Pat, You're at the wrong end of a very long river!!! :) This list is for the lower Yukon area. You might want to try the CAN-YUKON list at Rootsweb. That list covers Yukon Territory, Canada. Good luck! You might also try addressing some of your questions to the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce. Sue in Fairbanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "PCJorgensen" <PCJorgensen@email.msn.com> To: <AKYUKONK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: Dawson City Mystery > Good morning! I am trying to find the missing puzzle pieces to a family > mystery. My husband's cousin in Norway told us that her uncle had told her a > story about Johan and Lars Jorgensen in the Gold Rush. They were in a > partnership with a German on a mining claim that was doing very well, and > they had many men working for them. There was a tower on the property where > the partners could oversee the operations. Johan was gone on a trip with the > dogsled team, and when he returned, Lars was dead and the German and the > gold were gone. A supervisor at the site told Johan that the German had > pushed Lars from the tower. > > January 30,1899: Johan's application for placer mining claim #19886 at > Dawson. Claim at Hester Creek was marked January 18. > > Lars died December 20, 1899 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Dawson. Cause > of death: Fall down shaft and Peritonitis. He was listed as Louis John > Jorgenson in Yukon death register 1898-1903. Age 40 years. Johan was listed > as his brother in Hootalinqua. This answers some questions, but raises > others. > > Questions: Were there any other cemeteries in Dawson besides the YOOP in > 1899? > Is there is a listing of burials at the YOOP Cemetery? > Was the RCMP stationed in Dawson in 1899? I wonder if Johan would have > contacted them when he returned to find his brother dead and the partner and > gold gone? > Is there still a Good Samaritan Hospital in Dawson? > Thank you, Pat Jorgensen, near Seattle. > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >