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ALL ABOUT
JUNEAU
2019 2012
A BRIEF HISTORY
The Gastineau Channel region was a traditional fishing ground for local Tlingit
natives in the late 1800’s when prospectors were searching for gold deposits
in southeast Alaska. In Sitka, an enterprising mining engineer named George
Pilz offered a reward to any local native chief who could lead him to gold-bearing
rock. When Chief Kowee of the Auk tribe arrived with ore samples from Gastineau
Channel, Pilz agreed to grubstake prospectors Richard T. Harris and Joseph Juneau to
investigate the lode.
Harris and Juneau reached Gastineau Channel in August 1880 and sampled
the gravels of Gold Creek. They found plenty of color but failed to follow the gold
to its source. At Kowee’s urging, Pilz sent Harris and Juneau back again. This time
they climbed Snow Slide Gulch at the head of Gold Creek and looked down into the
mother lode in
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