The first site has not survived, having been dredged over. The final move brought it to its present location at Beaton Pup. It was first established near the mouth of Cheese Creek in 1934, then moved to a location near Snare Creek in 1941. Johnson Company of Oakland, California and shipped in pieces to Skagway, then by rail to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and by barge down the Yukon River. It is a medium-sized diesel-powered floating dredge. The dredge is the most significant relic in the district. The creek has since changed channels and today flows through a portion of the first site. The original camp site was dredged over in 1941. In 1941, the camp was apparently moved from its original location near the mouth of Cheese Creek to a hillside location near Snare Creek, and in 1952 to the present location at Beaton Pup. The noncontributing items include 5 buildings and 2 structures. The district contains 26 contributing buildings, 3 sites, and 12 structures.

Nothing detracts from the feeling of a remote placer mining operation of the 20th century. Except for Slaven's Roadhouse, workmanship is strictly functional: competent but uninspired. The design, materials, and construction of the buildings all reflect the utilitarian and remote nature of the camp.

The mining camp has been moved twice from its original site. The majority of buildings and structures were built between 19. The district contains buildings, structures, a dredge, water system, tailings piles, and other mine engineering sites and objects that together represent Alaskan dredge mining operations of the 1930s. The architecture is strictly functional, besides the roadhouse. It includes 26 contributing buildings and 12 contributing structures and three contributing sites. It includes two former locations and the current location of the gold dredging operation.

The listed area includes the last 8 miles (13 km) of Coal Creek before the Yukon River, where, at the mouth, the roadhouse Slaven's Cabin is included. It features a gold dredge and a supporting community of several dozen buildings, established by mining entrepreneur Ernest Patty. The Coal Creek Historic Mining District ( Hän: Zhùr näddhä`ww juu) is a gold-mining area in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve of Alaska dating from the 1930s.

Chatanika gold dredge number 3