George Carmack
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George Washington Carmack 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,
Carmack c. 1900
George W Carmack, one of the discoverers of gold in the Klondike
Klondike Gold Rush
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The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon in northwestern Canada, between 1896 and 1898. Gold was discovered there by local miners on A
George Carmack
…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. Carmack's mother died when he was 8 years…
Prospectors ascending Chilkoot Pass, 1898
Klondikers buying miner's licences at the Custom House in Victoria, British Columbia, on February 12, 1898
SS Islander leaving Vancouver, bound for Skagway, 1897
The S/S Excelsior leaves San Francisco on July 28, 1897, for the Klondike.