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Gold 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.
The Ruby–Poorman mining district in the U.S. state of Alaska produced nearly a half million ounces of gold, all from placer mines. Some of the largest gold nuggets found in Alaska are from the district, which lies along the Yukon River. [1] The placers are mostly deeply buried, and most were originally worked with shafts and drifts.
At least one mining company is actively exploring for gold in the area now. [1] Through 2006 the district produced 667-thousand ounces of hard rock gold and 60-thousand ounces of placer gold. [2] The Willow Creek district at Hatcher Pass is historically the third-largest lode-gold producing district in Alaska, having produced 624,000 oz of gold ...
The Alaska-Gastineau Mine (alternate: Perseverance Mine) [1] was a gold mine in Perseverance, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Juneau, Alaska, USA. [2] It was briefly the largest gold mine in the world. [3] The mine was operated by the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company. [1]
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 ...
Pages in category "Gold mines in Alaska" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alaska-Gastineau ...
Pages in category "Gold mining in Alaska" ... Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company; Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company; B. John Beaton (miner) Bluestone River (Alaska)
The Nome mining district, also known as the Cape Nome mining district, is a gold mining district in the U.S. state of Alaska.It was discovered in 1898 when Erik Lindblom, Jafet Lindeberg and John Brynteson, the "Three Lucky Swedes", found placer gold deposits on Anvil Creek and on the Snake River few miles from the future site of Nome.