Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, gold prospectors headed for Fairbanks taken on the Summit --25 miles from Valdez". Very early one morning we moved our camp over the pass. Heavily loaded, we were late in reaching the summit. Ten...
Title taken from donor's caption. A cabin stands next to two tents. Behind them are trees and mountains; in front, possibly piles of fuelwood and a rack hung with skins or fish for drying. "The unwritten law of the early day Alaskan...
Title taken from verso. Two prospectors operating windlass for hoisting rocks and gravel from shaft at mining operation in Interior Alaska. From front: "The Alaska prospector." Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's. Original photograph...
Two unidentified men, each with a pack dog, pictured in front of a large two-story roadhouse. Physical descrip: Tinted lantern slide : glass, col. ; 3 1/4 x 4 in.
Rodine, photographed with Illinois partners in Galesburg-Alaska Mining & Development Co., a group of prospectors; sign on side of box on sled reads, "Klondike or Bust"
Description of community from 1932 report: "Hyder is entirely a mining town whose growth depends upon the restoration of the value of silver. Its population is made up of about 30 families, children, and the remainder consists of prospectors;...
Eight students pose along the fence outside the McCarthy School; according to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, McCarthy "is an outfitting point for miners, hunters, trappers, and prospectors. It started as an outgrowth of the...
Winter view of Lake Bennett, with tents and huts in the foreground; prospectors follow a trail across the frozen lake, between snow-covered mountains Photographer's number 49
Prospectors, dogs, shelters, and stacks of gear in area of scales; in the background are people climbing to and returning from the summit Photographer's number 49
Close-up view of prospectors, dogs, shelters, and stacks of gear in area of scales; in the background are people climbing to and returning from the summit Photographer's number 13
Prospectors and piles of gear amassed at base of pass, with a line of packers heading to the summit along the snow-packed trail Photographer's number 96
Title from sign on building In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Preparing for the trail; prospectors outfitting in Juneau, Alaska, 1898, in response to the magic word 'Klondike'."
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Children frequently accompanied their parents on the trail to the Yukon. Prospectors passing through Pleasant Valley, 1898." A dog and a boy pull a sled,...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Prospectors crossing a portage near Pleasant Camp, 1898. Here and there gnarled and twisted foliage has driven its tenuous roots into the scarred face of the...