Panning gold during the Klondike Gold Rush) Gold had been discovered in the Yukon Territory, in a tributary of the Klondike River. News leaked out to the world when 68 new millionaires returned ...

During the 1897-98 Klondike Gold Rush ... s Yukon ballads: “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” or “The Spell of the Yukon.” Fun Fact: The Yukon Territory ...

"Geologic Evolution of the Yukon River: Implications for Placer Gold ... in Central and Western Yukon Territory. Occasional Papers in Earth Sciences, No. 2. Yukon: Heritage Branch, 2001 Harley, J. B.

A self-taught geologist, Ryan uses the left-hand screen to display the colored maps he generates ... to grow, the rush to exploit the Yukon’s exceptionally rich resources—gold, zinc, copper ...

Consider the Yukon Territory, a huge chunk of Canada in the ... as a supply stop for miners on their way to the Klondike Gold Rush and later became a copper mining boom town.

Mining is tied to the Yukon’s identity. The Yukon became a territory during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. The industry ...