Alaska prospector with dog team, early 20th century. Prospectors explored remote regions looking for mineral and other resources, most commonly gold.

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Alaska prospector with dog team, early 20th century. Prospectors explored remote regions looking for mineral and other resources, most commonly gold. Gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska, in 1899, leading to a gold rush of prospectors to the area that lasted until around 1909. This photograph dates from around the period 1900 to 1923.

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