Digital Bob Archive

NOVEMBER 2, 1893-The Nowell Gold Mining Company is still sluicing under a half a head of water at Silver Bow Basin. Recent warm weather is melting the early snows and increasing the flow of water.

Governor James Sheakley and Collector of Customs Benjamin Moore visited Juneau this week while the City of Topeka was in port.

Cremation ceremonies were held at the Auk Village on Monday for three members of the Raven party who recently died there ? a man of 50, a boy of 17 and a child one year old.

C. E. Dutchin has begun erecting an electric light plant in the new Mexican mill on the island.

P. Peterson of Juneau has invited an aerial tram system and proposes to install one to carry goods to the summit of Chilkoot Pass before the spring rush to the Yukon begins.

The contract for the survey of the Juneau townsite has been given to G. W. Garside at $4 per lot.

NOVEMBER 9, 1893-Archie Campbell will leave on the next steamer and will take to the smelter at Tacoma 42 tons of concentrates which are rich in gold and lead.

The Mexican mill, which will soon start operation, is now lighted by 50 electric lamps of 16 candlepower each.

NOVEMBER 16, 1893-Members of the Juneau Brass Band met this week and elected M. C. Miller president for the coming year. The band has ten members.

Samuel Mills is down for the winter from his placers on Windfall Creek.

Father Donsky, senior priest of the Greeco-Russian Church at Sitka, will be here on the next steamer to settle claims of the builders against the church. It is anticipated that the church will be dedicated in the near future.

Ten new vats have been set up at the chlorination works at Treadwell. Six of them are for chloridizing and four for settling. The addition is necessary to handle the product of the Mexican mill.

Joe Juneau and a number of other employees of the Nowell Gold Mining Company have finished the season in the Basin and have moved to town.
-Wes Waydelich has brought to town about 400 barrels of potatoes as well as turnips and other vegetables from his ranch.