Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek

	Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
	Prospecting on Pedro Creek
Location	Mile 16.5 Steese Highway
Nearest city	Fairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates	65°0′32″N 147°29′51″W / 65.00889°N 147.49750°W
Area	19.3 acres (7.8 ha)
Built	1902
NRHP reference No.	92000498
AHRS No.	LIV-178
Added to NRHP	May 13, 1992

The Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek is a historic gold mining site in central Alaska. It is located at mile 16.5 of the Steese Highway, northeast of Fairbanks. It is a 19-acre (7.7 ha) site on what is now called Pedro Creek, that was where Felix Pedro made the first major discovery of gold in the area on July 22, 1902. His discovery drew large numbers of gold prospectors to the area, and led to the establishment of Fairbanks as a major community in Alaska. Most of the claim site is located south of the highway, which crosses one corner. There is a commemorative marker placed at the side of the highway in 1952. The claim is now owned by the Pioneers of Alaska Igloo #4; there is no substantial evidence of the mining activities that took place there.^[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

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