The Search For Gold In The Yukon

The Klondike Gold Rush had begun on August 16, 1869, when Yukon area Indians had found gold in Rabbit Creek, near a town named Dawson in Canada. Word of the discovery of gold in the Klondike hadn’t reached other regions in the world till July 17, 1897, when gold-rushers finally set off to go to the vast Yukon territory. According to estimation, there was around 100,000 gold-seekers who decided to test their luck on acquiring some of the valuable gold, which had been literally coming in by the tons! In the end, only 30,000 gold-seekers had successfully reached the Yukon territory. Unfortunately, many of these gold-seekers whom tried to reach the Yukon territory had faced many complications, which

Alaska's rich soil was found to have large amounts of gold. The first gold was found in the Yukon area, instantly providing the United States citizens some excitement about the new found land. It instantly lured many miners to the land, searching for gold. Alaska became the leading gold miner of 1896 with the Klondike gold fields.

The term “Gold Rush” means whenever a large amount of gold is found in a certain place a lot of people come to get it.

The California gold rush began with the discovery of nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in 1848. The California gold rush could possibly be one of the greatest events that shaped American history during the 19th century. As the word spread that there had been gold found, thousands of gold miners made the journey to San Francisco. At the end of 1849, the population of the California territory was about 100,000 and before the gold rush in 1848 the population was less than 1,000. The gold rush peaked in 1852 and by the end of it there was a total of $2 billion in precious metal that was extracted which is approximately 750,000 pounds of gold.

If you had the opportunity to get rich off of gold, would you? Would you be willing to leave everything you have behind to move thousands of miles across the country just for gold? In 1859, the answer for many people was yes. Word of gold found throughout Colorado spread across the country and launched the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush or also known as the Colorado Gold Rush. There are several significant events in Colorado history that have had an influential impact on the state we know today. The Colorado Gold Rush, in 1859, was the most significant event in Colorado History for several reasons: the rush attracted thousands of people to our state, initiated the mining of other resources, succored farming and ranching throughout the state, and boosted the economy of the towns here in Colorado; these benefits of the rush continue to play a role in our state still today.

The Gold Rush in British Columbia (B.C) marked the beginning of Canada’s multicultural society. It saw the mass immigration of foreign workers (particularly those from China and other Asian nations), dispersion of Native Americans, and intrusion of poor and middle class europeans seeking riches in the rumoured “El Dorado”. The exhibit attempted to argue these points through its much anticipated “Scholarly Insight” panel, titled Why study a gold rush? The panel identifies three key themes regarding the outcome of the B.C. Gold Rush: that it connected Canada to the rest of the world through the Pacific-Rim, it sparked mass immigration which caused conflicts amongst different ethnic groups, and the Gold Rush was the event that truly united Canada coast to coast. These points were also explored in Christopher Douglas Herbert’s article, A New Take on An Old Town. Exploring the impact through the Cariboo Gold Rush, many parallels can be drawn between the two events, particularly among the economic importance of the the territory to the nation of Canada.

The Gold Rush is considered as one of the most significant events in the American history. It began after James Marshall discovered gold form the Sutter’s mill in Coloma, California on January 24, 1948. Though James and Sutter tired to keep this news as secret, there was one newspaper reported it. As the news spread so fast across the country and around the world that attracted hundreds of thousands of gold seekers from different areas came to California.

Several hundred Chinese come to British Columbia. This was due to the Gold Rush, which is when several people move to a newly discovered Goldfield

The westward expansion of the United States in the 19th century and the astonishing success of that expansion can be traced back to the discovery of gold. The California Gold Rush was an event that forever changed the West and sparked the dream of endless riches for many Americans and people worldwide. The year was 1848, and a man by the name of James Wilson Marshall, while working on the construction of a mill, came across nuggets of gold at the base of the Sierra Nevada in the Sacramento Valley. Wilson and his employer, John Sutter made attempts to keep their discovery a secret but soon enough the news got out and spread like wildfire.

Gold Rush prompted for many miners to come about, the promising opportunities have prompted for

November 1898, and the Gold Rush in the Yukon was in full swing. On the banks of the Klondike river, thousands of prospectors stood and knelt, panning for the ever so elusive dust that seemed to have some sort of mind control, using shine and luster to call people to it in a mad paroxysm . Here, a tiny force of mounties attempted to keep the peace in Dawson City. In the South, the Long Depression was in full effect, and the gold rush offered an opportunity to transcend its economic effects. Almost overnight, the city had gained 30-40 000 residents, and with all the lights from tents and campfires, the city earned the name of the City of Lights.

In Dahlonega, GA there is a museum in an old court house dedicated to the Georgia gold rush that started in 1829 when Benjamin Parks found gold. There was a Georgia gold belt that covered 150 miles in distance with a 98% purity that was higher than even California's gold. There was gold everywhere: in the rivers, in the mountains, and underground. Because of the abundance of gold, towns would pop up what seemed like over night. There were two major gold mines: the Dahlonega Gold Mine and the Consolidated Gold Mine. In Dahlonega there was so much gold mined that the federal government built a mint in that area. Over $6 million was minted here, and that was not even the majority of the gold that had been mined. The Consolidated Gold Mine was built because of the huge dreams of people getting rich quick. The mine costed $5 million to build but it did not last very long. The dreams behind the mind never

Humphrey Bissell, of Charleston, bought part of the McCombie Mine and brought with him not only new technology but also men experienced in South American mining. Many of the immigrants who came to North Carolina during the gold rush were single men young or middle aged, ambitions, and hardworking. Unaccompanied by women or children, they were able to move freely from one mining area to another. When gold was found in other southern states and then in California in 1848, many moved out of the area. The Cornish miners, however, had often moved with their families. They were known to be skilled, superstitious, clannish, and strongly Methodist. Unlike the single prospectors who followed the gold to California, the Yukon, and beyond, many of these Cornish miners and their families stayed in North Carolina, in the lode mining centers of Charlotte and especially Gold Hill in Rowan County.

The California Gold Rush was an event that lasted from January 24th, 1848 to 1855. The event was driven mainly by the large quantities of gold reserves that were discovered in the soon to be US state of California. This event caused many Americans to move from the eastern states and middle states to California with the hopes of finding gold. In this paper, I will analyze the economy at the time the gold rush started and attempt to answer the question of why individuals found it necessary or advantageous to move out to California in pursuit of gold. I will also consider personal accounts and editorials written to gain a more personal narrative of the conditions people were experiencing as well as their mindsets in deciding whether to move to California for the gold or not.