New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899
1899 Gold was discovered in the Nome, Alaska, area in 1898, drawing prospectors from the Klondike and other goldfields. More miners poured in when gold was discovered in Nome's beach sands. To meet the needs of prospectors, D.A. Macdonald used 1897 and 1898 information to publish a map of the n...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/14691 2023-05-15T17:23:58+02:00 New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899 United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Photographed from original photograph using Nikon D800 D-SLR camera as a 7360 x 4912 TIFF image in Adobe RBG color, then cropped and resized to 1000 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CC, JPEG quality measurement 5. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14691 unknown Museum of History & Industry Collection 1983.35.7 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14691 http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, [image number] Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Gold mining--Alaska--Nome Gold rushes Maps Prospecting equipment & supplies ephemera; image; text Stillimage ftuwashingtonlib 2019-10-26T22:59:19Z 1899 Gold was discovered in the Nome, Alaska, area in 1898, drawing prospectors from the Klondike and other goldfields. More miners poured in when gold was discovered in Nome's beach sands. To meet the needs of prospectors, D.A. Macdonald used 1897 and 1898 information to publish a map of the new mining districts of northwestern Alaska in 1899. The map includes information on how to reach St. Michael's, the nearest port, from San Francisco, Seattle, and other cities, and how to travel from St. Michael's to the gold districts. It also lists a year's worth of clothing, equipment and medical supplies to take for a team of two men. 1 map: b&w; 27.75 x 31.25 in. Still Image Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Goldfields ENVELOPE(-108.485,-108.485,59.467,59.467) |
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1899 Gold was discovered in the Nome, Alaska, area in 1898, drawing prospectors from the Klondike and other goldfields. More miners poured in when gold was discovered in Nome's beach sands. To meet the needs of prospectors, D.A. Macdonald used 1897 and 1898 information to publish a map of the new mining districts of northwestern Alaska in 1899. The map includes information on how to reach St. Michael's, the nearest port, from San Francisco, Seattle, and other cities, and how to travel from St. Michael's to the gold districts. It also lists a year's worth of clothing, equipment and medical supplies to take for a team of two men. 1 map: b&w; 27.75 x 31.25 in. |
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New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899 |
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New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899 |
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New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899 |
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New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899 |
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New Gold Fields of North-Western Alaska, 1899 |
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new gold fields of north-western alaska, 1899 |
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United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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ENVELOPE(-108.485,-108.485,59.467,59.467) |
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Goldfields |
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Goldfields |
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Nome Alaska |
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Nome Alaska |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
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Museum of History & Industry Collection 1983.35.7 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14691 |
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http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, [image number] |
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