The Sunny Side Up #1–2

About This Claim

80 Contiguous Acres in Alaska's Tintina Gold Province

The Sunny Side Up #1 and #2 sit roughly thirteen miles southeast of Delta Junction, on the north-facing foothills of the eastern Alaska Range between Jarvis Creek and the Gerstle River. This is road country — the Richardson and Alaska Highways both run close by, so getting here doesn't mean chartering a bush plane.

Eighty contiguous acres, two 40-acre quarter-quarter sections joined along the Section 27/28 line, forming one unbroken block. The claims sit inside the Tintina Gold Province, the belt that also hosts Fort Knox and Pogo. Pogo itself is about forty-five miles north-northeast of here — a mine that produced 5.5 million ounces of gold in its first twenty years and still carries a resource of roughly 6.7 million ounces grading better than ten grams per tonne.

What sets this ground apart from a bare claim stake is the cabin. A permitted structure with a wood stove, kitchen, propane hookups, an accessibility ramp, an outhouse, and an existing shaft all convey with the sale — more on that below.

The Ground & Geology

The bedrock here belongs to the Yukon-Tanana terrane — specifically a slice geologists call the Jarvis Creek Glacier subterrane. About 380 million years ago this was a chain of volcanic islands, complete with hot springs venting metal-rich fluid onto the seafloor. That's the setting that builds gold deposits, and it's the same terrane hosting the district's known production.

Lower McCumber Creek carries some 580,000 cubic yards running 0.0079 ounces of gold per cubic yard, and lower Morningstar Creek holds 128,000 cubic yards at 0.019 ounces per yard — both documented placer occurrences in the same district. Proximity to the Granite Mountain pluton and the tin-bearing Gerstle River granite pushes the district's mineral inventory past gold and silver into copper, lead, zinc, tin, and tungsten.

Gold averaged $3,431 an ounce in 2025, a 43 percent jump over the year before.

The government data on this ground is newer than most: DGGS and the Earth MRI program have both flown and sampled this area in the last few years, and that data is free and public — no need to pay a geologist to piece it together before you start.

Sunny Side Up #1-2 Main Features

Claim Boundaries & GPS Coordinates

Note: coordinates mark the approximate center of each aliquot parcel, not a certified corner survey. See the interactive map above for a satellite view.

Mining District & Economic Information

Geologic Structure

The Cabin & Site Improvements

Most claims sell as raw ground. This one comes with a permitted cabin already on site — wood stove, kitchen, interior storage and work space, propane hookups, an accessibility ramp, and an outhouse. There's also an existing shaft of unrecorded depth, useful for sampling access without breaking new ground on day one.

• Permitted cabin with wood stove and kitchen
• Interior storage and work space
• Propane hookups
• Accessibility ramp
• Outhouse
• Existing shaft of unrecorded depth

Prospecting This Ground

A seven-step approach for anyone working this claim for the first time:

• Desk research first — pull the ARDF files, DGGS mapping, and airborne survey data before you dig.
• Pan every drainage on the property to see where the color is concentrating.
• Watch for associated minerals — scheelite, cassiterite, and arsenopyrite all point toward the same mineralizing system.
• Walk the granite-schist contacts, where the district's known mineralization tends to sit.
• Grid anomalies with soil lines once you've narrowed down a target area.
• Test the benches, not just the active drainages.
• Run a metal detector over anything the above steps flag as promising.

Sunny Side Up Mineral Rights Transfer Process

An Alaska state mining claim gives the holder the right to mine state-owned mineral land. Like a federal unpatented claim, it's a tangible asset — it can be bought, sold, traded, leased, gifted, willed, used as collateral, or transferred in part or in its entirety using a quitclaim deed, a recordable conveyance. Questions about the transfer process can be answered by contacting us anytime.

Transfer runs through the Alaska Department of Natural Resources rather than the BLM — recording happens in the Fairbanks Recording District, and the claims are already paid through 2029, so there's no near-term annual fee to budget for.

Purchasing the “Sunny Side Up #1-2”

• Full mineral rights transfer for Sunny Side Up #1 (ADL 620950) and #2 (ADL 620951), 80 acres total.
• The permitted cabin and its improvements, conveyed with the claims.
• Official claim location paperwork and digital maps.
• Email-based support for claim maintenance and questions.

Make an Offer

Have questions? Concerns? Make an offer on the Sunny Side Up #1-2.

Contact Us

After your purchase is complete, you'll be asked to fill out our new claim owner form with your name and address. We handle the Alaska DNR filing and transfer paperwork on your behalf, and you'll receive stamped, recorded copies confirming you as the new claimant, typically within 2–3 weeks of purchase.