This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...a few men of character withstood the temptations of the gambler and the prostitute, retained the gold won by hard work, and returned to their homes, the stronger and the better for the experience. To them the Klondike rush was a truly romantic episode. CHAPTER XIX. THE DIGGINGS. 'Klondike' is a corruption of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...a few men of character withstood the temptations of the gambler and the prostitute, retained the gold won by hard work, and returned to their homes, the stronger and the better for the experience. To them the Klondike rush was a truly romantic episode. CHAPTER XIX. THE DIGGINGS. 'Klondike' is a corruption of Thron-duick, meaning plenty of fish, for here the Indians had a fishing camp long before the gold was found. In 1887 Ogilvie reported: "The Indians catch great numbers of salmon here. A miner has prospected up this river for an estimated distance of forty miles. I did not see him." In 1896 Joseph Ladue built a shanty and started a store at the mouth of the Thron-duick or Klondike river, intending to use it as a branch of his trading post at Sixty-Mile. When the discoveries of gold were made in the summer of that year, the land on which he had squatted became valuable for town-lots. He made a fortune, of course. On July 14, 1897, the Excelsior reached San Francisco with the news of fabulous finds in the North. She brought half a million dollars in gold and was the first of the treasure-ships that entered the Golden Gate like Spanish gallions of the olden days. Whatever doubt there may have been concerning the truth of the stories brought by her passengers, was removed when three days later the Portland reached Seattle with more than $1,000,000 of gold on board. That was enough. The news was flashed around the world and from every quarter of the globe eager men rushed toward the Klondike in the hope of winning a fortune. In the summer of 1908 there were about 6000 people in the district about Dawson, one-third of these being residents of the town. The mining activity of the Klondike and its tributary creeks had undergone concentration...
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