<p>On verso of image:  Alaska Perseverance Mine, 1906.  Mill, breaker house, boarding house.  By MR, 1906
Filed in Alaska--Mining--Misc.</p>
<p>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)</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Gold mining--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin; ; Mine buildings--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin; ; Mills--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin; ; Lodging houses--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin;; Labor housing--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Alaska Gastineau Mining Company (Juneau, Alaska);; Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin; ; Ore-dressing plants--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin;; Industrial housing--Alaska--Silver Bow Basin</li></ul>
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