| description: | Klondike Trail Of '98. Gold Mining In Yukon. With Each Strike More Prospectors Swarmed Into The Area, Especially In The Summer Of 1897 When Several Ships Tied Up In The West Coast Ports. In 1890s The Depression Was Displaced With Bonanza Fever. In This Image Prospectors Are Shown Making Their Way To A Landing On The Yukon River Near Dawson. Each Horse Packs As Much As $20,000 In Dust And Nuggets. The Turmoil Would Have Been Much Worse If It Had Not Been For The North West Mounted Police, Numbering More Than 300 By 1900. Image From A Painting By J.D. Kelly And Thomas W. Mitchell |