Title taken from front. View of placer gold mining operation along Chatanika Branch, Alaska Railroad, in Interior Alaska, with haystacks on hill in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G2034." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Title taken from front. Placer mines and buildings near Chatanika, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G2038 1/2." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G2038. Sept. 6, 1922. Photographer: H.G.K. Original photograph size: 6...
Title taken from front. View of two Alaska Engineering Commission Railway bridges, one old and one newly constructed, over Placer River, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, with glacier in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1625." An Alaska Engineering...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway bridge over Placer River, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1626." From information with photo: "[mile?] 50.3." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from label on matting. View of placer mine at Ester Creek, Alaska with old mine shaft in foreground. Also from label: "Fairbanks, Alaska. (Temp. 35)." Photographer's number 8085B. Sept. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original...
Title taken from label on matting. View of water from high pressure hose operating during Fairbanks Exploration Company Ester Creel placer mining project at Cripple Creek, Alaska. Also from label: "Fairbanks, Alaska. Washing about 100 feet of...
Title taken from front. View looking south across Alaska Engineering railroad bridge over Placer River on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, with another bridge in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1742." Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical...
Title from caption. Photograph of some of the owners and crew of the Quail Creek placer claim. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below: Part of the owners & workers of the placer claim on Quail Creek. It was worked only in summer."
Title from caption. Photograph of the sternwheeler Nora with a full compliment of passengers. Caption reads: "Hurrah for the Yukon placer mines." Photographer's No. 702.
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...
Title taken from caption. " Richest Placer Gold Mines on Seward Peninsula Alaska. Sept. 1903 ". Cataloguer's note: This image contains diagrams (drawn on the photograph) which indicate the numerous gold mines in the area.
Title taken from caption. "Snyders Group of Placer Goldmines. On Gold Hill and Peluck Creek". Two men in near ground, three men in background, dredges on right. [May also Peluk Creek, which is closer to Nome.]
Title from caption. "Placer mining in Alaska. Automatic gate discharging Glenn Gulch, Alaska." Water is flowing down a hillside through a wooden gate. Sluice boxes and a man's backside are seen on the left side of the photo. Glenn...
Title taken from label on matting. S.M. Johnson, University of Alaska Fairbanks assistant paleontologist, holds mastodon bones recovered from placer mines near Fairbanks, Alaska. Also from label: "(Mastodon pelvic bone and femur). (Temp. 52)."...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...