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| Title | Application and affidavit for George W. Carmack for a Discovery gold mining claim on Bonanza Creek, August 17, 1896 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1896 |
| Notes | Printed and handwritten on image: Application and Affidavit for Placer Mine. "I G.W. Carmack of Forty-Mile" hereby apply, under the Dominion Land Mining Regulations for a mining location in "a Creek known as Bonanza Creek flowing into Klondike River. Discovery claim on Bonanza Creek" for the purpose of mining for "gold"; that I have discovered therein a deposit of "gold"; that I am to the best of my knowledge and belief, the first discoverer of the said deposit; that I am unaware that the land is other than vacant Dominion land; that I did on the "17th" day of "August 1896" mark out on the ground in accordance in every particular with the provisions of the said Mining Regulations, the location for which I make this application...
PH Coll 692.13 |
| Contextual Notes | George W. Carmack was a gold miner in the Yukon Territory and is credited for discovering gold on Rabbit Creek, (later Bonanza Creek), which launched the Klondike Gold Rush in 1896. Carmack later left his family and the Yukon and remarried in Olympia, Washington in 1900. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Affidavits |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Mining claims |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC2449
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Negative Number | UW2747 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Photographs of George W. Carmack. PH Coll 692 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/CarmackGeorgePHColl692.xml |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | 10 x 8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008 |
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
