Gold Fever Prospecting

Chicken, Alaska

• Phone: 920-366-0430
• Web site: www.goldfeverprospecting.net
• Length of Vacation: Week long outing on the river
• Cost: Depends on package from $2500 to $950 per week (see site for more info)
• Open: Seasonal location (see site for dates)
• Type of Prospecting: Gold – panning, dredges; training included
• Equipment: Provided or bring your own, depending on package
• Instruction: Provided on dredging, high banking, fine gold recovery, and sniping (see site)
• Lodging: Sleeping tents with hot showers or bring your own – depending on package
• Meals: Included in price or bring your own – depending on package

From their web site:

Hi, My name is Dean Race and I have been mining in Historical Chicken Alaska for the past 10 years. Franklin Bar, on the south fork of the Forty-mile Mining District, was discovered in 1886 and turned out to be one of the largest gold discoveries in the Forty-mile District. Gold fever Prospecting currently holds title to 16.5 miles of claims just past this famous discovery. Some claims have never even been touched.

This once in a Lifetime Mining Adventure is being offered for the second year in a row to those of you who have always dreamed of mining, prospecting, fishing and exploring the Alaskan wilderness and finding some REAL GOLD. If you have never been to Alaska, you will be amazed by the almost twenty-four hours of daylight. Just imagine, finding gold all day, standing on the banks of the South Fork catching trophy sized Arctic Grayling’s until your heart is content, hiking in the back streams doing a little sniping or just hanging around the campfire enjoying some of the stories of years gone by.

Gold fever will have a 4-hour training session on the first two days of your trip with ongoing instruction and assistance throughout your stay. We will instruct you on dredging, high banking, fine gold recovery, sniping and the history of the Forty mile Mining District.