Treadwell Mine, Douglas Island, Alaska, 1894-1895

• Main Author: Wilson, Veazie, 1865-1895
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Mine buildings > Alaska > Douglas Island; Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company; Industrial buildings > Alaska > Douglas Island; Yukon; Treadwell; Douglas Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2641

Text from book handwritten on verso: Two miles from Juneau, on Douglas Island. Largest quartz mill in the world. Ore low grade, but free milling. Net profits for year 1894, $420,948.86. Page 5. PH Coll 311.1 Veazie Wilson was as amateur photographer who documented the Fort Wrangell and Juneau area as well as the Yukon Territory between 1894-1895. He wanted to create a guide book to attract miners to the Alaskan region, but died of typhoid fever in 1895 prior to the publication of his book. The book was titled Ester Lyon's Glimpse of Alaska: A Collection of Views of the Interior of Alaska and the Klondike District from Photographs by Veazie Wilson, and was published in 1897.