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Full Name:

Park, Archibald 

Additional Name(s): 

(Archie). 
Date of Birth: July 1860 C1900 Date of Death: unknown
Hometown: Stoneham, MA
Profession: Laborer (MA), Miner (AK) Company: unknown
Historic Records
1898 - 1899: Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900;
1900: Along Copper River Trail between 6/28/1900-10/1/1900, C1900;
1901: Owns Four Black Dog Mine on Slate Creek with Singletary, Barrett, and Doty; 20 men working; taking about 15 oz. a day; pay streak not struck yet; The Valdez News, 1:21. 7/27/01; Resident of Valdez since 1898; prospecting on the Shushetna (Susitna?) River, attacked by large white glacier bear, seriously injured. The Valdez News. 1:27. 9/07/01; p. 4; sold his "undivided one eighth interest in the 'Four Black Dogs' placer claim for $2,000 to Eleanor F. Doty.The Valdez News. 1:31. 10/5/01;
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