Alaska Gold Mining

Alaska gold mining is Gold mining in Alaska, a state of the United States.Gold mining started in 1870 from placers southeast of Juneau, Alaska.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. 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.