This is an alluvial mine, also known as sedimentary deposit, the accumulations of the resource are called placers. The site is sometimes also called El Dorado Gold Mine, which is the name of surrounding open casts. It was named after a dredge, which was used to transport the loose sediments from the floor of the valley into machines which separated the gold placers from the alluvium.Ī dredge is a sort of floating excavator which retrieved the gold bearing sediments by pumping it with a lot of water through a metal pipe. Gold Dredge 8 is a sort of mining theme park located in the Goldstream Valley of Fairbanks. The water had enough energy to transport the heavy gold on flat ground but was not able to transport it upwards from the bottom of the depression. The heavy gold particles were accumulated in depressions. The valley has a low slope and so the sediment was deposited and filled the valley with a thick layer of sediment with a flat surface. The weathered rock was eroded and transported down the valley. Gold Dredge 8 decommissioned, mine closed. Please check rates and details directly with the companies in question if you need more recent info. Gold DreOld Steese Hwy N., Fairbanks, AK 99712, Free: 1-86, Tel: +1-90.Īs far as we know this information was accurate when it was published (see years in brackets), but may have changed since then. 1803 Old Steese Hwy N., Fairbanks, AK 99712.įrom Fairbanks take the Steese Highway (Route 2) North, turn left Goldstream Road, left Old Steese Highway.Īdults USD 54.95, Children (3-12) USD 34.95, Children (0-2) free.
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