John Brynteson
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{{Short description|Swedish-American gold prospector}}
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| honorific_prefix =
| name = John Brynteson
| image = The three lucky swedes.jpg
|caption = John Brynteson seated in middle
|birth_name = Johan Bryntesson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|8|13}}
| birth_place = Ärtemark, Dalsland, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|12|17|1871|8|13}}
| death_place = Svaneholm, Säffle kommun, Sweden
|resting_place =
| occupation = Gold Prospector
|spouse = {{marriage|Emilia Amanda Forsberg|1900|1934|reason=died}}
| known_for = Co-founding Nome, Alaska
}}
John Brynteson (1871 – 1959) was one of the "Three Lucky Swedes" who founded and developed the Nome mining district.[http://www.visitnomealaska.com/PDF%27s/The%20three%20swedes.pdf The Three Lucky Swedes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326060720/http://www.visitnomealaska.com/PDF%27s/The%20three%20swedes.pdf |date=March 26, 2010 }}
Johan Bryntesson was born in the parish of Ärtemark in the traditional province of Dalsland, Sweden.Guldkungen - John Brynteson (by Holger Danielsson) [http://svanskog.org/goldking.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625150955/http://www.svanskog.org/goldking.htm |date=2010-06-25 }} Swedish
Career
A gold-seeking venture which commenced in mid-September 1898 with Erik O. Lindblom and Jafet Lindeberg proved quite successful. In 1898, the three formed the Pioneer Mining and Ditch Company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sewardpeninsula.com/s/The-three-swedes.pdf|title=The three lucky swedes: John Brynteson, Jafet Lindeberg, & Erik Lindblom}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The company was the largest mining company operating in Nome, Alaska, in the years following the discovery of gold.[http://alaskamininghalloffame.org/inductees/brynteson.php Alaska Mining Hall of Fame Foundation] Brynteson purchased a farm in Santa Clara County, California later known as The Pruneyard.Origins of Pruneyard Shopping Center stretch to Nome (The Campbell Reporter. by Martin Nobida. March 3, 2004) [http://www.svcn.com/archives/campbellreporter/20040303/ca-cover1.shtml]V. Olympiaden. Olympiska spelen i Stockholm 1912 i bild och ord (Ahlen & Akerlund; 1912) Swedish
Personal life
Brynteson married Emma Forsberg on May 2, 1900 in San Francisco. The Bryntesons had three children. Brynteson died in Svaneholm, Säffle kommun, Sweden in 1959.The Nome Gold Rush (by Larry Gedney. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks)[http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF7/729.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922224831/http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF7/729.html |date=2009-09-22 }}
Legacy
- A statue of John Brynteson, together with Erik Lindblom and Jafet Lindeberg stands in Nome, Alaska.
- Jafet Lindeberg, Erik Lindblom and John Brynteson are all listed in the Alaskan Mining Hall of Fame.[http://alaskamininghalloffame.org/inductee_list.php Members by Induction Date (Alaska Mining Hall of Fame Foundation)]
References
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Primary sources
- Harrison, Edward Sanford, Nome and Seward Peninsula: a book of information about northwestern Alaska (E.S. Harrison. 1905)
- Carlson, Leland H., Swedish Pioneers & the Discovery of Gold in Alaska(American Swedish Historical Museum: Yearbook. 1948)
- Olsson, Siv, Torparsonen som blev Guldkung (Dalslands Fornminnes- och Hembygdsförbund. 1989) Swedish
External links
- [http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1811&REC=2 Discoverers of the Nome Gold Fields in 1898]
- [http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=1802&REC=4 Wedding of John Brynteson, one of Nome's "Three Lucky Swedes", San Francisco, 1902]
- [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;titlesAZ=p;idT=763762b98098a8f8aede8661cfc42b30 Pioneer Mining and Ditch Company]
- [http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/papersrecords/BryntesonJohn2282.xml Preliminary Guide to the John Brynteson Papers. 1947]
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Category:People from Bengtsfors Municipality
Category:Swedish emigrants to the United States