. English: Perseverance gold mine, Silver Bow Basin, 1908 . English: Caption on image: Perseverance Mine, Silver Bow Basin, Alaska, 1908. 2415. Former mining camp on the southeast side of Silverbow Basin, 3 miles east of Juneau. Named about 1885 by miners for the Perseverance claim and mine. A mill and other buildings of the camp were destroyed by a snowslide in 1895. The mining camp remained in existence until 1921, when the mine was closed. (pg. 750) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printi
. English: Perseverance gold mine, Silver Bow Basin, 1908 . English: Caption on image: Perseverance Mine, Silver Bow Basin, Alaska, 1908. 2415. Former mining camp on the southeast side of Silverbow Basin, 3 miles east of Juneau. Named about 1885 by miners for the Perseverance claim and mine. A mill and other buildings of the camp were destroyed by a snowslide in 1895. The mining camp remained in existence until 1921, when the mine was closed. (pg. 750) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967) Subjects (LCTGM): Gold mining--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin; Mine buildings--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin Subjects (LCSH): Perseverance Mine (Alaska); Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin . 1908 10 Perseverance gold mine, Silver Bow Basin, 1908 (NOWELL 111)
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