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Part of Alaska Treadwell Gold Mine and Douglas City.

 Item — Box: PCA0089
Identifier: PCA0089-10

Scope and Contents

[showing half of the glory hole and mill buildings in the foreground. Juneau Island, Juneau and Mt. Juneau are in view] This will give you an idea of the Treadwell Glory Hole, the picture shows about one half of it when a blast is fired in it, the rock slides down into chutes., at the bottom, from there it is taken in cars, and hauled to the shaft, then hoisted to the crushers, in the tops of the two tall buildings in the foreground, after being broken up it is again hauled away to the mills.

Dates

  • circa 1901-1902

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

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