Ernest Schink and Partner, 1924.
Black and white view of Ernest Schink and partner posed in front of a truck.
Caption: Ernest Schink sold his grocery store in Dawson in 1923 and moved his family to Victoria B.C. where he purchased a house at 2856 Cadboro Bay Road.
In 1924 and for several years thereafter he returned to the Yukon to operate a coal mine near the Five Finger Rapids. There was a demand for coal in Dawson because most trees fit for fuel purposes had been cut for miles out.
Coal was shipped downstream in bulk by barges picked up by steamers after they had passed through Five Fingers going downstream. These are views of unloading barges at the Dawson waterfront. Ernest Schink is the shorter man.
