This Day in Alaska History-August 20th, 1915
The Assayer in charge of the US Assay Office branch in Seattle, John Phillips, made an announcement on August 20th, 1915. In that announcement, he said that during the fiscal year of 1915 that began on July 1st, 1914, and ran to June 30th, 1915, 19 tons of gold had been deposited […]