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Mount Bradley

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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Mount Bradley

Mount Bradley, also known as Mount Jumbo, is 3,337 feet high and is on Douglas Island with Douglas, Alaska at its foot. In the early years it was named Mount Jumbo, possibly after the Jumbo mining claim located near its base. The people of Douglas in 1939 petitioned the Board of […]

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Olds Mountain

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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Olds Mountain

Olds Mountain, 4,453 feet, is 4.5 miles east of downtown Juneau. It is named for John Olds, a Cornishman and pioneer Juneau miner and hotel man. Picture was taken from the top of the Mt. Roberts Tramway.
Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 8:00 p.m. ADT, July 7, 2007, © 2008

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Gold Creek in Silver Bow Basin

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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Gold Creek in Silver Bow Basin

In the far distance is Mt. Juneau (center) and the Mt. Juneau Ridge on the right. Silver Bow Basin is 2-1/2 miles east of the Capitol Building in downtown Juneau and is reached by Basin Road and the Perseverance Trail. From the time mining claims were located […]

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Hawthorne Peak, Middle Peak, and West Peak

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

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Hawthorne Peak, Middle Peak, and West Peak

This picture was taken from Blueberry Hills Road South looking ESE some 7 miles. Left to right: Hawthorne Peak - 4,210 ft.; Middle Peak - 3,722 ft.; West Peak - 3,620 ft. The shoulder of Mt. Roberts is on the left. Middle Peak is 6.6 miles […]

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Snowslide Gulch and the Northern End of Gold Ridge

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

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Snowslide Gulch and the Northern End of Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts

This picture was taken from the Mt. Juneau Trail looking southeast across the Gold Creek canyon with the northern end of Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts at the skyline and the gulches below it that are part of Snowslide Gulch. The […]

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