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English: Group of miners using conveyor and rockers, ca. 1899   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Eric A. Hegg  (fl. 1897–1930)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Eric A. Hegg
Alternative names
E.A. Hegg; E. A. Hegg
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 18 September 1867 / 17 September 1867 / 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 13 December 1947 / 13 December 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bollnäs San Diego
Work period 1897 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5385972
Title
English: Group of miners using conveyor and rockers, ca. 1899
Description
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Around 1898, gold was found in inland creekbeds near what would become Nome. It wasn't until early 1899, when word leaked out that gold had been discovered in beach sand, that the Nome gold rush truly began. Extracting gold from beach sand called for different methods. Conveyors and rockers worked more efficiently than sluices and panning. This 1899 or 1900 photo was taken in Nome, Alaska, probably by Eric Hegg. One man (left) holds a dipper of water and operates a rocker. The person squatting, possibly a woman, is cleaning the fine grains from a rocker screen. A young man operates a conveyor while an older man (right) is about to shovel beach sand onto it.

Written on photo: Mining in Alaska. Original photograph: 1899 or 1900. Copied after 1902 by Webster & Stevens

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold miners; Gold mining; Gold rushes; Prospecting equipment & supplies; Tents; Women--Employment
Depicted place
English: Nome (Alaska)
Date circa 1899
date QS:P571,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/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
7250
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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