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Treadwell gold : an Alaska saga of riches and ruin

Title: Treadwell gold : an Alaska saga of riches and ruin / Sheila Kelly.
Author: Kelly, Sheila, 1942-
Publication: Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, c2010.

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Description

xiv, 271 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Treadwell at its peak -- Catalyst for Alaskan development -- Treadwell Mines : the story in brief -- An unusual company town -- Company family through boom and bust -- The big Hoistman's boisterous family -- Tough grind of the hard rock miner -- View from the mansion -- Labor troubles and the Western Federation of Miners -- The Tlingit : ancient culture meets modern industry -- Fourth of July's grand celebration -- Double threat of wind and fire -- Intimations of disaster -- The cave-in : rumblings become a roar -- A town brought down -- Reduced to ashes -- Epilogue : the place, the people, the gold.

Call Number

IXQ (Douglas Island) 11-1246

ISBN

9781602230750 (alk. paper)
1602230757 (alk. paper)
9781602230422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1602230420 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009035477

OCLC

435800847

Author

Kelly, Sheila, 1942-

Title

Treadwell gold : an Alaska saga of riches and ruin / Sheila Kelly.

Imprint

Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

IXQ (Douglas Island) 11-1246

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