Skookum Jim, whose discovery led to the Klondike gold rush, gets a namesake asteroid - Yahoo News Canada

A legendary Yukoner received a posthumous honour that's out of this world. Skookum Jim, also known as Jim Mason, discovered gold in the Bonanza Creek in 1897...

'Skookum Jim' Mason, one of the discoverers of gold in the Klondike in the 1890s. Last week, the International Astronomical Union named an asteroid after him, based on a suggestion by the Yukon Astro… [+3663 chars]

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