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...
"A view of the rough country at the head of the 70 Mile River, running into the Yukon, below Eagle. The Ott and Scheele partners had a placer mining show developed on Crooked Creek, a tributatry of the 70 Mile." Panoramic photograph of the rough...
"Ott and Scheele' placer mine headquarters on Crooked Creek, a tributary of the 70 Mile River, it in turn being a tributary of the mighty Yukon River." Panoramic photograph of mining headquarters.
"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." ...
A view of a hydraulic mining in operation. The availability of adeqate water supply is one of the essential features in this type of mining. The most ideal situation is one in which the seasonal water supply is readily available in a creek on which...
The collection includes images of a 2,500 mile inspection trip to northern and interior Alaska which Governor Parks, Malcolm Elliott (President of the Alaska Road Commission) and R.J. Sommers (Territorial highway engineer) took in 1928.
Collection notes: Chekok, 1914. Jack Kinney, 1868-1933, was born in Aroostock County ME; was in the Klondike, discovered placer gold in Bonanza Hills, Upper Mulchatna River ca. 1910. Also in the picture is Peter Morris, or Moores and Knutson Mt. ...