Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
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...
100 second film clip, color and black & white with an audio track. The clip shows damage from the 1964 Earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio track remarks on the dollar value of the damage, the loss of industry and effects on the...
Title taken from front. Large gold nugget found by Pioneer Mining Company at Discovery claim on Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, worth $3276.00 and weighing 182 ounces. Sept. 8, 1903. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. Large gold nugget found by Pioneer Mining Company near the Discovery claim at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, worth $3276.00 and weighing 182 ounces. Sept. 8, 1903. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. Large gold nugget weighing 182 ounces and valued at $3276.00, found by Pioneer Mining Company at Discovery claim, Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number C156. Sept. 8, 1903. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Title taken from caption in manuscript of C.A. Bryant. Verso: Pay fair value to Bert Bryant - Endorsed without recourse, Clarence L. Andrews, Feb 11, 1935.
Description of community from 1932 report: "Hyder is entirely a mining town whose growth depends upon the restoration of the value of silver. Its population is made up of about 30 families, children, and the remainder consists of prospectors;...
Title from image caption Full caption: "The largest gold nugget found in Copper River country; weight 51 oz. 4 DWT; value $900.00; property of Oregon-Shushitna Mining Co.; found by Dan S. Kane on Lucky Gulch, a tributary to Valdez Creek, Aug....
Title from image caption Full caption: "Sample of gold from Nugget Gulch, Susitna Country, tributary to Seward, Alaska. Mined by Herndon, Jacobs & Morris, 1906. Value over $3,600.00."
Exhibit showing production of Treadwell Mines; tonnage and value for each year, 1885-1904; total value $21,817,296.19. Two men at left with cube representing Alaska purchase price, for comparison [Man on left is Joseph C. MacDonald, Treadwell Mine...
Title taken from image. Six gold bricks with a pocket watch for scale. Image: Produced Jan. 6-31, 1917 - 25 Days 10 Stamps. Weight 1938.6 Troy Ounces, Value $33,249.68.
River boat Yukon's first trip of 1923, with a close up view of the barges full of 1,000 tons of gold ore from the Mayo district with a value of $500,000.