Gold Bust

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Currently I am posting portions of this on my "Lost Treasure" page on Facebook. It is about a gold rush that was a humbug as they said years ago. No reason to not share it with treasurenet since I enjoy their state treasure section. So here we go.

 

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A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

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The book developed from something my wife found during researching for other book material. Then there were multiple interesting developments in the region. So here is the table of contents.

 

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This article started it all.

 

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There is a big article about the groups travels to the new gold stampede. From this I will select only a few portions.

 

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The group returned home, but at each camp posted a sign.
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Still some stayed, more arrived while others left ….

 

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Holed up for winter ….

 

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The first baby fund ….

 

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A lost cabin mine in this region too ….

 

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The Kid's Fund ….

 

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The finding of the material about the reward for the first baby born in the camp was why this book came to be. But still the gold boom did not last and many left, some stayed still believing their was a strike to be made.

 

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Now there was a big strike and this is the story of how it was made ….