Frank Carscallen (d. 1936)
Frank Carscallen may have been born in Tamworth, Ontario where notice of his death was received. Tamworth was twenty-five miles east of Kingston. Carscallen was a barrister and solicitor and practiced in Napanee before coming to the Yukon in 1897.1)
Carscallen prospected and mined in the Galena Creek area. He was an early staker on Haggart Creek and Dublin Gulch.2) In 1909, he staked the Margaret hard rock claim on Dublin Gulch, and grouped it with the Mexican, Ophir, Midas, Blue Grouse, and Sore Leg claims.3) In 1911, there was excitement in the Klondike about the prospects for hard rock mining on Dublin Gulch. In 1912, Harry McWhorter returned from Alaska and he and a partner took lays in Dublin Gulch on the Ophir and Midas claims. In 1913, McWhorter bought the Midas claim and paid Carscallen a $5,000 down payment on the $50,000 purchase. The First World War kept the area from serious development.4)
Carscallan was appointed the Liquor Vendor in Mayo. He served on the Mayo Hospital Board for some time between 1922 and 1936.5) The Yukon Elections Ordinance was amended in 1926 and Mayo gained its own seat on the Yukon Territorial Council. The three elected members of the Council represented Mayo, Dawson, and Whitehorse. Frank Carscallen was acclaimed for the Mayo seat in 1928 and was named the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He did not run in 1931.6)
Kathy Jones-Gates edited and expanded this entry in June 2020.