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English: Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume showing men working on the walls of the spillway and intake, as seen from across the river, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1907   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Horace Herbert Draper  (1855–1913)  wikidata:Q62748207
 
Alternative names
Horace H. Draper
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1855 Edit this at Wikidata 1913 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Rockford
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q62748207
Title
English: Porcupine Gold Mining Company flume showing men working on the walls of the spillway and intake, as seen from across the river, Porcupine, Alaska, circa 1907
Description
English:

PH Coll 324.27

The Porcupine Mining District was established in November of 1898 after S.W. Mix and two of his friends discovered gold near the Porcupine River. The three men staked claims and by 1899 $50,000 in gold had been recovered and the town site of Porcupine had 200 residents. The Porcupine Trading Company eventually bought all the original claims and built a flume to divert the river. In 1905 the Porcupine Trading Company flume and all mining operations were destroyed by flooding. The flume was rebuilt several times between 1907-1917 by both the Porcupine Trading Company and the Alaska Corporation, with the last flume surviving until 1936. Herbert Horace Draper first worked as a photographer with W.H. Case in the photo studio of Case and Draper. As partners, Case and Draper followed the excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush and moved to Skagway in 1898 where they both worked until around 1908. The partnership ended in 1907 and by 1908 Draper was operating as Draper and Co., based primarily in Skagway.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Flumes; Spillways--Alaska--Porcupine
  • Subjects (LCSH): Porcupine Gold Mining Company
Depicted place Porcupine, Alaska
Date circa 1907
date QS:P571,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 4.5 in (11.4 cm); width: 6.5 in (16.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,6.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
2327
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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The author died in 1913, 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 100 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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AWC3183

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