Ike Williamson and crewmen from the Porcupine Gold Mining Company standing in front of a donkey engine, 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: Gold miners > Alaska > Porcupine; Donkey engines > Alaska > Porcupine; Williamson; Ike.; Porcupine Gold Mining Company; Draper; Porcupine River; Skagway; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2357

Caption on image: Porcupine Gold Mining Co. Logging roader. Draper and Co. 23. PH Coll 324.4 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 b...