Alaska's largest gold nugget, Nome, 1903-1907
Caption on photo: Actual size of Alaska's largest nugget. Found by Pioneer Mining Co. on No. 5 bench off Discovery Anvil. Wt 182 oz. Value $3276.00 Nome Sep [sic] 8, 03. Original negative created by B.B. Dobbs. Printed by Lomen Bros. with added Lomen Bros. Studio signature and number. PH Coll 3...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/6119 2023-05-15T15:43:38+02:00 Alaska's largest gold nugget, Nome, 1903-1907 Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett) University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections United States--Alaska--Nome Scanned from an original photographic print using a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f at 110 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2014. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/6119 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC6775 UW12488 Lomen 767 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/6119 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 Lomen Bros. photographs. PH Coll 328 Gold Gold--Alaska Photograph; image; ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:05:07Z Caption on photo: Actual size of Alaska's largest nugget. Found by Pioneer Mining Co. on No. 5 bench off Discovery Anvil. Wt 182 oz. Value $3276.00 Nome Sep [sic] 8, 03. Original negative created by B.B. Dobbs. Printed by Lomen Bros. with added Lomen Bros. Studio signature and number. PH Coll 328.556 In 1899, gold was discovered along the sandy beaches along the Snake River and other rivers that fed into the Bering Sea. In spring of 1900, tens of thousands of people arrived from Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, transforming Nome into a tent city. The height of the gold rush was from 1900-1909, but mining continued for decades. Other/Unknown Material Bering Sea Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anvil ENVELOPE(-64.267,-64.267,-65.239,-65.239) Bering Sea |
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Caption on photo: Actual size of Alaska's largest nugget. Found by Pioneer Mining Co. on No. 5 bench off Discovery Anvil. Wt 182 oz. Value $3276.00 Nome Sep [sic] 8, 03. Original negative created by B.B. Dobbs. Printed by Lomen Bros. with added Lomen Bros. Studio signature and number. PH Coll 328.556 In 1899, gold was discovered along the sandy beaches along the Snake River and other rivers that fed into the Bering Sea. In spring of 1900, tens of thousands of people arrived from Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, transforming Nome into a tent city. The height of the gold rush was from 1900-1909, but mining continued for decades. |
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Alaska's largest gold nugget, Nome, 1903-1907 |
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