Time Line for the Wrangell Garnet Ledge Area
1881 Johnson, Starr, Crittenden
1889 Shoemaker, Swift
1893 Heath, Dempster
1897 Alaska Garnet Mining Co., Brooks, Bays, Jackson
1899 Discovery Claim — T.D. Stewart, James Harding
1899 “Thinklet Bonanza Mining Claim” – George Clark
1900 Alaska Gold Mining Association
1905 Wilson Foster
1905 King Solomon Garnet Claim — Calvin Barkdull
1905 Ruby #1 and Ruby #2 – Vreatr, Taylor
1906 Alaska Ruby Mining & Development – lease by Vreatt and Taylor
1906 Vreatt and Taylor sell claim to Anna E. Durkee
1907 Alaska Garnet Mining & Manufacturing Co. incorporated in Minnesota
1909 North Start Garnet Claim – Calvin Barkdull
1921 Lease to Western Abrasive Paper Co. of Canada by AGM&M
1925 Lease to Alaska Garnet Mining Co. of Canada by AGM&M
1945 Heiner
1959 Heiner
1962 Wrangell Garnet Ledge donated – Fred Hanford
2006 Boy Scouts transfer Garnet Ledge to First Presbyterian Church, Wrangell