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| Gold Claim North Of Dawson City |
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| Me With Our Host |
By Maryanna Gabriel
With
a daughter heading north this summer I have been thinking a lot about Dawson
City which is a long ways north in the Yukon. I have been to this
restored gold rush town twice but the last trip we went even further north to
“Top Of The World” country to visit a family that was actually working a gold
claim. I was intrigued. Their driveway was ten miles long. They had a big
machine to placer mine in the oxbow shaped river where they had their second
house (their winter house was in Dawson) and because it is daylight for almost
24 hours they took turns working the claim nonstop. She had a garden which
intrigued me and we discussed what she could produce there with that midnight
sun which was surprisingly considerable. We camped outside and were invited for
breakfast the following morning. We slept in, were late, and I had a sinking feeling it
was a bad idea. This was verified when we got to the house profuse with
apologies and the family was sitting quietly and very still at the table waiting for us, the
food was cold. Oooh. The
meal was very quiet, and a big gun was nearby. Maybe the gold on site was an
issue. We left feeling like we had experienced something truly unique. I sent
her some seeds I thought she might like to thank her but I never heard anything back.