People/victim

Lulu Mae Johnson (Eads)

Lulu Mae Johnson (Eads) (1–1918), victim, from United States. Linked to gold.

The lucky break

Came to the Yukon in 1899 with a troupe of performers and became one of Dawson's dance-hall stars, marrying the owner Murray Eads in 1904.1

The downfall

Died in the sinking of the Princess Sophia in Lynn Canal, Alaska, on 25 October 1918, with all 353 passengers and crew.1

Legacy

She co-ran the Flora Dora dance hall, later the Royal Alexandra, and was charged in 1907 over women on the premises.1

Story cards

Timeline

  1. 1897 to 1900Klondike gold rush2
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Where next

Events

Worked atKlondike gold rushShe came north in 1899 with a troupe and stayed to run a dance hall.1

Places

Worked atDawson CityA Dawson dance-hall star who died in the Princess Sophia sinking.1

Sources

  1. JOHNSON, LULU MAE Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  2. Skagway: Gateway to the Klondike (Teaching with Historic Places) US National Park Service

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Underground mining equipment by Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Gold prospectors constructing a long box with a filter for panning gold. Process print after H.M. Paget, 1899., Henry Marriott Paget (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., Harris, Robert, active 1881-1888. (Public Domain Mark 1.0).