On our way back to Fairbanks we passed the Gold Dredge No. 8. Curiosity got the best of us and we stopped in for a quick tour. The Gold Dredge No. 8 is one of the last remaining gold dredges left in northern Alaska. The gold dredge was manufactured in Pennsylvania by the Bethlehem Steel Company Ship Building Division in 1928 and shipped to Alaska to work the Goldstream Valley. The dredge remained in operation until 1959.
A view of the abandoned mine site.
Security looks sparse but I will say they are direct.
The gold dredge rests in the same location that it did at the end of its last work day in 1959.
A gold nugget!
An industrial monster lies in slumber.
Company logo.
A pair of moose antlers on a mine site out building.
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