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7:40 a.m. July 22, 2008
Mt. Juneau on the left, Last Chance Basin center of picture
behind downtown Juneau, and Mt. Roberts is on the right.
The Holland America cruise ship Veendam is the fully visible ship.
Picture by David Kent, 7:40 a.m. ADT, July 22, 2008, © 2008
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The Last Chance Basin Side of Mt. Juneau
Picture by David Kent, 10:12 a.m. ADT, June 28, 2008, © 2008
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Snowslide Gulch at the eastern end of Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Basin is separated by a spur ridge of Mt. Roberts from downtown Juneau, Alaska. Gold Creek (looking upstream) is in the foreground and the north end of Gold Ridge on Mt. Roberts is at the upper right. The vertical distance from Gold Creek at 340 feet above sea level (MLLW) at the camera, to the top of the gulch at 2,260 feet, is 1,920 ft. The Jualpa Camp of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. is out of the picture on the right. Snowslide Gulch is formed by the Silverbow Fault which stretches west from Silver Bow Basin on the other side of Snowslide Gulch, to the northwest end of Douglas Island. The fault forms the gap for Gold Creek between Mt. Juneau and Mt. Maria which is at the NW end of the spur ridge of Mt. Roberts.
Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 5:42 p.m. ADT, May 29, 2008, © 2008
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Mt. Juneau on the Last Day of Spring
Picture by David Kent, 5:37 p.m. ADT, June 19, 2008, © 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 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