Fourth of July Creek Steam Donkey
Allan C. 2014. Fourth of July Creek Steam Donkey
Fourth of July Creek became a destination for disenchanted miners that were unable to find paying gold claims in Canada during the Klondike-Alaska Gold Rush. By 1900, many had abandoned their claims to pursue gold in Nome or along the Tanana River. In 1909, James Talyor adopted splash-dam technology in Fourth of July Creek, which solved the low-water level problem that previously made sluicing difficult. Later, Taylor brought in a steam donkey to pull a Bagley scraper (a large bucket with teeth) for hauling gravel to his sluice box. Today, the Fourth of July Creek area contains examples of changing mining technologies, abandoned by placer miners over the years.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Allan, Chris
- Date of Issue
- 2014
- Units
- YUCH
- Keywords
- Fourth of July Creek, James Taylor, Klondike-Alaska Gold Rush, placer mining, Sedro-Woolley Iron Works, steam donkey, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve