Gold was discovered in the Fairbanks area in 1902 when Italian immigrant Felix Pedro struck it rich. He put Fairbanks on the map and thousands of men rushed to interior Alaska in search of the ...
Three Alaska Native tribes have filed a lawsuit to overturn the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit granted to a company seeking to dredge for gold in a sensitive wetland area near Nome. The tribes, ...
A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the Bering ...
The Alaska Gastineau Mill closed in 1921 due to ore that was too low grade to mine cost-effectively. Its remnants are visible on the hill above Thane Road — and below the road on the Sheep Creek Delta ...
"Jackass machinery" at Nome : the early years -- Small dredges and small profits : the pre-World War I boom -- "It takes a little more than 'hot air' to thaw some of that ground" : the Hammon ...
The Park County Historical Society has planned what it is billing as a “gold panning adventure,” which will include a trip to one of the area’s last operating gold mining dredges, on Saturday, Aug. 26 ...
Bristol Bay region in Alaska is key state region for wild salmon, but also holds sizable copper and gold deposits. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has blocked development of Pebble Mine, a ...
Subsistence cabins are seen on Sept. 30, 2020, on the horizon on the other side of Safety Sound near Nome. The sound is an important area for gathering wild foods important to Native traditions. A ...
A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the Bering ...
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