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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05245.28 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall |
| Title | Charles G. Horsfall to my dear children regarding investing in a mine and his work on it |
| Date | 15 March 1905 |
| Author | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reports that he quit his position at the Post because he did not want to work continuously for 12 hours. He bought a quarter interest in a mine nearby and is now "taking out a 'dump' which means that the pay streak is 30 feet under the ground and frozen so solid as a rock so that we have to thaw it with steam." [continued on 06/12] States it took three months because the mail was shut off. They finished "sluicing out" the dump but the outcome was disappointing. They want to remove one partner. Comments that the telegraph is working well and the Bering Sea is clear of ice. Written on YMCA Army Department stationery. |
| Subjects | Alaska Gold Rush Frontiers and Exploration Labor Mining Steam Telegraph |
| People | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) |
| Place written | Nome River, Alaska |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Writes to his children and wife about Klondike gold fields, mining, life in Alaska, Mormons, and the 1906 election. Horsfall was a Mormon. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Son Daughter |