We are listing a large group of Mining and Mining related photos from 1899 - 1900 of the Yukon Territory, including Miners' tent cities and a photo of the Dewey Hotel in Grand Forks.  We will later list more very interesting photos from the same group.  This photo is of the Dasher mining group in Alaska.  We believe the other photos we are listing to be from Grand Forks or Dawson.  It is possible some are in the White Horse area or even Alaska.  Because of the Miles Canyon photo and the Dewey Hotel photo, we believe they could be from Dawson or Grand Forks.  All photos are the same size and coloring and weight.  We do welcome info from you experts as to location.  We love a mystery but it would be great to learn for certain where these photos were taken. *****We just located a few more from this grouping of miners and towns that are identified as the Dasher family mining in Alaska.  Some of the group are from the Yukon Territory and some are from Alaska. 

National Park Service:   "By midsummer of 1898, there were 18,000 people at Dawson, with more than 5,000 working the diggings.  By August, Many of the stampeders had started for home, most of them broke.  The next year saw a still larger exodus of miners when gold was discovered at Nome, Alaska."  July of 1899, Photographer E. A. Hegg sold his business to P. E. Larss and moved to Nome.  The studio burned in 1898 and was rebuilt (perhaps this explains why some of these photos are from the Yukon and Alaska).   The Kinsey brothers also photographed Grand Forks and area.

PLEASE NOTE:  The above scans are pretty close to the original.  The original is a nice brownish color with a golden tone and has good contrast.  Please read description below and study our scans for condition.

DESCRIPTION:  This is an interesting antique photo. The previous photo we listed shows the Dick Dasher family and friends working 3 sluice boxes in Alaska.  This is a close up of the same photo and location with two miners of the Dasher group working a sluice box.  Grandpa Dasher was one of the miners identified along with Dick Dasher in the other photo.  Alaska Gold Mine is identified on the back.  This may be in Nome, as the next hot spot after Dawson in 1898 was Nome.  The other scenic and miners' camp photos showing topography may help ID this if any of the photos were taken in Alaska.  We listed the one of the Dewey Hotel in Grand Forks, Yukon, so some are from the Yukon.  The photo is a nice brownish color with a golden tone and has good contrast.  Please read the blue text above for prevenance and info.  The photo is in pretty good condition and has bumped corner tips with very slight wear at some tips.  There are bumps at some edges and two short vertical tears at the top edge.  One is between the top middle and right edge and is about 1/4 inch long and has been supported with archival tape on the back.  The other is shorter and is just to the left of the middle and is supported with archival tape as well.  The photo is just slightly curled at the edges.  It measures about 4 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches and we believe this to be from 1898 to 1900.  What an interesting old photo of the Dasher friends working a sluice box!   

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The purple lettering is not on the original photo.