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Alaskan gold fields spark a new rush warns scientific circular
The article notes Alaska’s gold discovery prompts widespread fever after two steamers return with miners carrying about 1.5 million in gold. It contrasts Alaska placer mining with California methods, discusses climate challenges, winter darkness, and potential quartz prospects, and recalls the 1867 purchase price and payback from fur, salmon, and Treadwell mine profits.
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Dawe Chby At the Far Tisare of the Edseethke
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