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Benjamin Franklin Williams letters, 1907-1909 : to his mother.
BANC MSS 79/56 pLOCAL
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Title:

Benjamin Franklin Williams letters, 1907-1909: to his mother

Creator/Contributor:

Williams, Benjamin Franklin, 1882-1973, creator

Abstract:

Mainly written from the Yukon Territory, in the vicinity of Dawson, where he was employed as an engineer with the Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company, Ltd. Comments on the trip from Skagway to Dawson City, his work, social activities in the city, the weather, difficulties in hiring cooks, etc.

Date:

1907 (issued)

Subject:

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Gold mines and mining -- Yukon
Engineers -- Biography
Or -- Mines et extraction -- Yukon
Ingénieurs -- Biographies
Engineers
Gold mines and mining
Manners and customs
Travel
Yukon -- Description and travel
Dawson (Yukon) -- Social life and customs
Yukon -- Descriptions et voyages
Yukon
Yukon -- Dawson
Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company, Ltd.

Note:

Photographs transferred to the Bancroft Pictorial Collections (BANC PIC 1978.041--PIC).
Engineer with the Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company, Ltd.

Type:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

27 letters (.4 box)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 79/56 pLOCAL

Origin:

California