Digital Bob Archive

JUNE 4, 1887-J. A. Johnson of the Johnson Mill & Mining Company, the man who ?invented? a 20-stamp mill in the Victoria paper last winter, has returned and this time has brought an outfit of milling machinery which he says will have a capacity to handle 50 tons of ore a day. It includes a 70-ton Stiles crusher and a battery of concentrators which were also built by W. C. Stiles, who is here to install the plant and put it in operation. Work is being pushed forward on the road so the machinery can be taken to the mill site. This equipment is said to be far less costly than a stamp mill. Johnson has put up a boarding house 16 by 30 feet on the property and other buildings will follow. Burleigh drills will be used in the tunnel, with water power from Gold Creek transmitted to them by wire cable. The ore will flow from the mine to mill by gravity.

Sam O. Wheelock is putting a 100-foot addition to his hall on Front Street, and 70 feet of it will be used as a skating rink. The skates are on order and are expected to be here by Fourth of July.

The 500-pound bell has now been placed in the tower of the Mission Church on Seward Street.

Hart?s Opera House at Second and Seward is going up with a rush and will be ready for the Fourth of July. C. W. Young is the builder.

JUNE 11, 1887-There is not a house in Juneau for rent, and builders cannot keep up with the demand.

The other evening the Alaska Cornet Band borrowed a large rowboat and hired a couple of oarsmen. They gave a serenade from the waters of the bay and also went ashore at Douglas and gave a concert for half an hour, after which they returned to Juneau and gave a street concert.

Koehler & James bought the first gold to come out of Silver Bow Basin this season.

JUNE 18, 1887-N. S. Fuller, one of the men who provided the original grubstake from Dick Harris and Joe Juneau, is now acting superintendent of the Treadwell mines. He reports that the company will soon add 120 stamps to the 120 already in operation. At the same time, work is progressing on the Treadwell ditch, which will provide additional water for the mill. It has already reached Falls Creek or Lazard Creek, the first large creek north of the mine, and eventually may extend all the way to Fish Creek at the north end of the island.