Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.01.002
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
Title:
TM and M Company Mill and Boarding House
Place:
Silverbow Basin, near Ebner Falls
Date:
09/17/1891
Description:
Black and white photograph mounted on black cardboard. Photograph shows the boarding house and 10—Stamp Mill of the Takou Consolidated Mining Company. Two men in aprons stand between the two buildings. Inscription on back of photograph, written in pencil, reads "T M &M Co. Mill and Boarding House taken Sept.17, 1891, Juneau Alaska, William Castle miller, A.J. McKenzie cook. E.H. Hoan (?) waiter."

Photograph is a Landerkin
Notes:
The lower image shows the Boarding House and 10—Stamp Mill of the Takou Consolidated Mining Company. The boarding house shown represents the first time miners actually lived up at these mine sites. Previously, the miners accessed the area daily by climbing over Mount Maria, roughly where the Mount Roberts trailhead now begins at the top of Starr Hill... The boarding house was built by J.A. Johnson, who also solved the access problem by building the very first road in Alaska, known today as Basin Road. While his boarding house was a success, the mill was not. The newspaper called the mill "…a small new—fangled coffee—mill affair, proved a failure on the flint—like quartz" and "better adapted to grinding wheat." The Takou Consolidated Mining Company bought the property and built the new mill shown in the photo. Written on the reverse: "T M &M Co. Mill and Boarding House taken Sept.17, 1891, Juneau Alaska, William Castle miller, A.J. McKenzie cook. E.H. Hoan (?) waiter."
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
Castle, William
McKenzie, A.J.
Hoan, E.H.
Search Terms:
mill
business
Mine
Mining
Takou Mill & Mining Company
Takou Consolidated Mining Company
Takou Union
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