Title from indexer. Photograph shows a gold field being thawed by steam pipes. It is being prepared for a gold dredge. Original size is 5.25 x 3.25 in.
Title from indexer. Additional narrative in donor notes reads: "Our sled dog Iolanthe, bred by Milton Swan in Kivalina, lost much of her left hind leg when, with her stake-out chain accidentally wrapped around it during one winter night, her...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from caption. "On the right limit of the creek. Mining Camp is visible - way down below the hills where the Porcupine creek empties into the Crooked creek. Mining operation by Berry Holding Company - Dredging on Mammoth Creek."...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "Looking up stream on Budd Creek. 'Tailing' of the old 'Cambell' Hydraulic-lift are int he background. This old operation was unsuited for this ground and was eventually drowned out by water breaking into the...
Title taken from verso. View of oil drilling operation at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska at beginning of Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Also from verso: "Note the pingo at left." A pingo is a mound formed when ice expands during refreezing of sediments in a...