Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve was created in part to protect and interpret the history of the Klondike-Alaska gold rush and the legacy of placer gold mining. Along the Yukon River between Eagle and Circle visitors today can see evidence of the area's mining past, including log cabins, mining camps, sluice boxes, gold dredges, and
Gold mining has historically formed a vital plank in the economies of Yukon and Alaska. While a number of small gold rushes occurred in both regions during the latter half of the 19 th century, the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890’s and the subsequent Alaskan gold rushes of the 1900’s put both regions on the map as a hub for gold mining and settlement
Apr 14, 2015 The earliest gold dredges in Alaska arrived in the 1910s, and by the 1930s several dredges were imported to mines along the Yukon River. They did the same work as earlier placer techniques but on an industrial scale, scooping thousands of cubic feet of gravel each day, washing it in revolving tumblers with water from all angles, and running it
Dec 31, 2019 This album of Dobbs photographs focuses primarily on gold mining in Interior Alaska, although there are also photographs from Western Alaska and from the Yukon Territory. The images cover many aspects of mining, including placer works, hydraulic mining, and sluice box operations
Interior Region Alaska. The interior region of Alaska is the area that drains the Yukon River. It is a very large area and contains some of Alaska best placer ground. The area between Eagle, on the border of Canada's Yukon Territory, to Tanana, almost 500 miles away being the most productive gold producing areas
Feb 10, 2022 Gold has also found throughout much of Alaska except in the vast uninhabitable swamps of the Yukon Flats and on the North Slope of the Arctic between the Brooks Range and the Beaufort Sea. In the vast central uplands and plains and in the Pacific Mountains to the south, numerous gold, silver and massive sulfide deposits are found
Alaska still has plenty of gold waiting to be found. With the high price of gold, miners eagerly await the snow melt each summer for the chance to wet their gold pans in search of some nuggets. Gold mining in Alaska is a significant industry in the state, and many small communities rely on gold mining
Second Chance Gold Mines Inc. is dedicated to acquire, develop and operate to their full extent world-class Yukon gold claims and/or Yukon gold mines throughout Yukon Territory, Canada. We plan to be a major player and force in the Yukon gold market and utilize this position to create worthwhile opportunities for us and our present and future
Sep 05, 2021 “Yukon Gold” follows four gold mining crews as they attempt to hit it big in Canada’s north. “Big” Al McGregor is a newcomer to the occupation, but he’s not going to let that slow him down. In the first episode, he maintains his optimism and determination even in the face of constant equipment breakdowns
Robert William Service was born in 1874 in Lancashire, England. He moved to Canada as a young man, where he became famous for poems such as The Cremation of Sam McGee. Known as the poet of the Yukon, he died in 1958
Nov 03, 2020 Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations. Interior Region Alaska. The interior region of Alaska is the area that drains the Yukon River. It is a very large area and contains some of Alaska best placer ground. The area between Eagle, on the border of Canada's Yukon Territory, to Tanana, almost 500 miles away being the
Answer: First, for a person to answer this question, one must consider many other factors. For example, how much experience, funding, equipment and the location one plans to mine. In addition, Alaska's weather is very unpredictable and there will be times when it will be to miserable to mine for
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Gold occurs and has been mined throughout Alaska; except in the vast swamps of the Yukon Flats, and along the North Slope between the Brooks Range and the Beaufort Sea. Areas near Fairbanks and Juneau, and Nome have produced most of Alaska's historical output and provide all current gold production as of 2021
Aug 21, 2018 The Klondike Gold Rush, often called the Yukon Gold Rush, was a mass exodus of prospecting migrants from their hometowns to Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska after gold was discovered there in
Gold Dredges of the Yukon and Alaska Mining dredges were used in Yukon and Alaska from the turn of the century on into the 1950s to extract gold from the land. Several of these old dredges still litter the landscape of the North, one of the most visible reminders of the glory days of the Klondike Gold Rush
The bucket-line dredges that changed the character of gold mining in Alaska and the Yukon were invented in New Zealand. Many changes and additions were made to make them suitable for working frozen ground, but the technology changed little for the 80 years they were in use. Although they look complex, the basic concept is very simple - the
Nov 22, 2018 The Klondike (Yukon) Gold Rush holds the record as one of the shortest-lived mining booms ever, lasting a scant 2 years, from August 1896 to September, 1898, when it was undermined by the slightly longer-lived Nome (Alaska) Gold Rush (September 1898 to 1905)
Miner Bob Young pans for gold at his placer mine in Southcentral Alaska during the late 1960s or early 1970s. He pans for gold, pushes soil into a sluice box with his D9 Caterpillar bulldozer, moves tailings piles, cleans the sluice box, separates gold from soil, and weighs out the gold
Girdwood is another Alaskan town that owes its existence to gold prospecting. Founded in 1896, it produced some of the most significant finds of the Klondike Gold Rush. The heart of Girdwood's prospecting is the Crow Creek Mine. Years ago the Crow Creek Mine produced 700 ounces of gold per month
Alaska / Yukon Mining History Publication Catalog (with more history and less geology) Abercrombie, W. R., Captain, 2nd US Infantry / COPPER RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION, ALASKA, 1899, 1900, cl, 169 pages, 169 pages (1 loose in book), - 3 -, $ 89 [Book rebound with soft leatherette; book is an an account of the Army building roads, bridges, and
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The two trails end at the shores of Lake Bennett in the Yukon Territory at the headwaters of the Yukon River. Both trails are ice free and low in elevation making them the most practical way to cross over the Coastal Mountains into the interior of Canada. The White Pass Trail lacked the steep slopes of the Chilkoot, but it was 10 miles longer
Jul 30, 2016 I have over two thousand acres of mining claims in Alaska 60 miles south of Tok, Alaska along Porcupine Creek and only 5 miles off the main highway. Access is by a good right of way trail. For sale at less than 40k per 160 acre claim - $400,000.00 for 12-160 acre claims -- making the price only $200 per acre
Explore the world of placer mining by taking a behind the scenes look at the operation of one of the Yukon's most famous gold miners, Frank Erl. page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 - Frank's Meteorite : Explore the world of placer mining by taking a behind the scenes look at the operation of one of the Yukon's most famous gold
Jul 15, 2007 Gold mining in the Yukon Territory; Dawson City it's real not a made up town, cool; Whitehorse to Dawson City; Forgot to tell you; Day 2 in Whitehorse; Driving Miss Gracie; Whitehorse; Road to Whitehorse, The Yukon Territory; The road to the Yukon Territory; The first 300 miles of the Alaska Highway; Touring Dawson Creek; From Jasper to Dawson