Photo caption reads "Gus Owen and Roy Lynch weighing a sponge to be sent to Anchorage. About $14,000." View of two men working the scales used to weigh the gold removed from the Independence Mine, Alaska. 1939.
View of Gus Owen pulling a crucible from the Independence Mine, Alaska assay furnace. From caption: "Gus Owen pulling crucible from assay furnace." 1939.