Arthur Karl Sailer (1932 – 2019)
	
Art Sailer was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta to parents Agnes and Frederic Sailer. He met and married Noreen in Medicine Hat. Art was trained as a mechanic and he and his wife Noreen came to the Yukon for a job opportunity.((“Arthur Karl Sailer.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 10 July 2019.)) They arrived in Dawson in 1961 and Art worked for a company that was building bridges across the Klondike River near Dawson and on the McQuesten River. They started mining on Quartz Creek in 1964 with a baby daughter and a large German Shepard dog. In 1967, they added a son to the family. They mined on Quartz Creek until 1971 and then moved to Dominion Creek. The children grew up on the claim and both married. Their son had two children who also grew up on the claim. The Klondike Placer Miners Association named Art and Noreen Sailer Mr. and Mrs Miner of the Year in 1987. The Sailers marked 2001 as their 38th year as a family-operated placer mine.((“1987: Art and Noreen Sailer: Mr. and Mrs. Miner of the Year.” Klondike Placer Miners Association, 2009 website: http://www.kpma.ca/miner2001.htm)) 

Art Sailer was a member of the Klondike Placer Miners Association and the Yukon Order of Pioneers, and he enjoyed curling and dancing. The Sailers spent the winter months at their home in Sooke, British Columbia.((“Arthur Karl Sailer.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 10 July 2019.))