Digital Bob Archive

AUGUST 28, 1890-The Juneau City Mining Record has suggested the holding of a people?s convention to elect a resident of Alaska to represent then in Congress.

Superintendent Depue of the Eastern Alaska Mining & Milling Company has moved his family to their new residence in Silver Bow Basin.

The George T. Snow cottage at Second and Gold Streets has been moved back and raised a few feet, adding to the appearance of the street.

Four large shops were in port at one time past week ? the Queen, City of Topeka, survey ship Patterson and Navy ship Pinta.

R. F. Lewis, nephew of the late Stillman Lewis, has arrived from Boston to look into his uncle?s estate. It includes a good deal of mining property and the local water works.

A meeting was Friday evening to discuss a new graveyard for this camp. W. A. Sanders, W. F. Reed, W. I. Webster and A. Low were named a committee to select a site, collect and disburse money and set up necessary regulations. It is understood the committee looks with favor on a piece of ground beyond Gold Creek, near the Early Bird lode. Reaching it will require a road along the side the hill and a bridge over Gold Creek.

William Ebner, a stockholder in the Eastern Alaska Mining & Milling Company, and Mrs. Ebner arrived here on the Elder and will spend some time while he looks after his mining interests.

The Juneau Fire Association has not met for several months and needs to become active again. The association has on hand several hundred dollars which should be expended for fire fighting equipment.

OCTOBER 9, 1890-The People?s Convention met yesterday at the Opera House and was called to order by J. F. Malony. It was voted to send a representative to Congress and after George Garside and A. K. Delaney has declined, Captain James Carroll was elected. A committee was appointed to draft a resolution for Captain Carroll to carry to Washington.

Sam O. Wheelock and his partners have returned from Lituya Bay where they mined during the summer. They brought in 135 1/2 ounces of gold dust.

All the small steamers of the vicinity are being kept busy hauling freight to the mines at Berners Bay, Sum Dum, Shuck and other camps.