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Tales from Timbers: Reconstructing the History of Technological Change at the Cleary Hill Gold Mill. John Hemmeter and Paul White (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Hemmeter. Paul White.

The Cleary Hill Mill, situated 20 miles north of Fairbanks, is a deteriorating vestige of one of Alaska's historically most important industries. Built in 1911 for processing gold ores, the mill began with a set of technologies well tested in western mineral districts. Despite remaining modest in size, archaeological evidence indicates that the mill was subjected to considerable transformation over its operative life; being burned, reconstructed, extended, repurposed, and partially scrapped....