Gold Mining

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Gold Mining

Fairbanks, Alaska

 

 

tourists are taken by train

 

by a small engine

 

to see a miner taking gold from a stream

 

or from a drift mine
(ore is removed from tunnels throughout the winter season
 and stockpiled for summer cleanup)

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Demonstration of Gold Panning

 

 

run abundant water through the ore

 

catch heavy particles in the sleuthth

 

telling about the method of panning

 

swirling the pan to allow the gold to sink to the bottom

 

tipping back and forth to remove lighter material

 

showing the gold

 

letting all the tourists try panning

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