Klondike

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Klondike
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• Identify the Yukon Territory
• In what country is the Yukon located?
• 3. According to this map what city was the
  final destination?

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Getting to the Fields
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Preparation to go to the Fields of Gold
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Chilkoot Pass
35 Angle

• A 35-degree slope of snow and ice -- four miles
  long, requiring 50 trips (6 hours each) to bring
  a year's worth of supplies per individual, as
  required by Canadian authorities.
• At the height of the rush, 22,000 seekers endured
  the ordeal.

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Chilkoot Pass

• Photos of a human chain of stampeders trudging up
  the Chilkoot Pass have come to symbolize the
  Klondike Gold Rush.
• In 1897- 98, the North West Mounted Police set up
  a border crossing into Canada at the summit of
  the Chilkoot.
• They ordered every stampeder to carry a year's
  worth of supplies. After all, there was no
  turning back once they were into the Klondike,
  and options for food were limited!!!

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Chilkoot Trail 1898 SuppliesAs a result, many
stampeders struggling up the mountain path were
bent double under the weight of their packs,
which typically contained the following

• McDougall and Secord Klondike Outfit List
  (clothing food)2 suits heavy knit underwear6
  pairs wool socks1 pairs heavy moccasins2 pairs
  german stockings2 heavy flannel overshirts1
  heavy woollen sweater1 pair overalls2 pairs
  12-lb. blankets1 waterproof blanket1 dozen
  bandana handkerchiefs1 stiff brim cowboy hat1
  pair hip rubber boots1 pair prospectors' high
  land boots1 mackinaw, coat, pants, shirt1 pair
  heavy buck mitts, lined1 pair unlined leather
  gloves1 duck coat, pants, vest6 towels1 pocket
  matchbox, buttons, needles and thread comb,
  mirror, toothbrushetc. mosquito netting/1
  dunnage bag1 sleeping bag/medicine chestpack
  saddles, complete horsesflat sleighs

100 lbs. navy beans150 lbs. bacon400 lbs. Flour
and 40 lbs. rolled oats20 lbs. corn meal and 10
lbs. rice25 lbs. Sugar and 10 lbs. tea20 lbs.
coffee10 lbs. baking powder20 lbs. salt1 lb.
pepper2 lbs. baking soda1/2 lb. mustard1/4 lb.
vinegar2 doz. condensed milk20 lbs. evaporated
potatoes5 lbs. evaporated onions6 tins/4 oz.
extract beef75 lbs. evaporated fruits4 pkgs.
yeast cakes20 lbs. candles1 pkg. tin matches6
cakes borax6 lbs. laundry soap1/2 lb. ground
ginger25 lbs. hard tack1 lb. citric acid2
bottles Jamaican ginger
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Getting across the Chilkoot Trail
Ice creepers, iron with commercially tanned
leather straps. Found on the Chilkoot Trail Ca.
1898 /
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Trails and Passage
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Skagway
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Arrival at the field of gold
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Of the 100,000 people who set out for the
Klondike, only 30-40,000 got there and only
15-20,000 mined for gold. \http//www.calliope.or
g/gold/gold4.html
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Danger was an everyday part of life.
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Dreams of GoldSkagway 1898
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Nome, Alaska
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Cabin luxury home sweet home!
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Only about half of those who fought their way
over the passes to the Klondike actually looked
for gold.
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Jack London in Alaska
The monumental efforts of the Klondike hopefuls
inspired Jack London, Robert Service and lesser
talents to spin romantic narratives of the mining
life.
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"And the skies of night were alive with light,
with a throbbing, thrilling flame Amber and
rose and violet, opal and gold it came."  -
Robert W. Service
Aurora Borealis