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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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40 Mile!: Tales of an Alaskan Gold Mining Woman

40 Mile!: Tales of an Alaskan Gold Mining Woman

Houser, Janice

Paperback

Arctic History

ISBN13: 9798991116602
Publisher: Houser
Published: Jul 16 2024
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From May 1980 until September 1995, I actively and sucessfully gold mined on all three forks of the 40 Mile River in remote Alaska, near the town of Chicken.

This is the story of how a 36-year-old woman used to living in cities found herself face-to-face with few amenities, in a tent, for a summer, in what became the career of a lifetime. In a man's world. In a bear's world. Alaska. Gold.

A number of books have been written about gold mining on the 40 Mile River. Until now, none has been about the dredgers. Here is a look at a modern method of gold extraction - the portable suction dredge, dredgers (the people who run the dredges), and the attendant lifestyle.

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