Profiles
Notable Figures
The prospectors, financiers, and visionaries who shaped the era of gold discovery and built fortunes from the earth.
Notable Figures
82 figures in the database.
Adam Beam
Alexander 'Buck' Choquette
Alfred Waddington
Angus McCulloch
Belinda Mulroney
Ben Ware
Benjamin Parks
Benny Hollinger
Bill Fairweather
Billy Marsh
Bob Womack
Calamity Jane
Caspar Phair
Chief Edenshaw
Chief Shakes
Christopher Bechtler
Conrad Reed
E.T. Barnette
Elias Davidson Pierce
Erik Lindblom
Felix Pedro
Fred Gwatkins
Fred Manuel
Fritz Miller
George A. Johnson
George Andrew Jackson
George Armstrong Custer
George Carmack
George Grimes
George Sheenan
George Wingfield
Greek George
Henry Comstock
Henry Edgar
Henry Plummer
Henry Stimler
Henry Thibert
Jack London
Jack Post
Jafet Lindeberg
James Douglas
James W. Marshall
Jim Butler
John Beaton
John Brynteson
John Gregory
John Moss
John Reed (Johannes Reith)
John Sutter
John White
John Work
Johnny Chance
Joseph Good
Kenny McLaren
Lovely Rogers
Luman Van Valkenburg
M. F. Stephenson
Martha Black
Matthew Baillie Begbie
Matthias Barringer
Moses Manuel
Moses Splawn
Peter (enslaved miner, Reed Gold Mine)
Peter O'Reilly
Richard Keys
Samuel Brannan
Sandy McIntyre
Seth Ferrel
Skookum Jim
Skookum Jim Mason
Canadian (Tagish First Nation) · 1855 – 1916
Skookum Jim Mason (Keish) was a Tagish First Nation guide and packer who co-discovered gold on Bonanza Creek in 1896, triggering the Klondike Gold Rush. He was a respected figure in the Tagish community and later advocated for recognition of his and other Indigenous discoverers' role in the find.