Title taken from verso. Full caption on verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first...
Title taken from verso of identical photo (UAF-1981-208-7). Verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition...
Title from image. Photograph of what Mr. Ballew found in hydraulic mining. On the ground at the right of the tusk is a portion of a bison skull. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mr. Bellew found in hydraulic mining." "Mastodon tusk found...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936 Pots on point." View of excavated checkalinas, or storage containers. From May's journal, dated June 13th: "I found a good lamp, some points and three chekalinas. ...These chekalinas are dishes...
Title taken from front. Three men with gold pan and first nugget found in Lucky Gulch, tributary of Valdez Creek, Valdez, Alaska. Also from front: "Property of Oregon-Shushitna Min[ing] Co., found on Aug. 15, [19]07." From verso: "Property of Cook...
Title from image caption Full caption: "The largest gold nugget found in Copper River country; weight 51 oz. 4 DWT; value $900.00; property of Oregon-Shushitna Mining Co.; found by Dan S. Kane on Lucky Gulch, a tributary to Valdez Creek, Aug....
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936, fire place, west banks." From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Doctor uncovered a nice fireplace from which I saved a lot of seed found in a shell which was used for food. This is is the...
Title taken from front. Large gold nugget found at Discovery claim on Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, worth $1552.00. Sept. 14, 1901. Photographer: O. D. Goetze Photo.
Title taken from front. Large gold nugget found by Pioneer Mining Company at Discovery claim on Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, worth $3276.00 and weighing 182 ounces. Sept. 8, 1903. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. Large gold nugget found by Pioneer Mining Company near the Discovery claim at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, worth $3276.00 and weighing 182 ounces. Sept. 8, 1903. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. Large gold nugget weighing 182 ounces and valued at $3276.00, found by Pioneer Mining Company at Discovery claim, Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number C156. Sept. 8, 1903. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from verso. Road construction foreman Pete Peterson holding mastodon tusk found during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction near Five Mile Camp in Interior Alaska. April 28, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size:...
Title from image caption; other information provided in caption: Nuggest found at 9 Below Upper Discovery, Dominion Creek; weight - 126 and 60/100 ounces Two miners, seated in front of canvas tent in camp, hold a gold pan containing large...