Klondike fever

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the excitement and lust for gold generated by the Klondike gold rush.

Quotations

1897

The Klondike fever has struck Slocan City in a mild form.

1958

[Caption] Hundreds watch as the Australia . . . leaves Seattle for the North at the height of the Klondike fever.