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Mining Restrictions Lifted in Southwest Alaska
January 2008 by Associated Press
Mining restrictions will be lifted on about 1 million acres of federal land in southwest Alaska, officials have announced.ICMJ Elected Prospecting Magazine of 1999
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Mining Restrictions Lifted in Southwest Alaska
Mining restrictions will be lifted on about 1 million acres of federal land in southwest Alaska, officials have announced.
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