"The hydraulic operation at Crooked Creek under full working head in the spring run of water. It was quite a show. Like most of the operations it was always too little water to operate the 'giants' and too darn much gravel mixed with the gold." ...
"Pioneer Mining Co. dump on winter fraction. Nome, Alaska April 21st, 1910. 50,356-1/2 yd buckets, height 98 feet." There looks to be a mining operation to the left, with miners and a large pile of tailings on the right.
Color photograph taken at the Anchorage International Airport, July 15, 1958, showing: Dick Kennard, President of C of C; Bill Sanders, American Legion; Joe Hong, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Bob Atwood, Anchorage Times, Statehood Commission; Anton...
Title from caption. Gold mining, logging and possible smelting operation at Vault Creek north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Woodworking bench in center of the image. 8 in. x 10 in.
Title from caption. Caption also includes the number 338 and the word "Photocraft." Verso reads: "Ice breaking up in Copper River at the Chitina crossing Mile 132 C.R. & N.W. Ry. Stringers and rails taken up to save them from going into river....
"And this is number 6, and we have a number of pilots here. Yea that was a group of pilots that flew the navy contract operation out the Aleutians during WWII.
Description from interview with Ralph Savory and his daughter, Diane.
The Edward L. Creamer Papers consist of one memoir titled "A Dogface in Alaska: Surveying and Surviving," with digital print copies of 190 photographs. The memoir details Creamer’s experiences as topographic computer with U. S. Army’s 551st...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a mining operation called "No. 6" or "No. 8" near Ester, Alaska. There is a pile of tailing in the foreground, and dwelling built on a hill in the background.
Title from image. Photograph of a Hydraulic operation near Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album read: "Pictures at the top show two views of hydraulic mining. Water is driven under terrific pressure and tears away soil, gravel & stones...
Title from caption. Photograph of a Hydraulic operation near Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album read: "Pictures at the top show two views of hydraulic mining. Water is driven under terrific pressure and tears away soil, gravel & stones...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows men working at what may be a small mining operation. A woman standing nearby looks on. br> Location may be Fairbanks, Alaska.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a large building that may be part of a mining operation. A pipeline is running to it, and the boom a crane can be seen behind it.
Title from caption. Photograph of a mining operation that used steam to thaw the permafrost. Visible in the photo are the boiler, wood pile, cabin and what may be another cabin. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Winter view of a one man...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mr. Ballou directing the nozzle on a hydraulic mining operation. Narrative in photo album reads: "The business end of a hydraulic plant. Pressure is so heavy that the noozle [sic] or 'giant,' is held on a...