LEADER 03437nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910458247103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60223-102-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000015105 035 $a(EBL)1820987 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430057 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271464 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430057 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10452714 035 $a(PQKB)10163566 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1820987 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1820987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389871 035 $a(OCoLC)646066574 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000015105 100 $a20090827d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTreadwell gold$b[electronic resource] $ean Alaska saga of riches and ruin /$fSheila Kelly 210 $aFairbanks, AK $cUniversity of Alaska Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60223-075-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aA 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 606 $aExtinct cities$zAlaska$zDouglas Island 606 $aGold miners$zAlaska$zDouglas Island$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGold mines and mining$zAlaska$zDouglas Island$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aDouglas Island (Alaska)$xGold discoveries 607 $aDouglas Island (Alaska)$xHistory, Local$y20th century 607 $aDouglas Island (Alaska)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 607 $aTreadwell (Alaska)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aExtinct cities 615 0$aGold miners$xHistory 615 0$aGold mines and mining$xHistory 676 $a979.8/4 700 $aKelly$b Sheila$f1942-$0900287 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458247103321 996 $aTreadwell gold$92011327 997 $aUNINA