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