Gold Prospecting Bering Sea
Gold Prospecting in the Bering Sea
From the creators of the Emmy®-winning DEADLIEST CATCH comes BERING SEA GOLD, on Discovery Channel.
Gold is found and has been mined throughout Alaska; except in the vast swamps of the Yukon Flats, and along the North Slope between the Brooks Range and the Beaufort Sea.
Many areas near Fairbanks, Juneau, and Nome are responsible for most of Alaska’s historical and current gold production. Nearly all of the large and many of the small placer gold mines currently operating in the US are in Alaska.
Six modern large-scale hard rock mines operate in Alaska in 2008; four of those are gold-producing mines . There are also some small-scale hard rock gold-mining operations. Alaska currently produces more gold (in 2007: 673,274 troy oz from lode mines, and 53,848 troy oz from placer deposits) than any state except Nevada. In 2007, gold accounted for 15% of the mining wealth produced in Alaska Yukon gold nuggets
Alaska Gold Recovery
Alaska fine gold recovery process recovers extra gold from Alaska gold mining tailings after the miners are done and than splits the value with the gold miners..
Yukon gold nuggets
Alaska Gold Mining
This is a great Alaska gold mining video because it shows the entire process from start to finish.
Yukon gold nuggets
32.2 oz Gold Nugget Found in Alaska
Alaska gold nugget
Hi,
We had a short season at Moore Creek this summer due to the recession. But the finds were better than ever – over 86 ounces of gold was found by 28 people in a two week period. There were 12 people the first week and 16 people the next.
We have a “day off” between weeks, and so people who go for both weeks get a free day. Ken P from Alaska stayed for two weeks and got that free day, and it really paid off. With a 32.2 oz nugget found not 300 feet from the main camp! Other major finds were a 6.4 oz nugget, a 4.7 oz nugget, a 3.5 oz nugget, and three nuggets that weighed over 2 ounces.
Way to go Ken! Moore Creeks largest nugget and one of the largest ever found with a detector in Alaska.
This post is from Steve Herschbach of Alaska.
