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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Golden Places The History of Alaska-Yukon Mining |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface: An Overview
Chronology: Highlights of Alaska-Yukon Mining History
Chapter 1: The New Territory
Chapter 2: Interior Riches
Chapter 3: The Stampeders
Chapter 4: Getting There
Chapter 5: Mining Towns and Characters
Chapter 6: Frontier Legends
Chapter 7: Other Stampedes
Chapter 8: Gold Rush Literature
Chapter 9: The Progress of Mining
Chapter 10: Government, Law and Natives
Chapter 11: Gates of the Arctic
Chapter 12: Wrangell-St. Elias
Chapter 13: Kennecott and Other Mines
Chapter 14: Denali
Chapter 15: Yukon-Charley
Chapter 16: Other Parks
Chapter 17: Modern Mining
Chapter 18: Significance of Mining in Alaska's Past
Index (omitted from the online edition)
MAPS
Significant Gold Mining Regions of Alaska
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Denali National Park and Preserve
PHOTOGRAPHS
Yukon Mail at Eagle
Natives at Roadhouse at the junction of Copper and Tonsina rivers, 1903
Wortman's Roadhouse
Drift Mining
Dyea Trail, 1898
Letter to mother from prospector at Skagway
Map of Chilkoot and White Pass Trails
Alaska Steamship Company map of Alaska mineral areas
Soapy Smith's gang, shortly after the leader's death in July 1898
"Giants" at work, Tanana Valley
Cold water points thawing ground, Tanana Valley
Dredge at work
Steamboat Yukon at Dawson
Ball crusher at Nabesna Mining Company mill
Remains of flume system on Dan Creek
Boiler abandoned at Nizina
Tools left at Chititu blacksmith shop
Three-ton copper nugget found in Nugget Creek, 1903
Freighting to Chisana
Bonanza Creek, Chisana district
Nabesna Mine
Pack mules deliver the goods, Chisana, 1914
Camp on Little Eldorado Creek, Chisana district, 1913
Ed Hasey's barricade in Keystone Canyon shooting
River steamboat in Copper River and Northwestern Railway construction
Copper River and Northwestern Railway
Kennecott mill
"Sand hogs" in Caisson Building, Miles Glacier Bridge, Copper River and Northwestern Railway
School at Kennicott
Copper River valley
Copper River region
Copper ore transportation 1911-1938
Kennecott mines
Edited by Judith Brogan, Word Service
Typography and design by Scott's Office Services
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