Mining operations at Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Company, Pine Creek, Atlin Lake District, British Columbia
On verso of image: Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Co., H.L. Griffith, Mngr. Pine Creek, Atlin Lake Dist., Northern B.C. Opposite Sturndyke Hydraulic co. Lt., W.M. Brook, Mngr. Filed in British Columbia--Atlin Atlin was definitely not a Shangri la in the beginning. Muddy roads, flapping tents, drafty cabin...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/656 2023-05-15T15:33:14+02:00 Mining operations at Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Company, Pine Creek, Atlin Lake District, British Columbia University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division Canada--British Columbia--Pine Creek cyanotype Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/656 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0693 UW25821 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/656 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 Division Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 Hydraulic mining--British Columbia Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Company Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:59Z On verso of image: Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Co., H.L. Griffith, Mngr. Pine Creek, Atlin Lake Dist., Northern B.C. Opposite Sturndyke Hydraulic co. Lt., W.M. Brook, Mngr. Filed in British Columbia--Atlin Atlin was definitely not a Shangri la in the beginning. Muddy roads, flapping tents, drafty cabins, and complaining sled dogs marked where the first few hundred arrivals dumped their duffel. For the most part, these men were deserters of the Klondike trails, who headed for the Atlin valley when they heard about the big strike on Pine Creek. By freeze up, every creek in the region was staked from source to mouth, including some that would never produce a flake of gold. While many men left Atlin for the winter, others stayed to establish businesses or get ready to mine as soon as the streams thawed. They all raced for the stampede they knew was imminent. Ten thousand fortune hunters poured into Atlin in 1899. From the great glamour and confusion, Atlin city emerged on orderly streets, with hotels, stores, offices, specialty shops, and saloons. Eight kilometers (5 miles) to the east was Discovery City located on Pine Creek. Discovery bloomed and died as remote mining camps tend to do, but Atlin had become the hub of local and government business, and it was the "seaport". Churches were established and clubs founded, as citizens strove to make it a permanent town. [Source: Atlin History web site, http://www.atlin.net/history.htm] Other/Unknown Material Atlin Lake University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Atlin ENVELOPE(-133.689,-133.689,59.578,59.578) Atlin Lake ENVELOPE(-133.722,-133.722,59.532,59.532) British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Griffith ENVELOPE(-155.500,-155.500,-85.883,-85.883) Shangri-la ENVELOPE(163.700,163.700,-78.050,-78.050) |
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On verso of image: Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Co., H.L. Griffith, Mngr. Pine Creek, Atlin Lake Dist., Northern B.C. Opposite Sturndyke Hydraulic co. Lt., W.M. Brook, Mngr. Filed in British Columbia--Atlin Atlin was definitely not a Shangri la in the beginning. Muddy roads, flapping tents, drafty cabins, and complaining sled dogs marked where the first few hundred arrivals dumped their duffel. For the most part, these men were deserters of the Klondike trails, who headed for the Atlin valley when they heard about the big strike on Pine Creek. By freeze up, every creek in the region was staked from source to mouth, including some that would never produce a flake of gold. While many men left Atlin for the winter, others stayed to establish businesses or get ready to mine as soon as the streams thawed. They all raced for the stampede they knew was imminent. Ten thousand fortune hunters poured into Atlin in 1899. From the great glamour and confusion, Atlin city emerged on orderly streets, with hotels, stores, offices, specialty shops, and saloons. Eight kilometers (5 miles) to the east was Discovery City located on Pine Creek. Discovery bloomed and died as remote mining camps tend to do, but Atlin had become the hub of local and government business, and it was the "seaport". Churches were established and clubs founded, as citizens strove to make it a permanent town. [Source: Atlin History web site, http://www.atlin.net/history.htm] |
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Mining operations at Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Company, Pine Creek, Atlin Lake District, British Columbia |
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Mining operations at Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Company, Pine Creek, Atlin Lake District, British Columbia |
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Mining operations at Sunrise Hydraulic Mining Company, Pine Creek, Atlin Lake District, British Columbia |
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mining operations at sunrise hydraulic mining company, pine creek, atlin lake district, british columbia |
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