Title taken from front. View of miners at mining operation, with Chinese water wheel used for pumping water out of creek for mining purposes, Glacier Creek, Nome, Alaska. n.d. Photographer: Huey, Nome.
Title taken from front. Group of miners "rocking" for gold on a beach, Nome, Alaska. Men gathered sand from the beach, shoveled it into the "rocker", poured in water, rocked it back and forth, and in this way, gold was separated from the other...
Title taken from front. Miners stand with pans of gold from a successful two days of mining at their claim on Third Beach at Nome, Alaska, with tailings pile in background. n.d. Photographer: H.G.K.
Title taken from front. Miners standing in front of slag heap at Alta Mining Company operation at Otter Creek on Third Beach Line, Nome, Alaska, with tent at left. May 1908. Photographer: Goetze.
Title taken from information with photo. View of miners working on slag dump at mining operation, Nome, Alaska, with sluice at left. Photographer's number 987. n.d. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. Miners working mining claim on Third Beach, Nome, Alaska, with slag dumps in background and tent at left. n.d. Photographer: Goetze.
Title taken from front. Miners at mining operation in Sawtooth Mountains (later called Kigluaik Mountains) near Nome, Alaska, with tents in background. Photographer's number 878. n.d. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
Caption: Klondike Nuggets from "Seward's Land of Gold" by French p. 57 per book. Looks like posed studio picture. Screened picture. Verso: Successful Klondike miners. Notes: "Edwin H. Brown, on left, and Major L.H. French displaying...
Three miners working at a mining site. A large boiler with a smokestack and other mining equipment is visible. A tripod is set up above at least one mine shaft.
This is an above ground mine, presumably a gold mine. Miners can be seen in an open gravel pit with a variety of hand tools such as shovels, picks, ladders.
About ten miners, presumably gold miners, are working in a large pit. Mine buildings and tents are in the background. There are cables overhead that look like a bucket line aerial tram.
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...
(2:44 min) (14 of 27) Assistance from the community
Alaska Road Commission built roads with the assistance of local miners. The miners would volunteer their time, fuel, and equipment.