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Mineral - Gold | NCpedia  Jul 11, 2011 ... At least two other states have designated gold as their state mineral - Alaska and California. The discovery of gold by a twelve year old boy in...
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Crude Awakening' - Washington Times  Nov 4, 2011 ... It was a rush by politicians and lobbyists to transform the sleepy, quiet, ... off so much money that the state's power players did not know what to do with it. ... It gives me an idea of just how foolhardy people in Alaska can be - and ... If you want to understand the power of the King Kong of minerals, oil, once it...
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Gold State Mineral | State Symbols USA  Gold was officially designated the state mineral of Alaska in 1968. The Alaska Gold Rush brought thousands of adventurers and schemers to Alaska and the...
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Alaska State Mineral: Gold (Au)  Access Alaska other state symbols, emblems, mascots, and state Mineral. ... The Gold Rush Era began in 1880 with a major gold discovery by Chief Kowee (an...
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Number of representatives from Alaska in the U.S. house # Quiz ...  Jun 29, 2016 ... The Macaulay Salmon Hatchery & the Alaska State Museum # Quiz # ... Knowing that this is Alaska's state mineral gives me a rush # Quiz #...
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BBC - Travel - Journey into the Alaskan wild  Nov 1, 2013 ... Take a road trip through the US state that has long drawn those ... Bear spotting (Credit: Michael Heffernan)  Hunting game (Credit: Michael ... and Wyatt Earp up here during the gold rush days more than a century ago. ... 'There aren't many places left in the world where you can enjoy this sort of freedom.'.
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Show me some love - YouTube  Jun 24, 2014 ... If you Show Me some mozarkite, I'll tell you that it's this state's state rock # Quiz # Question - Duration: 0:29. Amazing Videos No views. New.
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Klondike Gold Rush | HistoryNet  Gold was discovered in many rich deposits along the Klondike River in 1896, but ... two Indian friends in the Yukon pried a nugget from the bed of Rabbit Creek, ..... Skagway was completed that summer, opening up the area to the big mining...
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Arctic Exploration Isn't New - Arctic Energy Center  Aug 21, 2015 ... 1911: New wells began to produce significant oil in Katalla, AK and ... 1956: Shell conducts first offshore seismic study of Alaska; Wide Bay, on Alaska's south coast. ... oil-and-gas field on the shore of an inlet of the Kara Sea in western ... clears the way for authorization of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System .
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Alaska State Gemstone: Alaska Gem: Jade  Find details and a picture of the Alaska Gemstone or Gem, the Jade. ... The quality of Alaskan nephrite is highly variable; the finest material is usually found in smooth, ... Carved into a butterfly, in China it is a powerful symbol used to draw love.
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Nuclear Materials  Feb 20, 1999 ... I would prefer that the user also include the URL of the source. ... enriched, then the waste stream is also enriched and too valuable to simply throw away. ..... Uranium has fourteen isotopes, all radioactive. .... A mineral called coffinite, discovered in 1955 in Colorado, is a high-grade ore containing nearly 61...
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An Alaskan's Guide to the Permanent Fund - Alaska  After you read this Guide, visit our Web site to get the most current financial and performance .... the state could get permanent benefits from its great oil bonanza.
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Alaska State Gem - State Symbols USA  Alaska designated jade as the official state gem in 1968. Alaska has large deposits of this gemstone, including an entire mountain of jade on the Seward...
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Free Flashcards about STATE CAPITALS - StudyStack  YOU CAN VISIT THE LAST CHANCE MINING MUSEUM IN THIS CAPITAL OF "THE LAST FRONTIER", JUNEAU, AK. SUGAR PLANTATIONS ACROSS THE...
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Alaska Whale Watching, Alaska Fishing and other Alaska Tours and ...  This has been Alaska's original "all-you-can-eat" outdoor salmon bake for over 30 years! ... This true Alaskan cookout is a taste of the Last Frontier's history. ... of Juneau's gold discovery and hard rock mining as you view remnants of the mine. .... We will include a visit to Frontierland Wildlife Museum and Heritage Park to...
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Klondike Gold Rush | HistoryNet  Gold was discovered in many rich deposits along the Klondike River in 1896, but ... Because of the harsh terrain and even harsher weather, it took gold rushers a year to ... The California native was simply in the right place at the right time. .... What the would-be miner needed by now was some way of getting his outfit to the...
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Alaska's Oregonian law | The Legal Genealogist  Aug 25, 2015 ... That's when the United States bought Alaska from Russia for the grand sum of $7.2 million. ... in Alaska, by what's called the 1884 Organic Act: An Act providing a ... There's no definitive source explaining why Oregon law was chosen, ... He claims that after the purchase from the Russians in 1867 what is...
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Inland Passage and Midnight Sun: September 2010  Sep 16, 2010 ... We were five miles away when we saw the glacier and yet it looked immense! ... These are a recent addition to the area so for years the eagles here nested on the rocks, and are still .... What is Alaska's largest private sector employer? ... What is the state insect? A. FOUR SPOT SKIMMER DRAGON FLY 21.
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I am the largest Rocky Mountain state. Only Alaska, Texas  I may be small in size, but I have over 400 miles of coastline. ... of any state east of the Mississippi River and the most rugged terrain. ... America's greatest source of hydroelectric power is the Columbia River, which forms part of my southern border with Oregon. .... I have a long panhandle that borders Texas to the north.
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searching in sw missouri - McRocks  Its a very pretty chert found mainly in that area of the state and it cuts and polishes up ... no fee to go to the Mozarkite Fair in Lincoln, I was checking Rock and Gem ... A local man owns it and can tell you a lot about the history of rocks and ... All I need to do now is call to check if rock hounding is okay for some of those sights.
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The Geology P.A.G.E.: GeoJeopardy! Fridays #39  Mar 25, 2011 ... This phosphate popular in the jewelry of the Southwest U.S. derives its name from a Eurasian country