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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
Prospectors ascending Chilkoot Pass, 1898
Prospectors ascending Chilkoot Pass, 1898
Klondikers buying miner's licences at the Custom House in Victoria, British Columbia, on February 12, 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
SS Islander leaving Vancouver, bound for Skagway, 1897
The S/S Excelsior leaves San Francisco on July 28, 1897, for the Klondike.
The S/S Excelsior leaves San Francisco on July 28, 1897, for the Klondike.
Gold rush
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A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took pl
Klondike Gold Rush
…and 1898. 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. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. It has been immortalized in films, literature, and photographs. To reach the gold fields, most…
The fastest clipper ships cut the travel time from New York to San Francisco from seven months to four months in the 1849 California Gold Rush.
The fastest clipper ships cut the travel time from New York to San Francisco from seven months to four months in the 1849 California Gold Rush.
A man leans over a wooden sluice. Rocks line the outside of the wood boards that create the sluice.
A man leans over a wooden sluice. Rocks line the outside of the wood boards that create the sluice.
Swedish gold panners by the Blackfoot River, Montana in the 1860s
Swedish gold panners by the Blackfoot River, Montana in the 1860s
Jets of water at a placer mine in Dutch Flat, California sometime between 1857 and 1870
Jets of water at a placer mine in Dutch Flat, California sometime between 1857 and 1870