This site has a lot of information about the history of gold mining in Alaska. It has different dates of different mining activities and where they took place. I think it is informative and is a good site to get some good facts about mining in Alaska. The article tells when mining actually started. It gives you names of some of the prospectors. Even telling you some of the people named there hotel buildings with the name gold in the name. Mining is still going on today, so for more information and specifics on this site please go to,