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Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No. 5

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
04000186

Added to NRHP
  
18 March 2004

Built
  
1929 (1929)

Opened
  
1929

Nearest city
  
Fairbanks

Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No. 5

The Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No. 5 was a historic gold mining dredge in a remote area of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, north of the city of Fairbanks. It was last located on Dome Creek, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Fairbanks, prior to its being scrapped c. 2012. The dredge was manufactured by the Bethlehem Steel Company in 1928, shipped in pieces to Alaska, and assembled by the Fairbanks Exploration Company on Cleary Creek, where it was used until 1942. It thereafter served on Eldorado Creek (1947–55) and Dome Creek (1955-59) before it was abandoned.

The dredge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No. 5 Wikipedia