Miners and sluice in the Tanana District, with tents in background

Caption on mount: Sluicing in the Tanana District Filed in Alaska--Mining--Sluicing Tanana is located at the junction of the Yukon and Tanana Rivers and had long been a Native American trading locality before the coming of the Europeans. In 1880, the Alaska Commercial Company trading post was establ...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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Subjects:
Miners > Alaska > Tanana
Mining > Alaska > Tanana
Sluices > Alaska > Tanana
Tents > Alaska > Tanana
Group portraits
Yukon
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/314
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Summary:Caption on mount: Sluicing in the Tanana District Filed in Alaska--Mining--Sluicing Tanana is located at the junction of the Yukon and Tanana Rivers and had long been a Native American trading locality before the coming of the Europeans. In 1880, the Alaska Commercial Company trading post was established near here. St. James Episcopal Mission was established here in 1891, and about 1897, one mile downstream from the mission, the trading post of the Northern Commercial Company was established. (pg. 947) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967)

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