Contributed by Lubec Historical Society
Description
Construction of the “Yukon” gold plant at the Canal, North Lubec. The scheme used the wide range of tides in the Bay of Fundy to submerge electrodes which were fraudently purported to accumulate gold when under seawater.
About This Item
- Title: Gold from seawater swindle, Lubec, 1898, 1898
- Creation Date: 1898
- Subject Date: 1898
- Location: North Lubec, Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.8 cm x 12.2 cm
- Local Code: Pike 36 jpg
- Collection: Davis Pike
- Object Type: Image
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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