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English: Miners and sluices on Bonanza Creek, ca. 1898   (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
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5385972
Title
English: Miners and sluices on Bonanza Creek, ca. 1898
Description
English:

Miners used water running through sluice boxes to wash the gold out of the pay dirt. Lumber for the sluice boxes was cut from the surrounding hills and finished in a nearby sawmill. As the hills were cleared, lumber became even more expensive. By the time this photo was taken, large mining companies had begun to replace small scale mining operations. This photo of sluice systems and pay dirt was taken by Eric Hegg at Bonanza Creek, near Dawson, Yukon Territory. The name of the claim, 7 below on Bonanza, means that this was the 7th claim below the original strike at Bonanza Creek.

Written on photo: No. 7 below on Bonanza; Dawson Y.T.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold miners; Gold mining; Gold rushes; Sluices; Tents
Depicted place
English: Bonanza Creek (Yukon); Dawson (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: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,19U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7296
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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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.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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