They had to cross the river if they wanted to get to the gold mine.

如果他们想去采金矿，就必须过河。

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From there it was almost nine hundred kilometers by boat down the Yukon River to the town of Dawson were gold had been discovered. But there was no boat service.

两条翻越山顶的路都在英属哥伦比亚的班尼特湖附近终止，从这到发现金矿的道森市还有九百公里的水路，他们必须乘船从育空河走，但这里并没有提供船运的服务。

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Other people quickly traveled to the area of the great Klondike River where the three had made the discovery. Some also found huge amounts of gold, enough to make them extremely rich.

发现金矿的秘密并没有保守太长的时间，很快就有其他人来到这三个人发现金矿的克朗代克流域，有些人也发现了大量的黄金，这些黄金足以使他们变得非常的富有。

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From there it was almost nine hundred kilometers by boat down the Yukon River to the town of Dawson were gold had been discovered.

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