WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE
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 in late 1880, Silver Bow Basin saw extensive mining, first as placer mining, and then later as underground mining in the mountains on its southwest and south sides. Mining ended April 8, 1944 with the closure of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine.
Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 1:52 p.m. ADT, August 1, 2002, © 2008