Bonanza Claims
The claims lie on Upper Bonanza Creek and Ready Bullion Creek and 2 other tributaries. Bonanza Creek was where gold was discovered in 1896 starting the great Alaska gold rush. The Dawson mining district is in Canada, but in 1896 few people were really sure.
There are 23 claims on this property. There are class 4 permits with a water license allowing larger scale mining. The claims have about 40 years of assessment work banked ahead. Meaning you would not need to do any work to maintain the claims for 40 years. A $10 per year filing fee per claim is all that is needed to keep the claims in good standing.
The Upper Bonanza mine has a 20 foot shipping container for storage and a small 5th wheel camp trailer for cooking and bunk house.
There is a spring up no name creek, high enough for gravity camp water. I had the water tested a few years ago. It did not have any of the heavy metals that contaminate many of the streams in the area. There is about 3,000 feet of water line we were going to string down from the spring to camp. The coiled pipe is in the container along with fittings and crimper.
We think these claims are special because of their location, rich history, un-mined areas, access to water and much more. We are asking $20,000 per claim for the Bonanza claims.
The Hilltop Claims
Hill tops have held extremely gold rich gravels in many areas around Dawson City. Anglerock LLC owns 23 claims on the hills above 3 of the most famous streams in gold mining history. On 3 sides of the hills below where the claims are located run the Yukon River, the Klondike River, and Bonanza Creek.
Successful mines dominate the hills across the Klondike River and Bonanza Creek. Other rich mines were worked on the lower bench between the claims and the Yukon River.
Our hill top claims are mostly unexplored or prospected. They were staked in 1990 by my father while he was working the rich gravels across the Klondike River.
In the 90s we dug a few pits exposing gravels that looked the same as the gravels in the Klondike Valley. I have drilled a number of holes and dug pits very sparsely covering an area of perhaps 10 acres. There is fine gold in most of those holes showing a good area. Some of the claims are a type of claim called “discovery” claims which are twice the size of normal claims. The claims cover hundreds of acres. Much more exploration is needed.
There many years of assessment work banked ahead on these claims as well. There is a class 4 license in place allowing heavy machinery, water usage, and a camp on the claims.
The premium location is only about 3 miles by road and trail from the center of Dawson City.
Because of the need for much more exploration Anglerock LLC is offering the 23 claims for sale at $5,000 Cdn, per claim plus we would transfer all the permits to the buyer.
Pesapie claim
The Pesapie claim was recorded by someone who didn’t use spell check. The name comes from the triangular shape of the claim. Perhaps “Triangle claim” would have been a more fitting name.
It is a single claim, that now lies within the city limits of Dawson. We have our camp on the claim. There is electricity and internet along with a small storage shed. Our camp is beside the old Klondike River highway. The neighbor drilled a well nearby and needed to drill through frozen ground leading me to believe that, at least part of Pesapie was never mined. Because the claim is now in the city, they would likely not allow it to be mined.
The Peaspie claim we only value for camping and parking. It was somewhat costly to put in electricity and internet. The location is quite handy to the Trans-Canada Trail, hotels, entertainment and stores. We place no value on gold on this claim even though there likely is gold there.
Anglerock LLC is offering for sale Peaspie for $10,000 Cnd.
Note: Information provided on this site is to the best recollections of owners. Owners have used their best efforts to be accurate with all of this information.