Author : Ron Wendt
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Gold mines and mining
ISBN : 9781886574120
This guide reveals where you can pan, dredge, detect, or sluice for gold legally, and without hassle.
Author : Lael Morgan
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,26 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Morgan offers an authentic and deliciously humorous account of the prostitutes and other "disreputable" women who were the earliest female pioneers of the Far North.
Author : David Wharton
Publisher : Bloomington: Indiana University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253100610
Reconstructs the personalities, events, trading settlements and major strikes which produced the Alaska gold-mining boom.
Author : Alaska Gold
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 2015-04-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781495322006
This is our hurt in your hands. These are the words of our breaking, our loving, our learning... This is our becoming.
Author : Kevin McGregor
Publisher : In-Depth Editions, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Aircraft accidents
ISBN : 9780988977242
On March 12, 1948, Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4 with a crew of six, carrying twenty-four merchant marines from Shanghai to New York, crashed high up on Alaska's Mt. Sanford. Air reconnaissance flights spotted the remains of the plane, but the site was too remote for recovery teams. Rumors that the plane had been transporting gold and diamonds enticed treasure hunters to the mountain, but life threatening conditions kept them from reaching "Alaska's Legendary Gold Wreck." Flight of Gold is the first-person account of commercial airline pilot and mountain climber Kevin McGregor, who with pilot Marc Millican, attempted to solve the mystery of the reputed treasure. After four years of near-obsessive efforts, they made two startling discoveries: One led them into leading-edge forensics and the other gave substance to the treasure rumor.
Author : Sheila Kelly
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1602231028
A century ago, Treadwell, Alaska, was a featured stop on steamship cruises, a rich, up-to-date town that was the most prominent and proud in all Alaska. Its wealth, however, was founded on the remarkably productive gold mines on Douglas Island, and when those caved in and flooded in the early decades of the twentieth century, Treadwell sank into relative obscurity. Treadwell Gold presents first-person accounts from the sons and daughters of the miners, machinists, hoist operators, and superintendents who together dug and blasted the gold that made Treadwell rich. Alongside these stories are vintage photos that capture both the industrial vigor of the mines and the daily lives that made up Treadwell society. The book will fascinate anyone interested in Alaskan history or the romance of gold mining’s past.
Author : Will Hobbs
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 17,48 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0061963690
"Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Read all about it! Gold discovered in Alaska!" Within hours of hearing the thrilling news, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn jumps a train for Seattle, stow away on a ship bound for the goldfields, and joins thousands of fellow prospectors attempting the difficult journey to the Klondike. The Dead Horse Trail, the infamous Chilkott Pass, and a five-hundred-mile trip by canoe down the Yukon River lie ahead. With help from a young writer named Jack London, Jason and his dog face moose, bears, and the terrors of a subartic winter in this bone-chilling survival story. 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List, 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 4-6), 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 6-8), 01-02 William Allen White Children's Book Award Masterlist, and 01 Heartland Award for Excellence in YA Lit Finalist Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council, 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), and 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)
Author : Maria Reeves
Publisher : Epicenter Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 2009-04
Category : Gold dredging
ISBN : 9780578011592
Gold Dredge No. 8 is one of the most significant relics of mining history in Alaska. Currently located at her final resting place, just north of Fairbanks, dredge No. 8 was dubbed the "Queen of the Fleet" during her years of operation in the Goldstream Valley. Gold Dredge No. 8 is the only landmark of its kind that is open to the public. Every summer, she provides a wonderful experience to thousands of visitors who come to Fairbanks looking for adventure and the chance to experience firsthand the history for which Fairbanks's mining pioneers are renowned. Author Maria Reeves explores the history of Gold Dredge No. 8 as well as visionary men, lie Norman C. Stines and James M. Davidson, who made dredging in the Fairbanks district not only a reality, but also provided enough economic stability to bring the struggling town of Fairbanks back to life. Gold Dredge No. 8 was a placer mine that drew water from another local engineering landmark, the Davidson Ditch. In this book, you'll learn about the crew that operated Gold Dredge No. 8 as well as the hardships these dredge men faced on a daily basis. You'll be able to take a photographic tour of Gold Dredge No. 8 as she is now, and learn about efforts to preserve Pleistocene fossil remains that were unearthed during the stripping process. You'll learn why the gold standard initially helped mining and find out why Gold Dredge No. 8 was shut down in 1959.
Author : David Hoerner
Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781419603914
This book is a recollection of the authors experiences in Alaska. It details his hair raising and near death flying experiences. The trials and tribulations of gold mining, and the greed associated with it. A connection with the Mafia. An accelerated learning curve flying supplies to other miners. The support of family at home in Montana and at the mine.
Author : Walt Branam
Publisher : Abbott Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 31,25 MB
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1458215008
Tom Wolfe, a recently retired, highly decorated Army Ranger, learns of the treasure at his granduncles birthday party. His uncle assures him the gold is just waiting to be taken, but warns taking it can be deadly. Wolfe collects an odd assortment of men and women to find the treasure. The problem is the treasure hunters are constantly at odds with each other and also antagonize everyone else, including a ruthless gang of thugs who decide to steal the lost gold from the treasure hunters. They follow Wolfe, and his team, deep into the Alaskan backcountry; spelunking through volcanic lava tubes, battling an enormous, killer bear and dodging federal agents also trying to recover the gold. Just as Wolfe finds the gold a secretive, malicious billionaire sends in a team of professional killers to steal the treasure for himself. What began as a fun, summer adventure becomes a frantic battle for their lives.
