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| Title | Miners and sluice in the Tanana District, with tents in background, n.d. |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on mount: Sluicing in the Tanana District
Filed in Alaska--Mining--Sluicing |
| Contextual Notes | Tanana is located at the junction of the Yukon and Tanana Rivers and had long been a Native American trading locality before the coming of the Europeans. In 1880, the Alaska Commercial Company trading post was established near here. St. James Episcopal Mission was established here in 1891, and about 1897, one mile downstream from the mission, the trading post of the Northern Commercial Company was established. (pg. 947) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967) |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Miners--Alaska--Tanana; Mining--Alaska--Tanana; ; Sluices--Alaska--Tanana; Tents--Alaska--Tanana; Group portraits |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Tanana |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0481
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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 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Alaska Photograph Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
