Alaska Yukon
What are the odds of striking it rich panning for gold in Alaska and the Yukon?
My girlfriend’s parents have hopes and dream of striking it rich panning for gold.. (obviously I’m a skeptic.) what is the average amount of gold a person will find panning for about a week?
NOT VERY MUCH OR NONE AT ALL, whereas you might strike it rich, the realistic chances are it would cost you as much or more in equipment and supplies. there is a very limited summer (which is also not very warm) in which to pan for gold and the mosquitoes are huge and bite hard as do the deer flies that actually bite out chunks of your skin. Large conglomerates are the ones “working the gold fields/streams today”. if you want to pan for gold for a week, go to Dahlonega, Ga. (first ever gold mine) which is closer and a heck of a lot warmer. also, the buffet at the Smith House is awesome. You can make more money working in the oil fields than the gold rivers which were mined over heavily in the 1880-90′s.
i’m not saying you won’t find gold(at least not in a week), but it will be very hard both mentally (no people/doctors for miles and lots of vicious wild animals)and physically( extremes of temperatures in weather as well as the ICY COLD river water you must use for panning).
lastly a third option that you can make money in alaska is the deep sea fishing in the Bering Sea, which is both DANGEROUS yet highly PROFITABLE if you are on the right ship and get a big catch.
if you like it hot, they are hiring in Dubai to build the million dollars islands for residences. go to the Travel Channel to find other places to mine gold (Ca) as well as gems (NC & Ark for the latter)
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