Ed Grignon

Ed Grignon came into the country in 1887. He signed the founding charter of the Yukon Order of Pioneers at Forty Mile in December 1894.1) In 1896, he and Old Gibb had a claim on Deadwood Creek in the Circle, Alaska mining district. They had Jack Devine working for them.2) Grignon was listed as still having an interest in a claim on Woodchopper Creek in 1909.3)

1)
Yukon Archives, D. E. Griffith, “Forty-Milers on Parade.” Coutts coll. 78/69 MSS 087 f.5.
2)
D. E. Griffith, “Sourdough Memories: Jack Devine's Adventures.” The Alaska Weekly (Seattle), c1949.
3)
Yukon-Charley Rivers, The World Turned Upside Down: A History of Mining on Coal Creek and Woodchopper Creek, Chapter Two: Who Worked the Creeks? Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska. National Park Service. 2020 website: http://www.npshistory.com/publications/yuch/beckstead/chap2.htm.