Discovery Claim

Robert Henderson, Skookum Jim, Tagish Charlie, and George Carmack were closely tied to the discovery of gold on Bonanza Creek. Henderson was the first to systematically explore the region’s gold-bearing potential, but the major find eluded him. On 17 August 1896, Jim struck gold, and with Charlie and Carmack staked the first claims. A few days later at Forty Mile, Carmack registered the Discovery Claim in his own name. Within days, Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks had been staked, and when news reached the outside, the Klondike Gold Rush was on.

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