BaltoSeppala wrote:
Hey gang! It's time for a little test. I don't know how many of these I'll be able to generate, but I do have a few so far, and I will post the first one here and now (and subsequent ones in this same thread).
This will test your knowledge of images seen in the Balto cartoons against real history. I encourage you to try, and view this as a sort of "open book" test...meaning that you can do whatever research you want on the internet to get the answers you need! Hey - it has the added goal of encouraging research and learning! LOL!
I have no awards to give. The person who succeeds has nothing more than the pride in knowing that they answered a question that might have been a real stumper to the majority. And he or she should be VERY proud of that!
That all being said, here's the first question:
This large structure (pictured below) appeared prominently, on the edge of town, in each of the Balto cartoons. Know what it is? (Good luck!)
oh, oh! I think i know this one! i'm afraid i don't have a very technical (sorry about my awful spelling) answer, but i will try!
In the movie, that is the
'old mill' right? Well actully, i believe that isn't a mill. But it is a mining building from when Nome had the great Gold Rush. Now, i know quite a bit about Klondike, but i'm afraid, not very much about the Nome Gold Rush, so i really should learn more. I think that its called a
Gold Dredge or something, and they were used all over Alaska. They helped minors get gold from the ground in a short period of time. I did some research on it! And i already knew a bit about Klondike and mining (thank Jack London for that) and i have found out some info. This is what i found out (written in my own words!) :
Sluice boxes and gold pans were yes, used for mining gold, but only for testing if the gold was actully there. Little was found that way, so they indroduced Gold Dredges. After this, more and more gold was found in the North. The Gold Dredge, would use buckets to scoop up gravel which would be tested for gold (at least thats what i think, i could be wrong about this) There was a gold dredge not far out of Nome. I believe this is what the picture is! It's an abandoned
Gold Dredge used by the minors in the great gold rush of the 1890's!
here is the link to a good site about Gold Dredges. There is little info on Nome though, but a lot on the history on gold dredges!
http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa072999.htm
