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Default Skookum Jim, whose discovery led to the Klondike gold rush, gets a namesake asteroid
Skookum Jim, also known as Jim Mason, discovered gold in the Bonanza Creek in 1897, leading to the Klondike gold rush. He's now the namesake of a main-belt asteroid that orbits with other asteroids in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.*


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