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In Memoriam
From 1905 to 1916 at least 83 men died and 400 were injured in gold mining accidents in the Fairbanks area. Underground mining was dangerous during this pioneer era. Most died from cave-ins, falling down shafts, being struck by material while in the shaft and by gas asphyxiation. The miners were often young, single, foreign-born "pick and shove" laborers. They were far from home. Those with an asterisk (*) are buried here in the Fairbanks Clay Street Cemetery.
From 1905 to 1916 at least 83 men died and 400 were injured in gold mining accidents in the Fairbanks area. Underground mining was dangerous during this pioneer era. Most died from cave-ins, falling down shafts, being struck by material while in the shaft and by gas asphyxiation. The miners were often young, single, foreign-born "pick and shove" laborers. They were far from home. Those with an asterisk (*) are buried here in the Fairbanks Clay Street Cemetery.
- 1905 - *Eric Carlson, Cleary Creek · Dave McCurdy, Emma Creek · Dan Cresap, Emma Creek · John Donnellan, Cleary Creek · John "Jack" Darling, Ester Creek · - 1906 - *Charles Vessey,· Cleary Creek · *Fred Tessier, Fall Creek · *George A. Lincoln, O'Connor Creek · *Fox Walker, (unknown) Creek · *Hugh Knox, Ester Creek · *Charles Swanson, Cripple Creek · *Pekka Hukulin (Peter Hacklain), Cleary Creek · *Sam Johnson, Fairbanks Creek · Samual Bracken, Cleary Creek · -1907 - *William Sandberg, Ester Creek · *Louis Albertin, Dome Creek · *John "Jack" Doyle, Fairbanks Creek · *Nels Bergstrom, Dome Creek · *John Dobbin, Dome Creek · *Julius Blondeel (Joseph Blondale), Ester Creek · *Peter O'Hagen, Wolf Creek · Robert Carlson, Cleary Creek · Markus Tovich (Max Herbert), Cleary Creek · *John Takalla (John Pakala), Dome Creek · Ole Lee, Cleary Creek · - 1908 - *Adolph Miller, Dome Creek · *Antone Reith, Ester Creek · Bert Hicks, Cleary Creek · *Theodore Walford, Ester Creek · *Walter N. Mclellan (Walter McClellan), Cleary Creek · *A.C. Richards, Ester Creek · *Rasmus Peterson, Dome Creek · *Alexander Johnson, Little Eldorado Creek · *Michael M. McCarthy (Michael McCarty), Caribou Creek · *Frank Fortunat (Frank Fortaine), Goldstream Creek · *John Jurinez, Cleary Creek · *John "Jack" Karlstrom, Ester Creek · *Pete Peterson, Dome Creek · - 1909 - *Joseph Pickering, Dome Creek · *Lars B. Johnson, Dome Creek · *Marius Jacobsen (Maurice Jacobsen), Silver Creek · *Nicholai Muscatello, Fairbanks Creek · *Phillipo Nicello, Ready Bullion Creek · *Charles Nyberg, Caribou Creek · Ed Jungst, Tenderfoot Creek · *Charlers Lermer, Dome Creek · *Edward Bloom, Ready Bullion Creek · *Henry Aho, Ready Bullion Creek · Peter Johansen, Ester Creek · - 1910 - *Victor Lindbloom, Ready Bullion Creek · *James Ferry, Engineer Creek · *J.E. Kaye, Dome Creek · *Hendrie W. Johnson, Our Creek · *Dan Melich (Mills), Ready Bullion Creek · *Louis Darndando, Fish Creek · John Nolan, Goldstream Creek · *John Twaddle, Jupiter Mars Quartz · Warren Dakin, Fish Creek · *Amidie Dion, Goldstream Creek · *Frank Winquist, Dome Creek · - 1911 - *"Dutch Ed" Neuwirth, Pedro Creek · *Tom Durham, No Grub Creek · *Roderick McDonald, Ester Creek · - 1912 - *Tony Martin, Treasure Creek · *Michael Cannon, Ester Creek · *Sam Samuelson, Steele Creek · *Louis P. Anderson, Dome Creek · - 1913 - *Alfred Wirkkala, Tenderfoot Creek · *Michael Twohey, Goldstream Creek · Joseph Waeffler, Goldstream Creek · *Dan Stiepovich, Eva Creek · *Stefano Gatti, Goldstream Creek · *James Jamieson, Eva Creek · *Tom Overland, Fairbanks Creek · - 1914 - *Charles A. Carlson, Sargent Creek · *Pete Jorgenson, Goldstream Creek · *Alexander Ross (Andrew Ross), Dome Creek · *Al Prescott, Fairbanks Creek · - 1915 - *Peter Erickson, Cleary Creek · Axtel "Alex" Hullund, Tenderfoot Creek · *Ed Morrison, Cleary Creek · - 1916 - *Michael Pasic, Gold Hill · *Octaf Demeurisse, Cleary Creek · Decicated July 21, 2003 - Research by Rex Fisher - Denali Third Grade Students, May 1999
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| HM Number | HMVWA |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1999 |
| Placed By | Denali Third Grade Students |
| Marker Condition |  10 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 11:16am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 6W E 466381 N 7190993 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 64.84163333, -147.70873333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 64° 50.498', W 147° 42.524' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 64° 50' 29.88" N, 147° 42' 31.44" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 907 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 113 6th Ave, Fairbanks AK 99701, US |
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Who knows more on Julius Bloneel, Blondale from Ester Creek.
It have info he was in dawson before beeing in Fairbanks. Original from Belgium