the total value of metals produced at Alaska mines was approximately $3.76 billion during 2023. When you include sand and gravel mining for the construction sector, that value bumps up to around $4.1 billion, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). ...
Bohi, Heidi
After a one or two day visit you'll go by train to Fairbanks, which is a hub for amazing activities in its outlying areas, including paddle-wheel day cruises on the Chena and Tanana rivers, jet-boat rides, and excursions to gold mines and retired dredges. Passengers typically fly home ...
Juneau’s gold mines continued to be active until the 1940s when the economic pressures of World War II led to the closure of the last one. Relive this era in the city’s past in a visit to the Alaska State Museum, one of the best museums in Alaska. A series of fascinating exhibits...
Mines closed – most never to reopen. Suppliers failed, railroads failed, the steel industry was in serious trouble. Soon the US sank into the worst depression it had ever known. Silver had lost its luster, but not gold. Soon hordes of intrepid gold seekers were bound for the Klondike. ...
1872 - Gold discovered near Sitka and in British Columbia.1874 - George Halt said to be the first white man to cross the Chilkoot Pass in search for gold.1876 - Gold discovered south of Juneau at Windham Bay.1877 - US troops withdrawn from Alaska....
The Orphan Girl operated from 1875 to 1956, an exceptionally long time for any mine to operate and speaks to the richness of the ore there. Over the course of its life, the Orphan Girl was a copper/zinc/gold/silver mine and very profitable for Anaconda Copper Mining Company and providing...
After a one or two day visit you'll go by train to Fairbanks, which is a hub for amazing activities in its outlying areas, including paddle-wheel day cruises on the Chena and Tanana rivers, jet-boat rides, and excursions to gold mines and retired dredges. Passengers typically fly home ...
Stricker, Julie
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF TRACE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ABANDONED GOLD MINES, UNGA ISLAND, ALASKAAt the Sitka mine site pH ranges from 6.25 upstream of the mine site to 5.21 just below the main waste rock pile. Alkalinity is 30 mg/L up stream from the waste rock to <10 mg/L at the...