Sluicing on Myrtle Creek
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Description:
Sluicing on Myrtle Creek, Spring 1899. The first major gold discovery on the upper Koyukuk River was made on Myrtle Creek by Knute Ellingson.
This photo shows Ellingson and two helpers at their sluicing operation.
Photo Courtesy of:
Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks District Office
Photo By:
F.C. Schrader
Photo Collection:
U.S. Geological Survey Collection
Photo ID:
F.C. Schrader Photo, 406
Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks District Office