Max Fuerstner Sr.
	
Max Fuerstner Sr. and partner Sargio Clinaz were building the Alpine Hotel at 204 Rogers Street in Whitehorse in 1956. They started thirteen months before and only worked on it in their spare time. Fuerstner was employed at Taylor and Drury, and Clinaz was at the Post Office. The building was arranged like a hotel, had a community kitchen and laundry facilities, and also boasted an innovative hot water heating system with baseboard radiators.((“Partners Build New Hotel In Spare Time.” //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 30 August 1956. 2019 website: http://hougengroup.com/yukon-history/historical-facts/the-whitehorse-star-reports-in-1956/))
	
Fuerstner and Erwin Kreft staked a claim on Livingstone Creek in 1967.((Leslie Hamson, “Livingstone Creek, Yukon: A Compendium History.” Prepared for Heritage Resources, Yukon Government, May 2006: 8-10.)) Max started mining on Livingstone Creek in 1974. He was the former owner of the Alpine Motel and Bamboo Terrace, and he took up placer mining for his health. His partners were Bob Miller and [Gerry] McCully [and they mined as Constellation Mines.] They started sluicing in May and found a 20.5-ounce nugget in July. Louis Engels found a 21-ounce nugget upstream on the same creek in the late 1950s.(("$6,000 Gold Nugget Found Near City." //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 26 July 1974.)) Fuerstner's 20.5-ounce nugget nearly covered the palm of his hand. Fuerstner and his partners had been finding coarse jewelry gold. He had no intention of selling the big nugget.((“$6,000 Gold Nugget Found Near City.” //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 26 July 1974.)) The nugget was sold in 2004 for $30,000.((Leslie Hamson, “Livingstone Creek, Yukon: A Compendium History.” Prepared for Heritage Resources, Yukon Government, May 2006: 8-10.))

In 1977, the Constellation Mines partnership collapsed and Max and Bob Miller remained partners until 1981 when Miller bought out. In 1978, Max joined with the Sarafinchons and Frank and Phyllis Brown as partners to mine on Livingstone Creek. Canada Tungsten provided them with investment money to upgrade their equipment.((Leslie Hamson, “Livingstone Creek, Yukon: A Compendium History.” Prepared for Heritage Resources, Yukon Government, May 2006: 8-10.))

Poldi Fuerstner raised a family and supported her husband Max and their Alpine Hotel, Bamboo Lounge and placer mining businesses. She died in 2014 and was survived by son Max Jr. (Amanda) and daughter Marlene Dunstan (John).((“Poldi Fuerstner.” //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 24 September 2014.)) She was predeceased by husband Max Fuerstner.((“In Loving Memory of Poldi Fuerster.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 19 September 2014.)) Son Max Jr. assumed full decision authority over the family mining endeavors in 1983. He mined as Livingstone Placers Ltd. on  Livingstone, Summit, Cottoneva & Mendocina Creeks.((Leslie Hamson, “Livingstone Creek, Yukon: A Compendium History.” Prepared for Heritage Resources, Yukon Government, May 2006: 8-10.))