Gold at Fortymile Creek

Gold at Fortymile Creek PDF

Author: Michael Gates

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0774842776

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The book, based on the accounts of dozens of prospectors, follows the first gold-seekers from their arrival in 1873 until the stampede to the Klondike in 1896. Gates captures the essence of these early years of the gold rush, about which very little has been written. He chronicles the trials, hearbreaks, and successes of the unique and hardy individualists who searched for gold in the wilderness. With names like Swiftwater Bill, Crooked Leg Louie, Slobbery Tom, and Tin Kettle George, these men lived in total isolation beyond the borders of civilization. They were often eccentrics and outcasts, who shaped their own rules, their own justice, and their own social order.

The Gold Placers of the Forty Mile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska (Classic Reprint)

The Gold Placers of the Forty Mile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Louis Marcus Prindle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-22

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780265609033

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Excerpt from The Gold Placers of the Forty Mile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska Some of the earliest prospecting in the interior was done in this area, and portions of it are comparatively well known. The dis covery of placer gold on Fortymile in 1886, and the later discoveries in 1893 in the Birch Creek and Rampart regions, led to a rapid development of the creeks tributary to the Yukon. During the sum mer of 1902 placer gold was found in quantities of economic impor tance about 200 miles above the mouth of the Tanana and a few miles north of the river. This led to an influx of people and the formation of a center of population on the Tanana side of the area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska

The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska PDF

Author: Louis Marcus Prindle

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-13

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781298854162

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