The Klondike Gold Rush‚ also called the Yukon Gold Rush‚ the Alaska Gold Rush‚ the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush‚ was a migration by an estimated 100‚000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there on August 16‚ 1896 and‚ when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year‚ it triggered a "stampede" of prospectors. The journey proved too hard for many‚ and only between 30‚000 and 40‚000 arrived
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In the pursuit of gold much damage was done to California’s ecosystem. Traditional mining practices‚ such as placer mining and rocker/ cradle mining by individuals and small groups of miners in California did damage the environment in small ways‚ but the real damage began to occur when big groups and conglomerates started diverting rivers to dig the stream bed and using Hydraulic mining equipment. These larger operations with more capital were able to use more mechanized and expensive equipment
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K L O N D I K E G O L D RU S H CHANGE CANADA The Klondike Gold Rush contributed a lot towards Canada’s economy. It brought over 22 million dollars into our economy which is over a billion dollars today. It also brought many people to Canada increasing its population‚ as it did to Dawson‚ Vancouver’s and Edmonton’s population. The gold rush also largely contributed towards Yukon’s confederation in June 13‚ 1898. The gold rush also helped us expand by bringing more people and the money
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States was the California Gold Rush that started in 1848. In 1848‚ word of a bounty of gold to be found in California caught the attention of many easterners. They had dreams of becoming rich. So in the year 1849‚ many men left their families and homes for the California wilds to make their fortune. They figured that a year away from home was worth the riches they would return with. These men were referred to as “forty-niners” as they left in the year 1849. As hundreds of gold seekers flooded
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The Unfulfilled Dream at Klondike Klondike Gold Rush‚ which is also known as Yukon Gold Rush‚ was one of the world’s most influential impacts of the discovery of gold. The rush started by the accidental discovery of a gold placer in Rabbit Creek‚ Yukon‚ by a man named Skookum Jim Mason and his brother in law‚ George Carmack‚ in 1896 (Klondike Gold Rush). The news of the gold finding spread through the Yukon River valley and eventually reached the United States in 1897. At that time‚ the United
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401428 Essay about California Golden Rush The gold rush began to Sutter Mill‚ sawmill of the Swiss Sutter‚ which became afterward‚ the father of this expansion and economic miracle that knew California. This one wanted at first kept this discovery for him by fear but the new was fast known of all. At the end of 1848‚ the president James Knox Polk confirmed the golden presence in this region. It is from there that waves of thousand immigrants began to arrive in California‚ it is the beginning
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the many images portraying California as place with endless coasts‚ oceanic ports‚ mountain ranges with fields of agriculture‚ and a new frontier with opportunities to strike it rich with the swing of a pick ax. These images and stories inspired people to take a chance and risk everything‚ making California a beacon of hope for a new life. As people flocked to California‚ from around the globe‚ they found that there was not much truth to the notion of living the California Dream. Instead‚ they returned
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draft September 26‚2012 In the late 19th century‚ the discovery of gold in California drew thousands of people in from across the United States and all around the world in a feverish rush to strike rich. Many left everything behind to dare venture into the final frontier of the wilderness that was California. Word quickly spread about a land showered by sunshine and ripe with gold ready for the picking. As a result‚ the California dream developed and quickly romanticized imaginations all across the
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California‚ a place known for its everlasting blue ocean‚ beautiful people‚ and golden sun‚ has been held to a certain type of reputation since the mid 1800’s. California is commonly known for its many popular aspects. It seams to be the best place in the world to some people. When people think of California they cannot help but think of the California dream and what it stands for in their eyes. With California having such high expectations‚ has anyone ever stopped to think that the California dream
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Find Gold: Martin Hanford’s “The Gold Rush” In the children’s book series‚ Where’s Waldo Now‚ Martin Handford generates a series of detailed double-page illustrations that depict different people in various environments‚ some that belong and others that challenge the “social norm.” In “The Gold Rush‚” Hanford’s illustration focuses on the famous California Gold Rush of 1848‚ where tens of thousands from Latin America‚ Europe‚ Australia‚ and China flocked to California in hopes to find gold. In this
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