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Henry Seymour Back
	
Captain Henry Back came to the Klondike in 1898. He staked claims and sold them.((Yukon Archives, Back and Bee family fonds, 90/19 and 90/28.)) He discovered placer gold on Nansen Creek, near the mouth of Discovery Creek in July 1899.((H.S Bostock, //Carmack District, Yukon.// Canada Department of Mines Memoir 189. Ottawa, 1936: 1.)) He returned to Idaho in 1900. ((Yukon Archives, Lois Back Bee biographical sketch. Back and Bee family fonds, 90/19 and 90/28.)) Back returned to the Yukon and his placer discovery on Nansen Creek with his son Frank in 1907. The first claim recorded on Nansen Creek was a Discovery Claim staked by Frank and Tom Bee on 13 June 1910.((H.S Bostock, //Carmack District, Yukon.// Canada Department of Mines Memoir 189. Ottawa, 1936: 51-52.)) \\

Henry Back hired Fred Guder in 1914 to take him through the Dawson Range and pointed out his discoveries in the area. Guder put in test shafts on Seymour, Bow, Foster, Kitchener, Porcupine, Guder, Revenue, and Mechanic creeks but did not great success in finding a concentration of placer gold.((Archives Society of Alberta, 2018 website: https://albertaonrecord.ca/fred-guder-fonds)) In 1917, Guder re-staked Back’s Discovery Claim on Seymour Creek, a tributary of Big Creek.((Kreft, Yukon minfile, 1994-9.)) This caused a small, short-lived stampede and led to the continued exploration of the Mount Freegold area.((H.S Bostock, //Carmack District, Yukon.// Canada Department of Mines Memoir 189. Ottawa, 1936: 51-52.))