Research Catalog

Title

Gold, steel & ice : a history of mining machines in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Special history study / Chris Allan.

Author

Allan, Chris (Historian)

Publication

[Washington, D.C.?] : United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

United States. Department of the Interior, publisher.

Description

v, 113 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 22 x 28 cm

Summary

"The drama of the Klondike gold strike in the late 1890s and subsequent discoveries across Alaska made the region synonymous with glittering gold and overnight wealth. But pulling profit from the earth was never easy. Today visitors to Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve can explore mining camps that look as if workers simply dropped their tools, turned off their machines, and walked away."--Back cover.

Alternative Title

• Gold, steel and ice : a history of mining machines in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Special history study
• History of mining machines in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
• Mining machines in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

Subjects

• Mining machinery
• Gold mines and mining
• History
• Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (Alaska) > History
• Mining machinery > Alaska > Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve > History
• Gold mines and mining > Alaska > Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve > History
• Alaska > Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Administrative summary -- Introduction -- Chapter one. A steam traction engine : winter hauling at Washington Creek -- Chapter two. A steam donkey engine : excavating paydirt at fourth of July Creek -- Chapter three. Steam boilers : the gold miner's battle with ice -- Chapter four. Gold dredges : mining on an industrial scale -- Chapter five. Prospecting drills : a machine for finding gold -- Chapter six. Caterpillar-style tractors : the all-purpose mining machine -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JBF 18-733

ISBN

• 9780692504833
• 0692504834

LCCN

2015461251

OCLC

930802119

Author

Allan, Chris (Historian), author.

Title

Gold, steel & ice : a history of mining machines in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Special history study / Chris Allan.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.?] : United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

United States. Department of the Interior, publisher.

Gpo Item No.

0648-N

Sudoc No.

I 29.88/5:G 56/2

Research Call Number

JBF 18-733