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Frank Slaven (1870 - 1942)
Frank Slaven lived in Dawson during the height of the Klondike gold rush. In 1905, he made a low-grade gold discovery on Coal Creek, Alaska. Slaven was grubstaked by some successful businessmen from Dawson: William McIntyre (original owner and founder of the Dawson Daily News), Richard Roediger (publisher of the Dawson Daily News), Albert Forrest (printer), Harold Malstrom (linotype operator), Charles Settlemeir (reporter), and Arthur H. Dever (printer for the News Publishing Company a subsidiary of the Dawson Daily News.1)
In 1914, on Slaven’s request, the Yukon Gold Company did some drilling in the Coal Creek Valley. Saven stayed in the region for thirty years and in the 1930s he had a two-story home and roadhouse at the confluence of Coal Creek and the Yukon River. Ernest Patty reached Coal Creek in 1934, examined Slaven's property, and recommended its purchase to his partners. General A. D. McRae from British Columbia financed Gold Placers Incorporated; McRae was the president and Patty was vice-president.2) Slaven left the Yukon in May 1941 and died in Seattle in October 1942.3)
1)
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.
2)
“Coal Creek: Mining Camp Historic District.” A Guide for Management, 1987.“ Yukon-Charley River National Preserve, Alaska.
3)
The Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse), 6 November 1942.
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