Gold at Fortymile Creek
Early Days in the Yukon
Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
Gold at Fortymile Creek
Early Days in the Yukon
215 pages

Table of Contents
Illustrations and Maps
Preface and Acknowledgments
1 Early Days: The First Gold Seekers Arrive
2 The Chilkoot Pass and Early Transportation
3 Early Developments on the Yukon River
4 The Miners’ Code
5 The Fortymile Stampede
6 Strangers in a Strange Land
7 Years of Change
8 Forty Mile: Anatomy of a Goldrush Town
9 The Arrival of the North-West Mounted Police
10 Death of the Miners’ Committee
11 Circle: The Largest Log City in the World
12 The Discovery of Gold in the Klondike
13 Epilogue
Appendices
A. Mining Methods and Terms
B. Roll Call: Names of the Early Yukon Pioneers
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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