Yukon gold rush (9 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. 15 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. Postcard -- tinted photographic print. No date, but circa 1909. Manuscript ink message & address (Meaford, Ontario, Canada), with additional brief notation to picture side. Contemporary US postage stamp with no postal cancel. Moderate toning, edge & corner wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. 8vo. Pp. 296. Frontis. b&w photos. Illustrated with numerous b&w photos on coated paper, line drawings in the text and a three-color foldout map of North America tipped in at the front. Red publisher's cloth with titles and illustration in gilt and black. Spine darkened, light soiling to covers, leaves toned and head edge foxed, foldout map lower edge crimped. In addition to presenting "Vivid Descriptions and Thrilling Experiences," the title page claims this is "the most complete and thoroughly exhaustive collection of every known information necessary to a full realization of the immense resources of the gold fields of Alaska and replete with authentic instructions regarding how to get there, when to go, and what to do when the new Eldorado of the Great Northwest is reached." Verso of the North America map has smaller black-line maps of North American Transportation Co. 1897 Alaska and steamer routes, Juneau to Lewes river, Yukon River and Tributaries, Klondyke River, 1896 Alaska gold fields, and Northwest gold fields. SMITH: 7533.…

8vo. [6], 359, [1] pp. Frontisp. map, numerous photo plates. Green publisher's cloth, black lettering (slight shelfwear, slight foxing & dustsoiling fore-edges), w/ d.j. plain brown paper, w/ banner title in red & black across upper fore-edge & spine, printer's imprint at foot of spine (slight shelfwear), NF/NF copy. First edition of this fascinating account by one of the original Klondike sourdoughs who went with a party of 10 in 1898, providing detailed accounts of the early miners, those lost in avalanches on the Chilkoot Trail, the amount of supplies needed, and more. Robertson recounts his life before the Klondike as a champion bicycle racer, along with describing hockey matches and skiing competitions in Dawson in 1898 and 1899. This work was compiled according to the author to "attract capitalists to the Yukon Territory." Scarce in original dustjacket. Kurutz, Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes, A Descriptive Bibliography, 498.…

Thick 8vo. xii, 306 pp. Photo frontisp., 31 plates (occasional wear & creasting at fore-edges). Red publisher's cloth, borders embossed in blind, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor wear to lower fore-edge, very minor wear & slight bumping to corners, occasional interior light toning), still VG- copy, w/ former ownership markings dated July, 1917 on front pastedown. First edition of this excellent memoir by the author detailing his explorations into the Yukon-Alaska Territories transported by canoes, talking with miners, and whose reports were some of the first to report the vast mineral wealth in the territories. Ogilvie (1849-1912), marked the Canada-Alaska boundary, mapped the city of Dawson, and was present when the gold strike on Rabbit Creek in 1896 launched the Klondike Gold Rush. See: Ricks, p. 164; Wickersham, 6784.…

8vo. 500, [7] pp., plus 26 pp. publisher's illustrated advertisements. Over 50 photo plates, 4 maps (2 large folding (recto & verso)), text illustrations. Red pebbled publisher's cloth, black lettering & decorated border front cover, gilt & black lettering on spine (minor edgewear, rubbing, ownership stamps & writing on title), still VG copy, from the library of former California State Librarian, Gary Kurutz. First edition, thus, of this expanded edition of Gosnell's (1860-1931) noted British Columbia Year Book, and was originally self-published by first British Columbia Legislative Librarian, and the first Provincial Archivist. Unlike the initial print run for this publication which consisted of only 216 pages, this Year Book in reaction to the Klondike Gold Rush excitement expanded with a section on "The Canadian Yukon" with notes drawn from William Ogilvie, article by H. Bratnober, additional maps, and even includes a section on the "Routes into Klondyke." Also featured are numerous printed photos documenting stampeders on their way into the golden rivers and streams of the North. See: Kurutz, Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes, A Descriptive Bibliography, 211c. …

Atlas folio. 14.5 x 21.5 in. 36 pp. With lithographed photos, text woodcut illustrations throughout (including 1 double-page panoramic birds-eye). Lithographed softcovers, front cover art w/ gold-tinted embellishments of The Largest Gold Nugget discovered by George W. Carmack, from No. 8 El Dorado, map on back cover execured by Warren C. Wilkins of the gold stikes in the Yukon (chipping, edgewear, some scuffing, closed tear neatly repaired, rebacked), still VG- copy from the library of Gary Kurutz. First Shorey Book's edition of this famed Klondike gold rush promotional magazine originally published in Dawson, N.W.T. & San Francisco, CA which was projected to be published quarterly, however Moore, and his partners Charles Meadows, & Wilkins were later sued in Nov., 1898, and appear to have been driven out of business in the Yukon. The impossibly scarce original publication issued April 1st, 1898 touted all of the major gold strikes heretofore made in the Alaska-Yukon Territories, the potential for land development, nicely illustrated with photographs, and copies were embellished with gold ink arching over mushers and gold miners. The last copy to appear at auction was in 1969 in the famed Streeter sale (3586), and the copy used to create this fine lithographed reproduction was oend by Dorothy Pattinson of Fairbanks, AK who at the time had loaned it to the Pullen Alaska Museum's Klondike Exhibit at the Seattle Center Food Circus balcony, on the grounds of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Worldcat locates 9 copies of the Shorey facsimile (U of Victoria, WI Historical Soc., BLM, Kenai Peninsula, U of AK, CWU, EWU, Western, U of Alberta); The legal case documents spelling the demise of Messers. Moore, Meadows & Wilkins are held by the Huntington Library, HM 27914; Not in Kurutz, Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes. …

Good. Some toning on recto. A few verso repairs, including archival tissue along the vertical centerfold. Manuscript note on recto. Size 32 x 18.5 Inches. This is a 1907 Poole Brothers map of the Pacific Coast of British Columbia and environs, produced for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Though highlighting multiple steamship routes in the region, it was produced in the wake of the Yukon Gold Rush, the impetus for establishing most of these services. A Closer Look Coverage extends from Dawson (City) in the north to Portland, Oregon, in the south, with the main focus being British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and the southernmost portion of Alaska. Waterways, settlements, mountains (some with elevations), glaciers, rail lines (Canadian Pacific in thick black lines with stations noted, competitors with narrower black lines), and steamship routes are marked throughout. Promotional text and images on the verso discuss sights and services (including times, fares, and particular ships) all along the routes seen on the recto. The steamship lines extending beyond the scope of the map to Yokohama and Honolulu stand out prominently towards the bottom. The other lines transited up and down the Pacific Coast, often slicing through narrow straits or channels between large islands and/or the mainland. By the time of this map's production, a railway linked the steamer passengers disembarking at Skagway and Dyea to the mining towns further north; this was the White Pass and Yukon Route, curiously marked here as 'Pac. and Arc.' Ironically, by the time the railway was completed in 1900, the gold rush had largely ended, but it found another use as a freight railway. br The 'Provisional International Boundary' east of Juneau was a virtual non-issue until the Yukon Gold Rush and then became a major bone of contention between the United States and Canada, only resolved by an international tribunal in the years immediately preceding this map's production (much to the annoyance of the Canadians, who were denied access to the Pacific near the gold diggings). Manuscript Notes Certainly, one of the more interesting features of this example is the handwriting and illustrations at left, describing the beautiful view, complete with a rainbow, spotted between the mountains and a glacier during the owner's 1909 voyage. The purpose of the owner's trip is unclear, but by this time, the voyage was more likely to be sightseeing or visiting relatives than gold mining. The Yukon or Klondike Gold Rush The Yukon or Klondike Gold Rush is a watershed event in the modern history of Alaska and western Canada, transforming the region and setting the course of its economic and environmental history for decades afterward. The original Yukon gold discovery was made in 1896 in the Bonanza (Rabbit) Creek area, but it quickly became apparent that the gold regions were far vaster. Word traveled quickly, and by July 1897, a stampede of prospectors from throughout the United States and Canada were headed to the Klondike. This was compounded by the fact that a series of bank failures in 1897 left the American economy in disarray and many out of work. Over 40,000 prospectors and their families moved to Alaska, generally by way of Seattle or perhaps San Francisco. The Klondike Gold Rush drew such notables as future U.S. President William H. Taft, adventurer Frederick Russell Burnham, and author W. W. White. The near-endless demand for transporting people and goods to the Yukon prompted the creation of several steamship companies. The Canadian Pacific Railway, which had experience operating long-distance steamships in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, cleverly capitalized on this demand by setting up a steamer service that linked to its transcontinental railway routes terminating at Vancouver. Although Skagway/Dyea were the main destinations because of their proximity to the gold fields (as seen here), many intermediary stops and connections were added to the route. With the Klondike.…

No Binding. Condizione: Fine. ALASKAN GOLD RUSH. CANADIAN / YUKON GOLD RUSH OF THE LATE 1890S. Autograph Letter Signed, ''Charlie'', in blue wax pencil. Two full pages, quarto. No place, [Ships Camp] May 27, 1898. Top edge slightly chipped, else very fine condition. To ''Dear Jennie Precious Wife''. The letter reads: ''how are you and little folks. I am at Ship Camp. The boys are with me and we have had our goods shipped by this tramway. The men I am acting as pilot for think lots of the boys and I think they will have them go down the Yukon with us. They represent forty million dollars and perhaps will not let the boys pay any of the boat expenses. Instead of having sore feet this time as I had last year at this place I sit in a wagon 7 miles or 9 miles and walk 6 just one day from Dyea and stop at a hotel lookout window and see our outfit going by on the tramway. Really it seems as if it is a pleasure trip (over). The crowd has passed this point and comparatively few or on this side of the summit tomorrow perhaps we get to Lake Lindenman all the boys are packing all the instruments. It costs just 7 ½ cents per pound for freight landed at Lindenman from Dyea, please tell this fact to Mr. Moore and Ed Millsaje. Give my kind regards to your mother for Dear Jennie I can't help but feel tenderly towards her for (she is the mother of my wife). Sweetheart how I wish you were here and how I would pet you darling. I love you oh if I could only have you in my arms how happy I could be, and the little folks, give to mother and Jessie. And such a big lot for you if any Yukon widow deserves it you do sweetheart, oh how I think of those few happy days at home you so kind and gentle to our children. Love and kisses, Charlie''. Gold was discovered on August 17, 1896, near the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers in W. Yukon Territory. The news spread quickly, and by late 1898 more than 30,000 prospectors had arrived. Annual production peaked at $22 million worth of gold in 1900, and soon prospectors began moving on to Alaska. By the time mining ended in 1966, the area had yielded $250 million in gold. …