Historic Gold Dredge Burns Near Fairbanks

Fairbanks is mourning the loss of a piece of mining history.

Gold Dredge #3, off the Steese Highway in Chatanika, burned Saturday.

Warm, windy weather fueled wildfire activity around the interior over the weekend, including a new human caused fire off the Steese Highway, north of Fairbanks .

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Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.

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