1954 Map of Circle B-6

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Davidson Ditch snakes across this interior Alaska landscape, representing a massive feat of early 20th-century gold-mining engineering designed to carry water to the Fairbanks district. This 1954 survey captures the infrastructure of the placer mining era, including a Siphon and several Placer Mine sites along Nome Creek and Moose Creek. The southern edge of the map is defined by the Chatanika River and the Steese Highway, where U S Camp stands as a focal point for travelers and workers in the region. The map reveals a remote wilderness punctuated by solitary cabins and a complex network of waterways like Champion Creek and Bear Creek that feed into the larger river systems. Table Top Mtn serves as a prominent landmark in the western section, while the drainage patterns of Cripple Creek and Caribou Creek illustrate the challenging terrain faced by prospectors and surveyors.