...Tripp, running and maintaining the shaft pumps at the Sumdum Chief Mine 60 miles south of Juneau. A year later he returned...same time, Thane gained controlling interest in the Sumdum Chief mine. He then served as superintendent of the Eagle...

...until the 1940s. Although Sumdum survived more than 50 years, its heyday was around the turn of the century, when the Sumdum Chief Mine produced more than 24,000 ounces of gold. The miners spread widely, staking scores of claims in Windham Bay...