3 min, 57 sec film clip, black & white/silent. A man takes a shovelful of dirt from several dredge buckets and runs it through a rocker box, then pans the dust for gold. According to the catalog record for the film containing this...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
55-second, color/silent film clip of Gold Dredge 6 being moved. The clip shows a fleet of caterpillars (tractors) pulling dredge 6 across the country side, to Sheep Creek during a snow fall. .
Title taken from attached note. Cataloguer's note: The writing on the back of the photograph reads: "Deep in the bowels of a gold dredge, Dean Earl Beistline demonstrating." Additional information was supplied later and that inscription reads...
Water serves a variety of purposes in placer mining operations. Primarily, it is used to separate the valuable from the gangue material. Water is also used for the following associated operations; hydraulic stripping, hydraulic elevating, hydraulic...