Last Chance Mining Museum, Mining museum in Historic District, Juneau, United States

Last Chance Mining Museum occupies a former compressor building from the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company and displays industrial mining equipment along with historical artifacts. The site preserves the machinery and structures that supported gold extraction operations in the region.

The Jualpa Mining Camp was established between 1910 and 1913 by the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company on the south bank of Gold Creek, about a mile north of Juneau. It operated until 1944 and produced more than $80 million worth of gold, one of the largest finds in the Juneau mining district. The camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 with 21 contributing buildings and structures.

The building reflects the mining culture that defined Juneau for decades, with preserved machinery showing how workers operated these industrial tools daily. The site reveals the role that gold extraction played in shaping the community's identity and survival.

The camp lies on the south bank of Gold Creek about 1 mile north of Juneau, near the end of Basin Road, where the Gold Creek Trail begins; the round trip on foot is roughly 2 miles. A designated parking area serves those who drive. Sturdy shoes help on the uneven ground.

The compressor building, 84 feet long, still houses the compressor the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company used. The camp around it retains railroad-related resources, an electrical transformer house, a powder magazine and a cable hoist, and counts 21 contributing buildings and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.