The A.J. Goddard carried miners in the Klondike Gold Rush, then sank in 1901. Tools were scattered on deck and tongs remained in a forge, said the team of archaeologists that discovered the wreck.

Underwater archaeologists said Monday that they have found a virtual time capsule of life during Canada’s Klondike Gold Rush: a sunken Yukon River stern-wheeler so well-preserved that researchers can document the last minutes of the five-man crew as well as their life aboard the primitive cargo-hauler.

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