We went on to the Chicken Goldcamp RV Park in… Chicken, AK. The town founders could not spell Ptarmigan, so Chicken was born. An interesting place with mining as the main local activity. Gold panning at the park for $10 per 4 hours in their stand-up pans. Or pay for a day at their claim and take your sluice box and anything else you can carry on the trailer behind your ATV. Some interesting artwork marks this park vs. the other 2 in town.
Rolling waves of tundra and taiga on the way from Tok north to Chicken.
The Chicken with milepost and the local dredge hulk in the background.
Chicken of La Manch statue, and the dredge.
A picture of me with the Lloyd’s T-shirt to submit to their Facebook competition.
Up the road, there is access to the 40-Mile River system. Airboats are the preferred means of access to your mining setup.
Outboards fitted with jet-drive conversions are also popular.
This is a raft fitted with some sort of mining equipment, floating on the river.
View of Chicken from the road leading north.
I was really surprised to see hydraulic mining still in operation. These guys are serious about their gold.
