YUKON-CHARLEY RIVERS
Yukon Frontiers
Historic Resource Study of the Proposed Yukon-Charley National River
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. BOOKS

Adney, Tappan. The Klondike Stampede. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1900.

Amundsen, Roald. My Life As An Explorer. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, and Co., 1927.

Anthony, Leo Mark, and Tunley, A. Tom. Introductory Geography and Geology of Alaska. Anchorage, Alaska: Polar Publishing, 1976.

Berton, Pierre. The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.

Billington, Ray Allen. Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974.

Boorstin, Daniel J. The Americans: The Democratic Experience. New York: Random House, Vintage Books, 1965.

_________. The Americans: The National Experience. New York: Random House, Vintage Books, 1965.

Brooks, Alfred Hulse. Blazing Alaska's Trails. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1973.

Campbell, Robert. Two Journals of Robert Campbell, 1808 to 1853. Seattle: John W. Todd, Jr., 1958.

Carroll, James A. The First Ten Years in Alaska: Memoirs of a Fort Yukon Trapper, 1911-1922. New York: Exposition Press, 1957.

Catalogus Provinciae Tavrinensis Societatis Desv. Tavrini: Ex Typographia Georgh Derossi, 1900.

Chase, Will H. Reminiscences of Captain Billie Moore. Kansas City, Missouri: Burton Publishing Co., 1947.

Cody, Hiram Alfred. An Apostle of the North: Memoirs of the Right Reverend William Carpenter Bompas. Toronto: Musson Book Co., 1908.

Colliery Engineer Company. Placer Mining: A Handbook for Klondike and Other Miners and Prospectors. Scraton, Pennsylvania: The Colliery Engineer Co., 1897. Facsimile reproduction. Seattle: The Shorey Book Store, 1965.

Coolidge, L.A. Klondike and the Yukon Country. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1897.

Copper River Mining, Trading and Development Co. under the auspices of the Valdez Chamber of Commerce. A Guide for Alaska Miners, Settlers, and Tourists. Seattle: Trade Register Print, 1902.

Curtin, Walter R. Yukon Voyage: Unofficial Log of the Steamer Yukoner. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1938.

Dall, William H. Alaska and its Resources. New York: Arno and the New York Times, 1970.

Dearborn, Ned. Trapping on the Farm. An extract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook of 1919. Facsimile reproduction. Seattle: The Shorey Book Store, 1973.

De Windt, Henry. Through the Gold-Field of Alaska to Bering Straits. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1898.

Ferguson, Chick. Mink, Mary, and Me: The Story of a Wilderness Trapline. New York: M. S. Mill Co., 1946.

Graburn, Nelson H. H., and Strong, Stephen B. Circumpolar Peoples: An Anthropological Perspective. Pacific Palisades, California: Goodyear Publishing, 1973.

Gruening, Ernest. The State of Alaska. New York: Random House, 1968.

Hamlin, C. S. Oldtimers on the Yukon: Decline of Circle City, Romances of the Klondyke. Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co., 1928.

Harbottle, Jeanne Connolly, and Credeur, Fern Grice. Woman In the Bush. Pelican Publishing Co., 1966.

Harris, A. C. Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. J. R. Jones, 1897.

Hawbaker, Stanley S. Trapping North American Furbearers: A Complete Guide on Trapping all North American Furbearers for Both Amateur and Professional. Clearfield, Pennsylvania: Kurtz Bros., 1974.

Heller, Herbert L., ed. Sourdough Sagas. New York: Ballantine Books, 1967.

Hinckley, Ted C. The Americanization of Alaska, 1867-1887. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books Publisher, 1972.

Hopkins, David, ed. The Bering Land Bridge. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 1968.

Hulley, Clarence C. Alaska: Past and Present. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1970.

Hunt, William R. North of 53°: The Wild Days of the Alaska Yukon Mining Frontier, 1870-1914. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974.

Jenkins, Thomas. The Man of Alaska: Peter Trimble Rowe. New York: Morehouse-Gorham Co., 1943.

Johnston, Samuel., ed. Alaska Commercial Company, 1868-1940. San Francisco: E. E. Wachter, 1940.

Kirk, James Wollaston, and Kirk, Anna. Pioneer Life In the Yukon Valley, Alaska. Buffalo: Ben Franklin Printers, 1935.

Kitchener, L. D. Flag Over the North: The Story of the Northern Commercial Company. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1954.

Ladue, Joseph. Klondyke Nuggets. Montreal: John Lovell and Son Publishers, 1897.

Mathews, Richard. The Yukon. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1968.

McQuesten, Leroy N. Recollections of Leroy N. McQuesten of Life in the Yukon, 1871-1885. Dawson City: Yukon Order of Pioneers, 1952.

Munsterhjelm, Erik. Fool's Gold: A Narrative of Prospecting and Trapping in Northern Canada. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1957.

Munsterhjelm, Erik. The Wind and the Caribou: Hunting and Trapping in Northern Canada. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1953.

Murray, Alexander Hunter. Journal of the Yukon, 1847-48. Edited by L. J. Burpee. Publications of the Canadian Archives, No. 4. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1910.

Nelson, Richard K. Hunters of the Northern Forest: Designs for Survival Among the Alaskan Kutchin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973.

Ogilvie, William. Early Days on the Yukon. Ottawa: Thorburn and Abbott, 1913.

_______. Exploratory Survey of the Part of the Lewes, Tat-On-Duc, Porcupine, Bell, Trout, Peel, and Mackenzie Rivers, 1887-88. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1889.

_______. Information Respecting the Yukon District. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1897.

_______. The Klondike Official Guide. Toronto: The Hunter, Rose Co., 1898.

Osgood, Cornelius. The Han Indians: A Compilation of Ethnographic and Historical Data on the Alaska-Yukon Boundary Area. Yale University Publications in Anthropology No. 74. New Haven: Department of Anthropology, Yale University, 1971.

Patty, Ernest. North Country Challenge. New York: David McKay Co., 1969.

Paul, Rodman W. California Gold: The Beginning of Mining in the Far West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1947.

_________. Mining Frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1963.

Pike, Warburton. Through The Subarctic Forest. New York: Arno Press, 1967.

Rickard, T. A. Through the Yukon and Alaska. San Francisco: Mining and Scientific Press, 1909.

Ricks, Melvin B. Directory of Alaska Postoffices and Postmasters. Ketchikan: Tongass Publishing Co., 1965.

Savage, A. H. Dogsled Apostles. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1942.

Schwatka, Frederick. Along Alaska's Great River. New York: Cassell and Co., 1885.

_________. A Summer in Alaska. St. Louis: J. W. Henry, 1893.

Sherwood, Morgan B. Exploration of Alaska, 1865-1900. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.

Shore, Evelyn Berglund. Born on Snowshoes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1954.

Smith, Michael E. Alaska's Historic Roadhouses. History and Archeology Series No. 6. Anchorage: Office of Statewide Cultural Programs, Alaska Division of Parks, 1974.

Spence, Clark C. Mining Engineers and the American West: The Lace-boot Brigade, 1849-1933. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.

Spurr, Josiah Edward. Through the Yukon Gold Diggings: A Narrative of Personal Travel. Boston: Eastern Publishing Co., 1900.

Stuck, Hudson. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled: A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915.

________. Voyages On the Yukon and Its Tributaries: A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

Turner, Frederick Jackson. The Frontier in American History. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1963.

Underwood, John J. Alaska: An Empire in the Making. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1913.

Utley, Robert M. Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865. New York: Macmillan Publishers, 1967.

VanStone, James W. Athapaskan Adaptations: Hunters and Fishermen of the Subarctic Forests. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1974.

Walden, Arthur Treadwell. A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928.

Wharton, David. The Alaska Gold Rush. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1972.

Whymper, Frederick. Travels and Adventures in the Territory of Alaska. New York: Harper, 1869.

Wickersham, James. Old Yukon: Tales, Trails, and Trials. Washington: Washington Law Book Co., 1938.

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Wilson, Clifford, Campbell of the Yukon. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1970.

Winther, Oscar Osburn. The Transportation Frontier: Trans-Mississippi West, 1865-1890. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1964.

Wolff, Ernest. Handbook For the Alaskan Prospector. Ann Arbor: Edward Brothers, 1969.

Wulf, Charles A. Beaver Trapping. Anchorage: Adult Literacy Laboratory, Anchorage Community College, 1974.

Young, Otis E. Western Mining: An Informal Account of Precious-Metals Prospecting, Placering, Lode Mining, and Milling on the American Frontier From Spanish Times to 1893. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970.

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II. ARTICLES

Adney, Tappan. "Moose Hunting with the Tro-chu-tin". Harper's New Monthly Magazine 100 (1900):494-507.

Agnew, William McGarry. "Alaska's Grand Old Man". Jesuit Missions: A Magazine of Apostolic Endeavor 14 (1940):108-09.

Brigham, H. A. "Examine and Fitting a Hydraulic Mine". Engineering and Mining Journal, 26 December 1908, pp. 1257-60; and 2 January 1909, pp. 23-9.

Buteau, Frank. "My Experience in the World". In Sourdough Sagas, edited by Herbert L. Heller, pp. 86-112. New York: Ballantine Books, 1967.

Callahan, Erinia Pavaloff Cherosky. "A Yukon Autobiography". The Alaska Journal 5 (1975):127-8.

Couch, Jim. "The Wizard of Eagle". Alaska Sportsman 23 (1957):16-7.

Crimont, Joseph R. "A Short Story of a Long-Time Friend: A Retrospect of the Eighty-four Years of the Life of Father F. P. Monroe". Jesuit Seminary News 7 (1940):39-40.

Dall, William H. "A Yukon Pioneer, Mike Lebarge". Geographic Magazine 9 (1898):137-9.

Davis, Henry. "Recollections". In Sourdough Sagas, edited by Herbert L. Heller, pp. 24-77. New York: Ballantine Books, 1967.

Dennis, F. J. "Modern Methods of Gravel Excavation - Steam Shovel and Dragline". Mining and Scientific Press, 3 August 1922, pp. 136-40.

"Eagle Notes". The Assembly Herald 6 (1902):238-39.

Eddy, L. H. "Bagley Scraper for Gravel Mining." Engineering and Mining Journal, 14 August 1915, p. 257.

Ellis, H. I. "Hydraulic Mining at Circle." Engineering and Mining Journal, 19 December 1914, p. 110 and 11 December 1915, p. 962.

Emmons, Samuel Franklin. "Alaska and Its Mineral Resources". National Geographic Magazine 9 (1898):139-72.

Ensign, Mary R. "An Arctic School". The Assembly Herald 8 (1903): 263-4.

Fulcomer, Anna. "The Three R's at Circle City". Century Magazine 56:223-9.

Gibson, A. "Thawing Frozen Ground for Placer Mining: Steam Thawing". Mining and Scientific Press, 17 January 1914, p. 143.

Goring, W. B. "Is the Old Prospector Necessary". The Alaska Weekly, 26 April 1929, p. 6.

Guthrie, R. D. "Paleoecology of the Large Mammal Community in Interior Alaska During the Late Pleistocene". American Midland Naturalist 79:346-63.

"Historical Data of Alaskan Missions". The Alaskan Churchman 14 (1920).

"In Memorian". The Assembly Herald 8 (1903):248.

Janin, Charles. Recent Progress in Thawing of Frozen Gravel in Placer Mining. Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 309. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922.

Knox, N. B., and Haley, Charles. "Mining of Alluvial Gravels". Mining Magazine, 3 parts, February, March, April 1915.

Marshall, J. B. "Evolution of Fur Industry". The Alaska Weekly, 7 December 1928, p. 6.

MacBride, William D. "Saga of Famed Packets and Other Steamboats Of Mighty Yukon River". The Alaska Weekly, 21 July 1944, p. 7; 28 July 1944, p. 7; 4 August 1944, p. 7; 11 August 1944, p. 7: 18 August 1944, p. 7; 25 August 1944, p. 7; 1 September 1944, p. 7; 8 September 1944, p. 7; and 15 September 1944, p. 7.

McQueen, Verden. "Alaskan Communications, 1867-1914; Part I: A New Territory, 1867-1901". The Airpower Historian 8 (1961): 232-43.

_______. "Alaskan Communications, 1867-1914; Part II: Technical Pioneering, 1901-1903". The Airpower Historian 11 (1964):16-22.

Mitchell, William. "Billy Mitchell in Alaska". The American Heritage 12 (1961):65-79.

Mitchell, William. "Building the Alaskan Telegraph System". National Geographic Magazine 9 (1898):172-78.

Pyle, Ernie. "A Footless Dog-Team Postman Who's Sixty-eight and Tough as Nails". Washington Daily News, 15 July 1937, p. 23.

Rickard, T. A. "Dredging in the Yukon". Mining and Scientific Press, 29 August 1908, pp. 290-3.

_______. "Mining Law in Alaska". Mining and Scientific Press, 26 December 1908, pp. 855-6.

_______. "Mining Methods in the North, Part II". Mining and Scientific Press, 9 January 1909, pp. 86-9.

Rodney, William. "Pioneer Dredging in the Klondike". The Alaska Journal 6 (1976):50-3.

Siddall, William R. "The Yukon Waterway in the Development of Interior Alaska". Pacific Historical Review 28 (1959):361-76.

Warner, Iris. "Herschel Island". The Alaska Journal 3 (1973): 130-42.

Wells, E. H. "Down the Yukon and Up the Fortymile". Edited by Ro Sherman. Reprinted from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in The Alaska Journal 4 (1974):205-13.

Wimmler, W. L. "Placer Mining in Interior Alaska". The Alaska Weekly, 12 October 1923, p. 5.

Woods, Benton S. "Yukon Pioneer Longs to Hear From Oldtimers". The Alaska Weekly, 14 March 1924, p. 7.

Young, Hall S. "The Situation in Alaska". The Assembly Herald, June 1902, pp. 231-6.

______. "Yukon Presbytery Redevivus". The Assembly Herald, June 1911, pp. 277-82.


III. NEWSPAPERS

Alaska Forum. Rampart, Alaska. 1900 to 1906.

Alaska Mining Record. Juneau, Alaska. 1898.

The Alaska Weekly. Seattle, Washington. 1923 to 1950.

The Alaskan. Sitka, Alaska. 1885 to 1907.

Fairbanks Sunday Times. 1906 to 1908.

Fairbanks Times. 1906 to 1907.

Fairbanks Daily Times. 1907 to 1908.

Fairbanks Weekly News. 1903 to 1904.

The Northern Light. Fairbanks, Alaska. 1906 to 1907.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 1905 to 1906.

Tanana Miner. Fairbanks, Alaska. 1906 to 1907.

Tanana Tribune. Fairbanks, Alaska. 1907 to 1908.

Yukon Press. Circle and Fort Adams, Alaska. 1894 to 1899.

Yukon Valley News. Rampart, Alaska. 1904 to 1907.


IV. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Alaska Planning Group, U. S. Department of the Interior. Final Environmental Statement for Proposed Yukon-Charley National Rivers, Alaska. Washington: U. S. Department of the Interior, 1975.

Barnard, E. C. "Report of the Forty Mile Expedition". In Maps and Descriptions of Routes of Exploration in Alaska in 1899, p. 80. Washington, 1899.

Bearss, Edwin C. Proposed Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Historic Resource Study. Washington: National Park Service, 1970.

Brooks, Alfred Hulse. "General Information Concerning the Territory by Geographic Provinces: The Yukon District". In Maps and Descriptions of Routes of Exploration in Alaska in 1899, pp. 85-131. Washington, 1899.

_________. "Reconnaissance from Pyramid Harbor to Eagle City". In Twenty-first Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1899-1900. pt. II, pp. 331-91. Washington, 1900.

_________. "Placer Gold Mining in Alaska in 1902". In Contributions to Economic Geology, 1902, pp. 41-9. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 213. Washington, 1903.

_________. Placer Mining in Alaska in 1903". In Contributions to Economic Geology, 1903, pp. 43-59. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 225. Washington, 1904.

_______ "Placer Mining in Alaska in 1904". In Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1904, pp. 18-31. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 259. Washington, 1905.

_______. The Mining Industry in 1905". In Report on Progress of Investigation of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905, pp. 4-9. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 284. Washington, 1906.

_______. "Railway Routes". In Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905, pp. 10-18. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 284. Washington, 1906.

_______. "The Circle Precinct". In Report of Progress Of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1906, pp. 187-204. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 314. Washington, 1907.

_______. "The Mining Industry in 1906". In Report of Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1906, pp. 19-39. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 314. Washington, 1907.

_______. "Outline of Economic Geology". In The Gold Placers of Parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, pp. 111-39. U.S.G.S. 328. Washington, 1908.

_______. "The Mining Industry in 1907'. In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907, pp. 30-53. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 345. Washington, 1908.

_______. "The Mining Industry in 1908". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1908, pp. 21-62. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 379. Washington, 1909.

_______. "The Mining Industry in 1909". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1909, pp. 20-46. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 442. Washington, 1910.

_______. The Mining Industry in 1910". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1910, pp. 21-42. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 480. Washington, 1911.

_______. "The Mining Industry in 1911". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1911, pp. 17-44. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 520. Washington, 1912.

_______. "The Mining Industry in 1912". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1912, pp. 18-51. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 542. Washington, 1913.

_______. "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1913". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1913, pp. 45-74. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 592. Washington, 1914.

_______. "The Mineral Deposits of Alaska". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1913, pp. 18-44. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 592. Washington, 1914.

_______. "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1915". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1915, pp. 16-72. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 642. Washington, 1916.

_______. "The Alaska Mining Industry in 1916". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1916, pp. 11-62. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 662. Washington, 1918.

_______. "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1919". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1919, pp. 59-96. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 714. Washington, 1921.

_______. "The Future of Alaska Mining". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1919, pp. 5-58. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 714. Washington, 1921.

_______. The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1920. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 722-A. Washington, 1921.

_______. "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1921". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1921, pp. 1-44. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 739. Washington, 1923.

________, and Capps, S. R. "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1922". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1922, pp. 3-50. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 755. Washington, 1924.

Brooks, Alfred Hulse. "Alaska's Mineral Resources and Production, 1923". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1923, pp. 3-52. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 773. Washington, 1925.

Cantwell, J. C. Report of the Operations of the U. S. Revenue Steamer Nunivak on the Yukon River Station, Alaska, 1899-1901. U. S. Congress. Senate. Senate Document 155. 58th Cong., 2d sess., 1904.

Chapin, Theodore. "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1913, pp. 357-62. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 592. Washington, 1914.

Collier, Arthur James. The Coal Resources of the Yukon, Alaska. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 218. Washington, 1903.

Committee on Military Affairs. Compilations of Narratives of Explorations in Alaska. U.S. Congress. Senate. Report 1023, pt. 2. 58th Cong., 2d sess., 1904.

Dunham, Samuel C. "The Alaskan Goldfields and the Opportunities They Offer for Capital and Labor". In Bulletin of the Department of Labor, pp. 297-425. Edited by Carroll D. Wright. U. S. Congress. House. Document 206, pt. 3. 55th Cong., 2d sess., 1898.

______. "The Yukon and Nome Gold Regions". In Bulletin of the Department of Labor, pp. 832-72. No. 29. Washington, 1900.

Eighteenth Annual Report of United States Geological Survey, pt. 1. U. S. Congress. House. Document 5. 55th Cong., 2d sess., 1897.

Ellsworth, C. E. "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1909, pp. 230-45. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 442. Washington, 1910.

______. "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1910, pp. 153-72. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 480. Washington, 1911.

______. and Davenport, R. W. "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region". In Mineral of Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress Investigations in 1912, pp. 210-20. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 542. Washington, 1913.

Goodrich, Harold B. "History and Conditions of Yukon Gold District to 1897". Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97, pt. III, pp. 103-33. Washington, 1898.

Haynes, Terry L. They Didn't Come In Four-Wheel Drives: An Introduction to Fortymile History. Anchorage: Bureau of Land Management, Fortymile Resource Area. September 1976.

Hutchins, John Power. "Prospecting and Mining Gold Placers in Alaska". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907, pp. 54-77. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 345. Washington, 1908.

The Manitoba Trappers' Guide to Better Quality Fur. Manitoba: Department of Renewable Resources and Transportation Services, 1976.

Martin, G. E. "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1917". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1917, pp. 11-42. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 692. Washington, 1919.

________ "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1918". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1918, pp. 11-52. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 712. Washington, 1920.

Mertie, J. B., Jr. "Mining in the Fortymile District". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1928, pp. 125-42. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 813. Washington, 1930.

________. Geology of the Eagle-Circle District, Alaska. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 816. Washington, 1930.

________. "The Tatonduk-Nation District, Alaska". In Mineral Resource of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1930. pp. 347-443. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 836. Washington, 1933.

________. Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle Districts Alaska. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 897-C. Washington, 1938.

Moffit, Fred H. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1925". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1925, pp. 1-40. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 792. Washington, 1927.

Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 567. Washington, 1967.

Petrov, Ivan. Population and Resources of Alaska. U. S. Congress. House. Document 40. 46th Cong., 3d sess., 1881.

Porter, E. A. "Placer Mining in the Fortymile, Eagle, and Seventymile River Districts". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1911, pp. 211-18. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 520. Washington, 1912.

Prindle, L. M. "Yukon Placer Fields". In Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905, pp. 109-127. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 284. Washington, 1906.

________. The Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska: Description of Circle Quadrangle. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 295. Washington, 1906.

________. "The Fortymile Gold-Placer District". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907, pp. 187-97. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 345. Washington, 1908.

________. The Fortymile Quadrangle: Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 375. Washington, 1909.

________. A Geologic Reconnaissance of the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 538. Washington, 1913.

________. and Mertie, J. B., Jr. "Gold Placers Between Woodchopper and Fourth of July Creeks, Upper Yukon River". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Investigations in 1911, pp. 201-10. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 520. Washington, 1912.

Purington, Chester Wells. "Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer Mining in Alaska". In Report on Progress of Investigation of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1904, pp. 32-46. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 259. Washington, 1905.

________. Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer Mining in Alaska. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 263. Washington, 1905.

Quirk, William A. III. Historical Aspects of the Building of the Washington, D.C.-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System, With Special Emphasis on the Eagle-Valdez and Goodpaster Telegraph Lines 1902-03. Fairbanks: Bureau of Land Management, 1974.

Raymond, Charles W. Report of a Reconnaissance of the Yukon River, Alaska Territory, July to September, 1869. U. S. Senate. Document 12. 42nd Cong. lest sess., 1871.

Smith, Philip S. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1924". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1924, pp. 1-30. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 783. Washington, 1926.

_____. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1926". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1926, pp. 1-50. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 797. Washington, 1929.

_____. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1927". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1927, pp. 1-64. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 810. Washington, 1930.

_____. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1928". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1928, pp. 1-72. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 813. Washington, 1930.

_____. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1930". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1930, pp. 1-84. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 836. Washington, 1933.

_____. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1931". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1931, pp. 1-82. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 844. Washington, 1934.

_____. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1932". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1932, pp. 1-78.

_____. "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1933". In Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1933, pp. 1-82. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 864. Washington, 1936.

_____. Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1935. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 880-A. Washington, 1937.

_____. Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1937. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 910-A. Washington, 1939.

_____. Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1940. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 933-A. Washington, 1942.

Smith, Sumner S. The Mining Industry in the Territory of Alaska During the Calendar Year 1916. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 153. Washington, 1917.

Spurr, Josiah Edward. "Geology of the Yukon Gold District, Alaska". In Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97, pt. III. Washington, 1898.

U. S. Army, Alaska. The Army's Role In the Building of Alaska. U.S.A.R.A.L. Pamphlet 360-5. Washington: Department of the Army, 1969.

Wahrhaftig, Clyde. Physiographic Divisions of Alaska. U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 482. Washington, 1965.

Wimmler, Norman L. Placer-Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 259. Washington, 1927.


V. MANUSCRIPTS

Anderson, George Leonard. "The Koyukuk of the Northern Navigation Company: A Study in Yukon River Transportation". M.A. Thesis, University of Oregon, 1972.

Andrews, Elizabeth. "Niibeeo Zhoo: An Early Historic Han Athapaskan Village Site; Interim Report". Typescript. Fairbanks: Anthropology and Historic Preservation, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Alaska, 1976.

Ball, Norman R. "The Development of Permafrost Thawing Techniques". Paper presented at annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of the History and Philosophy of Science in Edmonton, Alberta, May 1975.

Bowers, Peter M. and Hoch, David M. "An Archeological Reconnaissance of the Copper Creek Drainage, Upper Charley River Area, East-Central Alaska". Typescript. Fairbanks: National Park Service, 1976.

Bryant, C. A. "Another Man's Life". 2 vols. Typescript. Juneau: Alaska Historical Library, n.d.

Chilberg, J. E. "Steamboating on the Yukon River". Typescript. Seattle: Manuscript Collection, University of Washington, n.d.

Deranja, John E. "A Short Autobiography of John Deranja, as Told to His Daughter, Mary, During Spring of 1933 When He Was Seventy Years Old". Typescript. Seattle: Manuscript Collection, University of Washington, 1933.

Graham, Harry Lt. "Military Historical Sketch of Fort Egbert". Paper written for Garrison School for Officers, Department of Columbia, 1908-09.

Grauman, Melody Webb. "Eagle: Focus on the Yukon". Typescript. Fairbanks: National Park Service, June 1975.

Hall, Edwin S. Jr. "Aboriginal Occupations of the Charley River and Adjacent Yukon River Drainage, East-Central Alaska". Typescript. Fairbanks: National Park Service, 1974.

Heimer, Virginia Doyle. "Alaska Mining History: An Annotated Review of Selected Literature, An Alphabetical Index of Mining Towns with Notes on Their Location and Associated References, and Miscellaneous Other Information". Typescript. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Museum, 1975.

Hildebrandt, James. "History of Placer Mining in Alaska". Typescript. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Library, 1942.

Johns, William Douglas. "The Early Yukon, Alaska and the Klondike Discovery as They Were Before the Great Klondike Stampede Swept Away the Old Conditions Forever By One Who Was There". Typescript. Seattle: Manuscript Collections, University of Washington, n.d.

Marshall, John W. "A History of Protestant Missions in Alaska". M.A. Thesis, Pasadena College, 1954.

Matthews, Raymond T. "Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Circle District". B.A. Thesis, University of Alaska, 1940.

McLean, Dora Elizabeth. "Early Newspapers on the Upper Yukon Watershed: 1894-1907". M.A. Thesis, University of Alaska, n.d.

Mercier, Francois. Untitled manuscript. Handwritten. Among papers of Father Monroe. Spokane: Oregon Province Archives of the Society of Jesus Gonzaga University, n.d.

Mitchell, William. "The Opening of Alaska". Microfilm 20 in University of Alaska Archives of original manuscript in Library of Congress, n.d.

Monroe, F. P. Father. Manuscript on Eagle. Spokane: Oregon Province Archives of the Society of Jesus, Gonzaga University, n.d.

Moore, William D. Captain. "From Peru to Alaska". Typescript. Seattle: Manuscript Collections, University of Washington, n.d.

Naske, Claus-M. "The Historical Fortymile District". Anchorage: Bureau of Land Management, 1974.

Northern Navigation Company. "To the Alaska Gold Fields". Pamphlet. San Francisco: Northern Navigation Company, 1907.

Perkins, Norris H. "Captain James T. Gray: A Grandfather to Remember". Typescript. Eugene: Archives, University of Oregon, 1969.

Sackinger, Patricia M. "An Historical Survey of Eagle City, Alaska". Typescript. Fairbanks: University of Alaska History Department, 1975.

"Short Story of Alaska and the Yukon, as Told by the Mount Wrangell Company's Explorer". Pamphlet. Eugene: University of Oregon, James T. Gray Collection, 1897-98.

Trimble, Roger L. "Miller's Camp". Bureau of Land Management Antiquities Site Survey. Anchorage: Bureau of Land Management, October 1974.

Utley, Robert M. "A Personal View of the Western Experience". Paper presented at The West: Its Literature and History, Western Writers' Conference, Logan, Utah, June 1973.


VI. COLLECTIONS

Eagle, Alaska. Records in Possession of Eagle, Alaska with copies in Anchorage in the State Division of Parks Office.

Eugene. University of Oregon Library. C. L. Andrews Collection.

Eugene. University of Oregon Library. James T. Gray Collection.

Eugene. University of Oregon Library. Fred J. Wood Collection.

Fairbanks. University of Alaska Archives. Eagle City Council Minutes and School Board Records, Microfilm 39.

Fairbanks. University of Alaska Archives. C. S. Farnsworth Papers.

Fairbanks. University of Alaska Archives. Historical Tapes - "Here is a Pioneer".

Fairbanks. University of Alaska Archives. George M. Pilcher Papers.

Juneau. Historical Library. Miners' Association of Circle, Alaska, 1895. Minutes and Constitution in 2 vols.

Spokane. Gonzaga University. Oregon Province Archives of Society of Jesus. Father F. P. Monroe Collection.

Tok, Alaska. Bureau of Land Management. Tape Recordings of Fortymile History.


VII. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORDS

Washington, D. C. National Archives Microfilm Publications. Microfilm 617: Returns From U. S. Military Posts, 1800-1916. Roll 342: Fort Egbert, Alaska, June 1899-August 1911.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Publications. Microcopy 698: Index to General Correspondence of the Adjutant General's Office, 1890-1917. Roll 228: Circle City, Alaska. Roll 356: Fort Egbert, Alaska.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Record Group 22. Records of Fish and Wildlife Service.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Record Group 49. Records of the General Land Office. Selected Documents from Abandoned Military Reservation File for Fort Egbert, Alaska.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Record Group 92. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Record Group 94. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Medical Histories of Posts, 1868-1913. Volume 335: Sanitary Records at Camp at Circle City, 1 October 1898-16 September 1900. Volume 812: Fort Egbert, Alaska, 1899-1912.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Record Group 126. Records of the Office of Territories. Selected Documents Relating to Eagle Townsite. Furs and Annual Reports.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Record Group 153. Records of the Judge Advocate General. Reservation File, Fort Egbert.

Washington, D. C. National Archives Record Group 393. Records of the U. S. Army Continental Commands Post Records. Microfilm 1 Fort Egbert, Alaska. General Orders Issued from Circle City, Alaska August 1897-July 1899. Miscellaneous Papers, 1898-1900.


VIII. INTERVIEWS

George Beck, resident of Yukon-Charley area during 1930's and 1940's, hunted, fished, mined, and trapped area, 19-20 September 1976, Eagle, Alaska.

Charlie Biederman, who was the son of Ed Biederman, grew up in the Yukon-Charley area, and was the last person to carry mail from Eagle to Circle by dog team, 30 June 1976 and 11 November 1976 telephone interview from Tok, Alaska; 12-13 February 1977, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Horace Biederman, Jr., grandson of Ed Biederman and long-time resident of Eagle, Alaska, 18 September 1976, Eagle, Alaska.

Dan Colben, co-owner of Coal Creek mining claim within the Yukon-Charley proposal area, 6 August 1976, Coal Creek, Alaska.

Wyman Fritsch, long-time resident of Eagle, Alaska, 19 September 1976, Eagle, Alaska.

Barney Hansen, a miner of the Seventymile and Fourth of July Creek and a resident of Eagle, Alaska, 13 December 1976, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Jess and Cathryne Knight, long-time residents of Eagle and Circle, 20 September 1976, Eagle, Alaska.

Jim Layman, owner of Ben Creek mining claim within Yukon-Charley proposal, 8-9 August 1976, at his cabin on Ben Creek, Alaska.

Elmer Nelson, former trapper in upper Charley River area, 19-20 September 1976, Eagle, Alaska.

Charlie Stevens, Native of Eagle Village, 22 July 1964 and 16 September 1964 interviewed by Mertie Baggen at Eagle Village.

Joe Vogler, owner of Woodchopper Creek patented mine within Yukon-Charley proposal area, 6-7 August 1976, at his camp at the mouth of Mineral Creek, Alaska.

Ernest Wolff, University of Alaska mining professor and co-owner of Coal Creek mining claim within Yukon-Charley proposal area, 3 August 1976, telephone conversation in Fairbanks, Alaska.


IX. MAPS

Map of Alaska, 1894. Rare maps in University of Alaska Documents.

Map of Alaska and Northwest Goldfields. By Charles O. Richardson, Board of Trade, Pueblo, Colorado, 1897. University of Alaska Documents.

Map of Alaska and Surroundings Showing the Klondike Gold Fields and Routes to Mining Camp. By Charles L. Moll, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1898. University of Alaska Documents.

Map of Alaska. By Harry King, General Land Office, Department of Interior, 1898. University of Alaska Documents.

Map of Alaska. By Rand-McNally, 1898. University of Alaska Documents.

Map of Northwest Part of Dominion of Canada. By J. Johnston and Jacob Smith of the Department of Interior, 1898. James T. Gray Collection, University of Oregon.

Map of Alaska and Yukon Territory. By C. O. Richardson, of Pueblo, Colorado for the North American Transportation and Trading Company, 1899. James T. Gray Collection, University of Oregon.

Map of a Portion of Birch Creek, Alaska. By the U. S. Survey Party of J. E. Spurr, 1897. Eighteenth Annual Report of the U.S.G.S to Secretary of Interior, pt. III.

Map of Vicinity of Eagle, Alaska. By E. J. Chamberlain, U. S. Deputy Surveyor and Notary Public, Eagle, Alaska, approximately 1900.

Map of Eagle City, Alaska. By J. E. Snevely, U. S. Mineral Surveyor, 1899.

Map of Eagle District. By the Alaska Road Commission, 1925. Files of Bureau of Land Management.

Map of Fort Egbert, Alaska. Survey under the direction of Major Edwin H. Plummer, 3rd Infantry, 1906.

Map of Fort Egbert, Alaska. Among records of Alaska Road Commission, 1935.

Map of Fortymile. By E. C. Barnard, U.S.G.S. topographer, 1898. Files of Bureau of Land Management.

Map of Forty Mile, Eagle City, and Seventy Mile Mining Districts. By B. W. Lenont, Map and Blue Print Company, Seattle, Washington, 1900.

Map of Yukon. Lt. Frederick Schwatka's expedition, 1883. From Compilation of Narratives of Explorations of Alaska.

Track Chart of the Yukon. By Charles Y. Malmquist, 1900-1911. James T. Gray Collection. University of Oregon.

Track Chart of the Yukon. By James T. Gray, drawn in 1902 from information of 1898-99 with corrections made 1912. James T. Gray Collection, University of Oregon.

Track Chart of Yukon River. Microfilm 2073 in University of Alaska Library.



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