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...when reports of gold filtered south from Nome and Fairbanks at the turn of the century. Some prospectors came with a pack and left with a bundle. The 1916 copper rush in Cordova was equally ruthless. The mines closed 20 years later, depleted. Only the fish?salmon, herring and halibut???kept the local economy going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Great Land: Boom or Doom | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

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