The Gold Daughters, Jordan and Ilaura Reeves, grew up in Fairbanks, where their quest for gold started at an early age. The girls spent their summers gold panning at their family’s business, Gold Dredge #8, where they helped teach tourists the art of panning. When the girls were in grade school their parents sold Gold Dredge #8 and decided to get into the mining industry. Jordan and Ilaura now had the opportunity to spend their summers prospecting throughout Interior Alaska hunting for nuggets and shaking their gold pan in every creek they could. Gold fever had caught hold of them both.
In 2012, Jordan and Ilaura starred in an international show on National Geographic titled Goldfathers. The show focused on the Reeves family as they spent the summer prospecting for gold. By the end of summer, they had successfully recovered several ounces of gold… by hand!
After the girls finished college at their respective schools where they each played Division 1 softball, Jordan at the University of Oregon and Ilaura at the University of South Florida, they put their bachelor’s degrees in geology and entrepreneurship to use and created Gold Daughters. Locals and tourists alike can indulge in the gold fever that continues to shape the Gold Daughters’ lives at their business, open every day throughout the summer.
Read more about the Gold Daughters at www.golddaughters.com.