Tagged: Meehan

Meandering mining camp? Where is Meehan, Alaska?

The Eagan cabin at Meehan, Alaska—all that’s left of the mining camp Where, oh, where, oh, where is Meehan? That’s what you might wonder looking at different U.S. Geological Survey maps of Fairbanks Creek. ...

Fairbanks Creek–mining camps, churn drills and gold dredges

Churn drill on Fairbanks Creek When I visited Fairbanks Creek in the 1990s there were several old churn drills sitting on the dredge tailings, obscured by trees.  They had probably been sitting there for...