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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.
Discovery Claim, 2009 Map showing Discovery Claim with Dawson City upper left and Dawson City Airport upper right Maps showing location of Dawson City within Yukon. Discovery Claim is a mining claim at Bonanza Creek, a watercourse in the Yukon, Canada. It is the site where, in the afternoon of August 16, 1896, the first piece of gold was found ...
Dredge No. 4 (Hän: Lëzrą Kä̀nëchà "s/he is looking for money") is a wooden-hulled bucketline sluice dredge that mined placer gold on the Yukon River from 1913 until 1959. It is now located along Bonanza Creek Road 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the Klondike Highway [ 1 ] near Dawson City , Yukon , where it is preserved as one of the ...
According to a 1904 dictionary of U.S. statutory language, "a mining district is a section of country usually designated by name and described or understood as being confined in certain boundaries, in which gold or silver or both are found in paying quantities, and which is worked therefor, under rules and regulations prescribed by the miners."
Historically, mines were operated privately, but in 1824 an Act of Parliament established the Mining Company of Ireland. [1] In the 21st century, mining companies operating in Ireland include: Boliden AB - Boliden operates the Tara zinc-lead-silver mine in County Meath, the largest zinc mine in Europe. Conroy Gold and Natural Resources ...
Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census , [ 6 ] making it the second-largest municipality in Yukon.
Category: Gold mining in Yukon. ... Klondike Gold Rush (3 C, 59 P) Pages in category "Gold mining in Yukon" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "Mining in Yukon" ... Klondike Gold Rush This page was last edited on 27 September 2019, at 00:16 (UTC). Text is available under the ...