Why Yukon Cornelius Licks His Ax?

Yukon Cornelius didn't have a bizarre talent of recognizing the taste of gold or silver, he was licking his ax to see if it tasted like peppermint.

What does Yukon Cornelius find at the end?

In the 1964 airing, a scene showed Yukon Cornelius finally finding the mineral he'd been searching for: a peppermint mine. So it turns out he's not just a weirdo who likes to lick dirt off his pickax. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has aired on CBS since 1972, after an eight-year run on NBC.

Did Yukon Cornelius carry a gun?

The bumbling prospector Yukon Cornelius is with a bone handled revolver in his belt. Since it's a stop-motion children's Christmas cartoon, the detail isn't great, but it looks like the gun is modeled after a Colt Single Action Army.