Digital Bob Archive

23 May 1980

JUNE 13, 1889-The Alaska Mill & Mining Company has a new superintendent in the person of Thomas Mein. John Treadwell, who had held the position since the inception of the company, resigned earlier this year and has left Alaska although it is understood he retains his financial interest. He was succeeded by his assistant, N. A. Fuller, but the latter has also resigned and will leave for the south on the Ancon. Mr. Mein will put about 300 men to work this summer building a ditch to gather the water from all of the streams on the eastern side of the island north of the mill. The ditch will be about 15 miles in length.

The schooner Flying Dutchman has delivered 22,000 feet of lumber to C. W. Young from Green & Company?s new sawmill at Berners Bay. The mill was erected this spring and this is the first shipment of lumber from it.

JUNE 20, 1889-Dr. Wyman has built a rope tramway to carry ore from his Dora lode claim down to his arastra, several hundred feet below. The arastra is expected to grind a little over a ton of ore a day.

Last year Messrs. Heppner, Faulkner and Greer ran several hundred feet of tunnel in the Little Basin to tap a gravel bank. They are now working their sluices day and night with good results.

Henry Coon and J. D. Campbell are in full operation on their placers. This is commonly known as the Discovery Claim as it was the first placer discovery made by Harris and Juneau in 1880.

Archie Campbell is running from 1500 to 2000 pounds of rock a day through the arastra on the Fuller First lode, the first lode claim staked by Harris and Juneau.

The Eastern Alaska Mining & Milling Company, working the claims owned by the Gold Mountain Mining Company at the head of the Silver Bow Basin, now has a large boarding house up and occupied. A 10-stamp mill is being erected by men from the Risdon Iron Works. The mill site is about 4,000 feet from the ore body on the Jumbo claim and a Huson ram will be installed to carry ore to the mill.

Last Monday work commenced running a telephone line from town to the Basin. It will connect the Eastern Alaska Mining & Milling Company mill with Superintendent DePue?s office in town and it is believed it will be the first telephone in Alaska.

Richard Harris, one of the discoverers of Silver Bow Basin, reports that he has found a good placer prospect on one of the stream flowing into Berner?s Bay.