A long read, but an interesting story about the lives of key prospectors in the Yukon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/magazine/mag-15Gold-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/magazine/mag-15Gold-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
