<p>While the majority of Klondike miners returned to Seattle empty handed, a few adventurers brought back fortunes in gold. This photo, taken in July 1899, shows a shipment of gold brought to Seattle on the steamer "Roanoke." This one cargo was worth nearly $4 million. The "Roanoke," owned by the North American Transport and Trading Co., operated between Seattle and the Alaskan ports of St. Michael and Nome.</p>
<p>Title on photo: N.A.T.&amp; T. Co's Steamer Roanoke's load of nearly 4 million dollars, July 17, 1899.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Gold; Roanoke (Ship); Shipping</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Anders_Beer_Wilse" class="extiw" title="w:en:Anders Beer Wilse"><span title="Norwegian photographer">Anders Beer Wilse</span></a>
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