Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company records, 1897-1901.

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Alaska Mining and Prospecting Company records, 1897-1901.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55675548

Collection consists of correspondence and other documents that reflect the company's expedition to the Klondike.

1 linear ft. (2 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7710646

University of Oregon Libraries

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Sherwood, Hugh C.

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Diven, John M.

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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 ...

Sherwood family.

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