Mining dredge under construction, United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company, circa 1935

• Main Author: Jacobs
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Dredges > Alaska; Mining equipment; United States Smelting; Refining; and Mining Company; Fairbanks; Davidson; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/419

Caption on image: U.S.S.R. & M. Co. No. 5 Dredge Under Construction. Jacobs, Nome PH Coll 334.Jacobs 2 After completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1922, industrial giant United States Smelting Refining and Mining Co. began to purchase and consolidate individual mining claims in order to work the...