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The site by Anvil Creek about 4.25 miles (6.84 km) north of what became the city of Nome, in a valley to the west of low, treeless Anvil Peak. It was one of the richest placer claim sites ever found in Alaska and yielded more than $5 million during its first five years. By 1965 the site was "largely returned to nature". [4]
Gold was discovered in the Yentna-Cache Creek Mining District in the U.S. state of Alaska (also known separately as the Yentna District or Cache Creek District) of the upper Susitna River Valley in 1898, soon followed by claim staking. Placer mining was reported in the Cache Creek drainage of the Dutch Hills by 1906.
The Bremner Historic Mining District is a historic district in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska.It is named after John Bremner, who in 1884-1885 was the first non-native person to live in the area and who prospected for gold along the Bremner River.
Website: www.reddogalaska.com: Red Dog Mine is a census-designated place (CDP) ... Alaska (2006–2020 normals, extremes 2010–present) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May
On July 20, 2021, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources granted Donlin Gold the right to lease state land to build a pipeline that will power its mine. [5] On May 27, 2021, the commissioner for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation upheld a key state water quality certificate for the Donlin Gold project, citing numerous analyses performed by multiple federal and state ...
A July 19, 2004 report by the Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)— an Anchorage-based "environmental health research and advocacy organization group", [30] criticized the 2001 "Alaska Division of Public Health (ADPH) investigation, conclusions, and recommendations" and called for "more environmental and human testing, restricting areas ...
The Willow Creek mining district, also known as the Independence Mine/Hatcher Pass district, is a gold-mining area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Underground hard-rock mining of gold from quartz veins accounts for most of the mineral wealth extracted from the Hatcher Pass area. The first mining efforts were placer mining of stream gravels, and ...
Surpassing 7 million ounces in 2016, Fort Knox is the largest producer of gold in the history of the state of Alaska. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The mine's life is expected to extend to 2027 following a $100 million expansion investment announced in 2018, increasing life-of-mine production by about 1.5 million gold equivalent ounces. [ 12 ]