Title taken from caption. " T. V. Smith's catch, Middleton Island, Alaska, 71 blue fox skins, value about $2,000.00. Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G3592. Reproduced from glass plate.
Daryl Miller is interviewed by Dave Krupa on April 27, 2000 in Talkeetna, Alaska. Miller discusses his personal background and how he was introduced to climbing; his first climbing experience on Denali; not summitting on his first attempt and the...
Title taken from caption. "E. A. Suter's Large Nugget, [weight] 82 [oz.?] Value $1250. Found in Kantishna, Alaska. Photo by Johnson." Black & white photo.
Title taken from caption. "'Venus of Milo'. Solid Tanana Gold, Weight 400 Oz. Value $ 7225.00. Made by the Washington Alaska Bank, Fairbanks, Alaska Sept. 18th [19]07."
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.
Title taken from front. Baleen (bone) from whale on ship, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. From verso: "780 pieces of whale bone. Whale 78 ft. long. Longest slab 9 1/2 ft. Value of bone $12,600. Cape Prince of Wales." Aug. 1902. Original photograph...
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.
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."
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.
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,...