Klondike Gold Rush - Klondike Gold Rush

Klondike Gold Rush
Kashfiyotchilar ko'tarilish Chilkoot dovoni, 1898
Boshqa ismlar	Alaska Gold Rush, Yukon Gold Rush
Markaz	Douson Siti Klondayk daryosida, Yukon, Kanada
Muddati	1896–1899 (shtamp: 1897–98)
Kashfiyot	1896 yil 16-avgust, Bonanza Kriki
Kashfiyotchilar	Jorj Karmak va Skookum Jim
Kashfiyotchilar	Shulardan 100000 nafari, 30000 kishi keldi
Marshrutlar	Boya /Skagvey marshrut va boshqalar
Davr adabiyotida	Yovvoyi chaqiriq, Yukonning afsuni, Sem Makgining o'ldirilishi

The Klondike Gold Rush^{[n 1]} edi a migratsiya Taxminan 100,000 qidiruvchilar tomonidan Klondayk viloyati ning Yukon, shimoli-g'arbiy qismida Kanada, 1896 yildan 1899 yilgacha. Oltin u erda 1896 yil 16 avgustda mahalliy konchilar tomonidan topilgan; yangiliklar yetganda Sietl va San-Fransisko Keyingi yil, a izlovchilar shtampi. Ba'zilar boyib ketishdi, ammo ko'pchilik behuda ketdi. U filmlarda, adabiyotlarda va fotosuratlarda abadiylashtirildi.

Oltin konlariga erishish uchun ko'pchilik qidiruvchilar portlar orqali yo'lni bosib o'tdilar Boya va Skagvey, yilda Janubi-sharqiy Alyaska. Bu erda "klondikerlar" ikkalasiga ham amal qilishlari mumkin Chilkoot yoki Oq dovon yo'llari Yukon daryosi va Klondaykka suzib boring. Kanada hukumati ochlikdan saqlanish uchun ularning har biridan bir yillik oziq-ovqat olib kelishni talab qildi. Umuman olganda, Klondikers uskunalari og'irligi bir tonnaga yaqin edi, ular ko'pchilik o'zlarini ko'tarib yurishdi. Ushbu vazifani bajarish va tog'li erlar va sovuq iqlimga qarshi kurashish, davom etganlar 1898 yil yozigacha etib kelmasliklarini anglatar edi. U erda bir necha bor imkoniyat topdilar va ko'pchilik hafsalasi pir bo'ldi.

Qidiruvchilarni joylashtirish uchun, boom shaharlar marshrutlar bo'ylab paydo bo'ldi. Ularning oxirida, Douson Siti Klondayk va Yukon daryolari tutashgan joyda tashkil etilgan. 1896 yilda 500 kishidan iborat shaharda 1898 yil yoziga kelib taxminan 30,000 kishi yashaydi. Dosson yog'ochdan qurilgan, izolyatsiya qilingan va antisanitariya sharoitida yong'inlardan, yuqori narxlardan va epidemiyalardan aziyat chekkan. Shunga qaramay, eng boy kashfiyotchilar isrofgarchilik bilan, qimor o'ynash va ichkilikbozlik bilan shug'ullanishgan salonlari. Mahalliy Odamlar boshqa tomondan, shoshqaloqlikdan aziyat chekdi; ular majburiy ravishda a-ga ko'chirildi zaxira Klondikerlar uchun yo'l ochish uchun va ko'p odamlar vafot etdi.

1898 yildan boshlab, ko'pchilikni Klondaykka sayohat qilishga undagan gazetalar unga qiziqishni yo'qotdi. 1899 yil yozida, Nom atrofida oltin topilgan g'arbda Alyaska, va ko'plab qidiruvchilar Klondaykdan Rushning tugashini belgilab, yangi oltin konlariga jo'nab ketishdi. Bum shaharlari pasayib ketdi va Douson Siti aholisi kamaydi. Klondaykda oltin qazib olish 1903 yilda og'irroq uskunalar olib kelinganidan so'ng avjiga chiqdi. O'shandan beri Klondike qazib olinib va ​​yopib chiqarildi va bugungi kunda ushbu meros mintaqaga sayyohlarni jalb qilmoqda va uning gullab-yashnashiga hissa qo'shmoqda.^{[n 2]}

Fon

Topilma paytida Yukon.

The shimoliy-g'arbiy Amerikadagi mahalliy aholi savdo qilgan mis oldin nuggetlar Evropaning kengayishi. Ko'pgina qabilalar bu mintaqada oltin borligini bilar edilar, ammo metall ular tomonidan qadrlanmagan.^[2][3][4] The Ruslar va Hudson's Bay kompaniyasi ikkalasi ham XIX asrning birinchi yarmida Yukonni o'rgangan, ammo oltin foydasiga mish-mishlarga e'tibor bermagan mo'yna savdosi, bu ko'proq foyda keltiradigan ko'proq foyda keltirdi.^{[2][n 3]}

XIX asrning ikkinchi yarmida bu erga amerikalik qidiruvchilar topila boshladi.^[6] Native bilan bitimlar tuzish Tlingit va Tagish qabilalar, dastlabki kashfiyotchilar Chilkoot va Oq dovonning muhim yo'llarini ochib, etib borishdi Yukon vodiysi 1870 yildan 1890 yilgacha.^[7] Bu erda ular Xan xalqiga, Yukon va Klondayk daryolari bo'yida yashagan yarim ko'chmanchi ovchilar va baliqchilarga duch kelishdi.^[8] Xan mintaqadagi oltin konlarining miqdori to'g'risida bilmaganga o'xshaydi.^{[n 4]}

1883 yilda, Ed Sxeffelin Yukon daryosi bo'ylab oltin konlarini aniqladi va ekspeditsiya Fortimile daryosi 1886 yilda uning katta miqdorini kashf etdi va Fortymile City-ga asos soldi.^[9][10] O'sha yili Klondayk daryosi bo'yidan oltin topilgan, ammo oz miqdorda va hech qanday da'vo qilinmagan.^[5] 1880-yillarning oxiriga kelib, bir necha yuz konchilar Yukon vodiysi bo'ylab harakatlanib, kichik konchilik lagerlarida yashab, Xan bilan savdo qilishdi.^[11][12][13] Chegaraning Alaskan tomonida Doira shahri, a logotown, 1893 yilda Yukon daryosida tashkil etilgan. Uch yil ichida u 1200 nafar aholisi, salonlari, opera uylari, maktablari va kutubxonalari bilan "Alyaskaning Parijiga" aylandi. 1896 yilda juda yaxshi ma'lum bo'lganki, a muxbir Chikagodan Daily Record tashrif buyurish uchun keldi. Yil oxirida u Klondaykning yuqori qismida katta oltin konlari topilganida, arvohlar shaharchasiga aylandi.^[14]

Kashfiyot (1896)

Skookum Jim, kashfiyotchilardan biri, 1898 yil

1896 yil 16-avgustda amerikalik qidiruvchi Jorj Karmak, uning Tagish xotini Keyt Karmak (Shaaw Tlaa), uning ukasi Skookum Jim (Keish) va ularning jiyani Douson Charli (K̲aa Goox̱) Klondayk daryosining janubida harakatlanayotgan edi.^[15] Kanadalik razvedkachi Robert Xendersonning taklifidan so'ng ular oltinni qidirishni boshladilar Bonanza Creek, keyin Klondaykning irmoqlaridan biri bo'lgan Rabbit Creek deb nomlangan.^[16] Oltinni kim kashf etgani noma'lum: Jorj Karmak yoki Skookum Jim, ammo guruh Jorj Karmakni rasmiy kashfiyotchi sifatida ko'rishga ruxsat berishga rozi bo'lishdi, chunki ular rasmiylar tan olmasliklaridan qo'rqishdi. mahalliy da'vogar.^{[17][18][n 5]}

Har qanday holatda ham, daryo bo'yida oltin juda ko'p miqdorda mavjud edi.^[20] Karmak daryo bo'yida egasi tomonidan keyinchalik qonuniy ravishda qazib olinishi mumkin bo'lgan to'rtta da'voni, chiziqlarni o'lchadi; shular jumlasidan o'zi uchun ikkitasi - biri odatdagi da'vosi sifatida, ikkinchisi oltinni kashf etgani uchun mukofot sifatida - va Jim va Charli uchun bittasi.^[21] Da'volar ertasi kuni Fortimile daryosi og'zidagi politsiya postida ro'yxatdan o'tkazildi va yangiliklar u erdan Yukon daryosi vodiysidagi boshqa konchilar lagerlariga tez tarqaldi.^[22]

Avgust oyining oxiriga kelib, Bonanza-Krikining hammasini konchilar talab qilishdi.^[23] Keyinchalik kashfiyotchi Bonanzaga oqib o'tadigan soylardan biriga o'tib, keyinchalik Eldorado Creek deb nomlandi. U u erda Bonanzadagi manbalardan ham boyroq bo'lishini isbotlaydigan yangi oltin manbalarini kashf etdi.^[24] Da'vogarlar konchilar va chayqovchilar o'rtasida katta miqdordagi pullarga sotila boshlandi.^[25] Rojdestvo arafasida oltindan iborat so'z Circle City-ga etib bordi. Qishga qaramay, ko'plab izlovchilar zudlik bilan eng yaxshi da'volar qabul qilinmasdan oldin mintaqaga etib borishni istagan itlar chanasida Klondayka jo'nab ketishdi.^[26] Tashqi dunyo hali ham bu yangiliklardan bexabar edi va garchi Kanada rasmiylari o'zlarining boshliqlariga xabar yuborishga muvaffaq bo'lishgan bo'lsa ham Ottava qidiruvchilarning topilmalari va oqimi haqida hukumat bunga katta ahamiyat bermadi.^[27] Qish daryolarning harakatlanishiga to'sqinlik qildi va faqat 1897 yil iyunigacha yangi qayiqlar va yangi kashfiyotlarning to'liq hikoyasini ko'tarib, birinchi qayiqlar bu hududdan chiqib ketishdi.^[28]

Bosqinning boshlanishi (1897 yil iyul)

Natijada paydo bo'lgan Klondayk shtampida, taxminan 100,000 kishi Klondike oltin konlariga etib borishga harakat qilishdi, ulardan faqat 30-40 ming atrofida.^{[30][n 7]} U 1897 yil yozidan 1898 yilning yozigacha Klondaykdagi oltin shoshilinch balandlikni tashkil etdi.

1897 yil 15-iyulda boshlangan San-Fransisko va ikki kundan keyin yana qo'zg'atildi Sietl, dastlabki kashfiyotchilarning birinchisi kemalarda katta miqdordagi oltinni olib Klondaykdan qaytib kelganida Excelsior va Portlend.^[35] Matbuot ushbu kemalar tomonidan jami 1 139 000 AQSh dollari (2010 yil narxlari bo'yicha 1 milliard dollarga teng) olib kelinganligi haqida xabar bergan, ammo bu juda kamligi isbotlangan.^[36] Kashfiyotchilarning ko'chishi shunchalik katta e'tiborni tortdiki, unga kiyim-kechak, yozuvchi va fotosuratchilar qo'shildi.^[37]

Ushbu to'satdan ommaviy javobning ortida turli omillar yotadi. Iqtisodiy nuqtai nazardan, bu yangiliklar 1890-yillarda moliyaviy tanazzullar va banklarning ishdan chiqishlari avjiga chiqqan paytda AQShga etib kelgan edi. The oltin standart O'sha paytlarda qog'oz pullarni oltin ishlab chiqarishga bog'lash va 19-asrning oxiriga kelib tanqislik, oltin dollarning qog'oz valyutalari oldida tez sur'atlarda o'sib borishi va xazina qilinishini anglatardi.^[38] Bu o'z hissasini qo'shdi 1893 yilgi vahima va 1896 yilgi vahima, bu esa ishsizlik va moliyaviy noaniqlikni keltirib chiqardi.^[39] Rivojlangan dunyo bo'ylab oltinga bo'lgan ulkan, hal qilinmagan talab bor edi, chunki Klondayk amalga oshirishga va ayrim odamlar uchun mintaqa yuqori ish haqi yoki moliyaviy ta'minlanishga va'da berdi.^[38][39]

Sietl gazetasi 1897 yil 17-iyulda Klondaykdan oltin kelishini e'lon qildi

Tarixchi sifatida psixologik nuqtai nazardan, Klondayklar Per Berton tasvirlaydi, "shunchaki romantik bo'lishga etarlicha uzoq va kirish uchun juda yaqin bo'lgan". Bundan tashqari, oltin zarbalariga eng yaqin bo'lgan Tinch okeani portlari savdo-sotiqni rivojlantirish va mintaqaga sayohat qilishni juda istashgan.^[40] O'sha davrdagi ommaviy jurnalistikada voqea va uning ortida turgan inson manfaatlari haqidagi voqealar targ'ib qilindi. Butun dunyo bo'ylab reklama kampaniyasi asosan tomonidan ishlab chiqilgan Erastus Brainerd Sietldagi gazetachi ushbu shaharni eng yaxshi ta'minot markazi va oltin konlariga jo'nab ketish nuqtasi sifatida tashkil etishga yordam berdi.^[41][42]

Kashfiyotchilar ko'plab davlatlardan kelgan, garchi taxmin qilinadigan ko'pchilik 60-80 foiz amerikaliklar yoki Amerikaga yaqinda kelgan muhojirlar edi.^{[43][44][n 8]} Ko'pchilik tog'-kon sanoati sohasida ish yurituvchi yoki sotuvchi sifatida tajribaga ega emas edi.^[46] Oltin shovqiniga qo'shilish uchun xodimlarning ommaviy istefolari taniqli bo'lib qoldi.^[47] Sietlda bu shahar meri, o'n ikki politsiyachi va shahar tramvay haydovchilarining sezilarli foizini o'z ichiga olgan.^[48]

Ba'zi shtamplar mashhur edi: Jon McGraw, Vashingtonning sobiq gubernatori taniqli advokat va sportchi A. Balliot bilan birga qo'shildi. Frederik Bernxem, taniqli amerikalik skaut va kashfiyotchi, Afrikadan kelgan, faqatgina ishtirok etish uchun uni qayta chaqirishgan Ikkinchi Boer urushi.^[49][50] Shoshilinchlikni hujjatlashtirganlar orasida asli Shvetsiyada bo'lgan fotosuratchi ham bor edi Erik Xegg, Chilkoot dovoni va muxbirining ramziy rasmlarini olgan Tappan Adney, keyinchalik kim birinchi shtamp tarixini yozgan.^{[51][n 9]} Jek London, keyinchalik taniqli amerikalik yozuvchi oltin izlash uchun ketgan, ammo shov-shuv paytida pulni asosan qidiruvchilarda ishlash bilan ishlagan.^{[53][n 10]}

Sietl va San-Frantsisko shov-shuv paytida biznes uchun qattiq raqobatlashdilar, Sietl savdo-sotiqning katta qismini egalladi.^[54] Darhaqiqat, oltin shov-shuvga birinchilardan bo'lib Sietl meri Uilyam D. Vud qo'shildi va u iste'foga chiqdi va Klondaykga qidiruvchilarni tashish uchun kompaniya tuzdi.^[41] Oltin shov-shuvining atrofidagi reklama bozorga ko'plab tovar mahsulotlarini chiqarishga olib keldi. Kiyim-kechak, jihozlar, oziq-ovqat va dori-darmonlarning hammasi go'yo shimoli-g'arbga mo'ljallangan "Klondike" tovarlari sifatida sotilgan.^{[55][n 11]} Korxonaga zarur bo'lgan marshrutlar, uskunalar, qazib olish va kapital haqida maslahatlar beradigan qo'llanmalar chop etildi.^[58][59] O'sha paytdagi gazetalar ushbu hodisani "Klonditsit" deb atashgan.^[55]

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  1898 yil 12 fevralda Viktoriya, Miloddan avvalgi Buyuk Uyda konchilar litsenziyasini sotib olayotgan klondikerlar

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  S / S Excelsior 1897 yil 28 iyulda San-Frantsiskodan Klondayka jo'nab ketadi.^{[n 12]}

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  SS Islander Vankuverdan ketib, Skagveyga jo'nab ketdi, 1897 y

Klondayka marshrutlar

Ga yo'nalishlar Klondayk (qizil nuqta). Tafsilotlar uchun ilovaga qarang.

Klondaykka faqat Yukon daryosi orqali, uning deltasidan yuqorisiga, boshidan pastga yoki o'rtasiga qayerdadir irmoqlari orqali borish mumkin edi. Daryo qayiqlari Yukonni yozda deltadan Klondayk ustidagi Vaytxors nomli nuqtagacha harakatlanishi mumkin edi. Umuman sayohatni geografiya ham, iqlim ham qiyinlashtirdi. Mintaqa tog'li edi, daryolar shamollanib, ba'zan o'tib bo'lmaydigan; qisqa yoz issiq bo'lishi mumkin edi, oktyabrdan iyunga qadar uzoq qish paytida harorat -50 ° C (-58 ° F) dan pastga tushishi mumkin edi.^{[61][62][n 13]}

Sayohatchilarga yuklarini ko'tarish uchun yordamlar har xil; ba'zilari itlar, otlar, xachirlar yoki ho'kizlarni olib kelishgan, boshqalari esa asbob-uskunalarini orqalarida yoki qo'lda tortib olingan chanalarda olib yurishga ishonishlari kerak edi.^[65] 1897 yilda tiqilinch boshlanganidan ko'p o'tmay, Kanada ma'murlari Yukon hududiga kiradigan har bir kishiga o'zlari bilan bir yillik oziq-ovqat zaxirasini olib kelishlarini talab qiladigan qoidalarni joriy qildilar; odatda bu 1150 funt (520 kg) atrofida edi.^[66] Vaqtga kelib, lager uskunalari, asbob-uskuna va boshqa kerakli narsalar, odatdagi sayohatchining vazni bir tonnagacha tashiydi.^[66] Ajablanarlisi shundaki, qoramol hayvonlarning narxi ko'tarildi; Dyeada hatto sifatsiz otlar ham 700 dollarga (19000 dollar) sotilishi yoki kuniga 40 dollarga (1100 dollar) ijaraga berilishi mumkin edi.^{[67][n 14]}

Sietldan yoki San-Frantsiskodan qidiruvchilar dengiz orqali Alyaskaning portlariga borishlari mumkin edi.^[69] Sohildan keyingi yo'nalish endi deb nomlanadi Dovon ichkarisida. Bu Dyea va Skagway portlariga va yaqin atrofdagi yo'llarning portlariga olib keldi. Talabning keskin o'sishi bir qator kemalarni ekspluatatsiya qilishni talab qildi belkurakli g'ildiraklar, baliq ovlash kemalari, barjalar va ko'mir kemalari hali ham ko'mir changiga to'la. Hammasi haddan tashqari yuklangan va ko'plari cho'kib ketgan.^[70]

Barcha suv yo'llari

Klondaykka, avval Sietldan shimoliy Tinch okeanidan Alyaskaning sohiligacha suzib o'tish mumkin edi. Kimdan Sankt-Maykl, Yukon daryosi deltasida, daryo qayig'i keyinchalik mahalliy odamlardan biri tomonidan boshqariladigan Dussongacha daryo bo'ylab qidiruvchilarni olib borishi mumkin edi. Koyukon xalqi Sankt-Maykl yaqinida yashagan.^[71][72] Garchi "boy odamning marshruti" deb nomlangan ushbu suvsiz marshrut juda qimmat va uzoq bo'lgan bo'lsa-da - 4700 mil (7600 km) jami - bu tezlikni o'ziga jalb qilgan va quruqlik bo'ylab sayohat qilishdan qochgan.^[71] Tiqilinch boshida chiptani 150 dollarga (4,050 dollar) sotib olish mumkin edi, 1897-98 yilgi qish paytida yo'l haqi 1000 dollarga (27000 dollar) tenglashdi.^{[73][n 15]}

1897 yilda 1800 ga yaqin sayohatchilar ushbu yo'lni bosib o'tishga harakat qilishdi, ammo aksariyat qismi oktyabr oyida muzlashganda daryo bo'yida ushlanib qolishdi.^[71] Klondaykka faqat 43 kishi qish oldidan etib borgan va o'sha 35 kishidan o'z manziliga vaqtida etib borish uchun jihozlarini tashlab, qaytib kelishlari kerak edi.^[71] Qolganlari aksariyat hollarda umidsiz sharoitda ko'pincha muz bilan qoplangan daryo bo'yidagi ajratilgan lagerlarda va aholi punktlarida qolishgan.^{[75][n 16]}

Dyea / Skagway yo'nalishlari

Kashfiyotchilarning aksariyati janubi-sharqdagi Alyaskaning Dyea va Skagvay shaharlariga tushdilar, ikkalasi ham tabiiy boshida joylashgan. Linn kanali Ichki dovonning oxirida. U erdan ular tog 'tizmalari orqali Kanadaning Yukon o'lkasiga, so'ngra daryo tarmog'i orqali Klondaykka borishlari kerak edi.^[77] Yo'llar bo'ylab, chodirlar shaharchalari qidiruvchilar yoki ovqatlanish uchun to'xtashga majbur bo'lgan joylarda yoki Yukon boshidagi muzli ko'llar kabi to'siqlarda paydo bo'ldi.^[78][79] Shoshma-shosharlik boshlanganda, Sietldan Dyea portiga chiptaning idishni uchun 40 dollar (1100 dollar) turadi. Biroq 100 dollar (2,700 dollar) miqdorida mukofot puli to'ladi va paroxod kompaniyalari har kuni oshib borishi mumkinligi sababli narxlarini oldindan belgilashda ikkilanib qolishdi.^[80]

Oq dovon yo'li

Oq dovon yo'lidagi o'lik otlar, 1898 yil

Skagveyga tushganlar kesib o'tmasdan Oq dovondan o'tib ketishdi Bennett ko'li.^[81] Yo'l asta-sekin boshlangan bo'lsa-da, 2 metr (0,61 m) qadar tor yo'llar bilan va toshlar va o'tkir toshlar bilan qoplangan kengroq qismlarda bir nechta tog'lar bo'ylab harakatlandi.^[82] Bunday sharoitda otlar juda ko'p sonda nobud bo'lishdi va marshrutga "O'lik otlar izi" ning norasmiy nomini berishdi.^{[77][n 17]} Sayohatchilarning hajmi va nam ob-havo izni o'tib bo'lmaydigan qilib qo'ydi va 1897 yil oxiriga kelib, u qo'shimcha xabar berilgunga qadar yopilib, 5000 ga yaqin Skagveyda qolib ketdi.^[82]

Oxir-oqibat vagonlarga mos keladigan alternativ pullik yo'l qurildi va bu loyli erni muzlatgan sovuq ob-havo bilan birgalikda Oq dovonni qayta ochishga imkon berdi va qidiruvchilar Kanadaga yo'l oldilar.^[82] Dovon orqali materiallar va jihozlarni ko'chirish bosqichma-bosqich amalga oshirilishi kerak edi. Ko'pchilik o'z narsalarini erkakning orqasida olib yurish mumkin bo'lgan og'irligi 65 kilogramm bo'lgan yoki og'irroq yuklarni qo'lda chanada tortib oladigan paketlarga bo'lishdi.^[65] Paketlarni oldinga olib o'tish va orqaga qaytish uchun qidiruvchi barcha ta'minotlarni yo'lning oxirigacha olib borguniga qadar kamida 4000 km masofani bosib o'ttizga yaqin sayohat kerak bo'ladi. Kuchli odam og'ir chanani ishlatganda ham 1600 km masofani bosib o'tib, Bennett ko'liga etib borishi uchun taxminan 90 kun kerak bo'ladi.^[84]

Chilkoot izi

Chilkoot dovonida materiallar bilan qidiruvchilar. Oldinda: Tarozi, chapda: Oltin qadamlar. v. 1898 yil mart.^{[n 18]}

Skagvayning qo'shni shahri Dyeaga tushganlar sayohat qilishdi Chilkoot izi dovondan o'tib, Yukon daryosining boshidagi Bennett ko'liga quyilgan Lindeman ko'liga etib bordi.^[86] Chilkoot dovoni Oq dovondan balandroq edi, lekin undan ko'proq foydalanilgan: oltin shov-shuv paytida 22000 atrofida.^[87] Bu yo'l hayvonlar uchun juda baland bo'lgan asosiy ko'tarilish oldidan tekis tepalikka yetguncha lagerlardan o'tib ketdi.^{[88][n 19]} Ushbu joy tarozi deb nomlangan va sayohatchilar Kanadaga rasmiy ravishda kirishdan oldin tovarlarni tortishgan. Sovuq, qiyalik va jihozlarning og'irligi toqqa chiqishni juda og'irlashtirdi va 300 metr balandlikdagi nishab tepasiga chiqish uchun bir kun vaqt ketishi mumkin edi.^[90]

Oq dovon yo'lida bo'lgani kabi, materiallar ham kichikroq paketlarga bo'linib, o'z o'rni bilan olib ketilishi kerak edi.^[91] Naqd pulga etkazib berishga tayyor bo'lgan paketchilar marshrut bo'ylab mavjud edilar, ammo keyingi bosqichlarda har bir funt uchun (0,45 kg) 1 dollar (27 dollar) gacha haq oladilar; ushbu qadoqlovchilarning aksariyati mahalliy odamlar edi: Tlingits yoki kamroq, Tagish.^[88][92][93] Qor ko'chkisi tog'larda keng tarqalgan va 1898 yil 3 aprelda ulardan biri Chilkoot dovoni ustida sayohat qilgan 60 dan ortiq odamning hayotiga zomin bo'lgan.^{[94][n 20]}

Tadbirkorlar qish davri o'tishi bilan echimlarni taklif qila boshladilar. Chilkoot dovonidagi zinapoyalardan bir kunlik haq evaziga foydalanish mumkin bo'lgan 1500 qadam narvon "Oltin qadamlar" nomi bilan mashhur bo'ldi.^[96] 1897 yil dekabrga kelib Archi Berns a tramvay yo'li Chilkoot dovonining so'nggi qismlariga qadar. Pastki qismdagi ot g'ildirakni aylantirdi, u yuqoriga va orqaga yugurib kelgan arqonni tortdi; arqon bilan tortilgan chanalarga yuk ortilgan. Tez orada yana beshta tramvay yo'llari yurdi, biri bug 'dvigateli bilan ishlaydi va 1 funt (0,45 kg) uchun 8 dan 30 sentgacha (2 va 8 dollar) zaryad oladi.^[97] An tramvay yo'li 1898 yil bahorida qurilgan bo'lib, soatiga 9 tonna tovarlarni sammitgacha ko'tarishga qodir edi.^[97][63]

Yukon daryosi boshlig'i

Chodir lageridagi qidiruvchilar Bennett ko'li muz kutmoqda Yukon daryosi ajralish uchun, 1898 yil may.

Bennett va Lindeman ko'llarida izlovchilar bahorda Yukondan Dovson-Siti shahriga so'nggi 500 mil (800 km) masofani bosib o'tadigan sal yoki qayiq qurish uchun lager qurishdi.^{[98][n 21]} 1898 yil may oyida qolgan har xil o'lchamdagi va sifatdagi 7124 ta qayiq; o'sha paytgacha ko'llar atrofidagi o'rmonlar asosan yog'och uchun kesilgan edi.^[100][101] Daryo yangi muammo tug'dirdi. Yuqorida Whitehorse, xavfli edi, Milya Kanyoni bo'ylab Oq Ot Rapidsgacha bo'lgan bir necha tezliklar.^[102]

Ko'plab qayiqlar halokatga uchraganidan va bir necha yuz kishi halok bo'lganidan so'ng, Shimoliy-G'arbiy politsiya (NWMP) xavfsizlik qoidalarini joriy qildi, tekshirish qayiqlar ehtiyotkorlik bilan va ayollar va bolalarga tezkor yo'l orqali sayohat qilishni taqiqlaydi.^{[103][53][n 22]} Qo'shimcha qoidalarda yo'lovchilarni tashiydigan har qanday qayiq zarurligi ko'rsatilgan litsenziyaga ega uchuvchi Odatda, 25 AQSh dollari (680 dollar) turadi, garchi ba'zi qidiruvchilar qayiqlarini shunchaki echib olishgan va ularni boshqa tomonga yig'ish uchun pastga tushish niyatida tezkor yo'llar orqali uchuvchisiz haydashlariga imkon berishgan.^[53] Yoz oylarida Norman Makoley tomonidan qayiq va asbob-uskunalarni kanyon orqali bir vaqtning o'zida 25 dollardan (680 dollar) olib o'tishga qodir bo'lgan ot bilan harakatlanadigan temir yo'l-tramvay yo'li qurilib, tezkor yo'nalish bo'yicha qidiruvchilarga ehtiyoj sezilmadi.^[104]

Parallel yo'llar

Klondikers tomon suzib borishmoqda Douson yuqori Yukon daryosida, 1898 y.

1898 yil davomida Alyaskaning janubi-sharqidan Yukon daryosigacha bo'lgan yana bir necha yo'llar bor edi. Ulardan biri Dalton yo'li edi: Piramida bandargohidan Dyeaga yaqin, u bo'ylab o'tdi Chilqat dovoni Chilkootdan bir necha mil g'arbda va shimolga Yukon daryosiga burilib, taxminan 350 mil (560 km) masofada joylashgan. Bu Jek Dalton tomonidan qoramollar va otlar uchun mo'ljallangan yozgi marshrut sifatida yaratilgan va Dalton undan foydalanganligi uchun 250 dollar (6,800 dollar) miqdorida haq to'lagan.^[105]

Takou yo'nalishi Juneaudan boshlanib, shimoliy-sharqqa Teslin ko'liga bordi. Bu erdan u daryoning orqasidan Yukonga qarab bordi va u erda Klondaykning yarmigacha bo'lgan joyda Dyea va Skagvay yo'nalishini uchratdi.^[106] Bu qayiqni daryo bo'yiga va loydan sudrab olib borish va poldan 1500 metr balandlikdagi tog'ni tor yo'l bo'ylab bosib o'tishni anglatadi. Nihoyat, Skagveydan janubi-sharqda Vrangell portidan boshlanadigan Stikine yo'nalishi bor edi. Ushbu yo'nalish Stikine daryosidan ko'tarilib, Glenoraga bordi navigatsiya boshlig'i. Glenorodan qidiruvchilar o'z ta'minotlarini Teslin ko'liga 240 km uzoqlikda olib borishlari kerak edi, u erda Takou yo'nalishi singari Yukon daryosi tizimiga to'g'ri keldi.^[107]

Butun Kanada yo'nalishlari

Bo'ylab chodir-lager Pelly daryosi Kanadaning Yukon daryosiga irmoqi, 1898 y.

Janubiy-sharqiy Alaskan portlariga alternativa Butun Kanada yo'llari edi, chunki ular asosan butun sayohat davomida Kanada tuprog'ida qolishgan.^[108] Bular vatanparvarlik sabablari va Amerika urf-odatlaridan qochganliklari sababli inglizlar va kanadaliklar orasida mashhur bo'lgan.^[108] Ularning birinchisi, uzunligi 1,600 km (taxminan 1600 km) dan boshlangan Ashkroft Britaniya Kolumbiyasida va botqoqlarni kesib o'tgan, daryo daralar va Glenoradagi Stikine daryosi yo'li bilan uchrashguncha tog'lar.^{[107][n 23]} Glenorodan qidiruvchilar Wrangelldan kelganlar kabi qiyinchiliklarga duch kelishadi.^[107] Kamida 1500 kishi Ashkroft yo'nalishi bo'ylab va 5000 kishi Stikine bo'ylab sayohat qilishga harakat qildi.^[110] Ikki marshrutning balchig'i va shilimshiq muzlari charchagan, hayvonlarni o'ldirgan yoki ishlamay qolgan va sayohatchilar orasida tartibsizlikni keltirib chiqargan.^[111]

Yana uchta yo'nalish boshlandi Edmonton, Alberta; "ichki yo'l" va "Klondaykning orqa eshigi" deb e'lon qilinganiga qaramay, bu juda yaxshi emas edi - deyarli izlar.^[112][113] Bittasi, "quruqlikdagi yo'l", Edmontondan shimoli-g'arbiy tomonga qarab, oxir-oqibat maydonni kutib oldi Tinchlik daryosi keyin quruqlikdan Klondaykka o'tishda davom etib, Liard daryosi yo'nalishida.^[114] Edmonton orqali sayohat qilishni rag'batlantirish uchun hukumat T.W. Chalmers izini qurish uchun Klondayk izi yoki Chalmers Trail.^[115] "Suv yo'llari" deb nomlangan boshqa ikkita yo'l, ko'proq daryo bo'ylab sayohat qilishni o'z ichiga olgan. Ulardan biri qayiqda daryolar va quruqlik bo'ylab Yukon daryosi tizimiga bordi Pelly daryosi va u erdan Dousonga.^[116] Yana biri Dovsonning shimoliga o'tib ketdi Makkenzi daryosi ga Fort McPherson, Alyaskaga kirish va Yukon daryosini kutib olishdan oldin Yukon Fort, quyi oqimda Klondayka tomon borishingiz mumkin.^[116][117] Bu erdan qayiq va jihozlarni Yukonga taxminan 640 km (640 km) ko'tarish kerak edi. Taxminan 1660 sayohatchilar ushbu uch marshrutni bosib o'tdilar, ulardan atigi 685 nafari etib kelishdi, ba'zilari esa 18 oyga sayohat qilishdi.^[118]

"Butun Amerika" yo'nalishi

Butun Kanada yo'nalishlariga teng bo'lgan "Umumamerika marshruti" bo'lib, u portdan Yukonga etib borishni maqsad qilgan. Valdez Skagveydan Alyaskaning qirg'oqlari bo'ylab yana yotar edi.^[119] Bu Kanadaning bojxona postlaridan qochib, ichki qismga Amerikaning nazorati ostidagi marshrutni taqdim etishiga umid qilingan edi.^[120] 1897 yil oxiridan boshlab 3500 erkak va ayol bunga urinishdi; qish qorlari bilan kechiktirilgan, bahorda yangi harakatlar qilingan.^[121]

Amalda port va Alyaskaning ichki qismi o'rtasida joylashgan ulkan Valdez muzligi deyarli engib bo'lmasligini isbotladi va atigi 200 kishi unga ko'tarilishga muvaffaq bo'ldi; 1899 yilga kelib, sovuq va shilliqqurt qolganlari orasida ko'plab o'limlarga sabab bo'lgan.^[122] Boshqa izlovchilar muqobil yo'nalish bo'ylab harakat qilishdi Malaspina muzligi shunchaki sharq tomon, yanada katta qiyinchiliklarga duch keldi.^[123] Undan o'tishga muvaffaq bo'lganlar, Dousonga etib borishdan oldin, bir necha chaqirim cho'l haqida muzokaralar olib borishlariga to'g'ri keldi. Ularning ekspeditsiyasi xuddi shu yo'l bilan qaytishga majbur bo'ldi, faqat to'rt kishi omon qoldi.^[124]

Chegara nazorati

Chilkoot dovonida AQSh-Kanada chegarasi, 1898 y^{[n 24]}

Alyaskaning janubi-sharqidagi chegaralari bahslashdi Amerikadan beri AQSh, Kanada va Britaniya o'rtasida Alyaskani sotib olish Rossiyadan 1867 yilda.^[126] AQSh va Kanada ikkala Dyya va Skagvey portlariga da'vo qilishdi.^[126] Bu amerikalik qidiruvchilar soni, qazib olinadigan oltin miqdori va bunday chekka hududda hukumat vakolatlarini amalga oshirishdagi qiyinchiliklar bilan birgalikda chegaralarni nazorat qilishni nozik masalaga aylantirdi.^[127]

Erta oltin shoshilinch ravishda AQSh armiyasi kichkinasini yubordi otryad Klondaykda aralashuv talab qilingan taqdirda, Circle City-ga, Kanada hukumati barcha amerikalik qidiruvchilarni Yukon hududidan chiqarishni o'ylab ko'rdi.^[128] Hech qanday voqea yuz bermadi va buning o'rniga AQSh Dyeani kanadaliklar uchun kirish portiga aylantirdi va britaniyalik kemalarga Kanadalik yo'lovchilar va tovarlarni u erga erkin qo'ndirishga imkon berdi, Kanada esa amerikalik konchilarga Klondaykda ishlashga ruxsat berdi.^[129] Ikkala qaror ham o'zlarining mahalliy jamoatchiligiga yoqmadi: amerikalik ishbilarmonlar ularning a huquqidan shikoyat qildilar monopoliya mintaqaviy savdoga putur etkazildi, Kanada jamoatchiligi amerikalik konchilarga qarshi choralar ko'rishni talab qildi.^[129]

Shimoliy-G'arbiy politsiya Yukon hududi chegaralarida yoki bahsli bo'lgan joyda Chilkoot va Oq dovonlar kabi osonlikcha boshqariladigan punktlarda nazorat postlarini o'rnatdi.^[130] Ushbu bo'linmalar qurollangan Maksim qurollari.^[131] Ularning vazifalari sayohatchilarga bir yillik oziq-ovqat zahirasini Yukon hududiga olib kirish uchun olib kirish, noqonuniy qurollarni tekshirish, jinoyatchilarning kirib kelishiga yo'l qo'ymaslik va bojxona to'lovlarini amalga oshirish qoidalarini bajarish edi.^[132]

Ushbu so'nggi vazifa, ayniqsa, o'z mollari va materiallari qiymatining o'rtacha 25 foizini to'lashga duch kelgan amerikalik qidiruvchilarga unchalik yoqmadi.^[133] Tog'lar ushbu lavozimlarni halol boshqargani uchun obro'ga ega edilar, ammo ular pora olganlikda ayblanmoqda.^[134] Boshqa tomondan, kashfiyotchilar ipak va viski kabi mukofot buyumlarini tunuka va xovli pichanlarda dovon orqali olib o'tishga harakat qildilar: avvalgi buyum ayollar uchun, ikkinchisi salonlar uchun.^[135]

Konchilik

Oltin qazish paytida Douson Siti shahriga etib kelgan taxmin qilingan 30-40 ming kishining atigi 15,000 dan 20,000 gacha bo'lganlari nihoyat qidiruvchilarga aylanishdi. Ulardan to'rt mingdan ko'pi zarb qilmagan va faqat bir necha yuzi boyib ketgan.^[30] Ko'pchilik shtampchilar 1898 yilda kelishganida, eng yaxshi daryolar yoki mintaqadagi uzoq muddatli konchilar tomonidan yoki avvalgi yilning birinchi kelishi bilan talab qilingan.^[136] Bonanza, Eldorado, Xunker va Dominion Kriklar olib ketildi, 1898 yil iyulga qadar rasmiylar tomonidan 10,000 ga yaqin da'vo qayd etilgan; yangi qidiruvchi o'z talabini topish uchun uzoqroqqa qarashga to'g'ri keladi.^[137]

Geologik nuqtai nazardan, mintaqa oltinga tomirlar bilan singib ketgan va er yuziga majburlangan vulkanik deb nomlanuvchi konlarda nugget va oltin changni qoldirib, daryo va daryolarning ta'siridan eskirgan shaffof oltin.^{[138][n 25]} Ba'zi ma'danlar soy sathlari bo'ylab tuproq sathida yotar edi, odatda er ostidan (4,6 m) dan 30 fut (9,1 m) gacha.^[139] Boshqalar, hatto eski qadimgi oqimlardan hosil bo'lgan, tepaliklar bo'ylab yotishgan; bu konlar "oltin oltin" deb nomlangan.^[140] Oltinni topish juda qiyin edi. Dastlab konchilar barcha oltinlar mavjud daryolar bo'yida bo'ladi deb taxmin qilishgan va 1897 yil oxirigacha tepaliklar qazib olinishni boshlagan.^[141] Oltin topilgan joylarda notekis taqsimlangan bo'lib, bu yaxshi qazib olinadigan joylarni bashorat qilishni yanada noaniq qildi.^[142] Oltin borligiga ishonch hosil qilishning yagona usuli - qidiruv qazish ishlari.^[143]

Usullari

Milda kon qazish, 1898 yil.

Kon qazib olish yerni o'simlik va qoldiqlardan tozalashdan boshlandi.^[144] Keyin ma'danni yoki "ish haqi chizig'ini" topish uchun istiqbolli teshiklar qazilgan.^[144] Agar bu teshiklar unumli ko'rinadigan bo'lsa, oltinning katta qismi topilgan tog 'jinslariga qarab to'g'ri qazish ishlari boshlanishi mumkin.^[144] Oqim o'zgarishini ta'minlash uchun operatsiyani almashtirish kerak bo'lsa, qazish ishlari diqqat bilan kuzatib boriladi.^[144]

Klondaykning Arktika osti iqlimida qattiq permafrost qatlami sathidan atigi 6 fut (1,8 m) pastda yotardi.^[145][146] An'anaga ko'ra, bu mintaqada qazib olish ishlari faqat yoz oylarida sodir bo'lganligini anglatar edi, ammo oltin shoshilinch bosimi bunday kechikishni qabul qilib bo'lmas edi.^[143] 19-asrning oxirlarida ushbu muammoni hal qilishda, shu jumladan gidravlik qazib olish va tuproqni tozalash kabi texnologiyalar mavjud edi chuqurlashtirish, ammo buning uchun zarur bo'lgan og'ir uskunalarni Klondaykka oltin shovqin paytida olib kelinmadi.^[145][147]

Buning o'rniga, konchilar yog'och yong'inlariga tayanib, erni taxminan 14 dyuym (360 mm) chuqurlikda yumshatib, so'ngra hosil bo'lgan shag'allarni olib tashlashdi. Jarayon oltinga yetguncha takrorlandi. Nazariy jihatdan, permafrost tufayli milni qo'llab-quvvatlash zarur emas edi, ammo amalda ba'zida olov abadiy muzni eritib, qulab tushishiga olib keldi.^[148] Yong'inlardan tashqari zararli gazlar paydo bo'lishi mumkin, ularni körük yoki boshqa vositalar yordamida olib tashlash kerak edi.^[149][150] Natijada konlardan chiqarilgan "axloqsizlik" qishda tezda muzlab qoldi va uni faqat yozning issiq oylarida qayta ishlash mumkin edi.^{[150][n 26]} 1897 yildan 1898 yilgacha bug 'eritish deb nomlangan alternativa, samaraliroq yondashuv; bug'ni to'g'ridan-to'g'ri erga quyish uchun pech ishlatilgan, ammo qo'shimcha uskunalar talab qilinganligi sababli, shoshilinch yillarda bu keng tarqalgan texnika emas edi.^[151]

Bug 'bilan eritish, 1898 yil

Yozda, suv og'irroq oltinni shag'aldan ajratib, shlaklarni yopish uchun ishlatilgan bo'lar edi.^[152] Buning uchun konchilar shlyuzlarni qurishlarini talab qildilar, ular uzunligi 15 fut (4,6 m) bo'lgan yog'och qutilarning ketma-ketligi bo'lib, ular orqali axloqsizlik yuviladi; har bir qazib olish ishlari uchun ulardan 20tagacha kerak bo'lishi mumkin.^[153] Shlyuzlar o'z navbatida ko'p suv talab qilar edi, odatda bu to'g'on va ariqlar yoki xom quvurlar hosil qilish orqali hosil bo'ladi.^[154] Tog'lar yonbag'rida "dastgoh oltin" qazib olishda shlyuz liniyalaridan foydalanib bo'lmadi, chunki suvni u qadar baland pompalay olmadi. Buning o'rniga, bu minalar ajratish uchun zarur bo'lgan harakatni yaratish uchun rokkalarni, beshik kabi oldinga va orqaga harakatlanadigan qutilarni ishlatgan.^[155] Nihoyat, hosil bo'lgan oltin chang Klondaykdan tashqariga eksport qilinishi mumkin edi; Douson Siti shahrida ochilgan yirik banklardan biri orqali troyan unsiyasi (ozt) uchun 16 dollar (430 dollar) miqdorida qog'oz pullarga almashtirildi yoki mahalliy savdogarlar bilan muomala qilishda shunchaki pul sifatida ishlatildi.^{[156][n 27]}

Biznes

Muvaffaqiyatli qazib olish vaqt va kapitalni talab qildi, ayniqsa Klondayk atrofidagi yog'ochlarning ko'p qismi kesilgandan keyin.^[154] Haqiqiy qazib olish jarayonida erni eritish uchun o'tin yoqilishi uchun 1500 dollar (42000 dollar), to'g'on qurish uchun taxminan 1000 dollar (28000 dollar), ariqlar uchun 1500 (42000 dollar) va shlyuz qutilari uchun 600 dollar (16.800 dollar) talab qilingan. 4600 dollardan.^[154] Klondaykining qidiruvchini jalb qilishi, ammo oltin topilganda, u ko'pincha juda zich joylashgan.^[158] Klondaykadagi ba'zi soylar oltinga o'n besh baravar boyroq bo'lgan Kaliforniya va ularnikiga qaraganda boyroq Janubiy Afrika.^[158] Masalan, atigi ikki yil ichida Eldorado soyidagi 29-da'vo arizasidan 230 ming dollar (6,440 ming dollar) oltin ishlab chiqarildi.^{[159][n 28]}

Tog'larni qazib olish, ko'rsatish rokchilar, c.1899

Kanada qonunchiligiga binoan, konchilar Dovsonga etib kelganlarida yoki u erdan yo'lga chiqqanlarida avval litsenziyani olishlari kerak edi Viktoriya Kanadada.^[161] Keyin ular oltinni qidirib topishlari va munosib joy topgach, uni qazib olish huquqiga da'vo qilishlari mumkin edi.^[162] Da'voni hisobga olish uchun, qidiruvchi, qoziqni o'lchov masofasidan masofaga haydab, keyin 15 dollar (410 dollar) evaziga ro'yxatdan o'tish uchun Dousonga qaytib keladi.^[162] Odatda bu uch kun ichida amalga oshirilishi kerak edi va 1897 yilga kelib har bir odamga bitta da'voga bitta tumanda ruxsat berildi, garchi turmush qurgan juftliklar xotinni o'z nomiga da'voni ro'yxatdan o'tkazishga imkon beradigan bo'shliqdan foydalanib, ularning miqdorini ikki baravar oshirdi er.^[163][164]

Da'vo bir yil davomida erkin qazib olinishi mumkin, shundan so'ng har yili 100 dollar (2800 dollar) miqdorida badal to'lash kerak edi. Agar izlovchi uch kundan ortiq muddatga uzrli sabablarsiz qoldirsa, boshqa konchi erga da'vo qilishi mumkin.^[165] Kanada hukumati, shuningdek, a royalti da'vo arizasidan olingan oltin qiymatining 10 dan 20 foizigacha.^[166]

Traditionally, a mining claim had been granted over a 500-foot (150 m) long stretch of a creek, including the land from one side of the valley to another. The Canadian authorities had tried to reduce this length to 150 feet (46 m), but under pressure from miners had been forced to agree to 250 feet (76 m). The only exception to this was a "Discovery" claim, the first to be made on a creek, which could be 500 feet (150 m) long.^{[167][n 29]} The exact lengths of claims were often challenged and when the government o'lchovchi Uilyam Ogilvi conducted surveys to settle disputes, he found some claims exceeded the official limit.^[169] The excess fractions of land then became available as claims and were sometimes quite valuable.^[169]

Claims could be bought. However, their price depended on whether they had been yet proved to contain gold.^[170] A prospector with capital might consider taking a risk on an "unproved" claim on one of the better creeks for $5,000 ($140,000); a wealthier miner could buy a "proved" mine for $50,000 ($1,400,000).^[170] The well known claim eight on Eldorado Creek was sold for as much as $350,000 ($9,800,000).^[170] Prospectors were also allowed to hire others to work for them.^[171] Enterprising miners such as Aleks Makdonald set about amassing mines and employees.^[172] Kaldıraç his acquisitions with short term loans, by the autumn of 1897 McDonald had purchased 28 claims, estimated to be worth millions.^[172] Sviftuoter Bill Geyts famously borrowed heavily against his claim on the Eldorado creek, relying on hired hands to mine the gold to keep up his interest payments.^[173]

The less fortunate or less well funded prospectors rapidly found themselves destitute. Some chose to sell their equipment and return south.^[174] Others took jobs as manual workers, either in mines or in Dawson; the typical daily pay of $15 ($410) was high by external standards, but low compared to the cost of living in the Klondike.^[174] The possibility that a new creek might suddenly produce gold, however, continued to tempt poorer prospectors.^[174] Smaller stampedes around the Klondike continued throughout the gold rush, when rumours of new strikes would cause a small mob to descend on fresh sites, hoping to be able to stake out a high value claim.^[175]

Klondaykadagi hayot

The massive influx of prospectors drove the formation of boom towns along the routes of the stampede, with Dawson City in the Klondike the largest.^[176][177] The new towns were crowded, often chaotic and many disappeared just as soon as they came.^[178] Most stampeders were men but women also travelled to the region, typically as the wife of a prospector.^[179] Some women entertained in gambling and dance halls built by business men and women who were encouraged by the lavish spending of successful miners.^[180]

Dawson remained relatively lawful, protected by the Canadian NWMP, which meant that gambling and prostitution were accepted while robbery and murder were kept low. By contrast, especially the port of Skagway under US jurisdiction in Southeast Alaska became infamous for its criminal underworld.^[181][182] The extreme climate and remoteness of the region in general meant that supplies and communication with the outside world including news and mail were scarce.^[177][183]

Boomtowns

View of Skagway, 1898

The ports of Dyea and Skagway, through which most of the prospectors entered, were tiny settlements before the gold rush, each consisting of only one log cabin.^[184] Chunki yo'q edi joylashtirish moslamalari, ships had to unload their cargo directly onto the beach, where people tried to move their goods before high tide.^[185] Inevitably cargos jarayonida yo'qolgan.^[186] Some travellers had arrived intending to supply goods and services to the would-be miners; some of these in turn, realizing how difficult it would be to reach Dawson, chose to do the same.^[185] Within weeks, storehouses, saloons, and offices lined the muddy streets of Dyea and Skagway, surrounded by tents and hovels.^[176]

Skagway became famous in international media; muallif Jon Muir described the town as "a nest of ants taken into a strange country and stirred up by a stick".^[186] While Dyea remained a transit point throughout the winter, Skagway began to take on a more permanent character.^[187] Skagway also built wharves out into the bay in order to attract a greater share of the prospectors.^[188] The town was effectively lawless, dominated by drinking, gunfire and prostitution.^[189] The visiting NWMP Superintendent Sem Stil noted that it was "little better than a hell on earth ... about the roughest place in the world".^[190] Nonetheless, by the summer of 1898, with a population—including migrants—of between 15,000 and 20,000, Skagway was the largest city in Alaska.^[191]

In late summer 1897 Skagway and Dyea fell under the control of Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith and his men, who arrived from Seattle shortly after Skagway began to expand.^[192][193] U amerikalik edi ishonch odam whose gang, 200 to 300 strong, cheated and stole from the prospectors travelling through the region.^{[194][n 30]} He maintained the illusion of being an upstanding member of the community, opening three saloons as well as creating fake businesses to assist in his operations.^[196][197] One of his scams was a fake telegraf idorasi charging to send messages all over the US and Canada, often pretending to receive a reply.^[198] Opposition to Smith steadily grew and, after weeks of hushyorlik activity, he was killed in Skagway during the shootout on Juneau Wharf 1898 yil 8-iyulda.^[192][199]

Other towns also boomed. Wrangell, port of the Stikine route and boom town from earlier gold rushes, increased in size again, with robberies, gambling and nude female dancing commonplace.^[200] Valdez, formed on the Alyaska ko'rfazi during the attempt to create the "All-American" route to the Klondike during the winter of 1897–1898, became a tent city of people who stayed behind to supply the ill-fated attempts to reach the interior.^[122] Edmonton, Alberta (at that time, the District of Alberta in the Northwest Territories,) Canada, increased from a population of 1,200 before the gold rush to 4,000 during 1898.^[201] Beyond the immediate region, cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Takoma, Portlend, Vankuver and Victoria all saw their populations soar as a result of the stampede and the trade it brought along.^[201]

Douson Siti

Yukon River with Klondike City (foreground) and Douson Siti (upper right), 1899

Dawson City was created in the early days of the Klondike gold rush, when prospector Joe Ladue and shopkeeper Arthur Harper decided to make a profit from the influx to the Klondike.^[22][202] The two men bought 178 acres (72 ha) of the loyqalar at the junction of the Klondike and Yukon rivers from the government and laid out the street plan for a new town, bringing in timber and other supplies to sell to the migrants.^[203] The Hän village of Troxek along Deer Creek was considered to be too close to the new town, and the NWMP Superintendent Charlz Konstantin moved its inhabitants 3 miles (4.8 km) down-river to a small zaxira.^[204] The town, in the beginning simply known as "Harper and Ladue town site", was named Dawson City after the director of Canada's Geographical Survey.^[177] It grew rapidly to hold 500 people by the winter of 1896, with plots of land selling for $500 ($14,000) each.^[177]

In the spring of 1898, Dawson's population rose further to 30,000 as stampeders arrived over the passes.^[177] The centre of the town, Front Street, was lined with hastily built buildings and warehouses, together with log cabins and tents spreading out across the rest of the settlement.^[205] There was no running water or sewerage, and only two buloqlar for drinking water to supplement the increasingly polluted river.^[206] In spring, the unpaved streets were churned into thick mud and in summer the settlement reeked of human effluent and was plagued by flies and mosquitoes.^[207] Land in Dawson was now scarce, and plots sold for up to $10,000 ($280,000) each; prime locations on Front Street could reach $20,000 ($560,000) while a small log cabin might rent for $100 ($2,800) a month.^[208] As a result, Dawson's population spread south into the empty Hän village, renaming it Klondike City.^[209] Other communities emerged closer to the mines, such as Granville on Dominion Creek and Grand Forks on Bonanza Creek.^[210][211]

Dawson after a fire, 1898.

The newly built town proved highly vulnerable to fire. Houses were made of wood, heated with stoves and lit by candles and yog 'lampalari; water for emergencies was wanting, especially in the frozen winters.^[212] The first major fire occurred on November 25, 1897, started accidentally by dance-hall girl Belle Mitchell.^[213] She also accidentally started a second major fire on October 14, 1898, which, in the absence of a o't o'chiruvchilar in Dawson, destroyed two major saloons, the post-office building and the Bank of British North America at a cost of $500,000 ($14,000,000).^{[214][215][n 31]} The worst fire occurred on April 26, 1899, when a saloon caught fire in the middle of a urish by the newly established fire brigade.^[216] Most of the major landmarks in the town were burned to the ground: 117 buildings were destroyed, with the damage estimated at over $1 million ($28,000,000).^{[217][218][n 32]}

Logistika

The remoteness of Dawson proved an ongoing problem for the supply of food, and as the population grew to 5,000 in 1897, this became critical.^[177][183] When the rivers iced over, it became clear that there would not be enough food for that winter.^[220] The NWMP evacuated some prospectors without supplies to Yukon Fort in Alaska from September 30 onwards, while others made their way out of the Klondike in search of food and shelter for the winter.^{[221][n 33]}

Muddy street in Dawson, 1898

Prices remained high in Dawson and supply fluctuated according to the season. During the winter of 1897 salt became worth its weight in gold, while nails, vital for construction work, rose in price to $28 ($784) per lb (0.45 kg).^[223] Cans of butter sold for $5 ($140) each.^[224] The only eight horses in Dawson were slaughtered for dog food as they could not be kept alive over the winter.^{[223][n 34]} The first fresh goods arriving in the spring of 1898 sold for record prices, eggs reaching $3 ($84) each and apples $1 ($28).^[227]

Ushbu sharoitda shilliqqurt, a potentially fatal illness caused by the lack of vitamin C, proved a major problem in Dawson City, particularly during the winter where supply of fresh food was not available. English prospectors gave it the local name of "Canadian black leg", on account of the unpleasant effects of the condition.^[228][229] It struck, among others, writer Jack London and, although not fatal in his case, brought an end to his mining career.^[230] Dizenteriya va bezgak were also common in Dawson, and an epidemic of tifo broke out in July and ran rampant throughout the summer.^[231] Up to 140 patients were taken into the newly constructed St Mary's Hospital and thousands were affected.^[232] Measures were taken by the following year to prevent further outbreaks, including the introduction of better sewage management and the piping in of water from further upstream.^[231] These gave improvements in 1899, although typhoid remained a problem.^[231] The new Hän reserve, however, lay downstream from Dawson City, and here the badly contaminated river continued to contribute to epidemics of typhoid and difteriya throughout the gold rush.^{[233][n 35]}

Ko'zga tashlanadigan iste'mol

Paying with gold dust, 1899

Despite these challenges, the huge quantities of gold coming through Dawson City encouraged a lavish lifestyle amongst the richer prospectors. Saloons were typically open 24 hours a day, with whiskey the standard drink.^[235] Gambling was popular, with the major saloons each running their own rooms; a culture of high stakes evolved, with rich prospectors routinely betting $1,000 ($28,000) at zar or playing for a $5,000 ($140,000) poker pot.^{[235][n 36]} The establishments around Front Street had grand facades in a Parijlik style, mirrors and plate-glass windows and, from late 1898, were lit by electric light.^[237] The dance halls in Dawson were particularly prestigious and major status symbols, both for customers and their owners.^[238] Wealthy prospectors were expected to drink Shampan at $60 ($1,660) a bottle, and the Pavilion dancehall cost its owner, Charlie Kimball, as much as $100,000 ($2,800,000) to construct and decorate.^[239] Elaborate opera houses were built, bringing singers and specialty acts to Dawson.^[240]

Tales abounded of prospectors spending huge sums on entertainment — Jimmy McMahon once spent $28,000 ($784,000) in a single evening, for example.^[241] Most payments were made in gold dust and in places like saloons, there was so much spilled gold that a profit could be made just by sweeping the floor.^[228] Some of the richest prospectors lived flamboyantly in Dawson. Sviftuoter Bill Geyts, a gambler and ladies' man who rarely went anywhere without wearing silk and diamonds, was one of them. To impress a woman who liked eggs—then an expensive luxury—he was alleged to have bought all the eggs in Dawson, had them boiled and fed them to dogs.^[242] Another miner, Frank Conrad, threw a sequence of gold objects onto the ship as tokens of his esteem when his favourite singer left Dawson City.^[243][244] The wealthiest dance-hall girls followed suit: Daisy D'Avara had a belt made for herself from $340 ($9,520) in gold dollar coins; another, Gertie Lovejoy, had a diamond inserted between her two front teeth.^[245] The miner and businessman Alex McDonald, despite being styled the "King of the Klondike", was unusual amongst his peers for his lack of grandiose spending.

Qonuniylik va tartib

NWMPs with dogs, 1897

Unlike its American equivalents, Dawson City was a law-abiding town.^[181][182] By 1897, 96 members of the NWMP had been sent to the district and by 1898, this had increased to 288, an expensive commitment by the Canadian government.^{[246][n 37]} By June 1898, the force was headed by Colonel Sem Stil, an officer with a reputation for firm discipline.^[247] In 1898, there were no murders and only a few major thefts; in all, only about 150 arrests were made in the Yukon for serious offenses that year.^[248] Of these arrests, over half were for prostitution and resulted from an attempt by the NWMP to regulate the sex industry in Dawson: regular monthly arrests, $50 ($1,400) fines and medical inspections were imposed, with the proceeds being used to fund the local hospitals.^[248][249] Deb nomlangan ko'k qonunlar were strictly enforced. Saloons and other establishments closed promptly at midnight on Saturday, and anyone caught working on Sunday was liable to be fined or set to chopping firewood for the NWMP.^{[250][n 38]} The NWMP are generally regarded by historians to have been an efficient and honest force during the period, although their task was helped by the geography of the Klondike which made it relatively easy to bar entry to undesirables or prevent suspects from leaving the region.^[183][252]

In contrast to the NWMP, the early civil authorities were criticized by the prospectors for being inept and potentially corrupt.^[253] Thomas Fawcett was the gold commissioner and temporary head of the Klondike administration at the start of the gold rush; he was accused of keeping the details of new claims secret and allowing what historian Kathryn Winslow termed "carelessness, ignorance and partiality" to reign in the mine recorder's office.^[254] Following campaigns against him by prospectors, who were backed by the local press, Fawcett was relieved by the Canadian government.^[255] His successor, Major James Walsh, was considered a stronger character and arrived in May 1898, but fell ill and returned east in July.^[254] It was left to his replacement, William Ogilvie, supported by a Qirollik komissiyasi, to conduct reforms.^[254] The Commission, in lack of evidence, cleared Fawcett of all charges, which meant that he was not punished further than being relieved.^[254] Ogilvie proved a much stronger administrator and subsequently revisited many of the mining surveys of his predecessors.^[256]

News and mail

Line at Dawson post office, 1899

In the remote Klondike, there was great demand for news and contact with the world outside. During the first months of the stampede in 1897, it was said that no news was too old to be read. In the lack of newspapers, some prospectors would read can labels until they knew them by heart.^[257] The following year, two teams fought their way over the passes to reach Dawson City first, complete with printing-presses, with the aim of gaining control of the newspaper market.^[258] Gene Kelly, the editor of the Klondike Nugget arrived first, but without his equipment, and it was the team behind the Yarim tunda quyosh who produced the first daily newspaper in Dawson.^{[258][259][260]} The Dawson Miner followed shortly after, bringing the number of daily newspapers in the town during the gold rush up to three.^[261] The Nugget sold for $24 ($680) as an annual subscription, and became well known for championing miners and for its lucid coverage of scandals.^[262] Paper was often hard to find and during the winter of 1898–99, the Nugget had to be printed on butcher's wrapping paper.^[263] News could also be told. In June, 1898, a prospector bought an edition of the Sietl Post-Intelligencer at an auction and charged spectators a dollar each to have it read aloud in one of Dawson's halls.^[264]

Mail service was chaotic during the stampede.^[265] Apart from the number of prospectors, two major obstacles stood in its way. To begin with, any mail from America to Dawson City was sent to Juneau in South-east Alaska before being sent through Dawson and then down the Yukon to Circle City. From here it was then distributed by the AQSh pochta idorasi back up to Dawson.^[266] The huge distances involved resulted in delays of several months and frequently the loss of protective envelopes and their addresses.^[266] The second problem was in Dawson itself, which initially lacked a post office and therefore relied on two stores and a saloon to act as informal delivery points.^[266] The NWMP were tasked to run the mail system by October 1897, but they were ill-trained to do so.^[266] Up to 5,700 letters might arrive in a single shipment, all of which had to be collected in person from the post office. This resulted in huge queues, with claimants lining up outside the office for up to three days.^[266] Those who had no time and could afford it would pay others to stand in line for them, preferably a woman since they were allowed to get ahead in line out of politeness.^[267] Postage stamps, like paper in general, were scarce and rationed to two per customer.^[266] By 1899, trained postal staff took over mail delivery and relieved the NWMP of this task.^[268]

Ayollarning roli

Actresses travelling to Dawson, 1898

In 1898 eight percent of those living in the Klondike territory were women, and in towns like Dawson this rose to 12 percent.^[179] Many women arrived with their husbands or families, but others travelled alone.^[269] Most came to the Klondike for similar economic and social reasons as male prospectors, but they attracted particular media interest.^[270] The gender imbalance in the Klondike encouraged business proposals to ship young, single women into the region to marry newly wealthy miners; few, if any, of these marriages ever took place, but some single women appear to have travelled on their own in the hope of finding prosperous husbands.^[271] Guidebooks gave recommendations for what practical clothes women should take to the Klondike: the female dress code of the time was formal, emphasising long skirts and corsets, but most women adapted this for the conditions of the trails.^[272] Regardless of experience, women in a party were typically expected to cook for the group.^[273] Few mothers brought their children with them due to the risks of the travel.^[274]

Once in the Klondike, very few women—less than one percent—actually worked as miners.^[275] Many were married to miners; however, their lives as partners on the gold fields were still hard and often lonely. They had extensive domestic duties, including thawing ice and snow for water, breaking up frozen food, chopping wood and collecting wild foods.^[276] In Dawson and other towns, some women took in laundry to make money.^[277] This was a physically demanding job, but could be relatively easily combined with child care duties.^[277] Others took jobs in the service industry, for example as waitresses or seamstresses, which could pay well, but were often punctuated by periods of unemployment.^[278] Both men and women opened yo'l uylari, but women were considered to be better at running them.^[279] A few women worked in the packing trade, carrying goods on their backs, or became domestic servants.^[280]

Roadhouse in the Klondike

Wealthier women with capital might invest in mines and other businesses.^[281] One of the most prominent businesswomen in the Klondike, was Belinda Mulroni. She brought a consignment of cloth and hot water bottles with her when she arrived in the Klondike in early 1897 and with the proceeds of those sales she first built a roadhouse at Grand Forks and later a grand hotel in Dawson.^[282] She invested widely, including acquiring her own mining company, and was reputed to be the richest woman of the Klondike.^[283][284] The wealthy Marta Qora was abandoned by her husband early in the journey to the Klondike, but continued on without him, reaching Dawson City where she became a prominent citizen, investing in various mining and business ventures with her brother.^[285][286]

A relatively small number of women worked in the entertainment and sex industries.^[287] The elita of these women were the highly paid actresses and courtesans of Dawson; beneath them were xor chizig'i dancers, who usually doubled as hostesses, and other dance hall workers.^[288] While still better paid than white-collar male workers, these women worked very long hours and had significant expenses.^[289] The entertainment industry merged into the sex industry, where women made a living as prostitutes. The sex industry in the Klondike was concentrated on Klondike City and in a backstreet area of Dawson.^[290] A hierarchy of sexual employment existed, with brothels and parlour houses at the top, small independent "cigar shops" in the middle, and, at the bottom, the prostitutes who worked out of small huts called "hutches".^[291] Life for these workers was a continual struggle and the suicide rate was high.^[292][293]

The degree of involvement between Native women and the stampeders varied. Many Tlingit women worked as packers for the prospectors, for example, carrying supplies and equipment, sometimes also transporting their babies as well.^[294] Hän women had relatively little contact with the white immigrants, however, and there was a significant social divide between local Hän women and white women.^[295] Although before 1897 there had been a number of Native women who married western men, including Kate Carmack, the Tagish wife of one of the discoverers, this practice did not survive into the stampede.^[296] Very few stampeders married Hän women, and very few Hän women worked as prostitutes.^[297] "Respectable" white women would avoid associating with Native women or prostitutes: those that did could cause scandal.^[298]

End of the gold rush

Hand-colored photo of Dawson city c. 1899 at the end of the gold rush.

By 1899 telegraphy stretched from Skagvey, Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon, allowing instant international contact.^[299] 1898 yilda Oq dovon va Yukon yo'nalishi railway began to be built between Skagway and the head of navigation on the Yukon.^[300] When it was completed in 1900, the Chilkoot trail and its tramways were obsolete.^[300] Despite these improvements in communication and transport, the rush faltered from 1898 on.^[301] It began in summer 1898 when many of the prospectors arriving in Dawson City found themselves unable to make a living and left for home.^[301] For those who stayed, the wages of casual work, depressed by the number of men, fell to $100 ($2,700) a month by 1899.^[301] The world's newspapers began to turn against the Klondike gold rush as well.^[301] In the spring of 1898 the Ispaniya-Amerika urushi removed Klondike from the headlines.^[302] "Ah, go to the Klondike!" became a popular phrase of disgust.^[301] Klondike-branded goods had to be disposed of at special rates in Seattle.^[301]

People leaving Douson Siti, Yukon uchun Nom, Alyaska September 1899

Another factor in the decline was the change in Dawson City, which had developed throughout 1898, metamorphosing from a ramshackle, if wealthy, boom town into a more sedate, conservative municipality.^[299] Modern luxuries were introduced, including the "zinc bath tubs and pianos, billiard tables, Brussels carpets in the hotel dining rooms, menus printed in French and invitational balls" noted by historian Kathryn Winslow.^[299] The visiting Senator Jerry Lynch likened the newly paved streets with their smartly dressed inhabitants to Strand Londonda.^[263] It was no longer an attractive location for many prospectors, used to a wilder way of living.^[301][299] Even the formerly lawless town of Skagway had become respectable by 1899.^[301]

The final trigger, however, was the discovery of gold elsewhere in Canada and Alaska, prompting a new stampede, this time away from the Klondike. In August 1898, gold had been found at Atlin ko'li at the head of the Yukon River, generating a flurry of interest, but during the winter of 1898–99 much larger quantities were found at Nome at the mouth of the Yukon.^{[136][303][304]} In 1899, a flood of prospectors from across the region left for Nome, 8,000 from Dawson alone during a single week in August.^[136][303] The Klondike gold rush was over.^[305]

Meros

Odamlar

Plaque to Skookum Jim, Yukon, 2005

Only a handful of the 100,000 people who left for the Klondike during the gold rush became rich.^[30] They typically spent $1,000 ($27,000) each reaching the region, which when combined exceeded what was produced from the gold fields between 1897 and 1901.^[201] At the same time, most of those who did find gold lost their fortunes in the subsequent years.^[306] They often died penniless, attempting to reproduce their earlier good fortune in fresh mining opportunities.^[306] Businessman and miner Alex McDonald, for example, continued to accumulate land after the boom until his money ran out; he died in poverty, still prospecting. Antoine Stander, who discovered gold on Eldorado Creek, abused alcohol, dissipated his fortune and ended working in a ship's kitchen to pay his way.^[307] The three discoverers had mixed fates. George Carmack left his wife Kate—who had found it difficult to adapt to their new lifestyle—remarried and lived in relative prosperity; Skookum Jim had a huge income from his mining royalties but refused to settle and continued to prospect until his death in 1916; Dawson Charlie spent lavishly and died in an alcohol-related accident.^{[308][n 39]}

The richest of the Klondike saloon owners, businessmen and gamblers also typically lost their fortunes and died in poverty.^[310] Gene Allen, for example, the editor of the Klondike Nugget, bo'ldi bankrot and spent the rest of his career in smaller newspapers; the prominent gambler and saloon owner Sam Bonnifield suffered a asab buzilishi and died in extreme poverty.^[310] Nonetheless, some of those who joined the gold rush prospered. Keyt Rokvell, "Klondike Kate", for example, became a famous dancer in Dawson and remained popular in America until her death. Dawson City was also where Aleksandr Pantajlar, her business partner and lover, started his career, going on to become one of America's greatest theatre and movie boylar.^[311] The businesswoman Martha Black remarried and ultimately became the second female member of the Canadian parliament.^[285][312]

The impact of the gold rush on the Native peoples of the region was considerable.^[313] The Tlingit and the Koyukon peoples prospered in the short term from their work as guides, packers and from selling food and supplies to the prospectors.^[72] In the longer term, however, especially the Hän people living in the Klondike region suffered from the environmental damage of the gold mining on the rivers and forests.^[72] Their population had already begun to decline after the discovery of gold along Fortymile River in the 1880s but dropped catastrophically after their move to the reserve, a result of the contaminated water supply and chechak.^[233] The Hän found only few ways to benefit economically from the gold rush and their fishing and hunting grounds were largely destroyed; by 1904 they needed aid from the NWMP to prevent famine.^[314]

Joylar

Skagvey bilan kruiz kemalari, 2009

Dawson City declined after the gold rush. When journalist Laura Berton (future mother of Per Berton ) moved to Dawson in 1907 it was still thriving, but away from Front Street, the town had become increasingly deserted, jammed, as she put it, "with the refuse of the gold rush: stoves, furniture, gold-pans, sets of dishes, double-belled seltzer bottles ... piles of rusting mining machinery—boilers, winches, wheelbarrows and pumps".^[315] By 1912, only around 2,000 inhabitants remained compared to the 30,000 of the boom years and the site was becoming a arvohlar shahri.^[316] By 1972, 500 people were living in Dawson whereas the nearby settlements created during the gold rush had been entirely abandoned.^[317] The population has grown since the 1970s, with 1,300 recorded in 2006.^[318]

During the gold rush, transport improvements meant that heavier mining equipment could be brought in and larger, more modern mines established in the Klondike, revolutionising the gold industry.^[319][320] Gold production increased until 1903 as a result of the dredging and hydraulic mining but then declined; by 2005, approximately 1,250,000 pounds (570,000 kg) had been recovered from the Klondike area.^{[319][320][321]} In the 21st century Dawson City still has a small gold mining industry, which together with tourism, drawing on the legacy of the gold rush, plays a role in the local economy. Many buildings in the center of the town reflect the style of the era.^[322] Klondike River valley is affected by the gold rush by the heavy dredging that occurred after it.^[323]

The port of Skagway also shrank after the rush, but remains a well-preserved period town, centered on the tourist industry and sight-seeing trips from visiting kruiz kemalari.^[324] Restoration work by the Milliy park xizmati began in 2010 on Jeff Smith's Parlor, from which the famous con man "Soapy" Smith once operated.^[325] Skagway also has one of the two visitor centres forming the Klondike Gold Rush milliy tarixiy bog'i; the other is located in Seattle, and both focus on the human interest stories behind the gold rush.^[326] By contrast, Dyea, Skagway's neighbour and former rival, was abandoned after the gold rush and is now a ghost town.^[327] The railway built for prospectors through White Pass in the last year of the rush reopened in 1988 and is today only used by tourists, closely linked to the Chilkoot trail which is a popular piyoda yurish marshrut.^[328]

Madaniyat

Charli Chaplin yilda Oltin shoshilish, 1925

The events of the Klondike gold rush rapidly became embedded in North American culture, being captured in poems, stories, photographs and promotional campaigns long after the end of the stampede.^[329] In the Yukon, Discovery Day is celebrated on the third Monday in August as a holiday, and the events of the gold rush are promoted by the regional tourist industries.^[330][331] The events of the gold rush were frequently exaggerated at the time and modern works on the subject similarly often focus on the most dramatic and exciting events of the stampede, not always accurately.^[332][333] Tarixchi Ken Kouts describes the gold rush as "a resilient, pliable myth", which continues to fascinate and appeal.^[334]

Several novels, books and poems were generated as a consequence of the Klondike gold rush. The writer Jack London incorporated scenes from the gold rush into his novels and short stories set in the Klondike, including Yovvoyi chaqiriq, a 1903 novel about a sled dog.^[53][335] His colleague, poet Robert V. xizmati, did not join the rush himself, although he made his home in Dawson City in 1908. Service created well-known poems about the gold rush, among them Sourdough qo'shiqlari, one of the bestselling books of poetry in the first decade of the 20th century, along with his novel, 98-yil izi, which was written by hand on wallpaper in one of Dawson's log cabins.^{[53][336][337]} The Canadian historian Per Berton grew up in Dawson where his father had been a prospector, and wrote several historical books about the gold rush, such as The Last Great Gold Rush.^[338] The experiences of the Irish Micí Mac Gabhann resulted the posthumous work Rotha Mór an tSaoil (ingliz tiliga tarjima qilingan The Hard Road to Klondike in 1962), a vivid description of the period.^[339]

Some terminology from the stampede made its way into North American English like "Cheechakos ", referring to newly arrived miners, and "Sourdoughs ", experienced miners.^{[340][n 40]}The photographs taken during the Klondike gold rush heavily influenced later cultural approaches to the stampede.^[342] The gold rush was vividly recorded by several early photographers, for instance Eric A. Hegg; these stark, black-and-white photographs showing the ascent of the Chilkoot pass rapidly became iconic images and were widely distributed.^[343] These pictures in turn inspired Charli Chaplin qilish Oltin shoshilish, a silent movie, which uses the background of the Klondike to combine physical comedy with its character's desperate battle for survival in the harsh conditions of the stampede.^[344] The photographs reappear in the documentary Oltin shahar from 1957 which, narrated by Per Berton, won prizes for pioneering the incorporation of still images into documentary film-making.^[345] The Klondike gold rush, however, has not been widely covered in later fictional films; hatto Uzoq mamlakat, a G'arbiy from 1955 set in the Klondike, largely ignores the unique features of the gold rush in favour of a traditional Western plot.^[346] Indeed, much of the popular literature on the gold rush approaches the stampede simply as a final phase of the expansion of the American West, a perception critiqued by modern historians such as Charlene Porsild.^[347]

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