Small mines stay under the radar Environmental laws, designed to regulate the big boys, overlook some big messes by Andrea Barnett August 14, 2000 January 24, 2024 ...

Most placer mining operations in Alaska are small, but combined they bring in more than $100 million a year. That’s according to a new study from the Alaska Miners Association looking at the ...

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It’s good for the big mines, small mines,” said Click Bishop, a former state senator from Fairbanks who runs a placer mine in the Interior. “The biggest thing is: It makes a lot more ...

Small-scale mining activities are relatively common throughout the Yukon where 108 active small- to medium-scale placer mines work to produce around 72,464 crude ounces of gold annually.