| MINERS OFF TO FIND THEIR FORTUNE | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7551 |
| Catalog #: | 507120 | |
| Clip Number: | 507120-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 64 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:40 - 01:35:22 | |
| Location: | Wrangell, Alaska | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Gold LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Misc | |
| Description: | Tape 7551 B "Klondike days recalled in a new gold stampede! Scores of prospectors throng river boat in big rush for rich diggings reported at Cassiar Creek, BC." Men with large back packs get on a boat. "Up the Stikine River to the land of promise!" Boat loaded down with prospectors moves up river towards the camera. "Veteran 'sourdoughs' landing at Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, to strike out overland for the placer mines..." Boats at a peir. Men get off. Men with their mining equipment hiking up a hill. "These tenderfoots hope to push their cart and 500 lbs. of equipment over 75 miles of rought trail - old-timers say a 'looney' attempt." Men with a heavily loaded cart. Two men are pulling it while several walk behind. Men pull and push the heavy cart up a steep hill. | |
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