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Washing Gold on 20 Above Hunker, Klondike
(1901) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] Thomas Crahan?
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company./ Cinematography by Robert K. Bonine. / © 6 May 1901 by Edison Manufacturing Company [H4080]. Released 4 May 1901. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] The production was shot in 1899?
Documentary.
Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] This picture shows the miners washing out gold by what is known as the sluice box method. Here we see the miners shovelling from both sides the soil containing the gold into the sluice boxes, where the water, rushing at a rapid rate, carries away the dirt and stones, leaving the precious metal, which settles to the bottom of the box, to be recovered in the clean up at the end of the day’s work. This is a very good subject, full of action and detail.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Canada: Hunker River - Klondike Gold Rush - Mining: Miners - Yukon
Listing updated: 4 January 2025.
References: Niver-Early pp. 354-355 : Website-IMDb.
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