Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Workers remove snow and ice from a dredge pond in preparation for the mining season ahead, circa the 1960s. This dredge and walking dragline, used to mine platinum, were operated by the Goodnews Bay Mining Company. The town of Goodnews Bay -- Mamterat in Central Alaskan Yup'ik -- is located in southwest Alaska about 100 miles south of Bethel (Color/Silent/Super-8mm film).
This clip is from AAF-16393 from the Joseph Fisher and Eugene Fisher collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
Workers remove snow and ice from a dredge pond in preparation for the mining season ahead, circa the 1960s. This dredge and walking dragline, used to mine platinum, were operated by the Goodnews Bay Mining Company. The town of Goodnews Bay -- Mamterat in Central Alaskan Yup'ik -- is located in southwest Alaska about 100 miles south of Bethel (Color/Silent/Super-8mm film).
This clip is from AAF-16393 from the Joseph Fisher and Eugene Fisher collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
