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  Alaska History Facts – US State History | Cool Kid …

  4  · Meanwhile, gold had been discovered on the Stikine River in 1861, at Juneau in 1880, and on Fortymile Creek in 1886. The stampede to the Atlin and Klondike placer goldfields of adjoining British Columbia and Yukon territory in 1897–1900 led to the development of the new Alaska towns of Skagway and Dyea (now a ghost town), jumping …

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  History of Klondike and Nome Gold Rush Events

  20181122 · 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 …

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  Ancient Rivers and Critical Minerals in Eastern Alaska - Eos

  2020729 · Ancient Rivers and Critical Minerals in Eastern Alaska Fieldwork is revealing a history of landscape evolution over the past 5 million years that links climate change and river capture to critical ...

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  Alaska Gold Production Summary – Western …

  2022421 · Chapter 2. SKAGWAY, DISTRICT OF ALASKA — A HISTORIC OVERVIEW. In August 1896, prospector George Washington Carmack and his partners, Natives Skookum Jim and Tagish Charley, discovered gold in a tributary of the Klondike River. Earlier, in 1887, Captain William Moore and his son Ben had claimed a 160-acre …

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  Where to Pan Gold in Alaska: 10 Best Locations

  The best locations to pan gold in Alaska are Nome Creek – White Mountains Recreation Area, the Dalton Highway, Caribou Creek, Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, Petersville Recreational Mining Area, Fairbanks – El Dorado Gold Mine, Hope – Resurrection Creek, Girdwood – Crow Creek Mine, Juneau, and Bachelor Creek.

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  Rivers of Gold Placer Mining in Alaska

  201087 · 1886 Gold found in the Fortymile River, the first major gold discovery in the interior of Alaska. 1893 Gold discovered on Birch Creek in an area that later became famous as the Circle Mining District 1896 George Washington Carmack, Skookum Jim, and Tagish Charlie find rich deposits of gold on a tributary of the Klondike River in the Yukon ...

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  This Month in Alaska History - Alaska Historical Society

  September 22, 1898 – Discovery claim was staked on Anvil Creek near Cape Nome and the future city of Nome. September 23, 1928 – Erik Lindblom, one of the “three lucky Swedes” of the Nome gold discovery, died in Berkeley, California. September 24, 1918 – President Woodrow Wilson established the Katmai National Monument.

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