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Treadwell gold : an Alaska saga of riches and ruin / Sheila Kelly.
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Ebscohost Ebooks University Press Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Sheila, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinct cities--Alaska--Douglas Island.
- Extinct cities.
- Gold miners--Alaska--Douglas Island--History--20th century.
- Gold miners.
- Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Douglas Island--History--20th century.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Douglas Island (Alaska)--Gold discoveries.
- Douglas Island (Alaska).
- Douglas Island (Alaska)--History, Local--20th century.
- Douglas Island (Alaska)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Treadwell (Alaska)--History.
- Treadwell (Alaska).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A century ago, Treadwell, Alaska, was a featured stop on steamship cruises, a rich, up-to-date town that was the most prominent and proud in all Alaska. Its wealth, however, was founded on the remarkably productive gold mines on Douglas Island, and when those caved in and flooded in the early decades of the twentieth century, Treadwell sank into relative obscurity. Treadwell Gold presents first-person accounts from the sons and daughters of the miners, machinists, hoist operators, and superintendents who together dug and blasted the gold that made Treadwell rich. Alongside these stories are vi.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Treadwell at its peak
- Catalyst for Alaskan development
- Treadwell Mines : the story in brief
- An unusual company town
- Company family through boom and bust
- The big Hoistman's boisterous family
- Tough grind of the hard rock miner
- View from the mansion
- Labor troubles and the Western Federation of Miners
- The Tlingit : ancient culture meets modern industry
- Fourth of July's grand celebration
- Double threat of wind and fire
- Intimations of disaster
- The cave-in : rumblings become a roar
- A town brought down
- Reduced to ashes
- Epilogue : the place, the people, the gold.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60223-102-8
- OCLC:
- 646066574
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