Klondike Gold Rush

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English: The Klondike Gold Rush was a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike near Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century.

A mining operation

Miners and prospectors climb the Chilkoot Trail

Miner's camp at the head of the Yukon River

Miners wait to register their claims

Officers of 'B' Division, NWMP, Dawson, Yukon, July 1900

Yukon hotel in Dawson, Yukon, 2005

Today`s gold mining at Klondike

Jack London`s cabin in Dawson, Yukon

Gold panning at Bonanza Creek, Yukon, 2005

Discovery Claim at Bonanza Creek, Yukon

Discovery Claim at Bonanza Creek, Yukon

Dredge No-4 at Bonanza Creek, Yukon

Dredge No-4 at Bonanza Creek, Yukon

Hand operated hoist at Bonanza Creek

Taiya River estuary and site of the former Klondike gold rush town of Dyea at the beginning of the Chilkoot Trail.

Boat building on Bennett Lake in 1897-98

Chilkoot Pass supplies

Chilkoot Pass

Chilkoot Pass Golden Stairs

Chilkoot Pass boundary line

View of Bennett, B.C. in 1898

Dyea in March 1898
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