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In the late 19th century , there was a fate in gold hiding in the Klondike Valley , just wait for anyone brave enough to go north and seize it . And so began the Klondike Gold Rush , when nearly 100,000 men left their homes to journey up to a frozen land in search of their fortune .
The Klondike Gold Rush begin in 1896 when an American prospector , as well as several Native Americans , found gold in Bonanza Creek , located in Canada ’s Yukon Territory . The American and his family specify up mines there and , nearly overnight , became wealthy beyond their furious dreams .
A prospector pans for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush.Yukon Territory. 1898.
However , Word of God soon got out and everyone wanted a piece of the action . chiliad of men sign up for minelaying permission , left their family , and risked everything for gold .
northerly town rapidly expanded due to the massive influx of gold - athirst prospector . Dawson City , in particular , go from a population of 500 to 30,000 in just two years . It grew tight and often clumsily as it filled up with military personnel who had no better path to expend their spare sentence than toast as well as the lady of pleasure that followed them there . The city was ravaged by disease and disasters , and , in a span of two years , burned down more than once .
The prospector of Dawson City and the surrounding area had to struggle to dig their way through the permafrost in rules of order to detect any little glimmers of gold that might still be unclaimed . Some would follow with glittering prizes that they ’d either turn into money or trade for supplying at the general fund .
A handful number home robust . More than 400 short ton of gold was discovered in the Yukon ’s mountains and valleys — but most of it came from that first breakthrough in Bonanza Creek , in land claim before the Klondike Gold Rush had even really begun .
Most prospectors gathered nothing more than a few pennies . By 1899 , the excitement had died out . People move on , most with nothing to show for their time in the Klondike Gold Rush , leave only to chase after the next rumor of a real - life El Dorado . They packed their affair and leave , leaving the old Klondike towns all but empty behind them .
Next , agree out these effigy of theage of Antarctic explorationand of northern Canada’sInuit people .
