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West, Alaska
Crow Creek Mine AK
Girdwood fee panning
Gold ground Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and minerals
Wreck timberAlso reported: mining-era artifacts eyes-only.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: working 1896 placer mine turned fee operation, with the oldest standing buildings in the Anchorage municipality
Continuously producing historic placer; visitor panning on the creek documented by Alaska.org and the mine itself
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold fast creekUneven historic workings, hand-dug banks
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