Claims
Stake a Claim, Pulling Up Stakes, and Claim Jumping
Surrounded by history, walk in the footsteps of the men and women who left behind
all that was familiar and braved incredible conditions in search of gold. Ride
where they rode as they opened up the Yukon Territory in 1898.
See how the original gold rushers "staked a claim." Find out the real
meaning of "pulling up stakes." And meet an experienced "claim-jumper."
Learn about placer and hardrock mining. See the beauty that is the Yukon and
the excitement that was the Gold Rush!
For more information go to:
Yukon Geological Survey
www.geology.gov.yk.ca
Yukon Energy, Mines & Resources
www.yukonmining.com
Geomatics Yukon
www.geomaticsyukon.ca
Yukon Mining Recorder
www.yukonminingrecorder.ca
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Yourself
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