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Collection Name	Rivenburg, Lawyer and Cora Photograph Album. 1910-1914 (bulk)
Identifier	UAF-1994-70-341
Title	One man mining proposition
Description	Title from caption. Photograph of a mining operation that used steam to thaw the permafrost. Visible in the photo are the boiler, wood pile, cabin and what may be another cabin. Narrative in the photo album reads : "Winter view of a one man mining proposition, cabins at the rear & a steam boiler in front center. Pointed iron pipes with small holes through them carry live steam as they are forced into the eternally frozen ground. Then the loosened dirt is shoveled out until bedrock is reached."
Creator	Rivenburg, Lawyer
Subject.TGM	Miners Gold mining equipment Winter Fuelwood Boilers Cabins
Region	Interior Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date.original	1912 - 1914
Type	Collection Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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