Pioneer Mining Company prospecting drill near Dexter Creek, Alaska, circa 1906

• Main Author: Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett)
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Drilling & boring machinery; Miners > Alaska; Pioneer Mining Company; inuit; Nome; Seward Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2446

Caption on image: Pioneer Mining Co.'s prospecting drill. Head of Dexter showing Sugar Claim in distance. Dobbs. PH Coll 323.25 Beverly Bennett Dobbs was born in 1868 near Marshall, Missouri. In 1888 Dobbs moved to Bellingham, Washington and operated a photography studio there for 12 years. In 1900 Dobbs moved to Nome, Alaska and continued to work as a photographer capturing images of Nome, the Seward Peninsula, and Inuit people. In 1909, Dobbs started the Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Co. and began making films about the Gold Rush. By 1914, Dobbs had moved back to Seattle and was creating more films through the Dobbs Totem Film Company which he ran until his death in 1937.