Our tour for today was the Gold Dredge 8 in Fairbanks. This was an interesting tour that showed us how the dredge system of mining worked, and is still used today.
We harvested $57.00 worth and I put the nuggets into ear-rings
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Gold Dredge 8, Fairbanks, AK
July 17, 2015
Our tour for today was the Gold Dredge 8 in Fairbanks. This was an interesting tour that showed us how the dredge system of mining worked, and is still used today.
We boarded an open air rail car to take us back to the dredge area. On the way we watched a video about the operations of a dredge
This is the #8 Dredge
The explanation of how it works
Now comes the fun part, we are going to learn how to pan for gold!!
We harvested $57.00 worth and I put the nuggets into ear-rings
Our tour for today was the Gold Dredge 8 in Fairbanks. This was an interesting tour that showed us how the dredge system of mining worked, and is still used today.
We harvested $57.00 worth and I put the nuggets into ear-rings
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