AK010: White; male; age: 91 (old); community type: village
Media Files:
Full Interview 1 (Tape 0066-S1).
Content:
00:15 In Nome at very beginning in 1899
03:25 Family from Germany, gave up good farm for bad one
07:40 Father buys better farm, children disperse
10:35 Prospecting for gold
14:50 Sluice-box mining successful
17:10 Rocker
21:30 Dogsledding and railroad surveying
23:45 How a dredge works
26:45 How a "spud" works to hold dredge (anchor-like device)
29:05 Finding gold in country, staking claims
32:20 Tape end
Full Interview 2 (Tape 0066-S2).
Content:
[Informant was born in Germany and came to U.S. at age 14. Informant is not representative of AK speech, but is valuable for subject matter.] 00:10 Keeping and losing claims
03:20 Growth and support of Nome during rush
06:40 Selling gold, getting it out of box of dirt
12:25 How riffle works
14:25 What time of year you could mine—only three months
16:05 Long winter, work and play
19:00 Natives in area, no mining, just hunting
20:35 Gambling, saloons, success
24:40 What comes after mining—success, living in town
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