Felix Pedro, an Italian immigrant, discovered gold in a creek northeast of Fairbanks on July 22, 1902, triggering the gold ...

Once a bustling gold mining town in the early 1900s, Ester — located just west of Fairbanks off the George Parks Highway — ...

The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by ...