Left to right Mrs. F. W. Herms (Emily), Dr. F. W. Herms Sr. and an unidentified man. They are standing in the Assay Office of the American Bank of Alaska (Iditarod, Alaska) in front of $125,000.00 of gold bricks.
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...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, gold prospectors headed for Fairbanks taken on the Summit --25 miles from Valdez". Very early one morning we moved our camp over the pass. Heavily loaded, we were late in reaching the summit. Ten...
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...
Title from caption. Photograph of a church and belfry near Lake Bennett. Narrative in photo album reads: "Right an abandoned church of the gold rush days standing all by itself near Lake Bennet where miners stopped for some rest in their...
Title from verso. Image shows a young woman seated by gold mining equipment and holding a pan full of gold nuggets, smiling. Behind her a pile of tailings is visible and next to her appears to be a sluice box. Photo may have been taken...
Shows land and sea routes to Alaskan and Klondike gold fields with distances. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Possibly from Scott & Browne's Complete handy atlas of the world. In color.
Relief shown by hachures. Shows gold-bearing locations. Insets: Copper River of Alaska -- Klondike River of N.W. Territory. Includes table of distances and mail routes. Printed for S.N. Wood & Co., Columbian Woolen Mills, 718-722 Market St. San...
Shows overland and water routes to the Klondike gold fields. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Panel title: Map of the Klondike. "Reprinted from Harper's Weekly, August 14, 1897." Includes ancillary map of Alaska. 17.2 x 14.1 cm.,...
61 second film clip, black & white silent Clip shows gold miners panning, using rocker boxes and sluice boxes. Narration describes small-scale gold mining.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...
One troy oz 0.999 pure gold, struck to commemorate the purchase of the Alaska Railroad by the State of Alaska, 5 January 1985. The face shows AK PR engine 1500 and the obverse shows Denali with "The Great Land". Struck by Crown Mint, Woodland...
One troy oz 0.999 pure gold, struck to commemorate the purchase of the Alaska Railroad by the State of Alaska, 5 January 1985. The face shows AK PR engine 1500 and the reverse shows Denali with "The Great Land". Struck by Crown Mint, Woodland...
Title taken from caption. View of an aqueduct for gold mining located along the Steese Highway, Alaska. Photograph taken Sept. 2, 1952. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.