Digital Bob Archive

4 August 1980

MAY 4, 1893-A crew from the Trenton Iron Works is building the tram at Silver Bow Basin for the Nowell Gold Mining Company. It is of the Bleichert system and will be 4,400 feet long. The tram will carry ore from the Ground Hog group of claims to an ore bin in the Basin at the upper end of the tunnel. Ore will then be carried through the tunnel in cars to the 20-stamp mill.

B. M. Behrends is building a sidewalk along the Third Street side of his store.

Advices from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company state that neither the Islander nor the Premier will run to Alaska this year. It is understood that this is due to a protest made by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to Edwin T. Hatch, the Collector of Customs for Alaska. The collector ruled that the Canadian ships may not touch at Alaska ports. The Pacific Coast company has a monopoly in the Alaska trade and wants to keep it, but an appeal has been made to the Secretary of the Treasury in Washington. In the meanwhile, Mr. Hatch has also been replaced by Benjamin P. Moore, who may have a different view of the matter.

A small steam locamotive arrived on the Al-ki for the Comet Mine and will be taken up to Point Sherman on a scow.

William M. Bennett is placing a Huntington mill on his lode claim in the Basin.

Joe the Baker, whose Chinese name is Ting Tu Wee, registered yesterday before the U. S. Commissioner as required by the Chinese Registration Law. He has been in America for 28 years. Also registering was Au Gee, cook for Mr. Duncan at Treadwell. He was born in San Francisco 22 years ago. These are the only two Chinese on the channel.

The first king salmon of the season came on the market yesterday. They are from the Taku River, weigh an average of 50 pounds each, and the asking price is $2 apiece.

J. P. Jorgenson has sold his stock of hardware to C. W. Young and closed his shop. He will go to the Yukon for two years.

The track connecting the Mexican mine with the Treadwell wharf, store, chlorination works and sawmill was completed yesterday. A raft of logs has arrived at the sawmill which will start to cut timbers for the 60-stamp Mexican mill.

W. A. Finn is a Juneau visitor. He is in charge of the Berners Bay sawmill which recently finished cutting timbers and lumber for the Berners ay Mining and Milling Company?s 20-stamp mill.