Alaska-Gastineau Mine

Alaska-Gastineau Mine
Alaska Perseverance Co. mine and buildings at Silverbow Basin, August 1910
Location
Alaska-Gastineau Mine is located in Alaska
Alaska-Gastineau Mine
Alaska-Gastineau Mine
CountryUnited States
Coordinates58°18′45″N 134°20′45″W / 58.31250°N 134.34583°W / 58.31250; -134.34583
Production
Productsgold

The Alaska-Gastineau Mine (alternate: Perseverance Mine)[1] was a gold mine in Perseverance, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Juneau, Alaska, USA.[2] It was briefly the largest gold mine in the world.[3] The mine was operated by the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company.[1]

  1. ^ a b Alaska. Mine Inspector; Smith, Sumner Stewart; United States. Dept. of the Interior (1914). Report of the Mine Inspector for the Territory of Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ended ... G.P.O. pp. 16–. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers: Coal Division; Society of Mining Engineers of AIME (1920). Transactions. pp. 464, 467. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Barlett L. "Bart" Thane (1877-1927) Family Letters; 1911- 1915". consortiumlibrary.org. Archives & Special Collections Department, University of Alaska Anchorage & Alaska Pacific University. September 2007. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.