Gold mining in Alaska Juneau, and Nome are responsible for most of Alaska's historical and all current gold production. Nearly all of the large and many of the small placer gold mines currently operating in the US are in Alaska. Six modern large-scale hard rock mines operate in Alaska in 2008; four of those are gold-producing mines (an additional gold mine suspended production in late 2007). There are also some small-scale hard rock gold-mining operations. Alaska currently produces more gold (in 2015: 873,984 troy oz from hard rock mines, and 74,360 troy oz (five-year average) from placer deposits) than any state except Nevada. In
Gold Rush Daze gold found in the hills, to which the attendant steals the prospector's car to get back in on the gold rush and hands the prospector the gas station. Included in the film is a short, farcical musical number, “My Sweetheart Needs Gold for Her Teeth." Gold Rush Daze Gold Rush Daze is a 1938 Merrie Melodies cartoon released on February 25, 1939. A prospector drives to the hills to dig for gold. A local gas station attendant goes on to explain that the prospector is wasting his time: since 1849, he had been chasing gold strikes around the world and