49 Voices: Brian Weed of Juneau

This week we’re hearing from Brian Weed in Juneau. Weed is a corrections officer by day and a mine explorer in his free time.
(Screenshot of Brian Weed from Indie Alaska video by Kaysie Ellingson)WEED: My father used to work on Douglas Island for Department of Transportation. And when I was about 12 years old, he would make me go to work for him in the summer time. Little did he know, the second largest mine in the world, the Treadwell Mine, was located on Douglas Island about a half-mile