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