Ms 183: Documents Pertaining to Mines in the Juneau Area, 1903-1959Alaska State Library

Alaska State Library

Historical Collections

Gastineau Channel Historical Society, Collector

Documents Pertaining to Mines in the Juneau Area, ca. 1903-1959 (bulk 1912-1915)

MS 183

32 items / Processed By: Gladi Kulp
L. Spear
January 2000

Acquisition: The collection was loaned for duplication by Willette Janes of the Gastineau Historical Society.

Access: The collection is unrestricted.

Copyright: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the librarian.

Processing: Documents were numbered and placed in folders. An inventory is available.

Scope and Contents Note

The collection includes contracts, agreements, permits, correspondence, and certificates from the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., Hirst-Chichagoff Mining Co., the Perseverance Mine, and the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Some of the original documents are housed with the Gastineau Channel Historical Society. Although the documents are in the 1903-1959 time period, the bulk of the collection is from 1912-1915.

Inventory

Folder 1:

1.Letter to Bart Thane from Jackson, 1912 (3 p.)

2.Peterson Claims, History and Geology, U.S. Bureau of Mines (5 p.)

3.Letter to John Richards, Supt., A.J.G.M. Co., 1916, A.J.G.M office (2 p.)

4.Letter to F. W. Bradley from J. B. Caro, 1914 (1 p.)

5.Letter to Bart Thane, 1921 (2 p.)

6.Telegram to Bart Thane from Gastonquay, c. 1920

7.Agreement between Alaska Gold Mines Co. and James Wickersham, Transfer property sale between Wickersham and Malony, 1928. Also a list of furnishings for the House of Wickersham. (6 p)

8.Letter to Wm. Armstrong of Hirst-Chichagoff Mining Co., from E. Hyde of Winch and Hyde Mines and Mining. Report of Hirst properties, 1917 (14 p.)

9.Menus from Perseverance Mine (2 p.)

10.Certificate, C. J. Ver Halen, president of Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., re. stock, 1959 (1 p.)

11.Certificate, name change from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. to A.J. Industries, Inc., 1959

11BCopy of above certificate

12.Incomplete letter to H. B. Baruch, 1921 (2 p.)

13.Stock certificate from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company

Folder 2:

1.Freight contract between Pacific Coast Steamship Co. and Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., 1914

2.Freight contract between Pacific Coast Steamship Co. and Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., 1911, signature by Fred Bradley

3.Contract between Union Oil and Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., 1915

4.Stockholder-stock increase par value, contract ?, 1915

5.Report on Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. by Committee on Stock List, New York Stock Exchange. Gives history and claims. 1915 (3 p.)

6.Permit to construct wharf at Juneau by U.S. Government. Contains map, 1915

7.Freight contract between Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, 1916

8.Fuel oil agreement between Union Oil and four Alaskan mines including Treadwell and Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.

9.Agreement between F. W. Bradley, Wm. Crocker, etc., and B. M. Baruch forming a syndicate, 1915

Folder 3:

1.Letter to M. L. Requa from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., re: stock shares 1915 (3 p.)

2Letter to Metropolitan Trust Co. from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. (?)

  1. Letter to Central Trust Co. from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. (?)
  1. Letter to C.H. Lindley, Esq., 1915, re: listing stock
  1. Letter to Eugene Meyer, Jr. from G.D. Abbott, sec’y for Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.,1915 (2 p) (2 copies)
  1. Letter to G.D. Abbott from C.H. Lindley, 1915
  1. Telegram to Eugene Meyer, Jr. from M. L. Requa, 1915
  1. Letter to M. L. Requa from C.H. Lindley, 1915 (3 p.)
  1. Letter to M. L. Requa from C.H. Lindley, 1915 (3 p.)
  1. Listing on New York Stock Exchange, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., history and listing of properties and claims owned
  1. Freight Contract between Pacific Coast Steamship Co. and Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., 1913

[From list of documents by Willette Janes, 1999]

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