• Artist rendering of Pioneer Square during Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit

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Impacts of Mining

What are the impacts of mining? To study that one needs to know first what was mined. Most of the Klondike Gold Rush deposits were placer deposits essentially, gold recovered from gravel.

 

What other metals were the Klondike miners likely to find?

 

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Did You Know?

Did You Know? The regrade of Seattle involved more dirt than the building of the Panama Canal

More dirt was moved in Seattle's regrading projects than during the digging of the Panama Canal.