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CANADIAN MINING NEWS Canadian gold rush on the American Stock Exchange Robert Simpson Vancouver, October 9, 2002 —Canadian gold mining companies benefit from listings in the U.S stock market said executives and analysts at the Western mining summit in Denver—kicking off what many are calling a Canadian gold rush to the American Stock Exchange(AMEX). Motivation to list on the U.S exchanges is in part because Americans looking for intermediate-size gold miners don’t have a lot of choice and the market for small and intermediate gold producers is expected to experience a vacuum after the merger of three American Stock Exchange-traded gold companies later this year. The expected merger of TVX Gold, Echo Bay Mines and Kinross Gold later could pave the way for three Toronto-traded companies to enter the AMEX. The three companies mining experts expect to win a seat on the AMEX are Northgate Exploration, Apollo Gold and Wheaten River. All three are trading at discounts from comparable U.S traded gold miners and Northgate, and Apollo Gold confirmed they have filed the necessary paperwork for a listing, while the Wheaton River spokesman was cagey, refusing to confirm or deny their application but curious about why they were singled out. The Wheaton spokesman’s concerned was regarding regulatory implications of announcing an application to a more senior exchange. Getting a listing on the AMEX is like winning the lottery for these companies.

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Speed Skating/Skiing search our site WebPosted Mon Feb 10 2003 CBC SPORTS ONLINE Turgeon, Klassen lead Canadian gold rush From the picturesque Swiss Alps to an outdoor skating oval in Goteborg, Sweden, Canadian athletes mined for and struck gold Sunday. Four women in three different countries all connected by the Maple Leaf on their uniform combined for a collection of dazzling performances and podium finishes over the weekend. But these athletes' grit, determination and drive for the top have vaulted them into the sporting spotlight, stealing headlines for speed skating and skiing away from the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association. Not too shabby, especially in a non-Olympic year. Turgeon, this country's top speed-event skier, became world downhill champion Sunday by conquering the challenging Engiadina course in St. Moritz. In doing so, the 26-year-old Quebec City native became the first Canadian since Kate Pace in 1993 to win an event at the world alpine championships. Pace was also triumphant in the women's downhill.

4. Pioneer Press | 02/25/2002 | Canadian Gold Rush Posted on Mon, Feb. 25, 2002. canadian gold rush. BY BRIAN MURPHY http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/2739546.htm

Click here to visit other RealCities sites Help Contact Us Site Index ... News by Email Search Search the Archives Weather Current temp, forecast Local News Capitol and Politics Education ... Corrections From the Press Pioneer Press Special Reports Back to Home Pioneer Press Friday, Apr 04, 2003 Posted on Mon, Feb. 25, 2002 Canadian gold rush BY BRIAN MURPHY Pioneer Press It was the Canadian national anthem, a spontaneous outburst of Canadian pride in an American arena that suddenly had been turned into the backyard rink of every kid who ever laced up a pair of skates from Halifax to Vancouver. Using the North American brand of hockey it patented, Canada fulfilled its nation's greatest fantasy and ended a 50-year Olympic curse Sunday with a 5-2 victory over the United States in an historic clash of continental rivals. Tears of joy and relief poured from Canada's bench when the final seconds ticked off the E Center clock as the country that believes it invented the sport and demands nothing short of excellence won its first Olympic gold medal since 1952 and reclaimed its place as the dominant power in international hockey. "I don't know if you know what it's like to have a piano on your back for 10 days, but somebody just lifted it off Team Canada," gushed defenseman Al MacInnis. "Nobody had the amount of pressure that this team had on it coming into this tournament. Twenty-three guys stepped to the plate to show the character of this team. It's a proud moment for everyone."

5. Canadian Gold Rush in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday. canadian gold rush Turgeon skis toworld downhill title By The Canadian Press. St. Moritz, Switzerland http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/02/10/fSports156.raw.html

Monday, February 10, 2003 Back The Halifax Herald Limited The Canadian Press Turgeon wins gold for Canada The Canadian Press Canada's Melanie Turgeon celebrates after winning the women's downhill at the Alpine Ski World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday. Canadian gold rush Turgeon skis to world downhill title By The Canadian Press St. Moritz, Switzerland - Melanie Turgeon remembers when the last Canadian won a gold medal at the world alpine skiing championships. She was just a rookie. "I was there when Kate won, those were my first world championships. I was a kid, I was a baby there," Turgeon said Sunday, just a couple of hours after winning the gold medal in the women's downhill. Now 26, her win marked the first time Canada has won a world championship medal since Kate Pace of North Bay, Ont., captured gold in the downhill in 1993 in Morioka, Japan. "It's good to have witnessed that," Turgeon said of Pace's win. "I remember taking a picture of Kate's medal and really wanting a gold medal like that for myself." Turgeon, who was sixth in the opening super-G at the worlds, covered the Engiadina course in one minute 34.30 seconds. Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria and Corinne Rey-Bellet of Switzerland shared the silver medal.

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Short and Sweet: Tips for living the abundant life All the credible scientists told Frobisher's financial backer, Michael Lok, that the black rock was worthless 'fools gold'. But Michael Lok, being an early stock promoter of the less reputable kind, ignored their advice and instead consulted an Italian alchemist, Giovanni Agnello, who used 'black magic' to discern that Martin Frobisher's rock was indeed gold. The English business community, backed by Queen Elizabeth I, became so excited about the first Canadian Gold Rush, that they sent 15 Ships to Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island. The Queen even lent her own 200-ton ship AID. Gold Rush fever brought together the largest Armada of English ships ever assembled until World War II. What is it about gold that tends to turn our brains to mush Click to find out more Refill? To Crier Index To Home Page Contact Rev. Ed Hird St. Simon's Anglican Church North Vancouver, B.C.

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BRE-X’ PIRATES DISCOVER CANADA ( An Article for the November 1998 Deep Cove Crier) One of the popular myths is that Canadian history is dull and uneventful, that all the real action happens in the United States. All the credible scientists told Frobisher’s financial backer, Michael Lok, that the black rock was worthless ‘fools gold’. But Michael Lok, being an early stock promoter of the less reputable kind, ignored their advice and instead consulted an Italian alchemist, Giovanni Agnello, who used ‘black magic’ to discern that Martin Frobisher’s rock was indeed gold. The English business community, backed by Queen Elizabeth I, became so excited about the first Canadian Gold Rush, that they sent 15 Ships to Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island. The Queen even lent her own 200-ton ship AID. Gold Rush fever brought together the largest Armada of English ships ever assembled until World War II. Frobisher’s public image was rapidly transformed by his stockpromoter, Michael Lok, from that of an uncouth pirate to that of the ‘rare and valiant’ Captain General embarking on a heroic mission. Everyone, including Martin Frobisher himself, believed that he had discovered the Northwest Passage to China, and that Baffin Island contained King Solomon’s hidden mines. In this first English attempt to colonize the New World, Frobisher brought 120 would-be settlers, miners, carpenters, and an Anglican priest named Rev. Robert Wolfall. On their way to Baffin Island, they faced desperate circumstances due to mountainous icebergs that could crush their ships like matchboxes. The hardened sailors knelt down on the decks and prayed for God’s mercy. Two of the sailors’ prayers recorded for posterity by Captain Best were ‘Lord help us now or never’ and ‘Now Lord look down from heaven and save us sinners, or else our safety will come too late’. With no radar or telecommunications to guide them in the fog, they saved the sailors on the sunken ‘Dennis’ by using trumpets, drums, canons and the two passwords: ‘Before the world was God’, to be answered by ‘After God came Christ His Son’. Captain Best recorded that Rev. Wolfall encouraged Frobisher’s men ‘to be thankful for their strange and miraculous deliverance’ at sea. To celebrate their safe arrival on Baffin Island, Rev. Wolfall celebrated the first Anglican Communion service ever held in Canada, just 420 years ago.

8. Canadian Gold Rush Activity Title canadian gold rush Activity By - Lisa Allen Primary Subject - Social StudiesSecondary Subjects - Social Studies Grade Level - Grade 7 or 8 Materials http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PSSCanadianGoldRushActivity78.htm

Click here to go back to for over 2,000 more lesson plans! Title - Canadian Gold Rush Activity By - Lisa Allen Primary Subject - Social Studies Secondary Subjects - Social Studies Grade Level - Grade 7 or 8 Materials Canadian Gold Rush Activity 1. Butcher Paper (to make the Fraser River) - about 10 feet long 2. Paint (to make the Fraser River) 3. Gold Nuggets (we just used paper in small squares with a nugget of sparkling gold drawn on it) Need about 250 of them! 4. 3 buckets filled with sand and placed in a box to lessen spillage 5. A rock painted Gold or yellow to hide in one of the buckets 6. Questions about the gold rush with answers provided and a certain number of Gold Nuggets to be given to the group who answers the question correctly 7. Activity cards. (Ex. Swim five laps down the Fraser River and earn 5 Gold Nuggets)- Everyone in the Group is to do this. Another example: Your canoe tips in the Fraser and you must buy more mining equipment. Loose 3 Gold Nuggets. I also used, Give 2 Gold Nuggets to the group sitting to your left. Be Creative! 8. Chocolate Gold Coins for the winning team and one Gold Chocolate Coin for each person in the class who participated.

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Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park Located in Seattle, WA TRAVEL BASICS CAMPING LODGING ACTIVITIES FACILITIES FEES/PERMITS Cooper and Levy, a Seattle outfitter during the Klondike Gold Rush. (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF In 1897 news of a gold strike in the Canadian Yukon reached Seattle, triggering a stampede North to the Klondike Gold Fields. From 1897 to 1898, tens of thousands of people from across the United States and around the world descended upon Seattle's commercial district. While in Seattle, the hopeful miners purchased millions of dollars of food, clothing, equipment, pack animals, and steamship tickets. The final outcome of this great stampede helped shape the Seattle we know today, bolstering the city's reputation as the Queen City of the Pacific Northwest. Learn More about the History of the Park DESIGNATIONS National Historical Park - June 30, 1976 QUICK LINKS 2002 Summer Schedule Education Program Information Freedom of Information Act park guide ... main http://www.nps.gov/klse/index.htm Last Updated: Thursday, 27-Feb-03 11:21:20

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11. Expect Canadian Gold Rush At Olympics Expect canadian gold rush at Olympics. by Kim Krett the Carillon Tomorrow,the XVIII Olympic Winter Games will open in Nagano, Japan. http://ursu.uregina.ca/~carillon/feb5.98/sports/sports2.html

Expect Canadian gold rush at Olympics by Kim Krett the Carillon Tomorrow, the XVIII Olympic Winter Games will open in Nagano, Japan. 80 countries and 3000 athletes will converge in this Japanese city to compete in 14 sports. These games will also see the debut of three new sports Ñ snow boarding, women's hockey and curling. The outlook for Canada and its performance at these games has been likened to the days of the Klondike Ñ a gold rush! So today I am going to do what no journalist has the guts to ever do Ñ I am going to predict where Canada is going to win some medals, and I'll even say what kind Ñ gold, silver or bronze. In hockey it shall be a golden sweep with both the men and women winning the gold medal over those blasted Americans. I also see another clean sweep, literally, in the sport of curling. With three time world champion Sandra Schmirler, and the underdog Mike Harris (and I'm not talking about the Ontario Premier) walking in as the undisputed favorites, I'd be very disappointed if we do not destroy the competition and win the gold. In figure skating there are two real contenders for medals. Elvis "the King" Stoyko will shoot for the gold that he was denied in Lillehammer in 1994.

12. Geology Of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park - Photo canadian gold rush towns like Dawson experienced far less crime and disorder,thanks to the North West Mounted Police. Dyea Wharf. Slide Cemetery. http://www.aqd.nps.gov/grd/parks/klgo/photos.htm

Dyea and Skagway fought long and sometimes bitterly over which would get the largest share of Klondikers' money. Both towns offered departing and returning miners everything from complete outfits to temporary room and board, gambling, and women for a night. By mid-1898 thanks to the tramways and Skagway’s lawless reputation, Dyea was attracting the most traffic. (left) Though not hazard free, as the capsized miners discovered, the long river trip to Dawson was the easiest part of the stampeders' journey. (center) The hardships of the trails and the rotting corpses of pack animals at Dead Horse Gulch became only memories the closer they got to the goldfields. (right) A group of goldseekers who have reached their objective display the results of their day's work. Much of Skagway's early lawlessness was due to Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith and his gang of con-men and cutthroats. Soapy's short but lucrative career ended abruptly in the summer of 1898 when he was killed in a shootout with town surveyor Frank Reid, who was fatally wounded in the exchange. Canadian gold rush towns like Dawson experienced far less crime and disorder, thanks to the North West Mounted Police. Dyea Wharf.

13. Forty Niners: Videos Olsen. James Marshall John Sutter The Comstock lode CentralCity Tabors of Colorado canadian gold rush. Discusess http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hist/resguide/Gold_Rush/video.htm

Videos Barbary Coast Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. Director, Howard Hawks ; producer, Samuel Goldwyn ; writers, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur ; editor. Walter Brennan, Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea. A story of San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast during the California Gold Rush days. California Gold Rush . Classic Act Video. Recreates author Bret Harte's experiences in mining camps during the California gold rush, which provided him with the wealth of material he used so effectively in his writing. Two of his stories, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and "The Luck of Roaring Camp," are dramatized. The Forty-Niners and the California Gold Rush . Stamford, Conn.: AABC Video Publishing, Inc. 1994. 50 mins. ISBN: 1569490619 Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Produced in cooperation with the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum. "A Brazos production." Narrated by Kris Kristofferson. There is nothing like the power of gold. When hard working carpenter James Marshall spotted "something shiny" in the American River on January 24, 1848, he felt the power. Soon, so did the rest of the country. The Gold Rush and the 49'ers . New York: BFA Educational Media, 1992. 1 videodisc (ca. 20 min.)

14. CBC Sports Online Kostelic battles through knee pain to win combined title. Turgeon, Klassenlead canadian gold rush. Turgeon captures downhill gold at worlds. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/

CBCCat = "Sports,News,Arts,Kids,Interactive"; Sports = "Hockey,Baseball,Football"; News = "Canada,World,SciTech,Local,Consumers,SpecialReports,Business"; Arts = "ArtsNews,Infoculture,Music,Books,ArtsFeatures"; Kids = "CBC4Kids,PreSchool,Teachers"; Interactive = "MessageBoards,Forums,Games,Media"; Hockey standings scores / stats Baseball ... Contact Us Canadian Olympic Committee names new COO Lou Ragagnin has been appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC). MORE Ottawa's Clegg claims biathlon bronze Robin Clegg of Ottawa, a reserve with the Canadian Armed Forces, won Canada's first medal ever at the biathlon world military championships Thursday in Rovaniemi, Finland. MORE Canada in third at international golf event Canada is still in third-place heading into final-round action of the Four Nations Teams Championships in New Zealand. MORE Canada's Laycock wins world junior curling crown Kwan captures fifth world skating title U.S. snowboarder banned for life Edmonton teen fifth at gymnastics World Cup ... Back of the pack Sports Online's newest columnist writes about turning a major corner in his life Funding of amateur sports Hero sponsorship or government handouts? CBC's Archives looks at the debate over funding Canada's amateur athletes.

15. Untitled Document canadian gold rushes El Dorado Fever seek their fortune up British Columbia’s FraserRiver in the biggest gold strike since the California Gold Rush of 1849. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume5/328-335.htm

Canadian Gold Rushes El Dorado Fever When the paddle wheeler Commodore arrived at Fort Victoria from San Francisco on April 25, 1858, the 450 passengers on board more than doubled the size of the town that had no hotels or other public buildings to accommodate them. This did not really matter, however, as those arriving were eager to seek their fortune up British Columbia’s Fraser River in the biggest gold strike since the California Gold Rush of 1849. In the next three months an estimated 27,000 gold seekers sailed from San Francisco to Victoria. Another 8,000 travelled overland through the Oregon Territory to seek their fortune. Their first main stop was at the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser rivers. Then, in the 1860s, it was on to the Cariboo district until the dramatic discovery of gold in the Klondike brought worldwide fame to the Yukon in 1898.... Barkerville grew up around the 50-foot shaft sunk by William Barker whose gold discovery along Williams Creek in 1862 yielded some $600,000 by 1866. The northern terminus of the Cariboo Road, Barkerville was inhabited by 10,000 stampeders by 1863. So much gold was being discovered in the region that some miners hired agents with guns, as this 1865 Barkerville photo demonstrates, to assure safe delivery of gold nuggets to Victoria. [Photo, courtesy National Archives of Canada/C-088917] 2. Although British Columbia’s Cariboo district was mined into the 20th century, the spectacular discoveries were made in the early 1860s. Claims even then were feverishly reworked, redug, and rediscovered. This Grouse Creek sluicer from near Barkerville was still pocketing gold when Frank McLennan photographed him in 1867. [Photo, courtesy National Archives of Canada/C-021575]

16. Canadian Heroes Of The Klondike Gold Rush May 8, 1998. canadian Heroes of the Klondike gold rush. Listed bytheir native Province. Alberta Jim Wallwork A cowboy from the http://www.yukonalaska.com/klondike/byprovince.html

May 8, 1998 Canadian Heroes of the Klondike Gold Rush Listed by their native Province Alberta: Jim Wallwork - A cowboy from the foothills, Wallwork's claim to fame was hauling a small steamboat, the Daisy Belle, over the mountains from Edmonton to Dawson City. It was a North Saskatchewan sternwheeler. He dragged it over the summit from Shacktown to the Bell River, aided by thirty Indian sled-dogs. The little craft finally reached the Yukon and there, unable to face the swift current, ended its days. Wallwork transferred the eight horsepower engine and the boiler to a York boat and continued upstream to Dawson. No doubt it was enough for him that he had made it, for those who set out from Edmonton to seek their fortunes counted themselves truly fortunate if they reached their goal. British Columbia: Captain William Moore - During the late 1880s, Moore owned a mansion in Victoria and his fleet of five steamboats had earned him a fortune in the Cassiar stampede. Bankrupt by 1887, his possessions were auctioned off by creditors. Long before George Carmack's strike, he was convinced there would be a gold rush to the Klondike. He became determined to build a boom town at Skagway and in 1888 built a cabin at the foot of the White Pass. When the influx came in 1897, newcomers ordered him off his land to build a thoroughfare. He fought this in the courts for four years, in the meantime building a mile-long wharf that would again earn him a fortune. Finally the courts awarded him 25% of the assessed value of all the lots within the original townsite.

17. Before The Klondike Gold Rush Examines life in the Yukon, which was home to people with a vast trading network long before the arrival Category Society History West gold rushes Klondike...... established Rampart House in what was believed to be in canadian territory, but hadbeen working their way steadily north since the California gold rush of 1849 http://www.yukonalaska.com/klondike/beforegold.html

April 24, 1998 Before the Klondike Gold Rush by Ken Spotswood When gold was discovered in the Klondike 100 years ago, the Yukon was widely regarded as being a vast, empty wasteland of unexplored, uncharted wilderness. It was a blank spot on maps. The same people also believed that North America wasn't 'civilized' until it was 'discovered' by Christopher Columbus in 1492. They couldn't have been more wrong. For thousands of years Alaska and the Yukon was home to many native societies of Inuit and Indian people. The earliest inhabitants were the Inuit who occupied the Arctic coast of Alaska and Herschel Island. Indians appeared later. The oldest traces of man in the Yukon show evidence of hunter-gatherer societies going back about 11,000 years in the Porcupine River area, and earlier around Old Crow. Archaeologists have established that native Indians were living in the Yukon about 8,000 B.C. They inhabited the shores of Kluane, Aishihik, Dezeadash, Kusawa, Tagish, Marsh, Laberge and Teslin Lakes. Inland Tlingit, related to the Tlingit Indians of the Pacific northwest coast, lived in the area of the southern lakes. The Athapaskan peoplesthe Kutchin, Han, Tutchone and Kaskacovered much of the territory.

18. The Canadian North West Mounted Police The canadian North West Mounted Police and the Yukon gold rush An Institution is born The American Threat Practical Methods Required Dr. Kenneth Coates Department of History University of New Brunswick at St. John Dr. William Morrison http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/nwmp

The Canadian North West Mounted Police and the Yukon Gold Rush Main Introduction An Institution is born Duties Expand The American Threat Part two Opportunity Knocks Gold Fever Practical Methods Required Part three Diverse Challenges Heroic Symbols Study Guide Bibliography Links Topic preparation Dr. Kenneth Coates Department of History University of New Brunswick at St. John Dr. William Morrison Department of History University of British Columbia Project manager and editor Joanne Goodrich Centre for Canadian Studies Mount Allison University Translation Martine Deniger, C.T. Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Mount Allison University Georges Comeau, C.T. Fredericton, N.B. Main Introduction Part two Part three ... The Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University Site designed by Tantramar Interactive

19. 1858 Gold Rush - British Columbia - Canadian Confederation Toronto WJ Gage Ltd., 1957. 55 p. Marshall, Daniel P. Fraser River GoldRush . canadian encyclopedia year 2000 edition. Ed. James H. Marsh. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/18/h18-2951-e.html

1858 Gold Rush - British Columbia There were several gold finds in British Columbia in the 1850s, but the largest and most important discoveries were made in the sand bars along the Fraser River. When the first consignment of Fraser River gold reached San Francisco on April 3, 1858, the Fraser River Gold Rush was on. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the area, increasing the population of Victoria from 500 to more than 5000 people; thousands more moved to the mainland. Almost overnight, gold prospecting eclipsed the fur trade as the major industry in the region. In 1858 Britain formalized its hold on the coast by establishing the colony of British Columbia, sometimes known as the "gold colony". The economic boom lasted into the early 1860s, when British Columbia and Vancouver Island lapsed into a recession. Sources Anstey, Arthur ; Sutherland, Neil. British Columbia : a short history . Toronto : W. J. Gage Ltd., 1957. 55 p. Marshall, Daniel P. "Fraser River Gold Rush". Canadian encyclopedia : year 2000 edition Ormsby, Margaret.

20. Family Chronicle - Alaska-Yukon Goldrush Participants canadian author Pierre Berton described the gold rush as the most concentratedmass movement of American citizens onto canadian soil in all our history. . http://www.familychronicle.com/klondike.htm

Alaska-Yukon Goldrush Participants Can you find an ancestor in this list of over 24,200 goldrush participants? A B C D ... Z One hundred years ago, on August 17, 1896, American George Carmack and his Tagish First Nations friends Dawson Charlie and Skookum Jim panned for gold on a small tributary of the Yukon River called Rabbit Creek. According to legend, Carmack dreamed of salmon with gleaming gold nugget eyes in blue- green water and was led to the creek, where he and his two friends discovered a huge quantity of gold. They quickly staked their claims and renamed Rabbit Creek, "Bonanza." Greatest Gold Rush in History Their discovery was to be the beginning of the greatest gold rush in history. It was by no means the first gold find in the North but it was the largest. By modern measure, the threesome stumbled on a billion dollar bounty. Word of the treasure and gold rush fever spread quickly throughout North America. The harsh Yukon winter that was approaching, though, forced most people to wait until the following spring to make their journeys to fortune. More than 100,000 people swarmed towards a land they had heard nothing about and endured hardships they could never have imagined. They were greeted by obstacles created by both nature and man. "Neither law nor order prevailed, honest persons had no protection from the gang of rascals who plied their nefarious trade," wrote mounted police officer Sam Steele, describing the scene at the base of the treacherous Chilkoot Pass. "Might was right; murder, robbery, and petty theft were common occurences."

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