When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made in gold. Uh, no. The people who make the big bucks are the businesses. Everyone has to eat every day. Businesses have to transport that food to the boomtown, put the food in a store and sell the food. Buildings have to be built and wood has to be cut to size and moved to the lot where a building is going to be constructed. Transporting logs may not seem sexy, but the men who work on this rig are making money hand-over-fist 12-months a year. They will go home with a nest egg – which is more than 90% of the miners will ever be able to accumulate.
THE HUMAN FACE OF THE ALASKA GOLD RUSH