Then it changed over time as the gold became harder to find, On big adventurous hopes that they were going to find lots at the bottom of deep holes. It started as hand shafts and guys panning for gold

The mining over the past 100 years has adapted and changed lots. The excavator dumping dirt into a large dump truck Neil driving an excavator at a mine, scooping dirt into the bucket and dumping it I’ve got family that’s been here for over a hundred years.

My name is Neil Loveless, I’m originally from the Yukon. Historic photo of several miners on a claim If you had to dig a trench, you dug it by hand. When my great grandfather was mining, all of the mining was done by hand.Īny dirt that you moved, was moved with a pail and a shovel. When he heard about the gold rush and they hiked the Chilkoot Pass and Historic photo of many people climbing the Chilkoot trail There’s quite a bit of family history, my great grandfather came over from Finland on a boat Lisa Favron and husband running sand from the creek through their handsĬlose-up of their hands with sand in creek I’ve been living here in Dawson City since 1992. title: Discovery Claim National Historic Site My name is Lisa Favron and I was born and raised in the Yukon. Title: Discovery Claim National Historic Site Fade from black to show panorama of Dawson City and the Yukon River

Hand dredge with bucket video