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Nome, Alaska has been an active gold mining area since the Alaskan gold rush of the 1890s. Recently, the price of gold has reached record levels, which has spurred increased gold mining operations in Nome. Miners recover gold by dredging the sea bottom along the coast of the Bering Sea, as well as b...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.386.6196 http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/eh/MercuryExposureGoldMinersNomeEIP.pdf |
| Summary: | Nome, Alaska has been an active gold mining area since the Alaskan gold rush of the 1890s. Recently, the price of gold has reached record levels, which has spurred increased gold mining operations in Nome. Miners recover gold by dredging the sea bottom along the coast of the Bering Sea, as well as by traditional panning and sluicing in streams. |
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