k:j_korbo
John Korbo
John Korbo came over the Chilkoot Pass in 1897. He did not stake on Bonanza Creek because he thought there was lots of time. He went to work on Claim #7 Eldorado. The country was so big he thought that one spot was as good as another.1)
In 1905 Korbo signed a petition to request a public meeting so the miners could meet with the Minister of the Interior when he visited the territory.2) Korbo mined on Claim No. 16 Brimstone Creek.3) The John Korbo apartment building in Dawson was demolished in 2011.4)
1)
Yukon Archives, Athol Retallic sound recording.
2)
“To meet Oliver.” Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 23 August 1905.
3)
RCMP papers 1909-1949. Yukon Archives, Records of the Yukon Government, YRG 1, Series 7, Central Registry Files 1898-1951: GOV 2047, file 25783.
4)
“Korbo Bites the Dust.” The Klondike Sun (Dawson), 17 November 2011.
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