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B1989.016.1430
pan class='highlight'>Goldpan> panning / 32. pan class='highlight'>Goldpan> panning. Hewitt's Photo Shop [man panning pan class='highlight'>goldpan>. double caption]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.001.916
(ca-1980 -1982){woman showing a pan full of pan class='highlight'>goldpan> nuggets}
Keywords: pan class='highlight'>goldpan>, mining, placer mining, miner, pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan
Collection: B2014.001
B1995.010.1183
[Clarissa and unidentified woman panning for pan class='highlight'>goldpan> on silty beach]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1748.1
(pan class='highlight'>Goldpan> Dust in Pan, taken in studio in 1951) [ore arranged in pans on platter; similar to .1718.2]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1748.2
(pan class='highlight'>Goldpan> Dust in Pan, taken in studio in 1951) [ore arranged in pans on platter; similar to .1718.2]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1748.3
(pan class='highlight'>Goldpan> Dust in Pan, taken in studio in 1951) [ore arranged in pans on platter; similar to .1718.2]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1965.018.350a
Pans of pan class='highlight'>goldpan> after a clean up on Anvil Creek Nome 1909
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
B1995.014.110.14
[man working pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1375
S1 Sourdough Boys (pan class='highlight'>goldpan> panning) [Two men mine for pan class='highlight'>goldpan> in creek, pickaxe, sluicebox, shovel, pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, military garrison cap, campaign hat; gravel, stove and tent in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.118.10
[sluice box, pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, and other equipment at small mining operation on creek]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.118.9
[sluice box, pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, and other equipment at small mining operation on creek]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1376
S1 "Sourdough boys" (pan class='highlight'>goldpan> panning) [copy neg; same as .1375]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1030
M1 Alaskan pan class='highlight'>goldpan> {(mining) the clean-up} [copy neg, man holding pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan filled with pan class='highlight'>goldpan>, creek, rocks, boots, jacket, hat]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1377
S2 Sourdough Boys (1946 postcard; pan class='highlight'>goldpan> panning) [Three men, likely service members, pan for old; pick axe, shovel, suice box, pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, gravel, creek, campaign hat, garrison hat]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.014.110.13
[man working pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, Willow Creek mining operation, Eugene Tetinek?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.16
[two men, one working pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.111.4
[man with pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan standing in sluice box, mining operation, Willow Creek?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1718.2
$500 pan class='highlight'>goldpan> and platinum nuggets. Hewitt's Photo [ore arranged in small pans on platter]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1985.027.2680
Originally in B9 F171. Wien. [Women panning for pan class='highlight'>goldpan> in stream.] 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1995.014.25.1
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of men panning for pan class='highlight'>goldpan>, Fairbanks Exploration Company]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.25.2
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of man panning for pan class='highlight'>goldpan>, Fairbanks Exploration Company]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.25.3
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of man panning for pan class='highlight'>goldpan>, Fairbanks Exploration Company]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.25.4
F-E Co. 1942 [close up of man panning for pan class='highlight'>goldpan>, Fairbanks Exploration Company]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.110.12
Lars Ostness [man wearing mosquito netting holding pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, second person in background, Willow Creek mining operation]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2016.007.756
75-764. Steese Hwy, AK, collecting pan class='highlight'>goldpan> on his day off with homemade rifle, Sept. 1975, Konica [prospector panning on beach]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B2016.007
B2017.021.7
Pacific Stereopticon Co. [miner on riverbank, holding pan with pan class='highlight'>goldpan>. Image cropped from original in printed publication. Tinted. Glass cracked]
Collection: B2017.021
B1989.016.1718.1
Alaska pan class='highlight'>goldpan> and platinum. Hewitt's Photo [pans filled with ore, with hand-lettered signs indicating value of pan's worth. copy neg]
Keywords: mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1485
S55 An ex-GI looking for the yellow stuff [man sits on boulder in creek panning for pan class='highlight'>goldpan>, possibly near Hatcher Pass; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2196.1
[group of men and one woman laying on top of log cabin roof, with pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan and other equipment hanging from cabin wall next to door. copy neg]
Keywords: mining, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2196.2
[group of men and dogs outside log cabin, with pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan and possibly lanterns hanging from cabin wall, wash basins and other supplies in yard. copy neg]
Keywords: mining, houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.121.2
F-E Co., Fairbanks, 1942 [two workers with drilling apparatus, small sluice box and pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan in foreground, Fairbanks Exploration Co. mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1998.014.1.1378
S3 Sourdough Doe and still no dough (Sourdough Boy "Pete on No Nugget Creek" 1946 postcard [man wearing military garrison cap inspects a pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.923
[two men seated inside log cabin, one man with mustache holding The Railroad Man’s
Magazine, with stove, pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan and rifle hanging on wall. Poor quality print]
Keywords: cabin interior
Collection: B2015.008
B1997.013.065
Two Miners at Cave (White & Black Man) [pick, shovel, and pan class='highlight'>goldpan> pan, large dog lying in front; Muirhead; same as .118; see .118 for caption and photo credit]
Collection: B1997.013
B2015.008.800
Handy M. Co., 1908 [photographic postcard. Hydraulic mining operation, idle monitor in
foreground, man panning at left, three men standing next to wide sluice box in background]
Keywords: sluice box, pan class='highlight'>goldpan> mining, prospectors, mining
Collection: B2015.008