Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914

Caption under photo: Placer Workings at Discovery. McPherson number: K524 PH Coll 495.2-61c 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 Railroa...

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Mining camps > Alaska
Hydraulic mining > Alaska
Placer mining > Alaska > Discovery
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/3965 2023-05-15T17:05:37+02:00 Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. United States--Alaska--Discovery Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 5 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3965 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC4810 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3965 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495 Mining camps--Alaska Hydraulic mining--Alaska Placer mining--Alaska--Discovery Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:04:16Z Caption under photo: Placer Workings at Discovery. McPherson number: K524 PH Coll 495.2-61c 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. Other/Unknown Material Kuskokwim Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anchorage
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topic Mining camps--Alaska
Hydraulic mining--Alaska
Placer mining--Alaska--Discovery
spellingShingle Mining camps--Alaska
Hydraulic mining--Alaska
Placer mining--Alaska--Discovery
Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914
topic_facet Mining camps--Alaska
Hydraulic mining--Alaska
Placer mining--Alaska--Discovery
description Caption under photo: Placer Workings at Discovery. McPherson number: K524 PH Coll 495.2-61c 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.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
format Other/Unknown Material
title Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914
title_short Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914
title_full Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914
title_fullStr Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914
title_full_unstemmed Placer workings for mining activities at Discovery, Alaska, September 1914
title_sort placer workings for mining activities at discovery, alaska, september 1914
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3965
op_coverage United States--Alaska--Discovery
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genre Kuskokwim
Alaska
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Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections
Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC4810
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3965
op_rights For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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