Northwest history. Mining. Mining notes. 1936-01-06

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Northwest history; mining industry; mineral resources; mining notes; Wild Goose Railroad; Cut Bank oil feilds; Federal Gold Mines; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Mining industries > Northwest; Pacific; Mines and mineral resources > Northwest; Mineral industries > Northwest; Anvil; Cut Bank; Monroe; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/36865

Mining notes William Newton Monroe, 24, who died in Monrovia, Cal., last week, built the "Wild Goose Railroad," the first railroad in Alaska, in 1900. It was a narrow gauge, four miles long, and ran from Nome to the Anvil creek gold fields. It is said to have paid the largest dividends per...