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Dec 12, 2018 | 10:57 AM

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67nukeford

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I always thought it was creepy, watching the airplanes sway back and forth on the flight line, and hear the hanger doors banging against each other!

Dec 12, 2018 | 01:58 PM

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I always thought it was creepy, watching the airplanes sway back and forth on the flight line, and hear the hanger doors banging against each other!

The wings have to flap to keep the birds in the air Pat...lol

Dec 13, 2018 | 10:07 PM

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Nome AK, has it grown much since then? Dang drugs been a problem since day 1.

Dec 14, 2018 | 09:07 AM

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I wonder what the death rate was there due to hypothermia in the winter..

Dec 14, 2018 | 09:56 AM

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Found another pic, looks prosperous.

Dec 14, 2018 | 09:57 AM

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I'm sure it was an expensive place to live back in the day

Dec 14, 2018 | 09:59 AM

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wpnaes

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No available women either, well without some gold.

Dec 14, 2018 | 10:02 AM

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56panelford

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Mine gold under the sheets...lol

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Dec 14, 2018 | 10:08 AM

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67nukeford

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Good morning gold miners, happy Friday!

Dec 14, 2018 | 10:16 AM

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Peg leg knew best.

Dec 14, 2018 | 12:17 PM

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I wonder what the death rate was there due to hypothermia in the winter..

Probably impossible to say. These are some interesting stats to look at, though...

EARLY ALASKA GOLD MINING FATALITIES

Dec 14, 2018 | 01:30 PM

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Probably impossible to say. These are some interesting stats to look at, though...

EARLY ALASKA GOLD MINING FATALITIES

thanks for the info, quit a few deaths in that time period..

Dec 14, 2018 | 02:06 PM

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thanks for the info, quit a few deaths in that time period..

Yep. All of them pretty gruesome, too. Everything from falling into a vat of boiling water, to loss of blood from amputating a crushed leg, and everything in between.

Dec 14, 2018 | 06:59 PM

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Yep. All of them pretty gruesome, too. Everything from falling into a vat of boiling water, to loss of blood from amputating a crushed leg, and everything in between.

The mine I worked at had it's fair share of fatalities before and while I was there...