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English: Large sinkhole and mine buildings at Treadwell Mine, Douglas Island, Alaska, August 22, 1917   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Large sinkhole and mine buildings at Treadwell Mine, Douglas Island, Alaska, August 22, 1917
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On April 21, 1922, one of the largest disasters in Juneau mining history began to unfold - the collapse of one of the mines at Treadwell. Combest documented through his photographs that a flood would be the virtual end of most of the Treadwell mines. By the morning of the 22nd, the Treadwell, 700-Foot and Mexican mines had flooded completely. Although a handful of horses and mules were lost in the cave-in, no miners died, in part thanks to a shift change just before the flood. PH Coll 334.Combest1

Active in Juneau, Alaska, 1917.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Mine accidents--Alaska--Douglas Island; Disasters--Alaska--Douglas Island
  • Subjects (LCSH): Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company;; Sinkholes--Alaska--Douglas Island;; Flood damage--Alaska--Douglas Island;; Gold mines and mining--Accidents--Alaska
Depicted place Treadwell Farm Historic District
Date Taken on 22 August 1917
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
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7961
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English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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