Water supply (a creek)
Collection Name
Regina Knill Cope Collection
Identifier
UAF-1991-156-16
Title
Water supply (a creek)
Description
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 mining , stacking tailings , artificial thawing and dredge floatation .Information was obtained from Cook , Donald J. , Placer Mining in Alaska . Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press . 1983 . p . 64 .
Subject.TGM
Streams Hydraulic mining Pipelines
Location
McCarthy (Alaska)
Region
Southcentral Alaska
Time Period
1896 to 1913 1913 to 1939
Type
Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use
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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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