Group of Miners on No. 1 Eldorado Creek, c1899.
A large group of miners posed with their equipment. Many are holding shovels. A portion of the sluice run is visible in the foreground. Note the cordwood in the background.
Inscription recto: Group of miners on No. 1 Eldorado Creek // Larss & Duclos Photos Dawson
Inscription verso: Miners on Claim No. 1, Eldorado, were working the richest placer creek in // the world. Jay Whipple, who first staked No. 1, sold out for a trifle. Skiff Mitchell, a // lumberman from Eureka, Calif., purchased it and lived half a century on the proceeds. // (Public Archives of Canada)
