Pay Dirt, Fortunes And Misfortunes Of An Alaskan Gold Miner

OTIS AND ALICE VOLLMAR HAHN

Publication: Epicenter Press, 1998, Fairbanks

First edition. 8vo. Color pictorial, stiff wrappers, 158 [2] pp., author's note, illustrated, map, epilogue, about the authors. Memoirs of mining for gold at Bear Creek, Alaska. "This book details Otis Hahn's experience of following his dreams to mine for gold in the interior of Alaska. Hahn and his wife Audrey travel to bush Alaska, where he purchases the Bear Creek mine located about 100 miles north of McGrath. At Bear Creek they not only face the challenges of the back country, but also face the back breaking work of operating a mine in a remote area. They face encounters with bears, transportation and equipment problems, the wicked Alaskan winter, and uncertainties about the existence of gold in this mine." Fine copy.

Inventory Number: 49771