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The Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek is a historic gold mining site in central Alaska.It is located at mile 16.5 of the Steese Highway, northeast of Fairbanks.It is a 19-acre (7.7 ha) site on what is now called Pedro Creek, that was where Felix Pedro made the first major discovery of gold in the area on July 22, 1902.
In 1938 the two were brought together under one company, the Alaska-Pacific Consolidated Mining Company (APC). With a block of 83 mining claims, APC became the largest producer in the Willow Creek Mining District. The claims covered more than 1,350 acres (5.5 km 2) and included 27 structures. In its peak year, 1941, APC employed 204 men ...
Gold-quartz-sulfide hydrothermal vein at the old Grant Mine, Fairbanks Mining District. The Fairbanks mining district is a gold-mining area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Placer mining began near Fairbanks in July 1902, after Felix Pedro (real name Felice Pedroni), an Italian immigrant and Tom Gilmore discovered gold in the hills north of the Tanana and Chena Rivers in 1901.
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The Independence Mines, now Independence Mine State Historic Park, is the site of a former gold mining operation in the Talkeetna Mountains, across Hatcher Pass from Palmer, Alaska. The area's mining history dates to at least 1897, when active claims were reported in the vicinity of Fishook Creek.
Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites is a National Historic Landmark located in Nome, Alaska.It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1978. [2] It is significant for its role in the history of gold mining in Alaska, in particular the Nome Gold Rush that began in 1899.
(Reuters) -The Biden administration took steps on Friday to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska, angering state officials who said the restrictions will cost jobs and make the U.S ...
Elias D. Pierce then became dedicated to finding and retrieving gold in the Nez Perce Indian region in Northern-Central Idaho, [5] leading to the establishment of Pierce, Idaho. [6] Pierce had joined a former Hudson Bay Company trapper in a trading expedition which led him to settle in the region. [ 5 ]