Since gold holds such an important place in Alaska's history we thought we better go see what all the fuss was about. We visited Gold Dredge 8 which is now a tourist hot spot.
It started with a train ride past old mining equipment. Then we each (including Maddison) got a small bag of dirt to pan.
Ca-ching!
Between our three bags we found about $48 worth of gold.
Then we walked through the old dredge which is a boat that scoops and sifts the dirt looking for gold. This dredge hasn't been in operation since 1959.
From inside the creepy dredge.
she's walking?! wow, time flies.
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