with a complement of 611 men and 43 officers, docked here this morning for a five-day visit. Her arrival was preceded and announced by aerial maneuvers of her four scouting-observation planes which circled, dived and climbed over the channel for half an hour before the arrival of the ship. The Louisville is under the command of Captain R. W. Mathewson.
DECEMBER 2, 1912-The Alaska-Washington Club was organized during a meeting last evening at the Alaska Grill and 14 men, all graduates or undergraduates of the University of Washington, joined the new organization. Grover C. Winn, 1910, was elected president; R.C. Wayland, 1906, vice president, and R.W. Welch, 1913, secretary.

APRIL 1, 1914-The mountain wall separating Sheep Creek basin from the Perseverance Mine was pierced at 2 o?clock this morning and two hours later the opening was large enough for men to pass through. The tunnel was found to be in perfect alignment laterally and in elevation. Establishing the lines of the tunnel is considered an engineering feat. They were established by a system of triangulation by J. A. Wilcox of the engineering staff of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company. The levels were carried from Perseverance Mine down Gold Creek to Juneau, thence along the beach to Sheep Creek and up that creek to the tunnel portal, a distance of 12 miles.

The total distance driven from the new portal on Sheep Creek tot he crosscut at Perseverance is 9,975 feet while the crosscut on the Perseverance side is 702 feet in length, making a total distance of 10,947 feet. This was driven between November 15, 1912, and this morning. The tunnel is ten feet wide and eight feet high.

P.H. ?Paddy? O?Neil was in charge of the Sheep Creek crew for the entire job. Three drill crews were used, each working six hours then resting for eight.

NOVEMBER 2, 1893-C. W. Garside, deputy U. S. mineral surveyor, commenced the official survey of the townsite of Juneau last Tuesday. It will take fully six weeks to complete the work, which had been delayed by red tape in Washington. It had been hoped that it could be completed last summer. Survey crews have been busy lining up and measuring Seward, Main, Gold, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Streets and one block on Front Street. John Olds, the townsite trustee, is an interested observer of the work.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1913-The First Territorial Bank of Alaska opened its doors at Douglas at 9 o?clock this morning with a large crowd present. Each lady who attended was given a box of candy while the gentlemen received cigars. The first deposit was made by Frankie Bach, son of a Douglas pioneer, and by closing time Cashier A. C. Gurr had received an estimated $100,000 in deposits. Gurr was assisted during the day by Harold Post, cashier of the First National Bank of Juneau. The new bank is located in a prominent place on Front Street and the opening was hailed as one of the most important events in the history of Douglas. It is planned that a branch will be opened in Juneau by October 1, primarily for savings accounts.