Exhibit showing production of Treadwell Mines; tonnage and value for each year, 1885-1904; total value $21,817,296.19. Two men at left with cube representing Alaska purchase price, for comparison [Man on left is Joseph C. MacDonald, Treadwell Mine...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
Remainder of title: , and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgement upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes.
Title taken from front. Sled dog teams line up on Fourth Avenue in front of Brown & Hawkins after bringing a load of gold dust in from the Iditarod gold fields, Seward, Alaska. From front: "1/2 ton gold dust largest shipment ever carried by dog...
Four men play cards with stacks of chips visible. A notice at the upper right reminds the card player that playing cards for money or value is strictly forbidden. Ed Kelly is identified as 2nd from right a Mr. Rose is also identified.
Shows gold production for different locations by dollar value. Includes notes from the Chamber of Commerce regarding population and potential development. "Compiled from maps by United States Geological Survey". Library copy missing lower left...
River boat Yukon's first trip of 1923, with a close up view of the barges full of 1,000 tons of gold ore from the Mayo district with a value of $500,000.
Title by indexer. Photo caption: "Venus the Milo in solid gold, cast by the Washington Alaska Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska by J. Adams, assayor gold produced from 2 below Ester owned by H. G. C. Baldry. Value $49,750", [A. J. Johnson] is faded in...
Title from caption. Photograph of a rock formation on the banks of the Cheyenne River made by the Thermopolis Hot Springs. Narrative in photo album read: "Below mineral deposit on the bank of the Cheyenne River n Wyoming. It has all the...
(3:11 min.) (08 of 12) Pork-Barrel appointment to judgeships and reactions to Ada being a part of the Constitutional Convention Fairbanks -- before Statehood; territorial form of government -- people had no voice; Washington DC -- grant favors;...
(5:15 min.) (05 of 27) Alaska Road Commission
Alaska Road Commission -- access in Alaska authority of U. S. Army. Started with authority to create WAMCATS. Three Army officers were to maintain building roads and trails, almost no...
100 second film clip, color and black & white with an audio track. The clip shows damage from the 1964 Earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio track remarks on the dollar value of the damage, the loss of industry and effects on the...
Title taken from caption. "9195 -- (28) The difficulty of crossing lofty mountain ranges gives great importance to notches or passes in their tops through which travel and traffic may go with less effort than over their crests. The heavy snows...
Title taken from caption. "Venus the Milo in solid Gold, cast by the Washington, Alaska Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska. By J. Adams, Assayor [assayer] Gold produced from 2 below Ester owned by H.G.C. Baldry value $49,750."
Title taken from caption. " T. V. Smith's catch, Middleton Island, Alaska, 71 blue fox skins, value about $2,000.00. Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G3592. Reproduced from glass plate.