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By 1852, at the peak of the mining boom, there were over 100,000 prospectors in the region, all fiercely individualistic, working away at their personal, private stakes rather than banding together in organized syndicates.
Meanwhile, back on earth, the Post fronts an interesting piece revealing that "the last great oil rush of the 20th century--targeted at a potential $4 trillion patch in Central Asia's Caspian Sea region--has lured a prestigious group of U.S. prospectors: former high-ranking government officials bent on winning a stake in the bonanza for themselves or their companies."
The town grew up as the terminus where prospectors transferred from the Skagway train to the Yukon River steamboats and is now the junction of the Alaska and Klondike highways.
He had found flakes of 23-carat gold in the river gravel and, in the following year alone, 6,000 prospectors poured in from Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, Mexico, Peru, and Chile, and proceeded to dig up $10 million worth of the precious metal.
St. Paul’s Church shows a good film on the Klondike days, while Dawson City Museum gives you all the inside information about gold-mining, displaying prospectors’ tools and paraphernalia.