Ian Aldcroft Ian Aldcroft was the son of William “Bill” Alcroft. Ian worked his first season as a student for Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp (YCGC) in 1937. He enlisted to serve in the Second World War and returned to the Yukon and employment with YCGC in 1946. Aldcroft continued to work in the shop until the company closed down in 1966.((Pretoria Butterworth, “Employees of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation.” Dawson City Museum and Historical Society, file 992.8.115.))