Gold Dredge No 8

1755 Old Steese Hwy, Fairbanks, AK 99712

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Lunch was very good too. more on Yahoo! Travel

Was a pleasant experience. more on Yahoo! Travel

I didn't eat the stew (I'm a vegetarian) but my father-in-law said it was tasty. more on TripAdvisor

The food there was excellent as well. more on Yahoo! Travel

Definitely worth the time and the cost was reasonable. more on Yahoo! Travel

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This was a very family friendly place and the people even took the time to help the kids "pan for gold". The tour of the dredge was a bit long, but a very good experience, especially for someone who has no idea ... more on Yahoo! Travel

An intresting and informative tour I would take the tour again with friends and relitives, after you do the tour you get to pan for gold, and most of the time you do get gold that are from the ... more on Yahoo! Travel

We had fun on our visit. It was interesting learning about mining in the area. We were able to see lots of old mining equipment as well as fossils ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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It is a wonderful historic site that is well maintained. Tour guides were very knowledgable. Nice gift shop. more on TripAdvisor

We ate an authentic miners' family-style meal at long tables. The beef stew and biscuits were filling and delicious on a cool drizzly day. The young servers were very friendly and anxious to please. A ... more on TripAdvisor

This was the 2nd of 3 stops in the Fairbanks area while on a Holland America tour. This visit included a dinner of "hearty miner's stew" and a tour of an out of service gold dredge and came on the hee ... more on TripAdvisor

We went on this tour and were pleased. The AAA book said that the place was closed for renovation, but there was no closed sign on the locked gate. We went to another dredge we heard about and came ba ... more on TripAdvisor

The Gold Dredge is an authentic amazing machine. The guide Sonny was a real hoot. His original personality made the three of us enjoy the tour so much more. We even ... more on TripAdvisor

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We arrived at the gold dredge on a tour bus. We were greeted by a cute enthusiastic dredge employee who escorted us to the beginning of the tour to see a short film. We then were able to walk through the dredge, ask ... more on Yahoo! Travel

This tour was part of our Holland America land tour upon arriving in Fairbanks. We enjoyed a very nice hot lunch of "miners stew" prior to taking the tour. The dredge itself is incredibly hugh and upon touring the interior ... more on Yahoo! Travel