Illustrations and Maps
Preface and Acknowledgments
1 Early Days: The First Gold Seekers Arrive
2 The Chilkoot Pass and Early Transportation
3 Early Developments on the Yukon River
4 The Miners' Code
5 The Fortymile Stampede
6 Strangers in a Strange Land
7 Years of Change
8 Forty Mile: Anatomy of a Goldrush Town
9 The Arrival of the North-West Mounted Police
10 Death of the Miners' Committee
11 Circle: The Largest Log City in the World
12 The Discovery of Gold in the Klondike
13 Epilogue
Appendices
A. Mining Methods and Terms
B. Roll Call: Names of the Early Yukon Pioneers
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Michael Gates is Curator of Collections for Klondike National Historic Sites in Dawson, Yukon.
This meticulous study ientifies the major implications of
attempting to “MacDonalize” the delivery of social services.
*Canadian Public Policy (Reviews)*
A fine introduction to the pre-Klondike history of the Yukon River
valley, and an excellent primer for historians interested in the
years leading up to the great gold rush in the North.
*Western Historical Quarterly*
Gates presents an especially vivid picture of the material and
social lives of Yukon prospectors. Piecing together an array of
primary sources, the author vividly describes how white miners
endured the harsh and remote environment; the struggle to obtain
food, heat and shelter; the problem of mining in frozen earth; and
the danger of travel in northern winters. Maps and numerous
photographs illustrate the anecdotes. Gates succeeds admirably in
his goal of showing that “the life of the miners was very difficult
indeed (p. xii).” Historians of material culture, especially, will
welcome this addition to the growing literature on mining camp
life.
*Pacific Northwest Quarterly*
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