Pit No. 2 for the Porcupine Gold Mining Company showing temporary sluice box, 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: Sluices; Porcupine Gold Mining Company; Draper; Porcupine River; Skagway; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2359

Caption on image: Porcupine Gold Mining Co. Pit on No. 2 Below. Showing temporary sluice box. Draper and Co. 14. PH Coll 324.13 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 claim...