Goodnews Bay District — Kuskokwim River Region

Source: Gold Fever Prospecting — Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations. Compiled by Tom Ashworth (Prospectors Cache / goldfeverprospecting.com). Area: Goodnews Bay District. Documented placer gold or recreational panning area. Map coordinates are approximate (region centroid or geocoded place name). Verify claim status, private land, and current regulations before prospecting. Many large areas in Alaska are withdrawn from mineral entry. This is the richest area for platinum mining in North America. It is along the Southwest coast of Alaska between latitude 59�00' and 59�40' N and longitude 160�40' and 162�00' W. It had a total production of 29,700 ounces of placer gold. All the regional streams contain placer gold. Along the Arolic River the placers were discovered in 1900 and intensively worked until 1947. In Goodnews Bay, small indentation on Bearing Sea Coast on East side of Kuskokwim Bay, about 125 miles south of Bethel, all the regional tributary streams contain high grade placer gold with platinum group metals. Along the Goodnews River, along its full length, little prospected for placer gold, but it is very rich. The Goodnews River and its tributaries contain placer gold. Bear Creek contains placer gold. Whattamuse Creek, Slate Creek, contains abundant placers. The Salmon River and its tributaries, Fox Gulch, Clar and Dowry Creeks contain placer gold. In Platinum Creek, as the name says, you can obviously find more that gold. Heh heh.