Quartz Gulch

Quartz Gulch

Quartz Gulch was a small gulch on the eastern side of Mount Roberts, about 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Juneau, Alaska. The gulch flowed into Silver Bow Basin. Richard Harris and Joe Juneau, with Chief Cowee, discovered gold in the gulch on October 3, 1880. [DeArmond, Robert. "Some Names Around Juneau". "Sitka Press", 1957.] Harris mined the gulch from 1880 to 1886, taking at least $75,000 in gold.cite web |url=http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062198/diary.html |title=Diary records Juneau pioneer in his own words |accessdate=2008-02-08 |last=Gerbi |first=Mary Lou |date=1998-06-21 |work=Juneau Empire]

Creation of the "Glory Hole", a part of the Treadwell gold mine, destroyed the gulch, which had been about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) long. The historical feature was entered into the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System on January 1, 2000. [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1408439 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report] ]

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