File:Men using rockers to pan for gold, ca 1898 (MOHAI 7036).jpg

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English: Men using rockers to pan for gold, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: Men using rockers to pan for gold, ca. 1898
Description
English:

Many gold miners used rockers (also called cradles) to remove gold from pay dirt. They shoveled the dirt and gravel into a tray at the top of the rocker, and they moved the rocker back and forth as they poured water through the tray. Finer pieces of gold and dirt washed through holes in the tray into the box beneath. Gold was caught in screens or riffles in the rocker or panned from the box below. This Asahel Curtis photo shows a group of men operating several rockers. At this location, the men are using large movable pipes, rather than sluices, to direct water to the rockers. The photo was taken around 1898 at Gold Hill, near Bonanza, Yukon Territory.

Original photograph: Curtis, Asahel, ca. 1898. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold miners; Gold rushes; Prospecting; Prospecting equipment & supplies
Depicted place
English: Gold Hill (Yukon)
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 negative: safety film, b&w
Dimensions height: 4 in (10.1 cm); width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7036
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1941, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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