July 17, 2007

We moved to another campground that is very centrally located in Fairbanks. It is where they have the World Ice Art Championship contest in March. You can check out the ice sculptures at www.icealaska.com The gold mine tour was a lot of fun. There was a train ride into a simulated underground mine and we were shown how they mined gold. Next the train stopped and they demonstrated how the gravel from the underground mine is processed. Then we were taken to another area where they washed the gravel, using a pan to separate the gold from the gravel. After this we were each given a small bag of gravel to pan. They guaranteed some gold. John ended up with $7.00 in gold and Carol had $6.00.