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| Keywords: Fortymile City, Alaska, ca 1897 (LAROCHE 211).jpeg check categories 9 June 2016 3 Photograph Creator Frank La Roche Caption on image Forty Mile City Alaska Forty Mile City Alaska In a recent report on the Yukon gold region it says in relation to the Forty Mile gold district that in the latter part of 1887 Franklin Gulch was struck and 4 000 was an estimate of the amount of gold produced in the first year Since then it has been a constant payer The character of the gold discovered is of the nugget order and pieces to the value of 5 00 are frequently found Forty Mile River joins the main river from the west As far up as the international boundry line about twenty-three miles its course is southwest; thence it takes a more southerly direction It is 100 to 150 yards wide at the mouth and the current is generally strong with many small rapids Frank La Roche En Route to the Klondike 1898 Subjects LCTGM Cities towns--Alaska; Rivers--Alaska; Ice--Alaska; Mountains--Alaska Subjects LCSH Fortymile City Alaska depicted place United States--Alaska--Fortymile City ca 1897 Institution University of Washington UWASH-LAROCHE-source accession number laroche 211 PD-old-auto-1923 1936 Information field Order Number LAR222 Images from the Frank La Roche Photographs Collection to check Rivers of Alaska Ice Mountains of Alaska | ||||
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