Skull and bones of a mammoth discovered at the bottom of a mining shaft, Hunter Creek, Yukon Territory, Jan. 1901.
Caption on image: "Mammoth remains found in bottom of 55 ft mining shaft, Hunter Creek, Klondyke. Jan. 1901 PH Coll 246.98 Meed journal: "Mammoth remains found in bottom of mine shaft 55 ft down, Hunker Creek in the Klondike, Jan 1901. There were a number of similiar finds on other creeks throughout the district. In front low center is a tooth." *Subjects (LCTGM): Mammoths--Yukon; Skeletons
- Date
- 1901-01-01
- Photographer / author
- Cantwell, George G.
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 817 × 612 pixels
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