Title from image. Photograph of a Hydraulic operation near Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album read: "Pictures at the top show two views of hydraulic mining. Water is driven under terrific pressure and tears away soil, gravel & stones...
Title from caption. Photograph of a Hydraulic operation near Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album read: "Pictures at the top show two views of hydraulic mining. Water is driven under terrific pressure and tears away soil, gravel & stones...
Title from image. Photograph of an automatic dam releasing its water. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left are 2 pictures of placer mining in the ordinary manner in creek beds. Sometimes to conserve enough water to wash the gravel...
Title from caption. Photograph of a mining operation that used steam to thaw the permafrost. Visible in the photo are the boiler, wood pile, cabin and what may be another cabin. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Winter view of a one man...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: A close-up shot of miners at work. A miner seen here is pouring water in the sluice box; a basic method used to separate (by washing out) dirt from gold. As noted on the photograph, this image is...
Title taken from caption. "Underground Mining in the Tanana Country." Cataloguer's note: The men in this underground mine seemed to be posing for the camera. Notice the man on the far left -- his facial features have been enhanced by ink,...
Title taken from caption. "N.A.T & T. Co. Miller Ck." Photographer's number 186. Photo by Johnson, Dawson YT (Yukon Territory). Indexer's note: Johnson took part in the Klondike Gold Rush. It is possible that this mining site is a claim of...
Title taken from front. Three miners sluicing for gold, Alaska. From verso: "Sluse [sic] box." Photographer: Liska. Postcard. Original photograph size: 2 3/4" x 4 5/8".