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Two men, identified as Gorst and Ainsworth, building a fire in a mine shaft to thaw the frozen ground, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898

{{en| Photographs taken by Asahel Curtis during his trip to the Klondike in 1897-1899. Caption on image: Curtis 39x Handwritten on verso: Fire built to thaw frozen ground so it can be dug. Gorst and Ainsworth. 20 feet down shaft in Eldorado building a fire. PH Coll 519.39x *Subjects (LCTGM): Gold mining--Yukon; Gold miners--Yukon; Thawing--Yukon; Fire

Date
c. 1898
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
1,007 × 691 pixels

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Reason: its author died more than 80 years ago.

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"Two men, identified as Gorst and Ainsworth, building a fire in a mine shaft to thaw the frozen ground, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898" (c. 1898). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_men,_identified_as_Gorst_and_Ainsworth,_building_a_fire_in_a_mine_shaft_to_thaw_the_frozen_ground,_Yukon_Territory,_ca_1898_(CURTIS_1829).jpeg

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