George S. Bowen Alaska mining papers, 1898-1899.

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George S. Bowen Alaska mining papers, 1898-1899.

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The George S. Bowen Alaska Mining Papers consist of the correspondence of George S. Bowen, a Chicago-based businessman, with individuals investigating mining opportunities in Cook Inlet, Alaska, on behalf of Bowen and the Alaska Transportation and Investment Company. Most of the correspondence relates to the activities of B. Frank Hand, a mining engineer based in Oakland and San Francisco, California. The letters document the hardships of small enterprises involved in mineral extraction in Alaska, and detail a deteriorating relationship between Hand and his financial sponsors. The collection includes B. Frank Hand's report on the mining and economic potential of the Cook Inlet region circa 1898 and the procedure for organizing a mining district.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Hand, B. Frank.

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Bowen, George S., 1829-1905

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Chicago, Ill. businessman, investor in Colorado real estate, colonizing, and mining during 1870s. His interests included Denver Villa Park Association, Chicago Colorado Colony (which became Longmont, Colo.), and the Ocean Wave and Madagascar mines in Custer County, Colo. From the description of Papers, 1870-1900. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13194727 George Stephen Bowen (1829-1905) was a prominent entrepreneur and civic leader in Chicago and Elg...