File:Treadwell Mine, Douglas Island, Alaska, between 1894 and 1895 (AL+CA 2641).jpg

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English: Treadwell Mine, Douglas Island, Alaska, between 1894 and 1895   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Veazie Wilson
Title
English: Treadwell Mine, Douglas Island, Alaska, between 1894 and 1895
Description
English:

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.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Mine buildings--Alaska--Douglas Island
  • Subjects (LCSH): Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company--Buildings;; Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Douglas Island;;
Depicted place Douglas Island
Date between 1894 and 1895
date QS:P571,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1895-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 4.5 in (11.4 cm); width: 6.5 in (16.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,6.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
2641
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Permission
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AWC3487

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