"Title taken from caption. "9256 -- (14) There were a goodly number of robust young fellows who undertook this journey to and through the valley of the Yukon in search of the royal metal fully prepared to overcome all difficulties and to get...
Camp set up for a long stay: tent, clothes on line, game on rack, tables, cooking pots, gold pan, cooking spit; a man tends campfire; likely in Chisana Mining District
Caption below image reads, "Where I passed a cold night." Three men stand in snow near front of Long Lake Hotel Restaurant, mountains behind; no other buildings in sight.
Close-up view of prospectors, dogs, shelters, and stacks of gear in area of scales; in the background are people climbing to and returning from the summit Photographer's number 13
Crowd forms along waterfront near sign that reads, "Lumber and Coal"; bags of supplies are stacked along street and more supplies are being offloaded from barge
Cyanotype photograph of a tent camp in the snow on the Valdez Trail. A large tent has the following sign on its roof: "We are the boys from Decatur Illinois". Mules are corralled in front left of photo. Photo taken by Walter Curran Mendenhall...
Cyanotype photograph of members of a prospecting party at Spruce Camp on the head of Turnagain Arm on Cook Inlet in April 1898. A dog is visible in the photograph. Photograph taken by Walter Curran Mendenhall during the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring...