David Hodnett
	
David Hodnett and Jack Stagar staked the Gold Reef claim on Gold Hill that caused the 1906 rush to the Wheaton River area. They showed their ore to Colonel Conrad and he grubstaked dozens of prospectors and telegraphed newspapers about the rich strike. A railroad boxcar of miners' supplies was parked at the Robinson siding.((Colin Beairsto, "Today and Tomorrow Country: Wheaton Mining History." Prepared for Heritage Resources Unit, Yukon Government, March 2005: 8.)) The Gold Reef claim was about 15-20 miles southwest of the siding. Within ninety days of the find, 700 claims were staked in the area.((Hugh Bostock, //Memoir 284.// GSC. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1957: 213.)) 
By July 1906 W. C. Grainger and H. W Vance had applied for a townsite at Robinson and P.N. Markle applied for a hotel license.((Colin Beairsto, "Today and Tomorrow Country: Wheaton Mining History." Prepared for Heritage Resources Unit, Yukon Government, March 2005: 8.)) In 1907, a 20-mile government road was built to connect Robinson, on the rail line, with Gold Hill, in the Wheaten River area.((Jane Gaffin, //Caching In.// Whitehorse: Word Pro. 1980: 14.)) 

David Hodnett is listed in the Yukon Prospectors’ Association Prospectors’ Hall of Fame.