. English: Mining claim No. 2 at Snow Gulch, Alaska, ca. 1901. English: Probably Snow Gulch located 6 miles north of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. Shows miners with sluicing operation. The man to the right, standing in front and by himself is Johan Olsen Sjolseth (1867 - 1938) from Oksendal in Norway. After 10 years in Alaska, he went into lumber business in Hoquiam, and then became a farmer on Fir Island. (Note from Jan O. Kolmann Johnsen. 07/2009) Caption on image: 'No. 2 Snow Gulch' Original image in Hegg Album 28, page 37 . Original photograph by Eric A. Hegg 1821; copied by Webster and St
. English: Mining claim No. 2 at Snow Gulch, Alaska, ca. 1901. English: Probably Snow Gulch located 6 miles north of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. Shows miners with sluicing operation. The man to the right, standing in front and by himself is Johan Olsen Sjolseth (1867 - 1938) from Oksendal in Norway. After 10 years in Alaska, he went into lumber business in Hoquiam, and then became a farmer on Fir Island. (Note from Jan O. Kolmann Johnsen. 07/2009) Caption on image: 'No. 2 Snow Gulch' Original image in Hegg Album 28, page 37 . Original photograph by Eric A. Hegg 1821; copied by Webster and Stevens Nome Gold Rush. Subjects (LCTGM): Gold miners--Alaska--Snow Gulch; Gold mining--Alaska--Snow Gulch; Mining claims--Alaska--Snow Gulch; Sluices--Alaska--Snow Gulch Subjects (LCSH): Alaska--Gold discoveries . circa 1901 9 Mining claim No 2 at Snow Gulch, Alaska, ca 1901 (HEGG 721)
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