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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.
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 Yukon, the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes leading in its ...
Dredges were used in the Klondike River valley from 1910-1950. [8] A dredge could do the work of 2,400 [9] persons while operated by 10-12. [10] It would create a pool of water that moved along with it as it dug up gravel in front and deposited it behind itself. Inside sand and gold particles were separated from rocks and then gold from sand.
Located along the Yukon River in the sub-arctic region of Northwest Canada, Tr’ondëk-Klondike lies within the homeland of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation. It contains archaeological and historic sources that reflect Indigenous people’s adaptation to unprecedented changes caused by the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century.
Klondike was the first comprehensive account of the Klondike gold rush and quickly became a bestseller. Other influential books include: The Klondike Gold Rush (2013) By Graham B. Wilson. Collects 125 archive pictures illustrating the hard and arduous journey north and the struggle of toiling in the gold fields.
He lived there in the winters before returning each spring to the Klondike, where he continued hunting, trapping and prospecting for gold. [2] In 1903, he and his nephew Káa Goox made a further but smaller discovery in the Kluane region. [7] In 1904, Keish sold his claims in the Klondike for $65,000. [7]
In August 1896, a few days after the discovery of gold in the Klondike, he staked a claim to either 160 [1] or 178 [2] acres (65-72 hectares) of boggy flats at the mouth of the Klondike River as a townsite. In January 1897, he named the new town Dawson after Canadian geologist George Mercer Dawson. [1]
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