This is the most comprehensive guide to the Alaskan goldfields in print. Now there’s no need to worry if you’re trespassing or not on someone else mining claims. This book has got everything from maps, locations, historical mining past, state & federal regulations and information. This lets the prospector know if any gold has been previously mined from a particular area. There are over 150 sites identified in this unique book. This book is in its fifth printing since 1996. Each location is rated according to potential. Areas covered include; Fairbanks, Kenai Peninsula, Brooks Range, Yukon River, Fortymile, Circle, and Nome. Information on each site also tells what kind of equipment is allowed (gold panning, dredging, metal detecting, sluicing etc).
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Ron Wendt was born in Fairbanks, Alaska in it’s territorial days. He has been involved in prospecting and mining nearly all his life. He writes about and photographs the north with expertise in northern mining and Alaskan & Yukon history. He has written twelve books on gold and northern history. His work has appeared in publications like; California Mining Journal, Gold & Treasure Hunter, Lost Treasure, Western & Eastern Treasures, Alaska Magazine, Alaska Geographic, Country Magazine, Country Woman, Farm & Ranch, Christian Science Monitor, Iditarod Runner, Anchorage Daily News, Yukon Reader, and many more. Wendt has prospected extensively all over Alaska and the Yukon.
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Good book, Worth the money!!!,
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This review is from: Where to Prospect for Gold in Alaska Without Getting Shot! (Paperback)
This book gives the reader good idea of where to go in Alaska if you using the highway system as your primary transportation method. The book is grouped by each Highway (Dalton, Glenn, etc) and each sub-area within that highway as to how well you can expect to do while prospecting in each area.The Author has rated each sub-area (Creek/River System) between 1 and 3 stars. Each area lists if you can only pan, or use a sluice, dredge, etc. Times of the year that you are permitted to dredge, etc. It also lists the type of gold you are likely to find. (fine, course, nuggets, etc.) I haven't used the book in actual practice yet, but plan to this summer. I would say that from what I have read that it is well worth the money.
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My husband has wanted a copy of this book for over a year. I was thrilled to find this at a price I could afford. It is marked with libary stickers, but that is no problem as he will never sell or give away the book. He is thrilled with it.
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Good book, Second addtion is needed.,
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This review is from: Where to Prospect for Gold in Alaska Without Getting Shot! (Paperback)
This book gives the reader good idea of where to go in Alaska if you using the highway system as your primary transportation method. The book is grouped by each Highway (Dalton, Glenn, etc) and each sub-area within that highway as to how well you can expect to do while prospecting in each area.The Author has rated each sub-area (Creek/River System) between 1 and 3 stars. Each area lists if you can only pan, or use a sluice, dredge, etc. Times of the year that you are permitted to dredge, etc. It also lists the type of gold you are likely to find. (fine, course, nuggets, etc.) I haven't used the book in actual practice yet, but plan to this summer. I would say that from what I have read that it is well worth the money.
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