Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Alaska / FHS102th

Image ID: FHS102
Image Date: 8/13/1958
Image Title: Mining in Alaska.
Image Caption: Aerial view of gold mining operations of the U. S. Smelting, Refining, & Mining Co. along the Steese Highway north of Fairbanks. The dredging operations end up with the top soil buried beneath the gravel which was originally below the top soil.
Photographer: Prater, Leland J., for the U.S. Forest Service.
Use Restrictions: Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information: Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.