My Journey to ALASKA

[solarman216]

you got no choice,we demand it, Rick

 

[larson]

you got no choice,we demand it, Rick

agreed:thumbs

 

[(RIP) rustygates]

Receipt and a bill from a bakery in a village called North Pole

 

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My Mothers address. Mrs SE Smallwood
My Mother was Bob's neice

 

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Various affidavit (sworn statements made under oath) regarding mining operations

 

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An army "field message book" which was given to him by his mining partner Ken Harvey,Bob used as his shopping list to Seattle

 

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Field message book

 

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An entry in the book
"Hilly went to Hammond River with Hood's team(dog) on the 6th Aug 1931"

 

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Address's of friends around the Globe, he was an avid write,r it must have eased the long lonely winter nights.

 

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There was a Frenchman working on a claim nearby on Gold Bench creek at Nolan and Bob used to do his books for him and the "the Frenchman" taught Bob to speak French, on this page there are some words in French which was Bob had written to practice his French.

 

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Some of the Diaries

 

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This was Bob's Bible which he carried with him from N Wales over to Alaska

 

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His Name and the village of Bettles inscribed.
Bettles is where the Steamers arrived from Seattle

 

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Inscription

 

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Two Photo's of Bob one with the Moose he had shot and had asked two friends to transport the Moose to a cabin which had a cellar,so he could store the meat, and had asked his friends not to lock the door as he was going to film the Moose before salting it( he liked to take 16mm film) later when he went to the cabin to film and salt the carcass, he noticed the door was open,thinking they had forgotten to close the door,as he approached the door it flew open and there was a female bear standing on her hind legs looking at him,he dropped the camera and slung his rifle off his shoulder and fired a shot at the bear,it turned and went into the cabin and Bob followed it,the bear burst through the rear window of the cabin taking the frame as well and off it went back into the woods.

 

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Bob in later life without the Moustache

 

[solarman216]

Fantastic stuff, my grandfather was a bargee on the Thames at Limehouse, but got nothing other than the address that my father was born, you are so lucky, Rick

 

[(RIP) rustygates]

Bob outside his cabin with a dog sled

 

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Bob working on the"rocker" ( A gold separating machine), you would place paydirt in the rocker and shake it back and forth and the dirt travelled down the sluice across the stiffles(pieces of wood across the rocker) and the gold which is heavier would get trapped on the stiffles

 

[briggie]

brilliant , thanks mate :thumb2