August-September 1897, Trip with Sargent and Canby to Alaska Image 14

To Lake Lindemann. Round trip to Lindemann in 3 ds. Inds to Sheep Camp first day. [August] 22nd . Write short letter to Examiner. Start for Alaska on Queen about 3 P.M. Go up town to get letters. Telegraph home. Leave Victoria at 3 A.M. Aug 23. [August] 23. Glorious day, bright, breezy, spangly glow...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3599 2023-08-27T04:11:58+02:00 August-September 1897, Trip with Sargent and Canby to Alaska Image 14 Muir, John 1897-08-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2600 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3599/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2600 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3599/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1897 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:04:20Z To Lake Lindemann. Round trip to Lindemann in 3 ds. Inds to Sheep Camp first day. [August] 22nd . Write short letter to Examiner. Start for Alaska on Queen about 3 P.M. Go up town to get letters. Telegraph home. Leave Victoria at 3 A.M. Aug 23. [August] 23. Glorious day, bright, breezy, spangly glow, bronze and green evening, rich rounded lobed landscape to continentward. This day pays all, said Canby. [August] 24th . Rain and shine, fog clds, fine effects; narrow channels, cascades, wonderful wealth of spiry trees growing close on sides of mtns however steep, busy clds, fine day. [August] 25th. Arrive at Wrangell. Rain in the morning; go bontanizing with Sargent and Canby, find Menzies and yel cedar and wild apple. Mr. Young concludes to go to Skagway as river steamer has gone up Sheldon and won’t be back for week. Sail up coast thro’ Wrangell narrows, saw mid gl of Sun Dum; cl, few bogs here and at Stickeen; mouth Stickeen mud green water many miles. Arrive at Juneau evening; rain. Great developments at Douglas island; several new mills; number of Treadwell stamps being doubled; ground sluicing foundation for new mill. ½ million profit from Treadwell alone per yr, 10 million taken from this one mine; profitable developments in many other parts of SE Alaska. Berner’s Bay, Sun Dum, Silver https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3599/thumbnail.jpg Text Skagway Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Douglas Island ENVELOPE(-113.486,-113.486,68.468,68.468) Menzies ENVELOPE(61.911,61.911,-73.437,-73.437) Treadwell ENVELOPE(-144.850,-144.850,-77.017,-77.017)
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description To Lake Lindemann. Round trip to Lindemann in 3 ds. Inds to Sheep Camp first day. [August] 22nd . Write short letter to Examiner. Start for Alaska on Queen about 3 P.M. Go up town to get letters. Telegraph home. Leave Victoria at 3 A.M. Aug 23. [August] 23. Glorious day, bright, breezy, spangly glow, bronze and green evening, rich rounded lobed landscape to continentward. This day pays all, said Canby. [August] 24th . Rain and shine, fog clds, fine effects; narrow channels, cascades, wonderful wealth of spiry trees growing close on sides of mtns however steep, busy clds, fine day. [August] 25th. Arrive at Wrangell. Rain in the morning; go bontanizing with Sargent and Canby, find Menzies and yel cedar and wild apple. Mr. Young concludes to go to Skagway as river steamer has gone up Sheldon and won’t be back for week. Sail up coast thro’ Wrangell narrows, saw mid gl of Sun Dum; cl, few bogs here and at Stickeen; mouth Stickeen mud green water many miles. Arrive at Juneau evening; rain. Great developments at Douglas island; several new mills; number of Treadwell stamps being doubled; ground sluicing foundation for new mill. ½ million profit from Treadwell alone per yr, 10 million taken from this one mine; profitable developments in many other parts of SE Alaska. Berner’s Bay, Sun Dum, Silver https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3599/thumbnail.jpg
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