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Two miners inside of cabin sampling dirt for gold using mining pan, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898
Title
Two
miners
inside
of
cabin
sampling
dirt
for
gold
using
mining
pan
,
Yukon
Territory
,
ca.
1898
Photographer
Cantwell
,
George
G.
Date
ca. 1898
Notes
Caption
on
image:
"Miner's
cabin"
Identical
to
Hegg
3089.
PH
Coll
246.61
[Meed
journal:
"Typical
miner's
cabin
in the
Klondike.
One
man
is
seen
kneeling
on the
floor
with a
gold
pan
containing
a
test
sample
of
dirt
from
underground.
The
square
bucket
contains
melted
snow
i.e.
winter
water.
His
partner
on the
peg-leg
stool
is
watching
for the
result
which
will
guide
the
direction
of the
paystreak
and this will be
followed
by
thawing
and
digging.
The
chair
is
of
birchwood
, the
upholstery
-
sacking.
Two
sleeping
bunks
one
above
the
other
against
the
wall.
A
pair
of
patched
workpants
hangs
to the
let
of the
stove.
Note
the
trim
order
of
everything.
The
books
on the
shelf
, the
cooking
utensils
, the
neat
pile
of
wood
, and the
can
of
sourdough
for
raising
bread.
Sacks
and
mitts
on the
line.
The
log
beam
and the
ceiling
poles
overhead
indicate
the
construction
of the
roof
which
is
covered
first
with
moss
and then a
layer
of
earth.
A
pictorial
calendar
on the
wall
is
the
only
ornamentation.
The
motto
for
everything
is
"utility"."].
Klondike
Gold
Rush.
Subjects (LCTGM)
Gold miners--Yukon
Gold mining--Yukon
Log cabins--Yukon
Subjects (LCSH)
Yukon--Gold discoveries
Location depicted
Canada--Yukon
Territory
Digital Collection
William E. Meed Collection
Order Number
MEE205
Ordering Information
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Please cite the Order Number when ordering.
Negative Number
Hegg
3089
Repository
University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository Collection
William E. Meed Photograph Collection. PH Coll 246
Repository Collection Guide
To view the finding aid for this collection see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/MeedWilliamPHColl246.xml
Object Type
Photograph
Digital Reproduction Information
Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 5/1998.
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