Collection:
    Juneau—Douglas City Museum
    Object ID:
    90.55.001
    Accession#:
    90.55
    Credit Line:
    Donated by Jim Kohler.
    Object Name:
    Book
    Title:
    "Placer Mining: A Handbook For Klondike & Other Miners" Book
    Creator:
    Colliery Engineer Company
    Date:
    12/1/1897 0:00:00
    Scope & Content:
    Gray cover with black lettering.  Cover shows miner at work amidst rocks.  146 pages. 1897 copyright date.  18 chapters deal with routes to gold fields in Alaska and Canada, outfit required, regulations and mining methods.  Inscriptions on binding and cover.
Inscription: "PLACER MINING"
"PLACER MINING. A HANDBOOK FOR KLONDIKE AND OTHER MINERS AND PROSPECTORS"
Material: Paper/Ink/Paper
    Inscription: "PLACER MINING"
"PLACER MINING. A HANDBOOK FOR KLONDIKE AND OTHER MINERS AND PROSPECTORS"
Material: Paper/Ink/Paper
Dates of Creation:
    12/1/1897 0:00:00
    Notes:
    Donor purchased it in Colorado.
See another in Peterson/Jensen collection.
Loaned to ASM gold rush exhibit 4/96. Loaned to Smithsonian's Postal Museum 1998, returned Nov 2002
    See another in Peterson/Jensen collection.
Loaned to ASM gold rush exhibit 4/96. Loaned to Smithsonian's Postal Museum 1998, returned Nov 2002
Search Terms:
    Placer
Mining
  Mining