03437nam 2200625Ia 450 991045824710332120200520144314.01-60223-102-8(CKB)2560000000015105(EBL)1820987(SSID)ssj0000430057(PQKBManifestationID)11271464(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430057(PQKBWorkID)10452714(PQKB)10163566(MiAaPQ)EBC1820987(Au-PeEL)EBL1820987(CaPaEBR)ebr10389871(OCoLC)646066574(EXLCZ)99256000000001510520090827d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTreadwell gold[electronic resource] an Alaska saga of riches and ruin /Sheila KellyFairbanks, AK University of Alaska Pressc20101 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60223-075-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 DisasterChapter 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; IndexA 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 viExtinct citiesAlaskaDouglas IslandGold minersAlaskaDouglas IslandHistory20th centuryGold mines and miningAlaskaDouglas IslandHistory20th centuryDouglas Island (Alaska)Gold discoveriesDouglas Island (Alaska)History, Local20th centuryDouglas Island (Alaska)Social life and customs20th centuryTreadwell (Alaska)HistoryElectronic books.Extinct citiesGold minersHistoryGold mines and miningHistory979.8/4Kelly Sheila1942-900287MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458247103321Treadwell gold2011327UNINA