Digital Bob Archive

OCTOBER 22, 1887-Poor George Pilz has again earned the nickname ?Hard Luck George.? This time it was mostly in the partners he chose, who apparently took most of the profits from the mill at Silver Bow Basin. They disappeared, and his creditors swooped down and had the mill seized. W. I. Webster has purchased it for $1,200 to satisfy the claims. Given time, George would undoubtedly have made it, as his lode was quite rich.

E. O. Decker was winner, two falls out of three, in a wrestling match with C. P. Burton on the stage of the Opera House.

Dr. Craigie, our dentist, who has been working his claims all summer, has shut down that business and is now open for dentistry.

NOVEMBER 5, 1887-Sam Wheelock and Dave Flannery, who recently opened a general merchandise store on the waterfront, have received a fine Hall combination safe and will now be able to store gold dust for their customers. A Maine man, Wheelock came north to the Cassiar in 1874 and was in that country until he came to Juneau in 1881. He has been one of the proprietors of the Franklin Hotel. Flannery came to Alaska with the Army in 1867 and was a First Sargeant. After his discharge he was in the Customs Service for some time.

John Treadwell?s ditch gang, who had been out on the hills of Douglas Island all summer, came to town this past week and distributed considerable amounts of money.

On Wednesday evening the Juneau Minstrel Troupe will give a performance at the Opera house.

NOVEMBER 12, 1887-An additional 120 stamps will soon start dropping at the Alaska Mill & Mining Company mill on the island, making 240 in all. Stock in the company is now said to pay a dividend of $1 per share per month and this is expected to double when the new mill starts. No stock is available. There is said to be ore enough to run the 240 stamps for 108 years.

The Rev. E. S. Willard has the new building for the Presbyterian mission home nearly completed.

Henry Coon will have 25,000 feet of lumber packed to the Basin this winter for use on his placers next spring. He recently purchased more ground and will work on an even larger scale than this season.