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Pioneer Town
In the morning we visited a pioneer town that contained several buildings that were salvaged from early Fairbanks and moved to a common site.
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Eldorado Gold Mine
To access the gold mine, we traveled on a train that was a replica of those used originally in this area. This is Earl Hughes - the train conductor and entertainer. He told us about the mine and sang several songs including "North to Alaska"
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Drag Line
This is a drag line that was powered by steam to move the gold from the mine (and it still works)
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Sluicing for Gold
This is the Sourdough that explained how a sluice works to separate the rocks from the gold. Once it is separated, it can be panned to find the nuggets.
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Gold dust
If you look closely, you can see the gold dust found after running the ore through the sluice.
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Trying our luck at panning
We panned for our own gold after being shown how to do it. We can say it was harder than it looked.
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Gold Nugget
No Nancy didn't find this nugget, but they said it was worth more than $60,000.
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More Alaska Pipeline
On the way back from the gold mine, we saw the Alaska Pipeline and a visitor center that explained how it was built and how it was maintained.
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