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Kelly Sheila <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Treadwell gold [[electronic resource] ] : an Alaska saga of riches and ruin / / Sheila Kelly |
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Fairbanks, AK, : University of Alaska Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Extinct cities - Alaska - Douglas Island |
Gold miners - Alaska - Douglas Island - History - 20th century |
Gold mines and mining - Alaska - Douglas Island - History - 20th century |
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Douglas Island (Alaska) Gold discoveries |
Douglas Island (Alaska) History, Local 20th century |
Douglas Island (Alaska) Social life and customs 20th century |
Treadwell (Alaska) History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Prologue; Introduction:Treadwell at Its Peak; Chapter One: Catalyst for Alaska Development; Chapter Two: Treadwell Mines; Chapter Three: An Unusual Company Town; Chapter Four: Company Family through Boom and Bust; Chapter Five: The Big Hoistman's Boisterous Family; Chapter Six: Tough Grind of the Hard-Rock Miner; Chapter Seven: View from the Mansion; Chapter Eight: Labor Troubles and the Western Federation of Miners; Chapter Nine: The Tlingit; Chapter Ten: Fourth of July's Grand Celebration; Chapter Eleven: Double Threat of Wind and Fire; Chapter Twelve: Intimations of Disaster |
Chapter Thirteen: The Cave-InChapter Fourteen: A Town Brought Down; Chapter Fifteen: Reduced to Ashes; Epilogue: The Place, the People, the Gold; Afterword; Treadwell Timeline; Acknowledgments; Endnotes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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A century ago, Treadwell, Alaska, was a featured stop on steamship cruises, a rich, up-to-date town that was the most prominent and |
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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 |
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