Konrad Dahl
Konrad Dahl was born in Trondheim, Norway. He came into the north well before the Klondike gold rush with five travelling companions: Louis Langlow from Norway, Charlie Anderson from Sweden, [Fred] Hutcheson from a fine family in London, Sather from eastern Norway, and Heitmann from northern Norway. They arrived at Forty Mile and made their way to Glacier Creek where they all found good paying work in the placer mines. Louis saved enough money over two years to buy a share in a mine with Hutcheson, Anderson, and a Greek man [Constatine Komentaros]. In the fall of 1894, Dahl went outside to get mining supplies and equipment. He travelled out with Louis Langlow who was on a similar task for another group. They went down the Yukon River and were lucky to connect with the Coast Guard vessel Bern.1)
Konrad Dahl found one of the two largest nuggets on Franklin Gulch in the Fortymile River drainage in 1894. The nugget was over four inches long and up to an inch thick. It was worth about $500 at the time. Dahl found the nugget 2.5 miles above the mouth of the gulch.2)