Sign for Hydraulic Mining, cAugust 1976. Buildings; Disasters; Government Archie Black

Archie Black

Fran Hakonson polishing the rim of a Taxi tire on Front Street with the White Pass and Yukon Route sheds in the background

Inscription verso: Hunting trip to 60 mile 1941

and Elizabeth Park who mined at the upper half of No

A sternwheeler pilot house can be seen in the background

Sign for Hydraulic Mining, cAugust 1976. Buildings; Disasters; Government Archie BlackColour view of the sign for Hydraulic Mining. The sign reads: Water from the Yukon Ditch was first used here on Lovett and Trail Hills in 1909 to feed giant monitors which uncovered gold from white channel gravels, the run off went through large sluice boxes which trapped the gold. 2,000 miner's inches of water (22,000 gals per min) were used. Caption: Bonanza Creek