Collection Name	Stereographic Library Collection, ca. 1800-1910
Identifier	UAF-1975-178-1
Title	Steamer Australia loading for Alaska
Description	Title taken from caption. "9065 -- (1) In the summer of 1897 our Uncle Samuel began to discern what a bonanza he had bought from Russia 30 years before. From Sitka to Siberia the vast country seems to glitter with gold. There is said to be more gold-bearing quartz on Douglass Island alone than 10,000 stamps could crush in a century. One wonders if we may not yet have gold for street-paving as in the New Jerusalem. The Seal Islands have long since repaid the cost of Alaska, a country three times as large as France and destined to be the home of many millions of people. The salmon-fisheries are the greatest in the world. Agriculture is possible in vast regions and will be made profitable. Besides there are vast forests of timber, and there are mines of copper and perhaps other unknown wealth. No wonder the streams are crowded."
Contributors	Keystone View Company (Publishers)
Subject.TGM	Gold rushes Piers & wharves Loading docks Passengers Steamboats Ships Travel
Corporate Name	Australia (Ship)
Region	Outside
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Type	Image (Stereographs)
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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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Steamer Australia loading for Alaska

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