Biography - Frederick W. Bradley

Frederick Worthen Bradley was born in Nevada County, California in 1863. He attended the University of California and was active in mining during his entire adult life, starting as an assayer at the Eagle Bird Mine in Nevada in 1884. He served as superintendent or president of many mining companies in California, Idaho, and Oregon. He was president of the Tacoma Smelting Company from 1898-1905, president of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company from 1900, president of the Treadwell, Mexican and Alaska United Gold Mining Companies on Douglas Island from 1911, and was a San Francisco bank director as well as director of the First National Bank of Juneau. He served one term as president of the American Mining Institute and in 1931 was awarded the Saunder Gold Medal for outstanding achievement in mining. He died at Alta, California July 6, 1933. Mount Brandley - on Douglas Island, 3.6 miles due south from Juneau. Elevation 337 feet. It is also known as Mount Jumbo, the name given it in early years, perhaps from the Jumbo mining claim located near its base. Early in 1939 the people of Douglas launched a movement to rename the mountain for F.W. Bradley. The Douglas Chamber of Commerce and the Douglas City Council adopted resolutions advocating the change and petition with many local signatures was filed with the Board of Geographic Names. The Board adopted the name Bradley in May 1939.

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