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I came here in 1997. I was not looking for gold. I never really understood/or was curious about raw gold til several years later. Late 2001 I tried to make it over to the Sixtymile River just 6 miles from the Canadian Border in Alaska. It was hard rugged trip which we canceled due to the terrain but, chartered a small plan to fly over our trapping cabin on the Sixtymile to see what we had traded for. Needle in a haystack but with GPS cordinates walla, there she was. Fully intact and with a food cashe too. That was as close to the Sixtymile as we ever got.

Today our adventure takes us to the wild and scenic river of the 40 Mile Mining District of Alaska.

Most who come to this area call it "Chicken, Alaska", well not me. I believe if you are a half a mile from a place you have left that area? What do you think? If I am in Chicken, then it should be called Chicken as my current location. If I leave Chicken then I am no longer in Chicken.Right or Wrong? Chicken Alaska has been made much more than it really is. It used to be a place where miners could go and get some of their supplies, meet other miners and even come in from the hills to see family and friends. Now it is a place to go be mined. Mining the miners, the public, the tourist. Miners are hardly welcome there as just miners. I'm sure you have been to places like this? Anyway if someone is telling you of mining in Chicken.....because of reasons mentioned above you should ask to clarify the location.

Thanks God for freedom of speech.