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#3 White and Chilkoot Pass Trails

#2 Supply List2 suits heavy knit underwear6 pairs wool socks1 pairs heavy moccasins2 pairs german stockings2 heavy flannel overshirts1 heavy woollen sweater1 pair overalls2 pairs 12-lb. blankets1 waterproof blanket1 dozen bandana handkerchiefs1 stiff brim cowboy hat1 pair hip rubber boots1 pair prospectors' high land boots1 mackinaw, coat, pants, shirt1 pair heavy buck mitts, lined1 pair unlined leather gloves1 duck coat, pants, vest6 towels1 pocket matchbox, buttons, needles and thread comb, mirror, toothbrushetc. mosquito netting/1 dunnage bag1 sleeping bag/medicine chestpack saddles, complete horsesflat sleighs

100 lbs. navy beans150 lbs. bacon400 lbs. flour40 lbs. rolled oats20 lbs. corn meal10 lbs. rice25 lbs. sugar10 lbs. tea20 lbs. coffee10 lbs. baking powder20 lbs. salt1 lb. pepper2 lbs. baking soda1/2 lb. mustard1/4 lb. vinegar2 doz. condensed milk20 lbs. evaporated potatoes5 lbs. evaporated onions6 tins/4 oz. extract beef75 lbs. evaporated fruits4 pkgs. yeast cakes20 lbs. candles1 pkg. tin matches6 cakes borax6 lbs. laundry soap1/2 lb. ground ginger25 lbs. hard tack1 lb. citric acid2 bottles jamaica ginger

# 6 In what part of North America did most of this gold rush take place?

Jack London staked his claim October 6, 1897, and filed Placer Mining Claim Number 54 "ascending the left fork of Henderson Creek" on November 5, 1897 in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. While working this claim London made his headquarters in a cabin owned by his friend, Charles Taylor on Claim Number 151. During the winter Jack wrote on a log in the back of the cabin--"Jack London, Miner, Author, Jan. 27, 1898."

http://www.jacklondons.net/henderson-creek-cabin.html

#10 Where is Klondike Cabin

#12 Wolf House

Have you ever experienced a situation, perhaps playing a sport, where you were up against insurmountable odds, but you kept going because the end seemed worth it or you had no choice?

"Imagine pulling a sled loaded with three to six hundred pounds over a stretch of ice up a steep grade, strewn with boulders and logs, then crossing over a river bed on a couple of trees laid side by side and you get a picture of our labors," Fred Dewey wrote his friends at home of the two long weeks it took him to haul his gear to the base of the Chilkoot pass. "My feet are sore, my heels are blistered, my legs sore and lame, my hands, neck, shoulders, sore and chafed from rope. But boys, don't think I'm discouraged...there is a golden glimmer in the distance."

Facing 60-mile-an-hour winds in 65-degree-below-zero weather, the prospectors had to ascend the Chilkoot -- 1,000 feet straight up. With a steady stream of stampeders lining the path each day, it took forty trips to get a ton of supplies up the mountain.