Water blasting cover of tundra so dredge can work

Item Information

Title:
Water blasting cover of tundra so dredge can work
Description:
Placer gold dredge, Casa de Paga Gold Mine, interior of Seward Peninsula near Deering. Water blasting cover of tundra so dredge can work further. In 1950 there was not much consciousness about long-term ecological problems.
Photographer:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Date:
July 1, 1950
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Slides (photographs)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 8A. Slides
Subjects:
Gold dredging--Alaska--Photographs
Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Photographs
Placer mining--Alaska--Photographs
Places:
Alaska
Extent:
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-aku-i0066
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Identifier:
mufs001-aku-i0066