ASP 9, historian, author, Sheila Kelly

Treadwell Gold, An Alaskan Saga of Riches and Ruin.   

• Approaching Juneau, Treadwell on Douglas Island. 
• The Treadwell Mining complex and Sheila's personal connection to its history. 
• The Alaskan Gold Rush;  placer mining, hard rock mining, and the Klondike. 
• A timeline, beginning with the Tlingits to the decline of Treadwell. 
• A description of life in Treadwell during it's heyday. 
• The business of a successful mine; labor and management. 
• Willy Kelly, machinist;  Gus Anderson, hoist operator. 
• The 1918 catastrophic flooding and cave in at Treadwell.  
• The aftermath;  Fire, Taku winds, the Spanish Flu. 
• Reflections on both the Titanic and Treadwell;  industrial romance and facts of nature.