Men stand around, possibly clearing brush, stacking logs, or moving a large pipe. One man is sitting on the pipe. Photos UAF-1985-122-110 to UAF-1985-122-121 seem to be of the same people about the same time.
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 verso. View of group of people stacking lumber on the beach at Point Barrow, Alaska. Icebergs can be seen in the ocean and in the distance a ship is anchored off shore. Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
View of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stacking sandbags to prevent flooding near Girdwood, Alaska, after March 27, 1964 earthquake. Land in Girdwood area sank after the earthquake, so flooding from Turnagain Arm waters occurred. March 1964....
Title from verso Captain Gardner and Captain Williams of 176th EOD Unit, desensitizing and stacking sticks of dynamite that had been buried eight years prior on Turpin Road, Anchorage, August 29, 1960 Signal Corps 580951 (SP-5 H. J....