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English: Underground mining at Gold Hill, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Eric A. Hegg  (1867–1947)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Eric A. Hegg
Alternative names
E.A. Hegg; E. A. Hegg
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 18 September 1867 Edit this at Wikidata 1948
Location of birth/death Bollnäs San Diego
Work period 1897 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5385972
Title
English: Underground mining at Gold Hill, ca. 1898
Description
English:

In Alaska and the Yukon, placer gold was found along ancient stream beds, some of which were twelve to forty feet underground at bedrock. The gold was frozen in the dirt or gravel. Miners chopped away at the frozen earth with picks or tried to thaw it with fires or steam machines. They "drifted" all winter, digging in the direction that seemed most promising for gold. This photo, taken around 1898 by Eric Hegg, shows a group of miners working underground at Gold Hill, above Bonanza Creek. They were digging on the fourth tier, opposite the fifth strike at Bonanza Creek.

Original title: 4th tier, Gold Hill, opposite No. 5 Bonanza. Original photograph: Hegg, E.A., ca. 1898. Copied after 1902 by Webster & Stevens.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold miners; Gold mining; Gold rushes; Men--Employment
Depicted place
English: Gold Hill (Yukon); Klondike River Region (Yukon)
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 19 cm (7.4 in); width: 24 cm (9.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,19U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,24U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6992
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1948, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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