A prospector, ca. 1905

The mining in the Alaska gold rush was mainly surface mining. The gold had been washed away from its original location and had collected in river gravel and beach sand. Miners took a sample of sand or gravel, washed it in a pan to separate out any gold, and staked a claim if it looked like there mig...

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Main Author: Nowell, Frank H.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Gold rushes
Gold miners
Gold mining Men > Employment
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5233
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/5233 2023-05-15T17:23:58+02:00 A prospector, ca. 1905 Nowell, Frank H. Nome (Alaska) Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5233 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1983.10.13102 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5233 PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection Gold rushes Gold miners Gold mining Men--Employment photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:55:33Z The mining in the Alaska gold rush was mainly surface mining. The gold had been washed away from its original location and had collected in river gravel and beach sand. Miners took a sample of sand or gravel, washed it in a pan to separate out any gold, and staked a claim if it looked like there might be more gold there. This photo shows a prospector panning for gold, probably near Nome. At Nome, the beach was open to all, and no claims were allowed. The photo was taken by Frank H. Nowell in about 1905, after the peak of the Nome gold rush. Original copy negative. Original photograph: Nowell, Frank H., ca. 1905. Copied after 1947 by Webster & Stevens 1 negative : safety film, b&w; 8 x 10 in. Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Gold rushes
Gold miners
Gold mining Men--Employment
spellingShingle Gold rushes
Gold miners
Gold mining Men--Employment
Nowell, Frank H.
A prospector, ca. 1905
topic_facet Gold rushes
Gold miners
Gold mining Men--Employment
description The mining in the Alaska gold rush was mainly surface mining. The gold had been washed away from its original location and had collected in river gravel and beach sand. Miners took a sample of sand or gravel, washed it in a pan to separate out any gold, and staked a claim if it looked like there might be more gold there. This photo shows a prospector panning for gold, probably near Nome. At Nome, the beach was open to all, and no claims were allowed. The photo was taken by Frank H. Nowell in about 1905, after the peak of the Nome gold rush. Original copy negative. Original photograph: Nowell, Frank H., ca. 1905. Copied after 1947 by Webster & Stevens 1 negative : safety film, b&w; 8 x 10 in.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Nowell, Frank H.
author_facet Nowell, Frank H.
author_sort Nowell, Frank H.
title A prospector, ca. 1905
title_short A prospector, ca. 1905
title_full A prospector, ca. 1905
title_fullStr A prospector, ca. 1905
title_full_unstemmed A prospector, ca. 1905
title_sort prospector, ca. 1905
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5233
op_coverage Nome (Alaska)
genre Nome
Alaska
genre_facet Nome
Alaska
op_source Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
op_relation Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
1983.10.13102
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5233
op_rights PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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