Eldorado & Bonanza Claims
ELDORADO & BONANZA CLAIMS
"My father got here in 1901 and worked for Charlie Redmond on Paradise Hill and then staked is claim in 1903 on Nugget Hill. I worked with him when i turned 16 years old in 1936 and worked gold mining on and off for 55 years."
John Gould, second generation gold miner and local historian.
Skookum Jim, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie found the first Bonanza gold and staked their claims on August 17, 1896. Word spread quickly and very soon claims were staked all along Bonanza and Eldorado creeks. D. B. Mckay was appointed as the recorder at a miner’s meeting on Bonanza Creek on August 23, 1896 and the claims were informally recorded. Many of these men were still mining when William Ogilvie surveyed Bonanza and Eldorado creeks in June 1899.
ELDORADO CREEK CLAIMS | BONANZA CREEK CLAIMSAbove Discovery Claim |
No.1 Frank Bowker No.2 T.W. Còbbs No.3 Knut Halstead No.4 T.C. Clements No.5 Frank Keller No.6 Antone F. Stander No.7 Louis Emkans No.8 James McNamee No.9 George DeMars No.10 John Erikson No.11 Fred Brusetts No.12 Wm. D. Johns No.13 W. L. Warner No.14 William Scouse No.15 William Shaw No .16 C. Vanalestine No.17 John Zarnousky No.18 Joe Bourgevin No.19 Harry Proteau No.20 Joseph DesRoche No.21 Jean Brenier No.22 Thomas Moran No.23 Axel Orr No.24 George Mulligan No.25 Caggie Mordeu No.26 Charles Worden No.27 Andrew McDonald No.28 Humbolt Gates No.29 Winfield S. Oles No.30 Joseph Cazelais No.31 Herman Laakman No.32 Henry C. Anderson No.33 Harry Olsen No.34 John Murray No.35 Thomas Cook No.36 Cornellious Vanalstein No.37 Andrew Olsen No.38 Albert Magan No.39 Joseph Ladue No.40 Patrick Galvin No.41 W. E. Olmstead No.42 Ben F. Treasure No.43 George P. Bunt No.44 C. Edmonds No.45 John Hartwell No.46 John Claffey No.47 Edmond Dubuque No.48 A. J. Thayer No.49 Louis LaPlante
| No.1 ‘‘Tagish’’ Skookum Jim No.2 Joseph. J. Dusel No.3 Thomas W. Kirkpatrick No.4 Joe E. Boucher No.5 Henry Schaffer No.6 Fred Ledoucer No.7 Peter (First Nation) No.8 Tom (First Nation) No.9 Fritz Kloke No.10 Albert Fox No.11 Webb Lumpkins No.12 H. D. Wright No.13 H. McCullough No.14 N. E. Picotte No.15 Alex. Drou No.16 James Munro No.17 Jack Smith No.18 Ben Anderson No.19 John Wick No.20 Wm. Gauvin No.21 L. B. Rhoads No.22 R. Butler No.23 Charles Overland No.24 Ed Tomas No.25 M. Young No.26 James Rowan No.27 Ben Wold No.28 James McHoen No.29 Robert Karlson No.30 Frank Caroll No.31 Arthur Cook No.32 Eugene Duval No.33 Nels Johnson No.34 Thos Black No.35 Ezekeil Ogilvie No.36 Alex A. McDonald No.37 Frank Ohiscator No.38 Jay Whiple No.39 John Brothers No.40 Evert Ward No.41 E.W Jenhins No.42 C. J. Berry No.43 Thos. Pelky No.44 W. Warburton No.45 G. A Wilson No.46 C. E. Frampton No.47 Frank Leonard No.48 W. B. Stolder No.49 J.P. Peterson No.50 Victor Lord No.51 J. J. Brown No.52 George Johansen No.53 Fred Webster No.54 S. R. Churchill No.55 T. B. Shaven No.56 M. R. Growler |
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