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English: Men and sluice at Hunker Creek, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Studio of Eric A. Hegg  (fl. 1897–1930)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Studio of 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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Title
English: Men and sluice at Hunker Creek, ca. 1898
Description
English:

Like Bonanza Creek, Hunker Creek flows into the Klondike River, Yukon Territory. During the season of 1898-99, $1.5 million of gold was mined at Hunker Creek. By 1899, the day of small scale mining had passed, and industrial mining had already begun. This photo of a group of miners working on a sluice at Hunker Creek was taken by Hegg & Co., probably in 1898 or 1899. The sluice box in the photo is angled so that the riffles in the bottom of the sluice can be seen. The name of the claim, No. 8 above Hunker, means that this was the eighth claim above the original strike at Hunker Creek.

Original title: No. 8 above Hunker. Dawson, Y.T.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold miners; Gold mining; Gold rushes; Sluices
Depicted place
English: Hunker Creek (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: 15 cm (5.9 in); width: 20 cm (7.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,15U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,20U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7219
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
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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