But he had
brought the news through--COARSE GOLD! Within three months more than
two hundred miners had passed in over Chilcoot, stampeding for Forty
Mile. Find followed find--Sixty Mile, Miller, Glacier, Birch,
Franklin, and the Koyokuk. But they were all moderate discoveries,
and the miners still dreamed and searched for the fabled stream, "Too
Much Gold," where gold was so plentiful that gravel had to be
shovelled into the sluice-boxes in order to wash it.
And all the time the Northland was preparing to play its own huge
joke. It was a great joke, albeit an exceeding bitter one, and it
has led the old-timers to believe that the land is left in darkness
the better part of the year because God goes away and leaves it to
itself. After all the risk and toil and faithful endeavour, it was
destined that few of the heroes should be in at the finish when Too
Much Gold turned its yellow-treasure to the stars.
First, there was Robert Henderson--and this is true history.
Henderson had faith in the Indian River district.
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