Miner's cabin and ditch near Moore Creek, Alaska, September 1914
Ground is covered by what appears to be snow. Caption under photo: Miners Cabin & Ditch. Moore Creek. McPherson number: K508 PH Coll 495.2-57c Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance su...
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Summary: | Ground is covered by what appears to be snow. Caption under photo: Miners Cabin & Ditch. Moore Creek. McPherson number: K508 PH Coll 495.2-57c Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers. |
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