Alaska Mining and Prospecting Co.

The Alaska Mining and Prospect Company was formed in Elmira, New York in 1897 and incorporated on December 24, 1897 in Colorado. Sale of stock in the company was to support an expedition to the Klondike to locate and mine gold. The president of the company was John M. Diven of Elmira. Andrew Sherwood, geologist from Mansfield, Pennsylvania, was hired to lead a party of prospectors and miners. The group left in May 1898 and reached the Klondike via the Teslin Trail. They wintered in Wrangell and returned to the United States in the spring having located no mines and extracted only a few samples of gold. Andrew Sherwood and his son, Hugh, later settled in Portland, Oregon.

From the description of Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company records, 1897-1901. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55675548

The Alaska Mining and Prospect Company was formed in Elmira, New York in 1897 and incorporated on December 24, 1987 in Colorado. Sale of stock in the company was to support and expedition to the Klondike to locate and mine gold. The president of the company was John M. Dixon of Elmira. Andrew Sherwood, geologist from Mansfield, PA, was hired to lead a party of prospectors and miners. The group left in May 1898 and reached the Klondike via the Teslin Trail. They wintered in Wrangell and returned to the stated in the spring having located no mines and extracted only a few samples of gold. Andrew Sherwood and his son, Hugh, later settled in Portland, Oregon.

From the guide to the Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company records, 1897-1901, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)