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English: Skull and bones of a mammoth discovered at the bottom of a mining shaft, Hunter Creek, Yukon Territory, Jan. 1901.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Cantwell, George G.
Title
English: Skull and bones of a mammoth discovered at the bottom of a mining shaft, Hunter Creek, Yukon Territory, Jan. 1901.
Description
English: Caption on image: "Mammoth remains found in bottom of 55 ft mining shaft, Hunter Creek, Klondyke. Jan. 1901

PH Coll 246.98

[Meed journal: "Mammoth remains found in bottom of mine shaft 55 ft down, Hunker Creek in the Klondike, Jan 1901. There were a number of similiar finds on other creeks throughout the district. In front low center is a tooth."

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Mammoths--Yukon; Skeletons
Depicted place Yukon
Date Taken on 1 January 1901
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
84
Source
English: William E. Meed Collection
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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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MEE148

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