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Ron Wendt

Ron Wendt

Senior Writer

Ron worked as a gold miner, newspaper reporter, photographer, college instructor, and writer. He was a frequent contributor to the Journal, and he published his own bi-monthly booklet on prospecting for gold in Alaska, The Alaskan Goldfield Magazine.

Ron passed away in November 2007 at the age of 51.
Read Articles by Ron Wendt
Subscription - July 2002 (Vol. 71, No. 11)
Prospecting on the Yukon River
Subscription - August 2002 (Vol. 71, No. 12)
Striking Gold
Subscription - October 2002 (Vol. 72, No. 2)
Hardrock Detecting
Subscription - November 2002 (Vol. 72, No. 3)
Sluicing on Bedrock
Subscription - December 2002 (Vol. 72, No. 4)
Dectecting Alaskan Gold Nuggets
Subscription - March 2003 (Vol. 72, No. 7)
Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska (Part III—Conclusion)
Subscription - June 2003 (Vol. 72, No. 10)
The Lengendary Lost Gold of the Headless Valley
Subscription - January 2003 (Vol. 72, No. 5)
Picks & Pans: Gold Prospecting on the East Fork River, Alaska
Subscription - November 2003 (Vol. 73, No. 3)
Frozen Prospects
Subscription - May 2004 (Vol. 73, No. 9)
Picks & Pans: Nuggets by the Dozen in Alaska
Subscription - July 2004 (Vol. 73, No. 11)
The Fern Mine
Subscription - August 2004 (Vol. 73, No. 12)
Where Do I Begin?
Subscription - October 2004 (Vol. 74, No. 2)
Picks & Pans: Working the Crevices
Subscription - January 2004 (Vol. 73, No. 5)
Picks & Pans: Winter Prospecting and "Forty Mile" Miller
Subscription - February 2005 (Vol. 74, No. 6)
The Lucky Shot Mine
Subscription - March 2005 (Vol. 74, No. 7)
Picks & Pans: In Search of a Vein: Looking for Hardrock in the Talkeetna Mountains
Subscription - November 2005 (Vol. 75, No. 3)
The Rampart Goldfields, Alaska
Subscription - December 2005 (Vol. 75, No. 4)
The Koyukuk-Nolan Goldfields
Subscription - January 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 5)
The Grubstake Gulch Placers, Alaska
Subscription - February 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 6)
The Circle Goldfields
Subscription - March 2006 (Vol. 75, No 7)
The Fortymile Goldfields
Subscription - April 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 8)
The Kenai Peninsula Goldfields
Subscription - May 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 9)
The Willow Creek-Hatcher Pass Alaskan Goldfields
Subscription - June 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 10)
The Livengood-Tolovana Mining District
Subscription - July 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 11)
The Iditarod-Innoko Goldfields
Subscription - August 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 12)
The Fairbanks Goldfields
Subscription - September 2006 (Vol.76, No.1)
The Yukon-Klondike Goldfields—Part I
Subscription - October 2006 (Vol. 76, No. 2)
The Yukon-Klonkide Goldfields—Part II
Subscription - January 2007 (Vol. 76, No. 5)
The Upper Susitna Goldfields
Subscription - December 2006 (Vol. 76, No. 4)
The Goodnews Bay Platinum Fields
Subscription - November 2006 (Vol. 76, No. 3)
The Nome Goldfields
Subscription - February 2007 (Vol. 76, No.6)
The Petersville—Yentna Goldfields
Subscription - March 2007 (Vol. 76, No. 7)
Lucky Shot Mine and the Willow Creek Plutons
Subscription - April 2007 (Vol. 76, No.8)
Successful Nugget Hunting
Subscription - February 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 6)
The Juneau Goldfields
Subscription - June 2007 (Vol.76, No.10)
The Seventymile and American Creek Goldfields

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