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.  This photo of Dick Dasher was taken at the same Gold Mine in Alaska where the group and Grandpa Dasher were working 3 sluice boxes.   We will later list more very interesting photos from the same group.   We believe the photos we are listing to be from the Grand Forks or Dawson area.  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 some are 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 photographed Grand Forks and the area.

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

DESCRIPTION:  This is an interesting antique photo.  It is a photo of gold miner Dick Dasher posing at the gold mine of his family and friends with two of their four dogs.  The other photo identifies Grandpa Dasher and Dick Dasher, who is in this photo, and possibly Father Dasher who is next to Dick, plus two others, all working three sluice boxes at their gold mine in Alaska.  Please study the other listing and you will recognize Dick and the poles in the other photo.  In this one, Dick is sitting on the poles and posing with two dogs.  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 other photos listed were taken in Alaska.  The photo is a nice brown with a golden tinge and has very 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.  All corner, except for the lower left, have diagonal creases at their tips.  There is a mostly horizontal tear at the left edge, just below the middle.  It is about 1 1/4 inch long and has been stabilized with archival tape.  The photo is just slightly curled at the edges.  It measures about 4 1/2 by 7 inches, which is slightly different in size from the others.  We believe this photo to be from 1898 to 1900.  What an interesting old photo of Dick Dasher and his loyal companions!   

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The purple lettering is not on the original photo.