Gold Rush 2015 Season 6 Mining Claim Locations

This is part six of a series about the mines featured in the Gold Rush TV show. We suggest starting from the beginning of this series.

Season 6 of Gold Rush was a season of familiar settings but raised stakes.  All the teams returned to last season’s diggings but with new, ambitions goals.

McKinnon Creek Mine (Hoffman Crew)

63°41′45″N 138°59′49″W

Map of McKinnon Creek Mine, located in the Yukon, Canada
McKinnon Creek Mine, located in the Yukon, Canada

The Hoffman crew return to McKinnon Creek for season 6. This time, they open a supercut spanning 12-football-fields with the intent of doubling their gold from last year. By the conclusion of the season, the Hoffman crew had mined 3,032 ounces or gold, worth $3.3 million.

Satellite map view of the McKinnon Creek Mine in the Yukon, Canada mined by the Hoffman crew over Season 5 of the Gold Rush reality TV series from Discovery Channel.
Satellite view of the McKinnon Creek Mine in the Yukon, Canada.
Get more details about McKinnon Creek Mine from our Season 5 analysis.

Scribner Creek Mine (Parker Schnabel Crew)

63°37′07″N 138°42′29″W

Map of Scribner Creek Mine, located in the Yukon, Canada
Scribner Creek Mine, located in the Yukon, Canada

Season 6 continues with the Parker Schnabel crew at Scribner Creek. This time, however, the crew moves from the played out Scribner Creek Claim Berm Cut to open up the Scribner Creek Claim Treasure Island cut and the Scribner Creek Claim Boundary Cut.  Continuing his impressive upward seasonal trajectory, the Parker Schnabel crew mines 3,372 ounces of gold, worth over $3.5 million dollars.

Satellite map view of the Scribner Creek Mine in the Yukon, Canada mined by the Parker Schnabel crew over Season 4 of the Gold Rush reality TV series from Discovery Channel.
Satellite view of the Scribner Creek Mine in the Yukon, Canada.
Get more details about Scribner Creek Mine from our Season 4 analysis.

Eureka Creek Mine (Tony Beets Crew)

63°37′37″N 138°49′13″W

Map of Eureka Creek Mine, located in the Yukon, Canada
Eureka Creek Mine, located in the Yukon, Canada

After taking all of season 5 to transport a 75 year old dredge to Eureka Creek, the Tony Beets crew now has season 6 for the $1 million piece of equipment pay for itself.  While Beets sets a 900 ounce goal for the season, the old piece of equipment introduced new challenges to the crew.  Despite running late into the season, the final take was only 737 ounces.

Satellite map view of the Eureka Creek Mine in the Yukon, Canada mined by the Tony Beets over Season 5 and 6 of the Gold Rush reality TV series from Discovery Channel.
Satellite view of the Eureka Creek Mine in the Yukon, Canada.
Get more details about Eureka Creek Mine from our Season 5 analysis.

Learn more about Gold Rush mining sites on our Gold Rush Locations Overview.

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