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The Klondike Gold Rush [n 1] was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon in northwestern Canada, between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896; when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors. Some became wealthy ...
The Nome Gold Rush was a gold rush in Nome, Alaska, approximately 1899–1909. [1] It is separated from other gold rushes by the ease with which gold could be obtained. Much of the gold was lying in the beach sand of the landing place and could be recovered without any need for a claim. Nome was a sea port without a harbor, and the biggest town ...
The Klondike Gold rush had begun on August 16, 1896, on Bonanza Creek. This was located near Dawson, and 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the Alaskan border. [2] The Chilkoot Trail is reported to have spanned between 28 and 33 miles (45 and 53 km) from sea level at Dyea, Alaska to Lake Bennett, British Columbia, elevation 2602 ft. (642 m.).
[4] [5] After some years depicting foresters and farmers in the region the city got gold fever after another Swedish-American man returned rich from the Klondike Gold Rush. This sparked a wave of migration of young men to Alaska and Northwestern Canada. The Hegg brothers followed in their trail to open up new grounds for their photographic ...
In the 1890s, Resurrection Creek was the site of Alaska's first gold rush. [3] Charles Miller located the first claim on the creek before leasing it to others for working. By 1893, about a dozen miners were working claims on at the creek. In the following year, even more claims were established on Resurrection Creek. [4]
Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites is a National Historic Landmark located in Nome, Alaska. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1978. [ 2 ] It is significant for its role in the history of gold mining in Alaska , in particular the Nome Gold Rush that began in 1899.
Some of the original Fortymile miners returned to the area after the Klondike Gold Rush passed. From 1887 to 1890 the Upper Yukon region was the richest and most productive mining area in the region. During those three years the area produced 1,200,000 ounces of gold, accounting for 5 percent of Alaska's total gold production. [44]
There was a gold rush in Nova Scotia (1861–1876) which produced nearly 210,000 ounces of gold. [7] Resurrection Creek, near Hope, Alaska was the site of Alaska's first gold rush in the mid–1890s. [8] Other notable Alaska Gold Rushes were Nome, Fairbanks, and the Fortymile River.