Years before the gold rush began, there were many men in the Yukon who knew gold was to be found in the rich soil of a hitherto unknown land, inhabited by Indian tribes and a handful of courageous white pioneers. Sam Benson and his partner Jerry O'Neil were among those pioneers. Sam had gone hunting for caribou early one morning, and in the small log cabin that was his home, his wife looked through the window - her eyes widening in terror!