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New Boston
New Boston was a short-lived mining camp on
the Douglas Island shore of Gastineau Channel at the mouth of Grant Creek, a
mile and a half northwest of Juneau. It was also known as Union City. In 1887
the Alaska Union Mining Company, largely financed by Boston capital, began
development of group of lode claims and built a wharf, bunkhouse and other
buildings, an 80-stamp mill and a tramway to the mine which was some 1800 feet
from the beach. In the neighborhood of $300,000 was reported to have been
expended before it was discovered that there was no ore worth milling. The first
and only clean-up was said to have yielded $40, after which the company went out
of business.
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