The Weight of Gold.
The article discusses the 1890s Klondike gold rush, in the Klondike region between Canada and the U.S. which began in 1896 when prospector and trapper George Carmack filed a claim in Fortymile, Yukon for gold mining along Rabbit Creek, which emptied into the Klondike River. Topics include the milita...
| Publicado en: | American History Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 32 - 40 |
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the 1890s Klondike gold rush, in the Klondike region between Canada and the U.S. which began in 1896 when prospector and trapper George Carmack filed a claim in Fortymile, Yukon for gold mining along Rabbit Creek, which emptied into the Klondike River. Topics include the militarization of the region by the U.S. Army and Canadian Mounted Police, the number of prospectors that made more than one million dollars, and Carmack's life after starting the gold rush. |
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