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XI. ENDNOTES

1C. A. 'Bert' Bryant, "Another Man's Life", vol. 1, (1937) typescript, Historical Library, Juneau, Alaska.

2Ibid., p. 146-A.

3Ibid., p. 153.

4Ibid., p. 157.

5Ibid., p. 159.

6Ibid., p. 160.

7Ibid., p. 168; Norman L. Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska, Bureau of Mines Bulletin 259 (Washington, 1927), pp. 89-90.

8Bryant, "Another Man's Life", pp. 170-72; Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods, pp. 31-6; John Power Hutchins, "Prospecting and Mining Gold Placers in Alaska", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 345 (Washington, 1908), pp. 54-77; Chester Wells Purington, Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer in Alaska, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 263 (Washington, 1905), pp. 39-43; and Ernest Wolff, Handbook for the Alaskan Prospector (Ann Arbor: Edward Brothers, 1969), pp. 180-83.

9Bryant, "Another Man's Life", p. 172.

10Ibid., p. 179.

11Ibid., p. 189.

12Meldrum, Tape Recording #1, #2, taped by Terry Haynes, Bureau of Land Management, Fortymile Resource Area, 11 July 1976 and 30 July 1976.

13Best description of the geologic process is in J. B. Mertie, Jr., Geology of the Eagle-Circle District, Alaska, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 816 (Washington, 1930), pp. 159-66, but the evolution of geologic thought can be traced in Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Circle Precinct", Report on Progress of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1906, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 314 (Washington, 1907), pp. 187-204; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1906", Report on Progress of Investigation of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1906, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 314 (Washington, 1907), pp. 22-34; L. M. Prindle, The Forty Mile Quadrangle: Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 375 (Washington, 1909), p. 32; L. M. Prindle and J. B. Mertie, Jr., "Gold Placers Between Woodchopper and Fourth of July Creeks, Upper Yukon River", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Investigations in 1911, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 520 (Washington, 1912), pp. 201-9; L. M. Prindle, A Geologic Reconnaissance of the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 538 (Washington, 1913), pp. 54-8; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Mineral Deposits of Alaska", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1913, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 592 (Washington, 1914), pp. 24-6; and L. M. Prindle, The Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 295 (Washington, 1906), pp. 15-25.

14Rickard, Through the Yukon and Alaska, pp. 207, 222; Wolff, Handbook for the Prospector, p. 115; Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods, pp. 65-70; and Brooks, "The Mineral Deposits of Alaska", U.S.G.S. Bulletin 592, p. 31.

15Rickard, Through the Yukon and Alaska, pp. 210-20; Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods, pp. 113-34; Purington, Methods and Costs of Placer Mining, pp. 82-99; Norman R. Ball, "The Development of Permafrost Thawing Techniques", (Paper delivered to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of the History and Philosophy of Science, Edmonton, Alberta, May 1975); Spurr, "Geology of the Yukon", p. 390; Chester Wells Purington, "Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer Mining in Alaska", Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1904, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 259 (Washington, 1905), p. 32; and L.M. Prindle, "Yukon Placer Fields", Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 284 (Washington, 1906), p. 121.

16Rickard, Through the Yukon and Alaska, p. 215; and Ball, "Permafrost Thawing Techniques", p. 3.

17Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods, pp. 87-112; Purington, Methods and Costs of Placer Mining, pp. 55-81; Hutchins, "Prospecting and Mining Gold", pp. 70-1; Prindle, "Yukon Placer Fields", p. 121; and Rickard, Through the Yukon and Alaska, p. 220.

18Purington, Methods and Costs of Placer Mining, p. 99; and Paul, Mining Frontier, pp. 90-1.

19Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods pp. 65-71; Hutchins, "Prospecting and Mining Gold", pp. 68-70; and Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1908", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on the Progress of Investigations in 1908, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 379 (Washington, 1909), p. 43.

20Purington, Methods and Costs of Placer Mining, pp. 99-156; Hutchins, "Prospecting and Mining Gold", pp. 65-70; Wimmler, Placer Mining Methods, pp. 47-62, 65-71, 132-75; Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1908", pp. 42-4; and Paul, Mining Frontiers, pp. 90-1.

21Purington, Methods and Costs of Placer Mining, p. 57; Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods, p. 176; Rickard, Through the Yukon and Alaska, p. 220; and William Rodney, "Pioneer Dredging in the Klondike", The Alaska Journal 6 (1976): 51.

22Rickard, Through the Yukon and Alaska, pp. 220-21; Purington, Methods and Costs of Placer Mining, pp. 157-60; Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods, pp. 178-90; and Ernest Patty, North Country Challenge (New York: David McKay Co., 1969), pp. 98-9.

23Ball, "Permafrost Thawing Techniques", p. 6.

24Ibid., pp. 6-7.

25L. M. Prindle, "The Fortymile Gold-Placer District", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 345 (Washington, 1908), p. 195; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1915", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1915, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 642 (Washington, 1916), pp. 24-5; Wimmler, Placer-Mining Methods, pp. 177-78; Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1908", pp. 39-42; and Hutchins, "Prospecting and Mining Gold", pp. 71-2.

26Chester Wells Purington, "Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer Mining in Alaska", Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1904, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 259 (Washington, 1905), p. 36.

27Brooks, "The Circle Precinct", p. 204.

28Alfred Hulse Brooks, "Placer Gold Mining in Alaska in 1902", Contributions to Economic Geology, 1902, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 213 (Washington, 1903), pp. 47-48; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "Placer Gold Mining in Alaska", Contributions to Economic Geology, 1903, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 225 (Washington, 1904), pp. 47-57; Friese to Johanson, 4 February 1903, Records in Eagle, Alaska, Orange Files, 1903; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "Placer Mining in Alaska in 1904", Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1904, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 259 (Washington, 1905), p. 29; Prindle, The Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska, pp. 14-27; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "Railway Routes", Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 284 (Washington, 1906), pp. 13-5; Purington, Methods and Costs of Placer Mining, pp. 1-204; Purington, "Methods and Costs of Placer Mining", pp. 36-41; Prindle, "Yukon Placer Fields", pp. 109-10, 126; Brooks, "The Circle Precinct", pp. 187-204; and List of Claims in Records in Eagle, Alaska, Orange Files.

29Brooks, "Placer Mining in Alaska in 1903", p. 43.

30Conditions in Alaska, Hearings before Subcommittee of Committee on Territories, Senate Report 282, pt. 2, 58th Cong., 2d sess., 1904; and T. A. Rickard, "Mining Law in Alaska", Mining and Scientific Press 97 (26 December 1908): 855.

31Brooks, "The Circle Precinct", p. 187.

32Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1907", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 345 (Washington, 1908), pp. 30-50; Prindle, "The Fortymile Gold-Placer District", pp. 189-96; L. M. Prindle, The Fortymile Quadrangle: Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 375 (Washington, 1909), pp. 45-6; Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1908", pp. 21-53; Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1909", pp. 20-6; C. E. Ellsworth. "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1909, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 442 (Washington, 1910), pp. 234-44; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1910", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1910, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 480 (Washington, 1911), pp. 21-35; C. E. Ellsworth, and G. L. Parker, "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1910, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 480 (Washington, 1911), pp. 153-72; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1911", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1911, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 520 (Washington, 1912), pp. 19-35; E. A. Potter, "Placer Mining in the Fortymile, Eagle, and Seventy mile River Districts", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1911, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 520 (Washington, 1912), pp. 211-218; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1912", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1912, U.S.G.S Bulletin 542 (Washington, 1913), pp. 18-45; C. E. Ellsworth and R. W. Davenport, "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1912, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 542 (Washington, 1913), pp. 210-20; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1913", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1913, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 592 (Washington, 1914), pp. 45-68; and Theodore Chapin, "Placer Mining in the Yukon-Tanana Region," Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1913, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 592 (Washington, 1914), pp. 361-2.

33Brooks, "The Mining Industry in 1908", p. 21.

34Ibid., p. 33; and Brooks, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1913", p. 45.

35Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Alaska Mining Industry in 1916", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1916, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 662 (Washington, 1918), p. 50.

36Records in Eagle, Alaska, Red Files, 1914-25; Brooks, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1915", pp. 16-22, 57-64; Brooks, "The Alaska Mining Industry in 1916", pp. 11-18, 50-57; and Sumner S. Smith, The Mining Industry in the Territory of Alaska During the Calendar Year 1916, Bureau of Mines Bulletin 153 (Washington, 1917), p. 53.

37G. C. Martin, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1917", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1917, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 692 (Washington, 1919), pp. 17, 37.

38G. C. Martin, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1918", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1918, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 712 (Washington, 1920), pp. 11, 33; Alfred Hulse Brooks and G. C. Martin, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1919", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigation in 1919, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 714 (Washington, 1921), p. 60; Alfred Hulse Brooks, The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1920, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 722-A (Washington, 1921), p. 10; Alfred Hulse Brooks, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1921", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1921, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 739 (Washington, 1923), p. 43; Alfred Hulse Brooks and S. R. Capps, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1922", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1922, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 755 (Washington, 1924), pp. 12-3, 33; and Report of the Governor of Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior, 1919, Washington, 1919.

39Brooks and Martin, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1919", p. 60.

40Brooks, The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1920, pp. 14-7.

41Brooks, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1921", p. 5.

42Brooks and Capps, "The Alaskan Mining Industry in 1922", pp. 11-3; and The Alaska Weekly, 13 June 1930, p. 6.

43Fred H. Moffit, "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1925", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1925, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 792 (Washington, 1927), p. 3; and Philip Smith, "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1926", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1926, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 797 (Washington, 1929), p. 4.

44Ibid.

45Philip S. Smith, "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1927", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1927, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 810 (Washington, 1930), p. 18; Philip S. Smith, "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1928", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1928, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 813 (Washington, 1930), p. 5; and The Alaska Weekly, editorial, 19 July 1929, p. 4.

46The Alaska Weekly, 12 April 1929, p. 1; 7 February 1930, p. 1; and 7 February 1930 p. 1.

47Philip S. Smith, "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1931", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1931, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 844 (Washington, 1934), p. 24.

48Philip S. Smith, "Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1932", Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1932, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 857 (Washington, 1934), p. 9.

50Patty, North Country Challenge, pp. 93-4.

51Ibid., pp. 96-120; Philip S. Smith, Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1935, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 880-A (Washington, 1937), pp. 4, 33, 43; Philip S. Smith, Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1937, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 910-A (Washington, 1939), pp. 5-7, 44-57; and J. B. Mertie, Jr., Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle Districts Alaska, U.S.G.S. Bulletin 897-C (Washington, 1938), pp. 251-57.

52Patty, North Country Challenge, pp. 119-20; Interview with Ernest Wolff 3 August 1976; Interview with Joe Vogler 6 August 1976; Interview with Jim Layman 8-9 August 1976; and The Alaska Weekly, January 1942-December 1950.



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