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

• 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

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...