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Identifier: alaskapanamacana00boyc (find matches)
Title: Alaska and the Panama canal
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Boyce, William Dickson, 1848-1929
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Publisher: Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally & co

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SLUICING FOR GOLD IN THE STREETS OF NOME. 104 ALASKA are now practically exhausted. The buildings of Nome are oftemporary construction, even the Government structures beingmade out of flimsy material, and the population, at one periodover 12,000, when I was there was less than 1,000. There isno harbor at Nome. Ships drawing more water than a row-boat or shallow barge anchor out in the open, two or threemiles from the rough shore, which is constantly being beatenby waves. Every person who attempts to land on shore froma boat gets soaking wet from the flying spray. A pier has
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LANDING PASSENGERS T.V AERIAL TROLLEY AT NOME.PHOTOGRAPHED DURING A FOG.

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