Digital Bob Archive

FEBRUARY 20, 1890-A census of the channel are shows that Juneau has a present population of 1,253, including 855 males and 398 females. The Indian population numbers 527. There are 378 houses in town. Douglas City?s population is 402, and this includes the Treadwell mine. Of these 317 are male, 85 female, and 356 are white. There are 122 houses in Douglas.

A large snowslide occurred in the Basin last week and came within a short distance of the Depue mill. The face of the slide is about 60 feet high.

The Sitka Trading Company is expanding its Juneau store and will build a wharf to deep water. John G. Brady of Sitka has been in town for several days to confer with Mr. Behrends, the local manager.

It is fortunate that Mr. Webster obtained 25 tons of coal from the Treadwell mine or the town would be completely out. A shipment is expected on the City of Topeka but she is far behind schedule.

The stamp mill at Treadwell has been shut down for several days because of a lack of water for the operation. The stamps can be run by steam power but water is needed in the mortars, on the plates and concentrators and for the tailing sluices. The winter has been cold and dry.

FEBRUARY 27, 1890-At the Treadwell mine the new reverberatory furnace is working very well. It is 13 feet wide and 65 feet long and requires the constant attention of two men. The charge of the furnace is one ton every six hours.

Dr. H. S. Wyman has resigned his position as attending surgeon at St. Ann?s Hospital and is entering private practice. He will also give his attention this summer to his Dora lode claim on Gold Creek and plans to start his arastra as soon as water is available.

MARCH 27, 1890-The snow having commenced to melt, the Treadwell company can now run 120 stamps and expects to start the other 120 very soon.

APRIL 3, 1890-Mr. Rust, agent for the smelter at Tacoma, arrived on the steamer Elder to confer with Treadwell mine officials. It is rumored that he has secured a contract to smelt the concentrates from the mill here. If that is true it will result in closing the chlorination works, with consequent loss to the camp of wages and wood contracts.

J. J. Calhoun plans to start a hotel at the Sheep Creek mines in the near future.