James J. Clements

James Clements was likely the “Clemons” that travelled north with Keller, Lamb, Edgar, and Clarence Berry to Forty Mile in 1893.1) J.J. Clements staked a Klondike claim with four other men.2) He was listed as the original locator of Claim No. 4 on Eldorado Creek.3) He panned four pans worth $2,000 in total with the largest reported as being worth $775.4) Anton Stander and Clarence Berry bought controlling interests in Eldorado claims Nos. 4 and 5 and a fraction between 5 and 6.5) James Clements, the original staker of the full claims, remained a partner. Forty men worked the claims in 1897 and recovered $100,000. Stander then purchased Clements’ interest in Claim No. 4.6) Clements left the Yukon in July 1897 with $50,000 in gold. Berry and Stander recovered millions from the claim.7)

1)
Alice Edna Berry, The Bushes and the Berrys. C.J. Peter Bennet, 1978: 41.
2)
American Heroes of the Klondike Gold Rush. Posted May 1, 1998. http://yukonalaska.com/klondike/bystate.html.
3)
Original Locators Bonanza & Eldorado.” Yukon Archives, D. E. Griffith, “Forty-Milers on Parade.” Coutts coll. 78/69 MSS 087 f.5.
4)
Tappan Adney, The Klondike Stampede, Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994: 316.
5)
Tappan Adney, The Klondike Stampede. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994: 328.
6)
1902 The Dawson News, Golden Clean Up Edition in “Yukon History.” Canadian Gold Prospecting Forum, 2019 website: http://gpex.ca/smf/index.php?topic=17421.20
7)
American Heroes of the Klondike Gold Rush. 1998 website: http://yukonalaska.com/klondike/bystate.html.