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The Golden Days of Julian, California

Some scattered reports say that gold may have been washed from streams here as early as the 1840s, but the undisputed major discovery came in 1870.

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Alaska's Cripple Creek Mining District


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The History of Mining Claims


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The Struggle to Reopen Alaska's Largest Gold Mine


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