Digital Bob Archive

APRIL 23, 1891-Ten of the stamps and some other machinery from the Bear?s Nest mine on Douglas Island are being moved to Sheep Creek where a mill will be built for the Silver Queen just above the head of the canyon. The mill should be in operation by July 1.

M. J. Cohen & Co. has moved its cigar factory from Douglas City to Juneau and is now located next door to the Cohen brewery.

Benjamin Behrends, manager of the Sitka Trading Company, has purchased the stock of drugs and notions of Hambrock & Door, which firm is going out of business.

The ferry Julia now makes five round trips each day between Juneau and the island.

The Silver Bow Basin Mining Company tunnel is now completed and good pay gravel was struck at a depth of 60 feet below the surface of the Basin. Unfortunately, the tunnel was not built deep enough to work the Basin gravels clear to bedrock. At present there are five feet of snow in the Basin but it should melt away rapidly now and mining can start.

Edward Margrie, electrician at the Treadwell Gold Mining Company, has gone south on vacation.

APRIL 30, 1891-So great has become the travel between Juneau and Hoonah Hot Springs on Tenakee Inlet that Hugh Day will make a trip there every two weeks in his fast sailboat and oftener if business demands. The fare is $5 each way.

Mr. J. Montgomery Davis arrived on the last boat and will be employed by the Silver Bow Basin Mining Company as an accountant.

On Monday a large slide came down between town and Sheep Creek, piling snow on the beach to a depth of 60 feet.

MAY 7, 1891-Edward Webster has joined Frank Bach in the merchandise business at Douglas City and the firm will henceforth be known as Bach and Webster.

Mrs. Snow and Mrs. King have leased the old Alaska Free Press office and will fit it up for their millinery and dress-making establishment. The Free Press, after publishing since January 1887, recently closed its doors.

The cemetery has received considerable attention during the past week and willing hands have beautified the grounds. This is a good thing, but the place for a cemetery is not Chicken Ridge and steps should be taken to prepare the new burial ground beyond Gold Creek and to move the graves there.

The Sitka Trading Company is closing its Juneau branch effective May 15.