Bill Bohan, right, owner of Sugardaddy Goldmine, helps brothers Eli, 5, left, and Jackson Carmichael, 8, center, pick out lucky garnets at his exhibitor booth during the Alaska Miners Association ...

Located near the geographic center of the state, Fairbanks is known as Alaska’s Golden Heart City. Established along the Chena River in 1901, it originally served prospectors working outlying ...