Collection Name	Simon M. Soboleff Photograph Collection
Identifier	UAF-1973-195-4
Title	Mastodon Mining Co.
Description	Title taken from caption. "Mastodon Mining Co. bought the ground from former owner - old man, Gus Erickson. Company paid $37,000 in 1933. I helped Gus to mine early in the spring. Later, Gus left the place and he gave the cabin to me. The horse visible at the end of the cabin - I bought if for $250.00 in Fairbanks and rode it in the saddle from Faribanks to a head of the Mastodon creek. We used the horse to move the pipes and sluice boxes. Photograph type and size: 35 mm neg. 73-243, 3 x 5.
Creator	Soboleff, Simon
Subject.TGM	Cabins Frontier & pioneer life Mining Horses
Corporate Name	Mastodon Mining Co. (Alaska)
Location	Mastodon Creek (Alaska)
Region	Alaska
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Type	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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Mastodon Mining Co.

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