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Harold and Verla Christensen speak to
Bill Grip about .....
1)
Introduction.
Christensen, Harold - wife\ Christensen, Verla\ education\
C.J. Berry dredge\ Miller House\ Christensen, Harold - jobs\
work\ A. Dwayne Bush\ Berry, Clarence J.|
2)
Getting ready to mine with the Berry
Dredge.
drilling - prospecting for dredge\ dredge - building \
Independence Creek\ Mammoth Creek\ dredge - steam\ dredge -
wood cut|
3)
Gold prices and their effect on
dredging.
Dredge builder - Johnson, Walter\ gold - price\ gold price -
fluctuation\ WWI\ dredging - gold prices|
4)
World War IIís effect on
mining.
dredging - WWII effect\ gold mining - WWII effect\ dredge -
start after war\ dredge - diesel for steam\ dredging -
changes|
5)
Changes in dredge
operations.
camp - crews\ camp - cook\ camp - flunky\ dredge - thawing
ground\ dredge - stripping ground|
6)
Cleanups of the
dredge.
cleanup - 1,555 ounces\ gold price\ cleanup - time\ Mammoth
Creek\ gold - type|
7)
Gold mining old
timers.
Independence Creek\ Zimmerman\ Bartlett, Bob\ Wrede, Ray\
Ketchem Creek\ Engstrom Brothers - Oscar\ Engstrom Brothers
- Vic\ Mastodon Creek\ Nielson, Johnny\ Anderson, Jack\
Laird, Archy\ Crosson, Joe\ Miller Creek\ Wilkinson, Bob\
Wilkinson, Bob - brother-in-law\ Kelly, Franklin\ Miller
House|
8)
Wood needed for dredging
operation.
cord wood\ woodcutters\ Grip, Bill - amount of wood cut\
Wynan, Herman\ wood - amount needed\ gold - price\ gold -
payment|
9)
Gold recovery.
Amalgam\ retort\ mercury - fire pot\ mercury\ mercury -
handling\ mining - placer\ mining - present day\ Circle
Mining District|
10)
Gold recovery
continued.
gold - type\ jewelry gold\ punch plates\ Caterpillar\ water
- importance to mining|
11)
Harold Christensen's (Chris)
crew.
Utgaard, Oscar\ dredge master\ Bale, LeRay\ Olson, Roy\
Olson, Ruth|
12)
Circle Hot Springs.
Circle Hot Springs - hotel\ airfield - Circle Hot Springs\
bush pilots\ mail\ mail - time arrival\ Miller House\ news
stale|
13)
Mail delivery.
Palm, Johnny\ Chatanika\ Eagle Creek\ Miller House\ mail -
delivery\ double ended sleigh\ Spring - Christmas
mail|
14)Bush
Pilots.
Ames, Charlotte\ Eilson, Ben\ Post, Wiley\ Rodgers, Will\
Nome\ Birch Lake\ Pioneer Hotel\ Gillum, Harold\ hotel
rooms\Copper Center\ Young|
15)
Bush pilots continued.
airfield - Circle Hot Springs\ airfield - Miller House\
MacDonald, Terrance\ Berry, Alex\ wind
direction|
16)
Central Roadhouse.
Erickson, Riley\ Bredlie, Oscar\ bug bomb\ Circle Hot
Springs|
17)
Bill Grip talks about.
Circle District Historical Society\ tourism\ Willow\ State
capital move\ handouts|
18)
Bill Grip continues.
Willow\ Juneau\ state capital move\ AJ Mine\ gold mining -
history\ gold - prices\ fish wheel|
19)
Harold Christensen speaks on food
ordering.
WWII \ Palm, Johnny\ food\ hunts\ fall - food ordering\
Miller House\ eggs - storage\ ice house|
20)
Food ordering
continued.
ice cream\ eggs\ Miller, Mrs.|
21)
Leonard Keppler.
Keppler, Leonard\ flunky\ hunting\ gun - 30-30\ wolf\
Bergevin, Dan\ trapper\ hospitality - new
clothes|
22)Charlie
Butsaw.
Butsaw, Charlie\ wood chopper\ Coal Creek\ Bush, Mr.\ Bush,
Mrs.\Big House|
23)
Creeks and miners in Circle Mining
District.
Lindstrom, Tony\ Deadwood Creek\ Stewart\ Switch Creek\
Langlow\ Knutsen, Big Nick\ Olson Brothers\ Larsons\
Zimmerman, Tony\ Independence Creek\gold mining - bench\
gold mining - dredge|
24)
Creeks in Circle Mining District
continued.
Zimmerman, Tony\ gold mining - dredging\ Half Dollar Creek\
Peters, Charlie\ Johnson, Jimmy\ Leach, Frank\ Terwilliger
gold mining - water importance\ Ketchem Creek\ Engstrom
Brothers\ bedrock\ sniping\ Portage Creek|
25)Creeks
and miners in Circle Mining District
continued.
Portage Creek\ gold mining - water importance\ Birch Creek
\sniping\ Harrison Creek\ gold mining - area discovery\
fishing\ grayling\ Jump Off\ Jump Off - naming\ Albert
Creek\ wood cutters\ wood - size|
26)
Creeks and miners in Circle Mining District
continued.
Circle Hot Springs area creeks\ Bottom Dollar Creek\ Two Bit
Creek\ Carstens, Heine\ Wrede boys- Ray, Fritz, and Everett\
Leach, Frank\ Johnson, Johnny\ Terwilliger|
27)
Creeks and miners in Circle Mining District
continued.
Porcupine
Creek\ Bonanza Creek\ Westervik,
Lars\ Dutch Kid\ Reed\
Porcupine Creek\ Gillum, Harold - daughter\ Circle\ Roman.
Walter\ Birch Creek\ O'Leary, George\ float
trip|
28)
Verla remembers.
steamboats\ Chena bridge\ Creamer Dairy\ Bentley\ Valdez
Trail\ Chitina\Seward\ Christensen, Verla - father\
freighting|
29)
Verla remembers
continued.
Fairbanks\Christensen, Verla - mother\ seamstress\
hand-me-downs\ Ross, Hosey\ Christensen, Verla - step
father|
30)
Verla Remembers
continued.
gymnasium\ Nenana\ Bachner\ school gymnasium\ Ringstedt\
Lavery|
31)
Bill Grip tells a
story.
Golden Heart\ cheechako|
32)
Harold's early times in
Alaska.
freight train\ Stampie, Leonard\ jobs\ FE Company\ gold
mining|
33)
School taxes.
blue tickets\ CJ Berry\ school
tax|
34)
Verla remembers the Blue Parka
man.
Blue Parka man\ holdups\ Christensen, Harold - uncle\
Peterson, Pete|
35)
Roadhouses.
Christensen, Harold - uncle\ horses\ mosquitoes\ roadhouses\
freighting\ Erickson, Riley\ dried eggs|
36)
Old timers.
Central - visit\ Ericksen, Riley\ Olson, Ruth\ Switch Creek\
Crosson, Joe|
37)
Early years in
Fairbanks.
Fairbanks\ railroad\ Steese Highway|
38)
Circle Hot Springs.
Chena Hot Springs\ Circle Hot Springs\ Circle Hot Springs -
water temperature\ winter - miners\ Circle Hot Springs -
family atmosphere\ Circle Hot Springs - activities\ gold
mining - drifting|
39)
Circle Hot Springs
continued.
supplies\ party\ Circle Hot Springs - activities\ dancing\
drinking\ airfield - Central\ dredge - shut down\ end of the
road|
40)
Dredge passes on.
dredge - sold\ Bayliss,Howard\ Bayliss, Grover\ Ringstedt\
fire\ Bredlie, Oscar\ freighting fuel|
41)
Closing comments.
diesel - price\ mosquitoes\ smudge pots|
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