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Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
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Keish
Indigenous Canadian miner (c. 1855 – 1916)
Keish, also known as James Mason and by the nickname Skookum Jim Mason, was a member of the Tagish First Nation in what became the Yukon Territory of Canada. He was born near Bennett Lake, on what is now the Yukon–British Columbia border. He lived in Caribou Crossing, now…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
George Carmack
Prospector who discovered gold which led to the Klondike Gold Rush
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, 1896. Today, historians usually give the credit to his Tagish brother-in-law,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dawson Charlie
Canadian First Nation gold prospector (c. 1865–1908)
Dawson Charlie or K̲áa Goox̱ [qʰáː kuːχ] was a Canadian Tagish/Tlingit First Nation prospector and one of the co-discoverers of gold at Discovery Claim that led to the Klondike Gold Rush located in the Yukon territory of Northwest Canada. He was the nephew of Keish, also known…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Klondike River
Tributary of the Yukon River in Yukon Territory, Canada
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Klondike Gold Rush
1896–1899 migration to Yukon, Canada
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 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896; when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)