Collection:
JDCM Reference
Accession#:
REF
Object ID:
3002
Object Name:
Folder, File
Title:
Files: Natural History: Minerology — Gold
Summary:
One (1) 2—page document concerning the "Debasement of Monetary Standards" as written by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. on October 22, 1957.

One (1) 4"x6" index card containing handwritten information about gold.

One (1) 5"x7" color photograph containing a coin on the proper right of a rock. On the back, handwritten in blue ink is "CARABOU CREEK. / 50 MILES NW OF [indiscernable text] (KEEP IT)" On the bottom, proper right corner is written "From Mrs. Harris / Whitehorse"

One (1) 8"x10" color advertisement released by Silverado Mines of the tenth largest gold nuggest in Alaska history, found 1994.

One (1) 8.5"x11" color advertisement released by Silverado Mines. It features various gold nuggests, along with a gold necklace and pendant. All of these items are resting on a red fabric.

One (1) 8.5"x11" color advertisement released by Silverado Mines. Featured at center is a "41.35 TROY OUNCE GOLD NUGGET / TENTH LARGEST GOLD NUGGET IN ALASKA HISTORY" Surrounding this gold nuggest are "MANY GOLD NUGGETS FROM 1 OUNCE TO 13 OUNCES / ACTUAL SIZE / FOUND IN SLUICE BOX IN 1994 — NOLAN PLACER GOLD MINE / ARCTIC CIRCLE OF ALASKA"

One (1) 10.75"x8" color page spread of a gold piece resting against a rock. On the reverse is an article titled "Big Gold" (page 10) from "Rock & Gem."

Two (2) 23—page informational brochures titled "Gold" written by Harold Kirkemo and William L. Newman prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1987.

One (1) 4.75"x6.5" newspaper clipping titled "Gold Buyers Guide" released by the Jewel Box in Juneau, Alaska. On the reverse is an ad featuring the Centennial Hall Convention Center

One (1) photocopied page, "Gold," concerning basic facts and history about gold. It is page 247 out of "Gold"

One (1) newspaper article titiled "Everything You Wanted to Know About Gold... but were afraid to ask"

One (1) photocopy of the first chapter, 13—pages, titled "The Properties of Gold and its Alloys", of "The Metallurgy of Gold" by Thomas Kirke Rose

One (1) photocopy of pages 34 and 35 from "The Metallurgy of Gold" by T.K. Rose

One (1) photocopy of page 5, the Preface, of "Gold! and Where They Found It" by Cy and Jeannie Martin, 1974.

One (1) article titled "American Gold: Facts & Figures" by James N. Barkeley wirrten for the April 1991 edition of "Alaska Miner." On the reverse is page 10, featuring highlights from the "Alaska Placer Mining Workshop"

One (1) article by Andy Maslowski titled "Smithsonian Gold" wirrten for the May 1990 issue of "Gold Prospector." On the reverse is the beginning of Don Atkinson's "River of GOLD!" article.

One (1) photocopy packet of the "History of Gold," pages 10—13, from Robinson's "Gold in Canada," 1932.

One (1) article titled "Gold Nuggets Galore!" from the Juneau Guide, 1990. One the reverse is an article titled "Alaska: A land where strange is commonplace" by Dirk Miller

One (1) article titled "Heart of Gold" by Mary Morrison from the February 1986 issue of "ALASKA Magazine"

One (1) photocopy of pages 240—241 from "Gold".

One (1) photocopy containing two pages of "The Lure of Gold" by James T. Macey from "The Mining Mountaineer — Mountain States Mineral Age"

One (1) informational brochure, containing 8—pages, titled "Gold Coins for the Collector" prepared by The Gold Information Center