Juneau/Douglas Engineering, Mining, and Pulp Mill Records, 1913 - 1930

Collection

Identifier: MS 21

Staff Only

Content Description

The collection includes mining reports, mining and engineering records, articles about mining in Juneau, U.S. Geological Service Bulletins, blue lines of the Treadwell mine (also on microfiche, in the collection) and photographs. A detailed finding aid is available in the collection.

Dates

1913 - 1930
Majority of material found in 1913-1930

Extent

7 boxes (7 boxes)

7 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Originals

Robert A. Kinzie (Sr.) was born at Fort Independence, Mass., Jan. 15, 1874. He graduated from the University of CA 1897 with a degree in civil engineering. From 1900-1905 he was assistant superintendent of the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co, from 1905-1914, general superintendent of the Treadwell, Alaska Mexican Gold Mining Co., Alaska United Gold Mining Co., and Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.

He and Veronica Kennedy of San Francisco married in 1901 and had five children: Robert A. Kinzie, Jr. (born in Douglas, Alaska and also a mining engineer), David Hunter Kinzie, Veronica K. Kinzie, Eugenia K. Kinzie Moore, and Elizabeth Kinzie Buckley.

Robert Kinzie left Alaska with his family in 1914. He worked as a consulting engineer in Mexico and for several mining firms in California, including Engels Copper Co., Virginia Mines Corp., Santa Cruz Portland Cement Co., and others. He died in 1955 in San Francisco, California.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for the Juneau/Douglas Engineering, Mining, and Pulp Mill Records, 1913-1930
Status: In Progress
Author: Revised by: Staff June 2004; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Kate Dunn
Date: 2019 June
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English