El Dorado Gold Mine - Fairbanks Hobby

Average Rating	3.5	2+ reviews from 2 sources
Yahoo! Travel	5.0	1+ reviews
Frommers	1.0	1+ reviews

Estimated Price: From $2

1975 Discovery Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99709-4577

Go panning for gold! Originally, El Dorado was a claim developed by the "Swede Brothers"; there are mine shafts on the ... more on Yahoo! Travel
Bring home some real Alaska gold that you've panned yourself on this educational gold mine tour that includes a train ride and panning ... more on TripAdvisor
Join the Binkley family for a trip through Alaska's gold mining history at the El Dorado Gold Mine. Ride the Tanana Valley Railroad for an adventure into the gold fields of the Interior. A two-hour guided tour takes you through a permafrost tunnel where Alaska's history comes alive. Enjoy a walki... more on Eldoradogoldmine.com/
A train such as you would find at an amusement park carries visitors though an impressively staged educational tour, including a trip through a tunnel in the permafrost. This is like a land version of the riverboat tour that's operated by the same family, the Binkleys. But the gold miners who act... more on Frommers

5.0: El Dorado Gold Mine/Riverboat Discovery

EXCELLENT tours. Free donuts/cookies, coffee, hot choc. etc. Very interesting,,,professionally done. Panned for gold. Everyone walks away with ... texas3timer, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
5.0: Great tour, excellent narration and wonderful experience

I took this "train tour" in the end of June 2005. The only thing about the tour that was not what I had been expecting was "the train ride". The train actually makes just a very small circle around the tour property and is more a marketing attraction than transportation necessity. The train makes... a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
5.0: We had a blast

Panning for gold is one of those truly memorable experiences you can have in Alaska, and the El Dorado Gold Mine is a great place to do it. There is a train ride, with folksy, country-type entertainment, and some discussions by a "real Alaskan mining couple" where they explain how the gold is fou... buffaloboy2000, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

1.3 Mile Elliott Hwy, Fox, AK 99709

Off the Elliott Hwy., 9 miles north of town

Tours mid-May to mid-Sept daily; call for times

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Source: El Dorado Gold Mine

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