Lost Rocker Mine — Lake of the Golden Bar

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Lost Rocker Mine — Lake of the Golden Bar

Lost Treasure AK • Yakutat Borough County
Description
Alaska's most famous lost placer — a lake bar paved with bean-sized nuggets where 1870s–1890s prospectors worked a rocker before Tlingit attack; the surviving miner died with only Mike Powers knowing the route, and Powers perished in a Juneau landslide.
Historical Notes
Newspaper accounts from 1894–1912 describe two miners crossing from Sitka to the mainland, finding coarse gold on a lake bar, and fleeing an Indian ambush. The survivor reached Port Townsend with about $1,500 in nuggets but could not lead a schooner party back. He confided directions to pioneer Mike Powers, who delayed searching during the Juneau stampede and was killed in a Silver Bow basin landslide — taking the only firsthand knowledge with him. Later expeditions led by Dr. William Mulcahy and Hamilton Galt claimed rediscovery near Wrangell and the St. Elias foothills, but no bonanza bar has ever been verified. ExploreNorth archives dozens of conflicting versions under the names Lost Rocker and Lake of the Golden Bar.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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