1905 Pacific Coast Steamship Co RPPC Treadwell Gold Mine Alaska 3 Vignettes For Sale

1905 Pacific Coast Steamship Co RPPC Treadwell Gold Mine Alaska

Rare Original antique photo souvenir card from the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.

Features 3 vignettes representing Treadwell Mine in Alaska

TheTreadwell gold minewas on the south side ofDouglas Island,

.5 mile east of downtownDouglasand southeast of downtownJuneau, owned and operated byJohn Treadwell.

Composed of four sub-sites, Treadwell was in its time the largest hard

rock gold mine in the world, employing over 2,000 people.Between

1881 and 1922, over 3 milliontroy ouncesof gold were extracted. Not much remains today except for a few crumbling buildings and a "glory hole".

Although John Treadwell had twelve years of experience in both placer and lode mines, he was a carpenter and builder by trade who had come to Alaska prior to theKlondike Gold Rush.

Condition: Good condition – posted sent from Barre, Vermont – All is well Mother! - please review the photos

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