According to a Jan. 2, 2010, e-mail from Harold Jacobs, Cultural Resource Specialist of Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, "This was probably a 'shoreboat' in Sitka. ...
Admiralty-Alaska Mining Company buildings at Funter Bay. Mill is at the extreme right; ca. 1920. Black smith's forge and tools on dock in foreground. Photographer's number 1.