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Gold miners operating sluice on claim No. 39 below Hunker Creek, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898.
Gold miners operating sluice on claim No. 39 below Hunker Creek, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898.
TitleGold miners operating sluice on claim No. 39 below Hunker Creek, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898.
PhotographerCantwell, George G.
Dateca. 1898
NotesCaption on image: "39 below Hunker"

PH Coll 246.71

[Meed journal: ""Pay dirt" mound on Mining Claim No. 39 below Hunker Creek. The mound on the left is the "paydirt" material raised from underground during the winter. It is termed the "dump". In spring when water flows, this is shoveled into wooden sluice boxes. Slats of wood nailed across the bottom form riffles to catch the heavier gold as light gravel and sand are washed away to form the tailings."].

Klondike Gold Rush.
Subjects (LCTGM)Gold mining--Yukon
Sluices
Gold miners--Yukon
Subjects (LCSH)Yukon--Gold discoveries
Location depictedCanada--Yukon Territory
Digital CollectionWilliam E. Meed Collection
Order NumberMEE052
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Negative NumberUW21259
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionWilliam E. Meed Photograph Collection. PH Coll 246
Repository Collection GuideTo view the finding aid for this collection see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/MeedWilliamPHColl246.xml
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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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