How the Alaska Gold Rush Turned Out to Be a Hoax

How the Alaska Gold Rush Turned Out to Be a Hoax

Near the turn of the 20th century, Alaska lured thousands of eager prospectors in search of precious minerals to its bountiful mountains. What many found was far more treacherous.

From the Series: Aerial America: Alaska’s Fire and Ice http://bit.ly/2yds8bc

12 Comments

  1. Smithsonian Channel on December 7, 2022 at 12:17 am

    Near the turn of the 20th century, Alaska lured thousands of eager prospectors to its bountiful mountains. What many found was far more treacherous: http://bit.ly/1Cv7I9b

  2. Moon Hitsearth on December 7, 2022 at 12:20 am

    Lunar landscape, it’s all lunar landscape

  3. Brett Moody on December 7, 2022 at 12:20 am

    If this is the smithsonians take on Alaska’s gold story then wow…

  4. Kevin Luo on December 7, 2022 at 12:22 am

    last

  5. tritontransport on December 7, 2022 at 12:30 am

    That deadly trek up the glacier is on some of our license plates 🤣

  6. preppersintent on December 7, 2022 at 12:34 am

    Funny how you can call an industrial waste zone a park or include it in a park boundary…seems a convenient way to devoid liability for the destruction they have caused the ecosystem.

  7. Brooke Edwards on December 7, 2022 at 12:50 am

    What documentary is this an excerpt from? I’d love to watch the whole thing. 

  8. D D. on December 7, 2022 at 12:53 am

    Sounds like the California gold rush. A hoax attempting to get people to return to the deserted neighborhoods and cities after the flood

  9. zok310 on December 7, 2022 at 12:56 am

    Reminds me of the PlayStation exclusive, Days Gone

  10. Raymond K Petry on December 7, 2022 at 1:10 am

    Isn’t USA minerals-mining federalized under spectral-imaging documentation yet?

  11. iTakeYourCheeks on December 7, 2022 at 1:14 am

    2nd

  12. GregoryTheGr8ster on December 7, 2022 at 1:14 am

    Copper is a very different metal from gold, but I’m happy to hear that somebody found something useful to mine in or near Valdez, Alaska.

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