Lawrence Collection 2
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From a miscellaneous album collection provided by Roy
Lawrence, one-time Central resident,
from an assortment of photos of the Circle District and Interior mining scenes.
Some of the photos are from the collection of the late Casper Ellingen, who
arrived
in the Circle District in 1894 and lived here until his death around 1959.
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Circle Hot Springs, Alaska. Cann Photo. Taken from hillside. Frank Leach and
child on road, center foreground. Note cabin and tent behind them. Circa 1930.
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Circle Hot Springs Hotel, circa early 1930s. Note fencing for fox pens on
hillside above left end of hotel roof. Log cabin to right of hotel is bar.
Garden in foreground.
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Caspar Ellingen's cabin on lower Deadwood Creek, Circle District, probably
early 1950s. Building was office/quarters for Deadwood Mining company in 1930s
and later Ellingen's cabin.
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Circle Hot Springs and cabins, ca 1930s., showing natural outdoor pool in
foreground, with gardens across center.
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Tanana roadhouse at Circle City in its later days before destruction by ice
breakup and demolition.
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Caspar Ellingen's team hauling wood at Circle City, December I, 1897. "Caspar's
team/five next sled sold for $2000.00. Casper on top load/Ed in harness. Circle
City, Dec. st, 1897."
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Large crew of men near hoist, with winter dumps in right background, mining
camp in left background. Possibly Otter Creek, Iditarod District, or in Circle
District. Early 1900s. (Casper second from left ?? - Al Cook)
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Four men watching two men cleaning up sluicebox, with camp buildings and tents
in background. Location unknown. Early 1900s. (Casper foreground at sluice
?? - Al Cook).
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Couple on porch of log cabin, around 1900. Note planed lumber and tin roof.
(Casper and wife ?? - Al Cook).
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Yukon Pioneers at Forty-Mile Post in 1893. "Those known are as follows:
TOP ROW. 1. Casper Ellingen, 3. Napoleon D'Preau, 6. Niel McCarthy, 9. Joe
Gee, 11. John I. White, 12. John the Bear Hunter, 13. Jack Horne, 17. "'Emmons",
19. George Umphrasithe, 20. Harry Smith, 22. Pete Wilson, 7. Ed Fisk
BOTTOM ROW: 2. Patsy Morran, 3. Joe Cooper, 5. Ray Stewart, 7. Tom O'Brien,
8. Billy Morran, 9. Indian Slap Jack; 10. Billy Loyd. Unknown members
are mostly newcomers".
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"Pop taking a rest." Casper
Ellingen in cabin, probably Circle City ca 1905-6.
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Camp cook and some of mining crew checking garden produce. Mule in background,
behind pea stakes. (May be Casper on the left - Al Cook.)
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"pop at the cabin. Iditarod, Otter Creek, Mouth Block, Creek Discovery/Otter,
1910" Casper Ellingen .
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"Men unloading freight from plane in spring. Possibly bringing in some
of the early crew for Deadwood Dredge, 1937-38". (Casper on right - Al
Cook).
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Richardson Highway Transportation Comapny stage.
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Fay Delzene and Casper Ellingen (right - Al Cook), ready to board ski-equipped
biplane in Fairbanks to return to Circle District, March 25, 1926. "This
was taken by a friend of Fay's at Fairbanks just before we got in the plane
and started. We sure passed over some rough country where I would not care
to have had a forced landing. Love Caspar".
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"Alone on the Yukon, Fall, 1925."
Casper Ellingen.
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Five men, two cars, and Deadwood Dredge in background, ca. 1937-8. (Casper
second from left - Al Cook).
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Crew by plane, Fairbanks, ca 1937-38, probably ready to head back to Deadwood
for mining season. (Casper second from right excluding man on ladder - Al
Cook).
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Crew at Northern Air Transport plane. ca late 1930s.
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Mining crew ready to head for Deadwood camp, spring, ca 1937-8. (Casper third
from left - Al Cook).
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Joe Ulmer at right, with friends. Central, late 1940s/early 50s. (Casper center
- Al Cook).
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"Billie (Ellingen) in the cabin,
Circle City, Alaska 1905."
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"Caspar and his/artner. Caspar
is/ the lady./Dawson City, Alaska" this appears on the back of this trimmed
photo.
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Four men and boy in front of sluice boxes, possibly Otter Creek, Iditarod.
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Couple, team and sled in spring, below ditchline on hill.
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Dragline and elevated sluice, probably on Deadwood, early 1930s.
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Dragline and elevated sluice setup, probably on Deadwood, early 1930s.
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Two men on ice block, at Circle City after breakup. (Probably Casper on the
left - Al Cook).
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Dredge in small pond, probably on Deadwood, 1937-38. (Not the Deadwood dredge
see 87-P-03-34 - Al Cook).
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Becker photo. Berry Dredging Co. , Mammoth Creek, Alaska. 1930s.
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"July Creek, Yukon, Alaska.
June 26, 1925" Area mined by Delzene and Ellingen.
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2 3/4 cu. ft. Flume Dredge, Ruby Gold Dredging Co. , Built by Union Constructin
Co., S. Francisco. (may be a Cann photo).
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Five men standing in front of Deadwood Mining Co. Dredge, ca 1938. (Probably
Casper on the left - Al Cook).
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Two men spring sluicing at hillside cut.
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"Me (Billie Ellingen) in our
cut, Idarod, Alaska, age 7" ca 1912
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Lomen photo. Stampeders--Off for Ruby:
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Two men and dog with horse in background. May be on lower Deadwood.
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Spring cleanup. (Casper panning into tub - Al Cook).
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Working the windlass to bring up materials for dump. (Casper on the right
- Al Cook).
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"Gold Placer Mining, Deadwood
Creek, Alaska." Becker photo/ Dragline and elevated sluice.
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Elevated sluice, probably Otter Creek, Iditarod, early 1900s.
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Becker photo: "Surface Stripping, Deadwood Cr., Alaska."
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Mining, Otter Creek, Alaska" Lomen photo. Shows operations on Otter Creek,
Iditarod area. probably around 1910-12
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Dog team, Lab type, probably in race. Note large crowd, unfinished false-front
building. May be in Iditarod area around 1912.
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Gravestone of MILLER. This needs checking--may be stone for Fritz Miller.
date on photo June 1927. Probably from Ellingen photos-Ellingen and Fritz
Miller were partners in Circle District in 1895.
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Four men, standing between two cabins. Location unkonwn. (Casper on the right
- Al Cook).
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Two men with boat, landing along river after ice breakup. (Possibly Casper
on the left - Al Cook).
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Chatanika Trading Post postcard. Two bull moose fighting.
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"Packers Ascending Summit of
Chilkoot Pass, May, 1898."
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"Shooting White Horse Rapids,
Yukon"
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Ansley photos, Iditarod. "This is a bunch of Iditarod's young men in
winter garb."
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Herder and two harnessed reindeer. Location unknown.
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"Billie and that funny face is
mine. Cabin, Circle City, 1906." Mrs. Ellingen and son Billie.
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"In the cabin, Circle City,
Alaska, 1903." "Dad built cabin and furniture--" Ellingen cabin.
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Ellingen cabin by moonlight, possibly on Deadwood or Iditarod. "Mom and
Dad's cabin. Ellingen"
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"Mother and Dad, S.F., 1914,
Xmas Ellingen" Mr. and Mrs Caspar Ellingen, San Francisco, 1914.
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"Mother 1934 Ellingen."
"Kept one print of the 'Momma' out--looks pretty hot--Bill" Mrs.
Caspar Ellingen, 1934, probably at Deadwood cabin.
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"Looking downstream from No.
17 Above, July Creek, 1926"
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Watching sluicing operations. Probably 1930s. Rock stack in left background.
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Inspecting the sluicebox.