Lead Pencil Miner: A Search for Yukon Gold

By Jack C. Fisher

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966177207
• ISBN13: 9780966177206
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Alamar Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 5.5"

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Lead Pencil Miner

Word of a gold strike in the Klondike region of Alaska reached Pacific coast cities in July of 1897. Within hours, telegraph wires and newspapers transmitted the astonishing message throughout the world. This is a story about family members whose lives were forever changed by the news. Soon after, Robert Harris left his wife and daughters at home, and boarded a steamer bound for Alaska with his brother Arthur. They arived along with thousands of other hopeful argonauts, among them Jack London and John Nordstrom who would achieve fame and fortune later in life. More familiar with the wilderness than most, the Harris brothers found opportunity to earn immediate cash along the way piloting those less capable through the treacherous Yukon River rapids. In Dawson City, they learned that all the claim sites on the famed Bonanza Creek were taken. But they figured a fortune could be made purchasing interests in established claims, then selling them to newcomers at appreciated value. The term 'lead pencil miner' refers to those who profited from the sale of goods, services or property to other men. With a new fortune, Robert Harris and his family returned to Ontario where he built a hotel elegant enough to rival other resorts of the day. Will the Klondike and its gold ever beckon again? Sooner than you might think! --- from book's back cover