Goldstream Dredge No. 8 is a ladder

dredge Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...

operated by the Fairbanks Exploration Company from 1928 to 1959. It is located on the old

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between

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and

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in the central part of

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

. Starting in the 1920s, water was brought to the area through the Davidson Ditch for gold mining. The Goldstream Dredge No. 8 cut a track and produced 7.5 million ounces of gold. The dredge was named a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the

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in 1986. In 1984, it was listed as a

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on the

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. Today, it is open to the public. During summer months, tours of the dredge and

gold panning Gold panning, or simply ''panning'', is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especi ...

are available for a small fee. The Milepost ''2009 edition page 508''

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Buildings and structures completed in 1927 1928 establishments in Alaska Gold mining in Alaska Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Industrial equipment on the National Register of Historic Places Gold dredges Mining museums in Alaska Museums in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska National Register of Historic Places in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Roadside attractions in Alaska {{Mining-stub

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