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Old 12-12-2018, 10:57 AM
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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!
 
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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
 
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Nome AK, has it grown much since then? Dang drugs been a problem since day 1.



 
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I wonder what the death rate was there due to hypothermia in the winter..
 
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Found another pic, looks prosperous.



 
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I'm sure it was an expensive place to live back in the day
 
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No available women either, well without some gold.
 
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Old 12-14-2018, 10:02 AM
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Mine gold under the sheets...lol
 
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Good morning gold miners, happy Friday!
 
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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
 
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Old 12-14-2018, 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..
 
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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.
 
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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...
 
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Makes for some high employment insurance rates.
 


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