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| Title | Fairbanks Exploration Company gold dredge no. 3, Chatanika, n.d. |
| Photographer | Cann, Charles F. |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Chatanika Dredge, F.E. Co., Alaska. Cann Photo.
Filed in Alaska--Mining--Dredges |
| Contextual Notes | The Historic Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Camp, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is about 23.5 miles out of Fairbanks on the Old Steese Highway. It was built between 1923-25 as the original bunkhouse and dining hall for the men who worked on Chatanika's old Gold Dredge 3. The gold dredge is still there, as well as lots of mining equipment.
It has been estimated that $70 million dollars was removed by the FE Gold Co. there between 1926 and 1957. At that time, the camp was larger than Fairbanks with over 10,000 residents. [Source: http://fairbanks-alaska.com/fe-company.htm] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Dredges--Alaska--Chatanika; Gold dredging--Alaska--Chatanika; Gold mining equipment--Alaska--Chatanika |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Fairbanks Exploration Company; Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Chatanika |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Chatanika |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0492
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| Negative Number | UW8274 |
| 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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