Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company records 1897-1901

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Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company records 1897-1901

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The Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company records contain the correspondence between Andrew Sherwood and the Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company. The letters concern an expedition to Alaska in search of gold. The collection also contains printed matter and maps concerning the expedition. Finally, it contains two journals by Andrew Sherwood spanning the time of the expedition.

1.0 linear feet, 2 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6380184

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Sherwood, Andrew

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Alaska Mining and Prospecting Co.

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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 ...

Diven, John M

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Sherwood family

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Sherwood, Hugh M

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