Gold dust - measured on scales - was one form of currency in the booming town of Dawson during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 1900s. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada ...

In 1896, gold was discovered near the city. This finding triggered a veritable gold rush and lured over one hundred thousand adventurers to Dawson City from 1896 to 1899. The small town on the ...

Museums, ghost towns, old mining sites ... the physical and technical challenges faced by gold miners. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (Washington and Alaska): an odyssey to the ...