Gold Dredge 8
Gold Dredge No. 8
A gold dredge of national historic landmark status, where you ride a narrow-gauge train, try your hand at panning for gold and take home your gold flakes.
Gold Dredge No. 8 was built in 1928 and once extracted large amounts of gold in the Goldstream Valley. Today, it is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The tour takes about 2 hours. First, you ride a narrow-gauge steam train alongside the pipeline into the mining area, where you can see a permafrost tunnel and a gold-panning demonstration. Then each person receives a bag of gold-bearing gravel to pan by hand. After weighing your gold, you can take it home or have it made into jewelry. Open only in summer, advance booking is recommended, and admission includes the panning experience.
Opening hours
Summer: approx. 2–3 sessions daily
Nearby sights
- Trans-Alaska Pipeline Viewing Point
- Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum
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- Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
- Golden Heart Plaza
- Pioneer Park
- Ice Alaska World Ice Art Championships
- University of Alaska Museum of the North