Dredge buckets in the snow – October 2015
This another photo from my recent foray out into the fresh snow.
Category: Fox
Fox – historic settlement and mining area in the Goldstream Valley approximately five miles north of Fairbanks. Now a bedroom community for Fairbanks
Old churn drill in the new snow – October 2015
We had some wet white slop fall about a month ago, but today we started getting a proper snowfall, a light dusting of dry fluffy snow. I went out to take photos and saw...
Old truck-mounted dragline seen along Elliott Highway outside Fox
This is an old truck-mounted dragline I spotted along the Elliott highway just outside Fox. Haven’t figured out what make it is yet. Do you suppose the truck and dragline turned color along with...
Fairbanks Hidden History – A few examples
Inside some of the ordinary-looking houses in downtown Fairbanks are hidden log cabins dating from the city’s earliest days. There are also bits of area history hidden inside some of the larger commercial building...
Gold Dredge No. 8: A giant that helped save Fairbanks
The Fairbanks Exploration Company’s Gold Dredge No. 8 at Fox (shown in the drawing) is perhaps the most visible and well-known dredge in the Fairbanks area, but the FE Co. actually operated eight of...
