Clement Sinyard (d. 1949)
Clem Sinyard came from Newfoundland to the Yukon in 1899 and worked on the construction of the White Pass & Yukon Route railway. He staked the Hector claim on Galena Hill in 1920 and bought the Jock claim in 1926. His backer was Malcolm ‘Soapy' McCown and they owned and prospected the Hector claim. McCown left Mayo in 1939 to prospect in Nevada. In the 1930s, Sinyard struck high grade ore and started to ship from the claim.1)
United Keno Hill purchased Sinyard’s property and mined the claim. When they broke into the bottom of one of his pits, it was only a foot away from the main vein. Clem received a few thousand dollars in the purchase as well as a substantial number of shares in the company. The property became United Keno’s most productive unit and the shares were a hot item on the Toronto Stock Exchange, going from one dollar to sixteen. Sinyard cashed in to receive a substantial fortune. He said $500,000.2) Others say $200,000. He bought an airplane drill to prospect the McQuesten River with partners Tom and Charlie Rendall.3) This may have been the only time he returned to the Yukon after selling his claims.4)