Chatanika Gold Camp

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Historic gold mining camp listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1925
Expanded: intermittently through about 1959
Area: 49.061 acres
Also known as: Chatanika Gold Dredging Camp of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company
Date added to NRHP: 10/16/1979
Notes: Located at milepost 27.3 of Steese Highway, the Historic Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Camp was built between 1923-25, It was the original bunkhouse and eatery for the men working on Gold Dredge No. 3 in Chatanika. This dredge can still be seen just off the highway about 1 mile from the camp. Between 1926 and 1957 it is estimated that $70 million dollars was removed by the F.E. Gold Co. in the Chatanika area where, during this period there lived over 10,000 people making it larger than Fairbanks.