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Rock hunting trip ends in 50-year-old’s death at abandoned Alaska gold mine, cops say
The former gold, silver, copper and palladium mine is now abandoned. Prince of Wales Island is in the Alaska Panhandle. Hiker dies as his girlfriend tries to resuscitate him on Colorado trail ...
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Alaska could get $1.3M in federal funding to clean up derelict coal mines
In the first phase of the project, the U.S. Geological Survey will work with state agencies to inventory Alaska’s abandoned mines. They’ll then pinpoint which mines pose the greatest threats t ...
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Rock hunting trip ends in 50-year-old’s death at abandoned Alaska gold mine, cops say
Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old from Washington state after a medical emergency in an abandoned gold mine in Alaska, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Fellow rock hunters ...