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Old prospectors' town still panning out at Nome Alaska
The Cripple River camp near Nome hosts summer prospectors from the Gold Prospectors Association of America building a frontier town for hand mining. George Massie notes 15 miles of river hold gold with 20,000 past diggers, while locals celebrate the tradition, despite environmental regulation and dredging groups. Perry Massie, 25, grew up learning to pan, part of a generational tale of West adventure.
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Name
Alaska
Don Mackie
Nome
Mackie
Grizzly Bear
Cripple River
Bering Sea
Gold Prospectors Association of America
Global Resources Inc
George Massie
The
Prospectors Association
Global Resources
Cape Nome
Massie
Perry
Pan
Montana