Some proper names there are many meanings.With some involve certain associations, and other interpretations are largely unknown.
little about the Klondike gold
- where is it?Located in the area of the Yukon Territory.It occupies the north-western part of Canada, near Alaska.Located near several small towns and the Klondike River, which flows into the Yukon River.
terrain was not particularly remarkable, yet we are not found gold.At the end of the XIX century the territory became a place of pilgrimage for tens of adventurers and seekers.The famous Klondike Gold Rush began in 1897.A year later, it was over, but development of precious metal continued.Gold mining is carried out until now.
In August 1896, three prospectors found gold on the banks of a small stream.The news spread quickly, even after some time found out about it in Europe.Began "fever"!It was the subject of newspapers and conversations in a secular society.On the territory of developments sent huge ships that returned with a cargo of gold.Klondike - a world renowned source of precious metal, and so lasts for many years.The first ships arrived with tons of gold!
Fever: how was it?
place of gold mining have long been riverbanks Sikstimayl and Fortymile River.His name ponds received from distances that had to be overcome to get to the two nearest cities.Klondike - a country far away from these rivers.
Many events of the "rush" associated with the name of Robert Henderson.He found a stream Rabbit Creek, and the bottom of the reservoir concealed huge amounts of gold.Henderson spoke about the discovery companion - George Carmack, but the conversation heard Indian Skookum Jim.He and Charlie Dawson was to find the nuggets of the precious metal.Who was the first, it is difficult to say - everyone told their version.One thing is for sure - since 1896, the mass pilgrimage to the Klondike.What a wonderful place, it became known in Europe.The creek, which is found in the waters of a nugget, named Eldorado - from the Spanish word "gold-plated" or "gilded".So in the conquest called mythical, fabulously rich country.
income areas around the place staked out quickly.Not everyone believed in the richness of the land.Some deliberately abandoned their plots, but others continued to work and get rich quick.The situation has become more complicated with the distribution of possessions.William Ogilvie raised the question of the need to resolve the issue section plots.According to his records, Klondike land dormant untold riches.
Gold miners started looking for routes to the mines.
How to get to the Klondike?
Simultaneously with the flash, "fever" began to emerge maps and charts that indicate how to get to the sacred sites of gold mining.Many routes were false.The most famous was the overland route: it started in Seattle, then followed the miners in Vancouver, after - to Skagway.The route ends Yukon River - seekers on it down the river.So get to the Klondike was the easiest.Water road ran almost entirely on the Yukon.The third way - a Canadian.Edmonton should follow the river Mackenzie.Finish - the same Yukon.
main overland route was called Juno.He ran through the Chilkoot Pass.There has always been a huge number of people willing to find a gold mine.It should be noted that the pass does not have sufficient bandwidth.
consequences of "gold rush"
mines in the Yukon Territory to obtain legal status as an independent unit.Capital - Dawson.Simply put, an independent Yukon territory included all developments gold.Branch of the area was a consequence of the need to create a legislative framework for the regulation of mining the precious metal.
Specialty region greatly influenced his welfare and infrastructure.There were transportation routes.Especially popular were the means of moving water.In the early twentieth century there was a winter track, railroad was built.It was founded several towns, including Klouzleyt.
"gold rush" in the Klondike had an impact on cultural life.In Alaska, the famous writer Jack London.He personally went through a difficult route of prospectors, collecting materials for a new product.Events in the Klondike described in his works such as "Call of the Wild", "White Fang," "Smoke Bellew".Some of them have been filmed.Fever affected the culture and life of indigenous peoples.
can safely say that "Klondike" - is not only the gold mines, but a social phenomenon and the bright end of the XIX - early XX century.
Riverside
Gold mines are mainly located on the river bank of the Klondike - a right tributary of the Yukon.Slowness of water flow - about 165 km.Source - Mountain Ogilvie.The origin of the name - an Indian.Tribe named Khan River Dyke Throne, and in the name of the Klondike has turned due to the Europeans - it was too hard to pronounce difficult phrase.
The original name means "hammered the water."The name of the river was by pillars that Indians established in the water for salmon fishing.There was a lot of fish, but even more - of the precious metal.
Since the "fever" is the name of the Klondike has become synonymous with wealth, gold, good.
Yukon Klondike trail
... What is it?In addition to the river and the territory, the denomination is the track, which lies in British Columbia.It connects the United States and Alaska.It passes through Dawson City in Canada.
track stretching for about 700 km and is called Alaskan route.Most of the passes through the Yukon.For a long time it was divided into north and south.The first part was opened in the late 70s of the twentieth century.The track is used by indigenous peoples.Along the road you can see many abandoned mines, related to the time the "silver fever".Also, there is a bridge, William Moore, who is considered to be a unique building.The northern part refers to the time of mass production of gold.It is much longer than the south - 500 km.
Thus times "gold rush" in the Klondike gave the names of several geographical features.It is also the name of a city are in Wisconsin and Texas.
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word "Klondike" has several meanings, but most synonymous with wealth, gold enrichment.
