Collection:
JDCM Reference
Accession#:
REF
Object ID:
3384
Object Name:
Book
Title:
Treadwell Gold: An Alaska Saga of Riches and Ruin
Call#:
979.8 LEL
ISBN:
978—2—60223—075—0
Publisher:
University of Alaska Press
Pubication Date:
2010
Publication Place:
Fairbanks, Alaska
Summary:
Non—fiction, historical account of the Treadwell Mine with basic information about Alaskan development, the boom and bust of the company town, the Anderson family, the daily life of the hard—rock miners, the mining superintendent's residence, labor laws in regard to mining, the annual Fourth of July celebration, the 1917 cave—in of the mine, and the convergence of the Tlingit culture and modern industry.
People:
Anderson, August "Gus"
Anderson, Lydia
Anderson, Frederika
Anderson, Allen
Anderson, Dorothy
Anderson, Frank
Anderson, Karl
Preston, Kari Anderson
Bradley, F.W.
Bradley, Philip R.
Erussard, Pierre Joseph
Kelly, Marion
Kelly, Margaret Sullivan
Kelly, Sheila
Kelly, Raymond
Kelly, Willy
MacDonald, Joseph
Anderson, Irving Douglaas
Search Terms:
Ethnographic
Tlingit
Mining
Hardrock
Mine
Treadwell
AJ
Book
History
Fisheries
Cannery
Organization
ANB
Home Life
Residence
Household
Holiday
July 4
Recreation
Baseball
Basketball
Subjects:
Mining
Miners
Families
Holidays
Labor laws & legislation
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