Digital Bob Archive

JULY 11, 1889-After consultation with engineers, the Nowell Gold Mining Company has abandoned the construction on its proposed 11,000-foot tramway because of the danger of snowslides carrying away many of the towers. Another mill site is being sought closer to the mines. Thomas S. Nowell has also purchased placer ground at Silver Bow Basin from what is known as Frenchman?s Ground to Ice Gulch, rimrock to rimrock and containing about 100 acres. He has also purchased water rights on Gold Creek, Granite Creek and the creek in Ice Gulch, about 2,000 miner?s inches in all. Water from Granite Creek will be used for hydraulic lines for two giants. They will have four inch nozzles with 250 feet of head. A tunnel site has been located and is now being surveyed by George Garside. It will be at least 8 by 8 feet and about 2,000 feet through bedrock to tap the basin at a depth of 85 to 90 feet below the present workings. The compressor used at the Alaska Union mine on Douglas Island will be brought over to run the drills.

Stillman Lewis has been running water pipes from his dam above Third Street to Seward and Main Streets, thus giving people in that area running water.

Franklin Street has been graded and graveled between Second and Third Streets and will soon be opened through to Front Street.

The residence of B. M. Behrends of Fifth Street has now been completed.

The steamer Santa Cruz landed about 15,000 bricks on Douglas Island for the Alaska Gold Company. This is her third trip to Alaska this season, mostly with cannery materials.

JULY 25, 1889-The Takou Consolidated mill has been running steadily for the past six weeks and the Webster mill will soon start working on ore from the Humboldt lode.

Three British men-of-war are on a five-day visit to Juneau. They are the Swiftshure, Amphion and Icarus, with a combined crew of 1,200 men. The Swiftshure carries a band which has given a concert each evening.

Superintendent Thomas Mein is overseeing the laying of pipe to the new ditch for the development of water power. The water will have a fall of 520 feet to the power plant. The Treadwell store building is being enlarged and all of the company buildings are being painted.

Dr. Wyman?s arastra on Gold Creek has been running day and night and a good clean-up is anticipated.