Clarence Berry

American businessman

Clarence Jesse Berry (1867–1930), known as C.J., was an American businessman and successful gold miner in the Klondike Gold Rush. He and his wife, Ethel Berry, made a further fortune in Ester, Alaska, in 1902, and founded several oil companies over the years, which eventually became Berry Corporation.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Clarence Berry (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1867, died 1930.1

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In Ester, Berry pioneered the use of the cold water point and the steam point, used to thaw frozen soil and permafrost in a safer manner for drift mining than boring shafts using hot rocks or underground fires, which rendered the excavations and tunnels far more susceptible to collapse. The Berrys operated No. 8 Below Discovery Claim.

From Wikipedia’s article on Clarence Berry, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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