Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume showing men working on the construction of the spillway, as seen from across the river, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1907

• Main Author: Draper, Herbert Horace, 1855-1913
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Flumes; Spillways > Alaska > Porcupine; Porcupine Gold Mining Company; Draper; Porcupine River; Skagway; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2328

PH Coll 324.29 The Porcupine Mining District was established in November of 1898 after S.W. Mix and two of his friends discovered gold near the Porcupine River. The three men staked claims and by 1899 $50,000 in gold had been recovered and the town site of Porcupine had 200 residents. The Porcupine...