Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.01.012AB
Accession#:
2005.01
Credit Line:
Donated by Harold Fossum, Mike Blackwell, Sean Boily, Mickey Lasley, Jerry Schrader, Mike Grummet, Bob Garrison, Jim Geraghty, Willette Janes, Maritime Hydraulics, Michelle Bonnet, Mark and Esther Millea, Greens Creek Mine, Coeur Alaska Inc., Rich Gordon, and Anchor Electric.
Object Name:
Print, photographic
Studio:
Winter and Pond
Description:
A. Black and white photograph of Alaska Perseverance Mining Company mining operation in Silver Bow basin near Juneau, Alaska. The big angled building in the center is the 100 Stamp Mill, completed in 1907. The tall narrow building above is the coarse crushing house that crushed ore (from the adjacent Alexander Crosscut Tunnel) down to manageable size for the stamp mill. See notes for identification of other buildings in photograph.
B. Black and white photograph of Alaska Perseverance Mining Company mining operation in Silver Bow basin near Juneau, Alaska. Photograph is looking down on operation from opposite hill—side. The big angled building in the center is the 100 Stamp Mill, completed in 1907. The tall narrow building above is the coarse crushing house that crushed ore (from the adjacent Alexander Crosscut Tunnel) down to manageable size for the stamp mill. See notes for identification of other buildings in photograph.
B. Black and white photograph of Alaska Perseverance Mining Company mining operation in Silver Bow basin near Juneau, Alaska. Photograph is looking down on operation from opposite hill—side. The big angled building in the center is the 100 Stamp Mill, completed in 1907. The tall narrow building above is the coarse crushing house that crushed ore (from the adjacent Alexander Crosscut Tunnel) down to manageable size for the stamp mill. See notes for identification of other buildings in photograph.
Notes:
Alaska Perseverance Mine 012A
Charles H. Pearce became manager of the Alaska Perseverance Mining Company in 1901. It was under his guidance that the first boarding house was built (lower right hand corner) along with other needed structures, as well as driving the Alexander Crosscut Tunnel on Jack Ass Gulch above the stamp mill (big white building.) Construction dates of these buildings are so well documented that most photographs can be dated within a few months. For example, the small covered porch on the front of the stamp mill was the last thing built before the mill burned in 1912. As of 1913, buildings on this site included a compressor house, hoist, boarding house, bunk house, apartments, 5 cottages, staff housing, blacksmith shop, machine shop, mess hall, change house, and hospital. A government school was built in 1916.
Charles H. Pearce became manager of the Alaska Perseverance Mining Company in 1901. It was under his guidance that the first boarding house was built (lower right hand corner) along with other needed structures, as well as driving the Alexander Crosscut Tunnel on Jack Ass Gulch above the stamp mill (big white building.) Construction dates of these buildings are so well documented that most photographs can be dated within a few months. For example, the small covered porch on the front of the stamp mill was the last thing built before the mill burned in 1912. As of 1913, buildings on this site included a compressor house, hoist, boarding house, bunk house, apartments, 5 cottages, staff housing, blacksmith shop, machine shop, mess hall, change house, and hospital. A government school was built in 1916.
People:
Fossum, Harold
Blackwell, Mike
Boily, Sean
Lasley, Mickey
Schrader, Jerry
Grummet, Mike
Garrison, Bob
Janes, Willette
Bonnet, Michelle
Millea, Mark and Esther
Gordon, Rich
Blackwell, Mike
Boily, Sean
Lasley, Mickey
Schrader, Jerry
Grummet, Mike
Garrison, Bob
Janes, Willette
Bonnet, Michelle
Millea, Mark and Esther
Gordon, Rich
Search Terms:
Silverbow
mill
Perseverance
Mining
mill
Perseverance
Mining
Click to Enlarge
