Digital Bob Archive

JULY 9, 1891-Mr. J. T. Field, who succeeded C. E. Coon as Juneau?s postmaster, has moved the post office across Third Street to a room in the Sanford Building.

Last week the steamer Seaolin arrived from the mines at Killisnoo with 40 tons of coal for the local market. The coal mine is owned by James McClaskey.

Of the $334 that was collected for Fourth of July prizes, $328 was expended. There was a big business on the Fourth at three different ice cream stands. Juneau won the tug-of-war over the Douglas Island team and the Takou canoe won the canoe race over two Auk canoes. A large number of miners and prospectors came to town for the celebration.

A large and commodious building is being erected on the Catholic mission grounds and will be used to accommodate the increasing number of pupils at the Catholic school.

JULY 16, 1891-A favorite pasttime these days is estimating the value of the gold in a 400-pound piece of quartz on display at the offices of the Silver Bow Basin Mining Company. The quartz boulder was taken from the gravels of the Basin at a depth of 60 feet. Gold is plainly visible in it and estimates are running from $300 to $500.

Yesterday Mr. R. Goldstein left on the Seolin for Lituya Bay where the Natives are reported to have made a large catch of fur seals. He hopes to buy the pelts.

Mr. R. F. Lewis, heir to the Stillman Lewis estate, is in town inspecting the water works and has decided to build a reservoir on Chicken Ridge to provide greater pressure.

Next Saturday night at the Opera House there will be a double bill ? the original farce comedy ?The Medicine Man, or Alaska?s Militia? and the celebrated opera, ?The Mikado.?

JULY 23, 1891-Messrs. Gilbert, Stephens and Murray, who have a salting and drying establishment on Takou Inlet, are now distributing their products in Juneau.

Strawberries from Strawberry Point, about 40 miles from Juneau, have appeared on the local market.

JULY 30, 1891-The mill at the Silver Queen mine on Sheep Creek is in operation but runs only days because teams cannot haul ore fast enough for a second shift. A tram is now under construction to remedy this.

Richard Willoughby has been in town from his Funter Bay property where he operates a Huntington mill.

The Coulter Mill on Gold Creek yesterday started to run a second shift which is in charge of P. Killeen.