Mining, c1946

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Photograph of mining operations on Sulphur Creek. Inscription verso: The valley surface is stripped of sod and the frozen gravel is thawed with water in order to loosen the gold-be aring gravels in the spring. As soon as the ground is soft, dredges begin sorting the gravel to find the gold. Stripping & thawing along a tributary of Klondike R. (Sulphur Creek) note pipes for thawing. Show more