John D. Black
John Black was presumably prospecting or mining at Livingstone with George Black when he left to spend the winter of 1901 in Dawson.1) In 1905, George Black went into partnership with his uncle John Black and soon after signed articles for his younger brother Charles who became a partner in the firm in 1908. In 1910, George and John also opened a law office in Vancouver. John Black later held various positions with the Yukon government including legal advisor and public administrator (1913-27), land registrar, clerk of the Territorial Court, and in the absence of Judge Macaulay, judge pro tempore of the Territorial Court.2)
Dredging leases along the Teslin River were applied for and traded frequently between 1898 and 1913. Some of the participants were J. D. Black with R. F. Burgh, G. R. Greenleaf, G. R. Griggs, Sarah Howard, and Frank Voorman.3)
John Black was a resident of the Yukon for twenty-three years, with twelve years as a legal advisor to the government. After he was superannuated, he left the Yukon expecting to make his home in Fredericton, New Brunswick.4)