Digital Bob Archive

OCTOBER 26, 1893-There are three to four feet of snow on the mountains surrounding Silver Bow Basin. This is more than has ever been known there so early in the season.

The George T. Snow Dramatic Company will present ?A Noble Outcast? starting in two weeks. This will be a treat for the people of Juneau as the play is running in New York to a crowded house. This will be the first appearance of the play on the Pacific Coast.

C. E. Dutcher, who installed the electric plant at the Nowell mill, is now busy stringing wires and putting in lights in town for the Alaska Light and Power Company. Four street lights are being installed, paid for by private subscription, and 27 commercial houses have subscribed for the service.

Ed Webster, with the aid of a pile driver, has successfully strung a telephone wire across the channel near the mouth of Gold Creek. The wire is 70 feet above the water at low tide. Webster and Frank Bach, who are putting in the system, have five Bell telephones on hand. The central station will be located in Mr. Webster?s house.

R. F. Lewis, part owner of the Juneau water works, is considerably enlarging his plant. The big reservoir on Chicken Ridge is nearing completion and is being lined with two inch planks. Pipes are now being laid up the hill from Main Street to the court house.

The Takou Milling and Mining Company mill is presently crushing about 30 tons of ore a day. John Ragan is mine foreman and A. J. Muller is in charge of the mill. Lessee Willis Thorp expects to operate the property again next season.

Superintendent Robert Duncan, Jr., states that he plans to start up the Mexican mill by December 1. The mill has 60 stamps and 24 concentrators.

The Juneau Mining and Manufacturing Company yesterday closed both the mine and mill for the winter. William M. Ebner said the closure came early because repairs are needed to the tramway.

NOVEMBER 2, 1893-Archie Campbell has closed down operations on the Fuller First after a very successful season. He is reported to have made clean-ups as high as $15,000 for a month?s mill run.

E. M. Lesikatos, one of the Greek Boys, is in from Berners Bay where he owns Uncle Sam, Golden Crown, Glacier and Comstock lodes and has been doing assessment work on them.

Mike Dunn and Oscar Arrenson have contracted to run 100 feet of tunnel on the Dora lode claim this winter.