There is a little settlement north of Nome, Alaska, and south of Kotzebue called Candle. After the Nome gold rush, in the early 1900s, there was a gold rush at Candle, and the first year there were 5000 people with a bunch of buildings. The whole works. After a year, the place was almost a ghost town. 15 years ago there were about 5 people living there, with more living there seasonally in the summer doing mechanized placer gold mining. There are only a few buildings left, as the town was largely destroyed by fire.

Hello, heathermc! Been in and out of your fair city a number of times with my plane. Also, Dawson City is a neat place. It is still an active gold mining district. If anyone wants to see some real gold mining history, go up Bonanza Creek out of Dawson City, YT. And you can gamble the old fashioned way at Diamond Tooth Gerties. And do not ask about the Sourtoe Cocktail at the Downtown Hotel.