Klondike vs. California gold rush

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If you were given the chance to go back in time and into the Klondike gold rush, then, would you? If you said yes then think about this, the gold miners of the Klondike gold rush dealt with many more hardships than the California gold rush. I think this because of the climate that the miners had to face, the competition from other miners, the geography and the topography of the region, the traveling and the technology in the region that is also known as the Yukon Territory. After reading this you might consider that it would be better to be in the California gold rush than in the Klondike gold rush.

The first reason I stated of why the Klondike gold rush was harder is because of harsh climate, and competition from other miners. The usual temperature for the Klondike gold rush was -30/-40 degrees Fahrenheit, and sometimes it would lower all the way down to -50/-60 degrees Fahrenheit. The climate in the California gold rush was 30/40 degrees Fahrenheit. It also snowed, the Klondike gold rush had severe snowstorms, in fact sometimes if you on a trail during a snowstorm your visibility could drop to only 10 feet. Also, there was much more available land to mine in, in the California gold rush so anyone who came to the Klondike gold rush from far away was beat by the people that were already there. In both gold rushes, miners were also very hostile about their land. If anyone was caught on someone else’s land than they would be forced off or even get shot by the landowner.

The second reason of why the Klondike gold rush was harder is because of the geography and the topography of the Yukon Territory. The Klondike gold rush took place in the Yukon Territory,(world book page344), which is much farther up north than California. Since,...

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