Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume station above Pit No. 2 in the snow, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1908
PH Coll 324.44 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...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2345 2023-05-15T18:03:07+02:00 Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume station above Pit No. 2 in the snow, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1908 Draper, Herbert Horace, 1855-1913 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Porcupine 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2345 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3196 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2345 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Horace H. Draper Photograph Collection. PH Coll 324 Flumes Mine buildings--Alaska--Porcupine Porcupine Gold Mining Company Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:39Z PH Coll 324.44 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 Trading Company eventually bought all the original claims and built a flume to divert the river. In 1905 the Porcupine Trading Company flume and all mining operations were destroyed by flooding. The flume was rebuilt several times between 1907-1917 by both the Porcupine Trading Company and the Alaska Corporation, with the last flume surviving until 1936. Herbert Horace Draper first worked as a photographer with W.H. Case in the photo studio of Case and Draper. As partners, Case and Draper followed the excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush and moved to Skagway in 1898 where they both worked until around 1908. The partnership ended in 1907 and by 1908 Draper was operating as Draper and Co., based primarily in Skagway. Other/Unknown Material Porcupine River Skagway Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Draper ENVELOPE(-111.252,-111.252,56.667,56.667) |
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PH Coll 324.44 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 Trading Company eventually bought all the original claims and built a flume to divert the river. In 1905 the Porcupine Trading Company flume and all mining operations were destroyed by flooding. The flume was rebuilt several times between 1907-1917 by both the Porcupine Trading Company and the Alaska Corporation, with the last flume surviving until 1936. Herbert Horace Draper first worked as a photographer with W.H. Case in the photo studio of Case and Draper. As partners, Case and Draper followed the excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush and moved to Skagway in 1898 where they both worked until around 1908. The partnership ended in 1907 and by 1908 Draper was operating as Draper and Co., based primarily in Skagway. |
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Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume station above Pit No. 2 in the snow, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1908 |
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Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume station above Pit No. 2 in the snow, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1908 |
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Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume station above Pit No. 2 in the snow, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1908 |
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Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume station above Pit No. 2 in the snow, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1908 |
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Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume station above Pit No. 2 in the snow, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1908 |
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porcupine gold mining company flume station above pit no. 2 in the snow, porcupine, alaska, circa 1908 |
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