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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 north-western 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.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a national historical park operated by the National Park Service that seeks to commemorate the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Though the gold fields that were the ultimate goal of the stampeders lay in the Yukon Territory, the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes ...
Gates captures the essence of this essential proto-history of the Yukon-Alaska gold rush, about which very little has been written. The Klondike Stampede (original edition 1900) By Tappan Adney. Perhaps the best first-person account of the Klondike Gold Rush. Adney was a journalist for Harper’s Weekly sent by the magazine to chronicle the event.
There have been two iconic gold discoveries made on the North American continent in the last 200 years. You almost certainly know of the California Gold Rush, but the Klondike Gold Rush, which
Underground mining. Most of the gold was below the surface. The miners first had to thaw the permafrost before they could dig. [ 2] A fire burning all night was used to soften the ground. This would then thaw to a depth of about 14 inches and the gravel could be removed. The process was repeated until the gold was reached.
Chilkoot Pass during gold rush, March–April 1898. The Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899) transformed the Chilkoot Trail into a mainstream transportation route to Canada's interior. The gold rush was primarily focused in the region around Dawson City in Yukon and the Yukon River. Of the several overland routes, the Chilkoot Trail was the most ...
George Washington Carmack (September 24, 1860 – June 5, 1922) was an American prospector in the Yukon. He was originally credited with registering Discovery Claim, the discovery of gold that set off the Klondike Gold Rush on August 16, 1896. Today, historians usually give the credit to his Tagish brother-in-law, Skookum Jim Mason.
Miners and prospectors ascend the Chilkoot Trail during the Klondike Gold Rush. One of the last "great gold rushes" was the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory (1896–99). This gold rush is featured in the novels of Jack London, and Charlie Chaplin's film The Gold Rush.
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