Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-09-30


charging freishts, then seeersd =
farther North to Wresgel yhieh
plaee We reached that night absut
go o'clock. This place wss once
+. military post, now abandoned for
that purpose but As it is near the
month Of the Stikeen river, IN the
British Possessions, on which there
il some mining, it il = good fishing
point, and the seat Of . Custom
House. Here Captain Wilson, for
merly of the Army, il Collector,
General G. P. Thrill, a. ex-Army
officer, is u. s. Commissioner, and
: deputy yet tobe appointed, are to
reside here. There il IN Indian
Mission School for boys here, and
several teachers and . Presbyterian
minister live here, and have charge
Of the Mission. There was girls
school here too, but in consequence
Of some quarreling among them
selves, it was considered best to re-
move it to Sitka, which was recent
" done. We left Wrangel about
noon, and the fine views as We
passed through Wrangel Narrows
that afternoon would have repaid
one alone, for the trip. TO the
East in the distance, il a grand
magnificent, green-blue glacier
which must be majestic on nearer
approach, but the bright green OF
the nearer mountains, with snow
capped tips somewhat farther of
| presented most delightful panor-
anna. About lao in the night, the
firing Of the gun told us that We
had arrived at the new mining town
of Juneen City, formerly Harris
burg, formerly Rockwell. Two I'M
fortunate, good for-nothing men
named Joe Juneen and Bill Harris
living in Sitka, conceived the ide'
of starting out on a prospecting
tour. Neither had a dollar, mol
credit, but finally succeeded some
how in getting away, and after {
series of adventures worthy OF
dime.novel-romanee landed at thi
place. and discovered the mines
which promise to be a veritabl'
bonanza. First the town We
named Harrisburg, after Bill Har
ris. then some difficulties arose an
/ a man-of-war was sent here to quel
, the disturbance, and the officer
. put up some buildings for the Gov
eminent and established sigma
station, and named the place Rock
we'll, after Sir Charles Rockwell
. Later on the citizens change
| the name to Juneen City, the frs
part of which does very well. IL
neen is built in a lose temporary wa
: on a side hill, at the foot OF mour
; taips from two to three thousan
! feet high on three sides; IN front
4 the water. 1t seems to be a plat
y of a good deal of life and activlt
/ Of course there are the usu
= amount Of saloons and lounglf
e places. but no hotel or boardH
4 house. The dealers seem to
d mostly Jews. / learned OF b
/, three white families living iii j
e neen. one Of a NJ. Pryor, a &c
I nishman. who is foreman OF son
: placer diggings, that are sltuat'
: about four miles back Of tow
r, Another is Mr.. humphreys, who
n Postmaster, and the third IS y
= States. the newly appointed a.
; newly arrived U. S. Commission
h 3 very bright clear-headed %
e from Salem, Oregon. Mr.. aarslt
IT formerly of our State, also now
" sides here as Deputy Marshall al
g Surveyor. He has fine field, a
1T at present the best place for
10 business in Alaska. Juneen is
l. the Northeast corner, where t
II mainland of Alaska bends to
ST westward, but on Douglass lsla'
"a only three miles across the wa
h from Juneen is situated the lal
OF and prosperous Treadwell mi
~ now owned by J. D.. Fay, Jan
-et Freebort, Mr.. Treadwell and tn
nj others in San Francisco. l
DIS sorry to say | did not secure .
re-. dimension to give you, but Mr.. q
ISIS side, who explained all these
.xt gions thoroughly, in mining ser
at spoke enthusiastically OF 1t.
ed the mine there is quite little to
,er and large saw-mill in active I
ov cess. We remained at Dougl