The tour begins as you board the train and travel to a historic, working gold mine that looks as it would have when gold fever first swept across America. As conductor Earl Hughes plays songs from days gone by and spins yarns about early Alaska, you'll travel below ground to a permafrost tunnel and meet a gold miner who can read bedrock like a book. You'll roll by a log cabin that would have served as refuge for hard-working prospectors.
Then pull into a working gold camp where the real fun begins. Local miners Dexter and Yukon Yonda have been operating small mines for more than 25 years, and they'll teach you all about modern mining techniques-in other words, what it will take to get rich with gold! Then you'll try your hand at gold panning-the water's even heated for you. Here's a tip: you're guaranteed to find gold.
1975 Discovery Drive Fairbanks, AK 99709 Telephone: 907-479-6673