Klondike Collection

Share certificate for The Yukon Goldfields
A share certificate for The Yukon Goldfields Limited, representing 35 shares. Gold deposits were first discovered along the Yukon River in Canada in 1896, and this triggered off a gold rush

Bank / Klondike / Gold / 1898
Weighing gold at the bank in Klondike, Canada

Klondike Gold Rush
THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH - the stream of prospectors making their way across the Chilcot Pass on their way to the diggings

Gold bricks on display, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada
Gold bricks on display from the Klondike gold rush, Bank of British North America, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada. Date: late 1890s

Board game, Up to Klondyke - based on the Klondike Gold Rush, Yukon, Canada. 1896

Poster, The Klondyke Nugget bys F Cody
Theatre poster, The Klondyke Nugget, a play bys F Cody, showing John Bull surrounded by those who have found gold in the Klondike Gold Rush

KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
Prospectors buying stores at Victoria, British Columbia, before setting out for the Klondike Date: 1898

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, important during the Klondike Gold Rush. Date: circa 1910

Klondike / Leaving Nome
Alaska miners leave Nome for Seattle as winter starts to close in and prospecting becomes impossible

Klondike / Tundra 1900
Miners rocking on the Tundra, Alaska

Patsy Henderson, (a possible member of the party that discovered gold in the Klondike in 1896), entertained White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&YR) train passengers for many years in Carcross

Ice motor on way to Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Men riding an ice motor en route to Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, important during the Klondike Gold Rush. Date: circa 1908

White Horse, Yukon, Canada
White Horse (or Whitehorse), Yukon, Canada -- it expanded rapidly during the Klondike Gold Rush. Date: circa 1906

Packers ascending summit of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, USA
Packers ascending the summit of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, USA, important during the Klondike Gold Rush. Date: 1890s

Longest syphon in the world, built by Yukon Gold Company
Longest syphon in the world, built by the Yukon Gold Company to facilitate the search for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush. It was 15, 760 feet long. Date: circa 1906

White Pass Summit, Alaska, USA -- as the two flags suggest, it is on the border with Canada, important during the Klondike Gold Rush. Date: early 20th century

Summit of the Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, USA, important during the Klondike Gold Rush. Date: late 19th century

Lake Bennett during Klondike Gold Rush, Canada
Lake Bennett during the Klondike Gold Rush. The lake is in Canada, partly in Yukon and partly in British Columbia, just north of the Alaska border, near the port of Skagway. 1898

Skaguay, Alaska, USA
Skaguay (Skagway), Alaska, USA Date: circa 1902

The Klondike in Colour
Prospectors on their way to the Klondike : camping at Dyea, the starting point for the crossing of the Chilkoot Pass to Dawson Date: 1899

Heart of the Klondike written by Scott Marble. Date c1897

Bonanza Hotel, on the south of the Klondike River, Alaska
The Bonanza Hotel, one of the most popular hotels for gold diggers on the trail to Dawson, Alaska. Dawson was a town that rose over night during the gold fever of 1896-1897

KLONDIKE, 1905
The Principal Street of Gold Bottom, the Klondike, Alaska

Klondike / Nome 1900
FRONT STREET, NOME, ALASKA during the Gold Rush

Klondike / Nome July 1900
Prospectors crowd Front Street, Nome, Alaska, at the height of the gold rush

Klondike / Services 1900
Cigars and liquor for sale, watch repairs done, brokers, an undertaker and a lawyer offer services on Steadman Avenue, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Klondike / Camp 1900
Miners camp on the Snake River, Nome, Alaska, during the Gold Rush

Klondike / Leaving Seattle
Eager gold-rushers leave Seattle for Alaska as the summer approaches

Klondike / Hegg / 1900
The Discovery Claim at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Klondike / Post Office
Miners gathering outside the Post Office at Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Gold Prospectors / Canada
Prospectors extracting gold- bearing ore, Klondike

Klondike Drugstore
A drugstore in the Klondike

Klondike / Sluicing 1900
Sluicing on Number Two Claim, at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Gold / Canada / Klondike
The main street of Dawson City, Klondike, Canada during the gold rush. Date: 1899

Klondike / Snake River
Miners rocking on the Snake River, Alaska

Industry / Metals / Gold / Ame
Panning gold on the Yukon River, Klondike, Canada

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping