Mining claim No. 2 at Snow Gulch, Alaska, approximately 1901.

Probably Snow Gulch located 6 miles north of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. Shows miners with sluicing operation. The man to the right, standing in front and by himself is Johan Olsen Sjolseth (1867 - 1938) from Oksendal in Norway. After 10 years in Alaska, he went into lumber business in Hoquiam, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1901
Subjects:
Gold miners > Alaska > Snow Gulch
Gold mining > Alaska > Snow Gulch
Mining claims > Alaska > Snow Gulch
Sluices > Alaska > Snow Gulch
Alaska > Gold discoveries
Fir Island
Gulch
Hegg
Norway
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/hegg/id/721
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Summary:Probably Snow Gulch located 6 miles north of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. Shows miners with sluicing operation. The man to the right, standing in front and by himself is Johan Olsen Sjolseth (1867 - 1938) from Oksendal in Norway. After 10 years in Alaska, he went into lumber business in Hoquiam, and then became a farmer on Fir Island. (Note from Jan O. Kolmann Johnsen. 07/2009) Caption on image: "No. 2 Snow Gulch" Original image in Hegg Album 28, page 37. Original photograph by Eric A. Hegg 1821; copied by Webster and Stevens 159.A Nome Gold Rush.

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