Klondyke Nuggets

Klondyke Nuggets by Joseph Ladue provides "A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest." Klondyke! The word and place that has startled the civilized world is to-day a series of thriving mining camps on the Yukon River and its tributaries in the Canadian Northwest Territories. Prior to August 24, 1896, this section of the country had never been heard of. It was on this day that a man named Henderson discovered the first gold.