1998.8.1 Rivers of gold; placer mining in Alaska. DOI. 10.3133/fs05898. Authors. Warren E. Yeend, Peter H. Stauffer, James W. Hendley. Publication Type. Report.
Read MoreGold mining in Alaska, a state of the United States, has been a major industry and impetus for exploration and settlement since a few years after the United States acquired the territory in 1867 from the Russian Empire. Russian explorers discovered placer gold in the Kenai River in 1848, but no gold was produced. Gold mining started in 1870 from placers southeast of Juneau, Alaska. Gold occurs and has been mined throughout Alaska; except in the vast swamps of the Yukon Fl
Read More1996.11.1 The Fortymile River region in east-central Alaska has a long and colorful history as the site of the first major gold discovery in interior Alaska. Placer gold has
Read MoreU.S. Geological Survey and other mineral deposits. Most gold mined in Alaska comes from the sands and gravels of streams and rivers. Sands and gravels that contain
Read MoreIn 1883, Ed Schieffelin identified gold deposits along the Yukon River, and an expedition up the Fortymile River in 1886 discovered considerable amounts of it and founded Fortymile City. [9] [10] The same year gold
Read More2021.4.16 Gold is one of the major metals found and mined in Alaska, with over 700,000 troy ounces mined worth over $800 million in 2018 alone. As of 2018, Alaska has 3% of the world’s gold reserves.
Read More2022.1.13 Miners in Alaska rerouted a river to search for gold. One hundred years later, the new channel is teaching scientists how rivers shape Earth. by Jenessa
Read More2023.4.6 Southwest Alaska Tribes Fight the World’s Largest Pure Gold Mine. April 6, 2023. The world’s largest pure gold mine, proposed in one of the world’s largest river deltas, has received most federal and
Read Moregold is a good conductor of heat and electricity and doesn’t tarnish when it is exposed air, so it can be used to make electrical con- nectors and printed circuit boards. gold is also
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