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Two men, identified as Gorst and Ainsworth, building a fire in a mine shaft to thaw the frozen ground, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898
Two men, identified as Gorst and Ainsworth, building a fire in a mine shaft to thaw the frozen ground, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898
TitleTwo men, identified as Gorst and Ainsworth, building a fire in a mine shaft to thaw the frozen ground, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898
PhotographerCurtis, Asahel, 1874-1941
Dateca. 1898
NotesPhotographs taken by Asahel Curtis during his trip to the Klondike in 1897-1899.

Caption on image: Curtis 39x

Handwritten on verso: Fire built to thaw frozen ground so it can be dug. Gorst and Ainsworth. 20 feet down shaft in Eldorado building a fire.

PH Coll 519.39x
Subjects (LCTGM)Gold mining--Yukon ; Gold miners--Yukon ; Thawing--Yukon ; Fire
Location DepictedCanada--Yukon
Digital CollectionAsahel Curtis Collection
Order NumberCUR1817
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionAsahel Curtis Klondike Alaska Collection. PH Coll 519
Physical DescriptionPhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 6 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2006
Photographer's Reference Number39x
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