Gold, gold I tell ya, I've hit gold...
Calm down there boy. That's not your gold. That's what came out of a demonstartion on how to pan. It is real and that tiny little nugget on the lower left is worth about $100 at today price ($681.50/ounce).
This is Dexter. He was putting on the sluicing and panning demonstration for us tourists so we could try it for ourselves. Dexter is a summertime tourist entertainer and a gold miner during the rest of the year. None of us tourist did as well as Dexter, Sharon an I ended up panning out $5 worth of gold flakes.
We thought we'd take the opportunity, while this far North, to visit the North Pole. That is, North Pole, Alaska. It is a small town that is almost all gift shop.
Fairbanks has a week long celebration at this time of the year called Golden Days. Among the many entertainments offered is a parade. Here we see an old sourdough, caught up in the hoopla of the parade. Probably wishing he could find his way back out to his claim.
And what parade would be complete without a token polar bear. This one appears to be grumpy. Personally I think it is all just hot air.......
Calm down there boy. That's not your gold. That's what came out of a demonstartion on how to pan. It is real and that tiny little nugget on the lower left is worth about $100 at today price ($681.50/ounce).
This is Dexter. He was putting on the sluicing and panning demonstration for us tourists so we could try it for ourselves. Dexter is a summertime tourist entertainer and a gold miner during the rest of the year. None of us tourist did as well as Dexter, Sharon an I ended up panning out $5 worth of gold flakes.
We thought we'd take the opportunity, while this far North, to visit the North Pole. That is, North Pole, Alaska. It is a small town that is almost all gift shop.
Fairbanks has a week long celebration at this time of the year called Golden Days. Among the many entertainments offered is a parade. Here we see an old sourdough, caught up in the hoopla of the parade. Probably wishing he could find his way back out to his claim.
And what parade would be complete without a token polar bear. This one appears to be grumpy. Personally I think it is all just hot air.......
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