Bonanza Creek

noun

1. a stream in W Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing NW to the Klondike River near Dawson: gold strike 1896. 20 miles (32 km) long.

Example Sentences

Back in 1896, when gold was discovered on Bonanza Creek in the Yukon Territory, America was reeling.

From The Daily Beast

There are several smaller creeks emptying into Bonanza Creek, which are gold-bearing.

From Project Gutenberg

His dumps were the richest on Bonanza Creek, and they were many, while he was a man of responsibility and position.

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She added quietly: "He died on Bonanza Creek two years later."

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Frank Dinsmore on Bonanza Creek took out ninety pounds of solid gold or $24,480 in a single day.

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One bright, warm day, taking the hand of the small boy of the family, my sister and I started for Bonanza Creek.

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