Sniping Operation, c1920. Transportation; Living Conditions dredge buckets and narrow gauge

dredge buckets and narrow gauge rail line

Photograph of an unidentified aircraft on the Yukon River at the mouth of the Klondike River

facing north east

Black and white view of the Klondike River during break up

appears to be a large thawing plant

Sniping Operation, c1920. Transportation; Living Conditions dredge buckets and narrow gaugeBlack and white view of men working with a sluice box. Caption: "Sniping" operation. Garnet Watt (left) pulling a big rock out of sluice box Garnet had "grub staked" the miner to the right. Grub staking meant that he supplied funds for food and supplies, the miner furnished his labor and skill; the two split the proceeds.