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Who
#1 How many people attempted to travel to Yukon? About 100,000
#2 How many people actually made it to the Yukon? About 30,000
#3 Who was the first person to find gold in the Yukon? George Carmack
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What
#1 What is one method of discovering gold?- Panning or Mining
#2 What is one of the main reasons that most people couldn’t travel to the Yukon? The harsh wind and the cold
#3 What is one of the important mining towns? Dawson City
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Where
#1 What country/state is the Yukon located in? Canada/Alaska
#2 Which creek did George Carmack find gold in? Rabbit Creek
#3 Where did all the miners leave the Yukon for? Nome, Alaska
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When
#1 When did the gold rush begin? 1896
#2 When did all of the miners leave Dawson city? 1899
#3 When did the gold rush end? 1899
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Why
#1 Why did all of the miners leave? There was much more gold discovered in Alaska
#2 Why did more than half of the prospectors not make it to the Yukon? Because of the harsh weather and the boats often sank
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