Collection:
    Juneau—Douglas City Museum
    Object ID:
    87.08.020 AB
    Accession#:
    87.08
    Credit Line:
    Donated by Caroline Jensen.
    Object Name:
    Book & Map
    Title:
    Book & Yukon Map: Placer Mining — A Handbook For Klondike And Other Miners
    Creator:
    Colliery Engineer Company, Scranton PA
    Date:
    1/1/1897 0:00:00
    Scope & Content:
    A — 7.75 inches x 5.5 inches x 0.5 inches small hard cover gray book; printing in black. Handwritten in ink on fly leaf "John Peterson, Erma Olson, Carl Jensen."  146 pages.
B — Black & white 21.5 inches x 13.875 inches rectangular shaped map showing British Columbia, Alaska and Northwest Territory. Inset in upper right hand corner is enlarged map of Klondike Mining District.
NOTE: Good reference to streams running into 40 Mile River, Birch Creek and 60 Mile Creek.
Inscription: A — "Placer Mining — A Handbook for Klondike and Other Miners and Prospectors"
B — "Colliery Engineer Company's Map of the Yukon Valley showing Routes to the Gold Fields"
Material: Paper/Dye/Textile/Adhesive
    B — Black & white 21.5 inches x 13.875 inches rectangular shaped map showing British Columbia, Alaska and Northwest Territory. Inset in upper right hand corner is enlarged map of Klondike Mining District.
NOTE: Good reference to streams running into 40 Mile River, Birch Creek and 60 Mile Creek.
Inscription: A — "Placer Mining — A Handbook for Klondike and Other Miners and Prospectors"
B — "Colliery Engineer Company's Map of the Yukon Valley showing Routes to the Gold Fields"
Material: Paper/Dye/Textile/Adhesive
Dates of Creation:
    1/1/1897 0:00:00
    Notes:
    Found in basement of old Peterson place.
A: "Placer Mining" — taken off exhibit in the Murray Gallery Permanent Mining Exhibit, Jan 2008.
Not located 11/17/09 BW handwritten note in folder: "Note. Placer Mng HandBook 87.08.20A pulled for mining exhibit 3/1998".
    A: "Placer Mining" — taken off exhibit in the Murray Gallery Permanent Mining Exhibit, Jan 2008.
Not located 11/17/09 BW handwritten note in folder: "Note. Placer Mng HandBook 87.08.20A pulled for mining exhibit 3/1998".
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