The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from label on matting. View of water from high pressure hose operating during Fairbanks Exploration Company Ester Creel placer mining project at Cripple Creek, Alaska. Also from label: "Fairbanks, Alaska. Washing about 100 feet of...
(3:39 min) (14 of 19) Business grew Within five years he needed to expand the shop. Moved into a building built by McPhee who opened a saloon and rented the rest out. Fairbanks Exploration Company [FE Co.] was across the street. Largest...
Title taken from verso. Photograph of the office staff of the Fairbanks Exploration Company, a subsidiary of the U. S. Smelting, Mining & Refining Co. People are identified as: l-r front row; Jack Boswell, Jim Crawford, Agnes Mapleton, Agnes...
(Audio, 3 min 31 sec) Stanton Patty is interviewed by William Schneider in Vancouver, Washington, on April 30, 2012. The interview includes memories of growing up in Fairbanks between World War I and World War II, employment in mining industry,...