Tagged: Circle Mining District Historical Museum

Fairbanks-Circle Trail gradually morphed into Steese Highway

Adams “Leaning Wheel” grader used on Steese Highway, now at Circle Distirct Museum in Central Ever since the 1892 discovery of gold along a Yukon River tributary called Birch Creek, prospectors have been tramping...

Old steam dragline at Central, Alaska

Here is a photo of an old steam dragline at the Circle Mining District Historical Museum in Central, Alaska.  I couldn’t find a manufacturer’s name or model number anywhere.  I’m thinking maybe it’s an...