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 from image caption Group of ten gold miners at work on site, using rockers; tents cover hillside in background; a Hegg & Co. photograph Photographer's number 020
Title from image caption Group of ten gold miners at work on site near sluices; tents and cabins on hillside in background; Hegg & Co. photograph Photographer's number 42
Title taken from caption. 9200 --Gold Miners and their Dog Teams, Dyea Trail, Alaska A view of prospectors and their dog teams at a camp site. Numerous tents are set up along the steep path ahead. The inscription "S. A. Crisp" is visible...
Title taken from caption. "9208 -- (26) The White men who made packing a business on the Dyea trail in 1898 carried from 75 to 150 pounds at a time, while the Indian packers carried from 100 to 250 pounds each. At short intervals on the left of...
Title taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Title from caption. Men operating mining equipment at "15 below Dome" mining claim. Tailings pile in center of the image. Sluice and other mining equipment at left. Building with corrugated tin roof and tall smokestack behind tailings. ...
Title taken from caption. "9201 -- This stereograph shows the kind of dress worn by men and women in Alaska during the summer. During the winter they adopt the dress of the natives. This consists of high boots made of seal or walrus skin,...
Title taken from caption. "Greg Stewart - Trapped, Traded and Prospected Upper Kuskokwim Country For Over Forty Years, Staked On Bonanza Creek With Carmacks in 1896 (August 19)."