Day 48: Tuesday, July 2, 2013

To get up close and personal with the Alaska Pipeline we stopped at a park on our way to  tour the Gold Dredge 8.

At a section of the pipeline in Fairbanks

I can’t reach!

The tour started with a train ride with demonstrations of gold mining techniques and a stop to learn about the dredge before we got off the train to pan for gold. We got to keep our gold!

Gold Dredge 8

We got off the train here to pan for gold

There was old equipment from the mining days

Another large group panning for gold

Henry struck gold!

Henry’s gold. He got $12 worth, I only got $9.

As we were leaving the tour we stopped at a section of the pipeline to learn a few facts about it.

We passed under the pipeline as we finished the tour. You can see where it goes up the hill in the distance.

A cross section of the pipeline showing cleaners called pigs

Inside the pipe