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by Ron Wendt
Beach placer mining in Alaska, though rare has played a significant role in the goldfield history of Alaska. Probably the most familiar beach placer was the famed "beaches of Nome," on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. Though the Nome beaches were very rich, there were other smaller beach deposits that attracted gold prospectors in the gold rush era. These placers are: Cape Yakataga, Kodiak, Sand Point, and other small beach deposits in Prince William Sound. Beach Placers of Alaska will cover mining and geological history of these placers, some long forgotten. |