page_title: John Treadwell (miner)
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: John Treadwell (miner) / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Treadwell Mine in the 1890s
context_page_description: John Treadwell was a Canadian gold miner. He was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. He owned and operated the Treadwell gold mine through the Treadwell Mining Company. He was responsible for initiating low-grade gold mining in Alaska adopting most advanced operations on a big scale, which boosted the economy of the wilderness areas. His four mines formed the largest complex in the world at that time. Treadwell's mine complex "put Juneau on the map".
context_section_description: Treadwell was born in St. Andrews. He had a brother, James. He married Frederika Josephine Graner in 1889.
caption: Treadwell mine, 1800s.
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