Gold was discovered in the Fairbanks area in 1902 when Italian immigrant Felix Pedro struck it rich. He put Fairbanks on the map and thousands of men rushed to interior Alaska in search of the ...

Alaskan Gold: Placer Mining in Interior Alaska is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

Join me on a 30-day adventure in Nome, Alaska, as I embark on a unique experience mining, diving, and metal detecting for ...

Gold just smashed records at $5,589/oz. Here's why hobbyist prospectors are quietly turning creek beds into a legitimate side ...

In the heart of Alaska’s remote southwestern Kuskokwim Mountains, two Canadian mining companies could soon get the green light to dig a massive open-pit mine to access what they describe as one of the ...

A year ago, Alaska’s miners were selling gold at what seemed like a great price: around $2,200 per ounce. Today, that number sounds like a steal. After a historic surge in value, gold is now selling ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The 152-mile journey up the Elliott Highway offers both an up-close view of Interior Alaska and a trip through the region’s gold mining history. The road, which includes both paved ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Alaska Public Media. Editor's note: This story was updated Dec. 6 to include a response from Kinross issued after publication. People in Alaska’s ...

Contrary to what most people assume, the gold rush didn’t end in the 1800s. Across the U.S., people still pull real gold from rivers, streams, and old mining sites simply with a shovel and a gold pan.